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again, this is specifically grown wood

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clarify that it's specifically grown WOODEN items, then plump helmets become irrelevant

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{{release notes}}
:This patch gives messengers more tasks, like the ability to make peace and improve or open trade relations. You can assign messengers in the same menu where you assign other positions like the manager and broker, and you can give them missions from the world screen (button on the lower right.) There are also some optimizations and other fixes.
:—[[Toady One]], May 13, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We’ve got another patch/community news hybrid post today! There’s lots on the go right now as we prepare for a packed summer of news and updates. The artists are finishing up dinos and continuing with the art for the Myth and Magic update. You can expect to see the dinosaur update next and we'll be sharing a release date very soon. Tarn is also in full Wizard-mode but in the meantime, he has a new patch with a focus on diplomacy and bugs.
:See you next time, with dinos!
:—[[Alexandra]], May 13, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183877.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-05-13 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/693135146596958388 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1521849/diplomacy-improvements-20th-anniversary-dwarf-fortress-patch-5313 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Diplomacy ==
* Your appointed [[messenger]]s can now do a variety of diplomatic [[mission]]s from the [[Civilization_and_World_Info|world screen]]. Make peace, declare war, make contact, and improve [[trade]]. You can also seek alliances if you have the [[monarch]] in your fortress.
* Increased the priority of messenger actions.
* It's possible to open trade with [[human]]s and [[elf|elves]] before their usual time if you send a messenger. You can also open trade with multiple [[civilization]]s of the same type.
* If traders don't make decent profits and you do not engage in [[Trade_agreement|negotiations]], trade will taper off.
* Added confirmation to mission interface.
* Changed some colors on mission interface.
* Added a dialog line for dwarven traders from other civilizations.
* Fixed issue where [[Difficulty#Individual_enemy_toggles|turning enemies off]] lead to early caravans (requires resetting difficulty to apply).

== General updates ==
* Optimization: [[Undead|zombies]] don't consider their surrounding until disturbed.
* Optimization: throttled creatures trying to repeatedly failing [[path]].
* Added announcements for residents and creatures that have begun throttling pathing.
* Can view activity details again from the [[Unit list|residents list]].
* Stopped scroll bar from disappearing when closing bins near the bottom of the trade list.
* Increased the maximum number of [[announcement]]s that can be saved.
* Prioritized the removal of [[sparring]] announcements from the announcement list.
* Tries to repair corrupted musical [[instrument]]s upon load.
* Did some exception handing for map saving and loading.
* Added the ability to display all logged errors on screen (useful for debugging mods etc).

== Tarn and Zach open their Magic: The Gathering cards ==
In case you missed it, Tarn and Zach just received their copies of the new Secret Lair x Dwarf Fortress collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. [https://youtu.be/2nMRSBXQDpw They open their packs together and reminisce about ASCII Dwarf Fortress and getting into Magic in the 90s]. You can still [https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/1250417/secret-lair-x-dwarf-fortress-create-new-world pre-order the cards here].

== 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress ==
[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png|400px|right]]This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. To start, we have a new special logo for the occasion featuring Armok himself, who has never been depicted until now! Credit goes to artist Jacob for the new portrait. You can expect to see more 20th anniversary events throughout the rest of the year. If you’re interested in hosting your own Dwarf Fortress gathering, we’ve opened up a form where you can apply for merch support here.

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Named Releases: removed released bugfix patch, added prehistorics

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 "Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies."<br> — [[Toady One]]
 Your cat kills a [[vermin]] and brings it to you.<br>You respond "Thank you, now go get rid of that thing right now".<br>The cat then complains "I can't do that, I don't have any hands".<br>You respond "You don't have any hands?! WHAT THE F*CK???!!!"
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 Unlike heavy aquifers, light aquifer tiles do not absorb (drain away) water.
-Although digging through light aquifer walls is not very dangerous, your dwarves will continuously cancel designations with the "damp stone" warning with each new tile revealed. The player must therefore repeatedly re-designate light aquifer squares to get the dwarves to mine it, making it a tedious affair. There is no way to turn off this automatic cancellation without using external tools such as [[DFHack]]. Alternately, once all desired tiles are revealed from above and designated for mining, when the "damp stone" alert pauses the mining activity, simply unpause for each alert (note that the unrevealed parts of designations will still be cancelled).
+Although digging through light aquifer walls is not very dangerous, your dwarves will continuously cancel designations with the "damp stone" warning with each new tile revealed. The player must therefore repeatedly re-designate light aquifer squares to get the dwarves to mine it, making it a tedious affair. There is no way to turn off this automatic cancellation without using external tools such as [[DFHack]] or playing the premium version, as of 53.12 there is a way to ignore warm/damp stone under the standing orders tab (Labor -> Standing Orders -> Other)
 === Heavy aquifers ===

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-| Item must feature the GROWN flag, examples include the tradeable grown items featured in elven caravans. (Plump helmets grown by the dwarves won't be considered valid.)
+| Item must be a GROWN wooden item, such as a "grown wooden sword" from an Elven caravan.
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-| style="vertical-align: top"| Reagent must be a GROWN item, such as a "grown wooden shield" from an elvish caravan. (Plump helmets grown by the dwarves won't be considered valid.)
+| style="vertical-align: top"| Reagent must be a GROWN wooden item, such as a "grown wooden shield" from an Elven caravan.
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 {{av}}
 {{disambig}}
-A '''Snake''' is a legless reptilian creature. There are several kinds of snakes in Dwarf Fortress:
+A '''Snake''' is a legless reptilian creature, of which there are several kinds in ''Dwarf Fortress'':
 * {{creature/variation links|adder|sep=**}}
 * {{creature/variation links|anaconda|sep=**}}

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 [[File:dwarf_children.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Before they grow up to realize they're in an unwinnable game.<br><small>''Art by Devilingo''</small>]][[File:df_baby_list.png|thumb|260px|right|Many children and a baby seen in the citizen information menu.]][[File:dwarf_child_portrait.png|thumb|96px|right|Portrait of a dwarven child.]]Babies do not have to be born in [[bed]]s, but are born wherever the mother happens to be, which will interrupt most current actions of the mother. The game will play the birth sound effect and [[announcement|announce]] the arrival of the baby. The mother will cancel whatever task she was in the middle of to seek her infant, and then will ''usually'' resume whatever task she was doing before the child was born.  It is possible for dwarven mothers to give birth to twins or triplets, although that is exceedingly rare (1 out of 500), due to their [MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE] token. Babies are looked after by their mother, who will continue working while carrying the babies.
-[[Unconscious]] mothers will not wake up when they give birth – [[sleep]]ing and resting in a [[hospital]] will not be interrupted. Dwarves in a [[strange mood]] will also not interrupt their mood when giving birth – cancelling a mood forces instant insanity, so it is likely a coding choice to protect mothers (and children). Imprisoned mothers can grab their child if they give birth while on a chain, but cannot retrieve an infant that is out of their reach, which can cause massive problems, since a mother carrying a child is forced to drop it before being brought to prison. Most jobs performed by a mother upon giving birth will be immediatly cancelled to pick up the baby, but for instance a current haul animal job, where the mother is already leading the animal, will not be cancelled, but will be finished before the infant is picked up.
+[[Unconscious]] mothers will not wake up when they give birth – [[sleep]]ing and resting in a [[hospital]] will not be interrupted. Dwarves in a [[strange mood]] will also not interrupt their mood when giving birth – cancelling a mood forces instant insanity, so it is likely a coding choice to protect mothers (and children). Imprisoned mothers can grab their child if they give birth while on a chain, but cannot retrieve an infant that is out of their reach, which can cause massive problems, since a mother carrying a child is forced to drop it before being brought to prison. Most jobs performed by a mother upon giving birth will be immediately cancelled to pick up the baby, but for instance a current haul animal job, where the mother is already leading the animal, will not be cancelled, but will be finished before the infant is picked up.
 If the mother is sleeping or otherwise prevented from collecting her infant, the baby will be free to roam as it pleases. An emancipated baby acts in a similar manner to a [[insanity|raving mad]] adult, wandering freely over the map without any sense of self-preservation, gravitating to [[Activity_zone#Meeting_area|meeting zone]]s. It may be fed and watered by other dwarves, and in recent versions, such care happens regularly enough to keep orphans alive. As long as a baby is not within reach of a hostile creature, no harm will be done to it. "Job cancellation spam" can be generated as the baby is seen by the game to be "insane" (example: "Urist McBabyname, Dwarven baby, cancels Clean Self: Too Insane"), but once it reaches childhood (at 12 months), that will stop, and they go about their business like any other dwarven child. While dwarven children are dressed in red, a baby's clothes will be dark yellow.
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 Any baby being carried by its mother will effectively leech [[food]] and [[Thirst|drink]] from her, causing her to become hungry or thirsty at double the usual rate. This does not, however, count as alcohol consumption – when a baby is close to 1 year old, it will have severe withdrawal.
-Babies can gain memories, although it seems that only thoughts with strong emotions can become the memory of a baby. Many thoughts (with strong emotions), which can become a memory, are able to change the dwarf's values/facets (upon becoming a core memory). And since babies (and small children) will, if any, only have few memories, such memories will have a tremendous effect on the dwarf's happiness (as they will continuously remember the same few memories). Most of the thoughts associated with strong emotions (in a baby) are negative thoughts, and only a few are positive. Of the negative thoughts observed to become memories, aside from the (negative) ones known to be able to change the dwarf's values/facets, is being pestered by vermin (but this thought does rarely become a memory, but being aggrevated by vermin might be another matter as vermin generating such thoughts are hated by the dwarven baby). On the positive side, aside from gaining a sibling (which will usually change the dwarf's values/facets later on), being "near to a favorite (caged) creature" can become a memory (and presumly also being near to a waterfall {{verify}}). All of this means that it is not advised to let a baby-carrying mother (and thus the baby) be caught in the rain. But it might be a good idea to let the baby-carrying mother walk by a cage containing a favorite creature of the baby, as babies getting such a positive memory might be "fine" upon becoming a child (and not merely content or even unhappy). Also, babies can gain knowledge of dance, music and poetry forms by watching performances, although they supposedly cannot gain any other skills (except when eg. taken on a raid mission by their mother).
+Babies can gain memories, although it seems that only thoughts with strong emotions can become the memory of a baby. Many thoughts (with strong emotions), which can become a memory, are able to change the dwarf's values/facets (upon becoming a core memory). And since babies (and small children) will, if any, only have few memories, such memories will have a tremendous effect on the dwarf's happiness (as they will continuously remember the same few memories). Most of the thoughts associated with strong emotions (in a baby) are negative thoughts, and only a few are positive. Of the negative thoughts observed to become memories, aside from the (negative) ones known to be able to change the dwarf's values/facets, is being pestered by vermin (but this thought does rarely become a memory, but being aggrevated by vermin might be another matter as vermin generating such thoughts are hated by the dwarven baby). On the positive side, aside from gaining a sibling (which will usually change the dwarf's values/facets later on), being "near to a favorite (caged) creature" can become a memory (and presumably also being near to a waterfall {{verify}}). All of this means that it is not advised to let a baby-carrying mother (and thus the baby) be caught in the rain. But it might be a good idea to let the baby-carrying mother walk by a cage containing a favorite creature of the baby, as babies getting such a positive memory might be "fine" upon becoming a child (and not merely content or even unhappy). Also, babies can gain knowledge of dance, music and poetry forms by watching performances, although they supposedly cannot gain any other skills (except when eg. taken on a raid mission by their mother).
 The first order of business when a baby becomes a child is to pick up their clothing. After finishing that task, the child will start to play in the tile they picked up the last piece of clothing (although they might fetch a toy beforehand). This behaviour, by proper stockpile placement (and stockpile links) and having enough mittens/cloaks/hoods, can be exploited, so that the former dwarven baby will always play in a guildhall after becoming a child.
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 Temporarily set the intended teacher and some other adult dwarves (ie. substitute teachers) to not do any labors at all (not even hauling) and then also set them to do the lever-pulling work detail and set a few levers in the guildhall to be pulled (to get the teachers and substitute teachers into the guildhall). After they are in the guildhall, remove them from the lever pulling duty, and let them do some guild demonstrations.
-Then disable all chores for children, except lever pulling (which needs to be enabled), and set all levers, which are unlined and not assigned to anyone, in the guildhall to be pulled. Every time a dwarven child takes up a task to pull any of the levers (can be seen in the task list) that dwarven child should be excluded from doing any chores at all (otherwise the dwarven child might decide to pull multiple levers). The child will still pull the lever (finish the current task) and then - unless the child spontaneously decides to pick-up equipment, eat, drink or sleep (in which case the chores for the child need to be enabled again)- the child will start socializing in the guild hall (at least if there is still a guild demonstration in progress or currently a new one is organized) and the child will watch the next guild demonstrations in the guildhall (usually until either the child decides to eat, drink, sleep, pickup some equipment, no new guild demonstrations are organized or some chores are again enabled for the child). This way more or less all children can be goaded into the guildhall to take some lessons (aka watch some guild demonstrations). When nearly all children are in the guildhall or have already watched some guild demonstrations, then the lever pulling of the adults can be reset to the original preference of the player and the locked (forbidden) door for the defensive lever pullers can be unlocked (unforbidden). Also after the player is satisfied with the learning progress of the children the original chores for the children can be set again - some children currently watching a guild demonstration can still be left to temporarily do not chores (if there are still some guild demonstrations in progress). Also the original labors of the teacher (and substitue teachers) can be enabled again.
+Then disable all chores for children, except lever pulling (which needs to be enabled), and set all levers, which are unlined and not assigned to anyone, in the guildhall to be pulled. Every time a dwarven child takes up a task to pull any of the levers (can be seen in the task list) that dwarven child should be excluded from doing any chores at all (otherwise the dwarven child might decide to pull multiple levers). The child will still pull the lever (finish the current task) and then - unless the child spontaneously decides to pick-up equipment, eat, drink or sleep (in which case the chores for the child need to be enabled again)- the child will start socializing in the guild hall (at least if there is still a guild demonstration in progress or currently a new one is organized) and the child will watch the next guild demonstrations in the guildhall (usually until either the child decides to eat, drink, sleep, pickup some equipment, no new guild demonstrations are organized or some chores are again enabled for the child). This way more or less all children can be goaded into the guildhall to take some lessons (aka watch some guild demonstrations). When nearly all children are in the guildhall or have already watched some guild demonstrations, then the lever pulling of the adults can be reset to the original preference of the player and the locked (forbidden) door for the defensive lever pullers can be unlocked (unforbidden). Also after the player is satisfied with the learning progress of the children the original chores for the children can be set again - some children currently watching a guild demonstration can still be left to temporarily do not chores (if there are still some guild demonstrations in progress). Also the original labors of the teacher (and substitute teachers) can be enabled again.
-''Note:'' If at any point, after some children have started watching guild demonstrations, for one reason or another no one is present to give another guild demonstration, then all children will usually decide that the lessons are over and will immediatly start to play (either in the guildhall or somewhere else). Which is the main reason, why there should be a teacher and substitue teachers present and the labors for these have to be temporarily disabled (so that they will only leave the guildhall to eat, drink, sleep or pick-up equipment).
+''Note:'' If at any point, after some children have started watching guild demonstrations, if for one reason or another no one is present to give another guild demonstration, then all children will usually decide that the lessons are over and will immediately start to play (either in the guildhall or somewhere else)which is the main reason why there should be a teacher and substitute teachers present, and the labors for these have to be temporarily disabled (so that they will only leave the guildhall to eat, drink, sleep or pick-up equipment).
 ==Dwarven parenthood==
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 Young animals possess limited capabilities compared to their adult stages. Infant [[milk]]-bearing livestock can't be milked, young [[wool]]-bearing animals can't be [[shear]]ed, and bird and reptile hatchlings are unable to lay [[egg]]s. However, unlike intelligent creatures, almost all animals follow a different aging progress; they skip the baby stage entirely and are born as children, who become adults at only 1 year of age (though they usually don't stop growing in size until the age of 2). Certain exceptions exist, however, such as [[elephant]]s, who take 10 years to reach adulthood. Savage [[animal people]] versions of these animals follow this same aging progress.
-Certain creatures possess no child state to speak of, and are technically adults at birth, having all the capabilities of an adult immediately after starting existing (though most of them are still subject to growing in size as they get older). These creatures include stuff like all species of snakes, [[crundle]]s, [[giant cave spider]]s, [[creeping eye]]s, [[magma crab]]s and most [[megabeast]]s. Inorganic creatures such as [[Gabbro man|gabbro men]], [[Fire man|fire men]] and [[Amethyst man|amethyst men]] also exist only as adults and never as children. If the creature born as an adult is an intelligent creature, they'll be born with generally mild levels in some skills.
+Certain creatures possess no child state to speak of, and are technically adults at birth, having all the capabilities of an 'adult' immediately after starting existing (though most of them are still subject to growing in size as they get older). These creatures include stuff like all species of snakes, [[crundle]]s, [[giant cave spider]]s, [[creeping eye]]s, [[magma crab]]s and most [[megabeast]]s. Inorganic creatures such as [[Gabbro man|gabbro men]], [[Fire man|fire men]] and [[Amethyst man|amethyst men]] also exist only as adults and never as children. If the creature born as an adult is an intelligent creature, they'll be born with generally mild levels in some skills.
 Creatures capable of being [[invader]]s can do so regardless of age - as such, you may be attacked by a [[werebeast]] child, or a young [[roc]], [[giant]], [[cyclops]], [[ettin]] or [[minotaur]]. They will behave exactly like their adult counterparts, but will generally be easier to kill than adults due to their smaller size. Such cases are rare, as they require either children being infected by a werebeast and not dying in the process, or for megabeasts to breed, both being particularly uncommon occurrences.
-If the mother of a child is not a historical figure (on birth of the child) the game will not keep track of the family relationship between parent and offspring. The game will also not keep track of offspring of male historical figures, unless the mother is already a historical figure at the time the fertilization of the not yet laid eggs (in case of egg-layers) resp. at the time the pregnancy starts (non egg-layers).
+If the mother of a child is not a historical figure (on birth of the child) the game will not keep track of the family relationship between parent and offspring. The game will also not keep track of offspring of male historical figures, unless the mother is already a historical figure at the time of the fertilization of the not yet laid eggs (in case of egg-layers) resp. at the time the pregnancy starts (non egg-layers).
 <!-- ==Bugs==
 Dwarf babies can sometimes have an age that is negative (''most commonly, -1'') or zero. In this case, they will appear headless.{{verify|Is there an open bug on dwarffortress.mantishub.io?}} -->

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	== 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress ==		== 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress ==
−	[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png\|400px\|right]]This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. To start, we have a new special logo for the occasion featuring Armok himself, who has never been depicted until now! Credit goes to artist Jacob for the new portrait. You can expect to see more 20th anniversary events throughout the rest of the year. If you’re interested in hosting your own Dwarf Fortress gathering, we’ve opened up a form where you can apply for merch support here.	+	[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png\|400px\|right]]This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. To start, we have a new special logo for the occasion featuring Armok himself, who has never been depicted until now! Credit goes to artist Jacob for the new portrait. You can expect to see more 20th anniversary events throughout the rest of the year. If you’re interested in hosting your own Dwarf Fortress gathering, we’ve opened up a [https://forms.gle/TsimLyvt5zLyTikU7 form where you can apply for merch support here].

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 === Future ===
 ==== Next ====
 * A second siege release focused "[[Release_information/53.07#What.27s_Next_for_Sieges.3F|on magic, armies, and diplomacy]]".
-* [https://youtu.be/LTV5R7JIMQY?t=113 Prehistoric and extinct animals].
 ==== Later ====
 * The adventure mode site building: the return of [[Camp#Adventurer_camps|camp founding and building]], plus more "cross-mode play and Adventure mode crafting".

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 Seeds can be brought on embark, obtained by [[trading]], or be produced from plants acquired by [[plant gathering]] (or growing the respective [[crop]]s). When a plant is eaten or used in [[brewing]], [[milling]] or [[plant processing]], it leaves one or two plantable seeds (see below for details). The exceptions are [[valley herb]] and [[kobold bulb]], which will not leave behind seeds after processing. [[Cooking]] plants in a [[kitchen]] never produces seeds.
-[[Tree]] seeds cannot currently be planted, though a few varieties, such as [[macadamia]] nuts and [[walnut]]s, are edible or cookable. Some seeds do not have a sprite assigned to them.
+[[Tree]] seeds cannot currently be planted, though a few varieties, such as [[macadamia]]s and [[walnut]]s, are edible or cookable. Some seeds do not have a sprite assigned to them.
 However, presently dwarves will rather starve than eat a seed raw.

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	==Calculators==		==Calculators==
		+
		+	===[https://jose96xd.github.io/DF_Tools/index.html DFTools]===
		+	A set of web-based utilities for mods, including calculators for temperature, time, and weapon damage.

	===[https://smart-calculators.net/en-US/tools/dwarf-fortress-food-calculator Dwarf Fortress Food and Booze Calculator]===		===[https://smart-calculators.net/en-US/tools/dwarf-fortress-food-calculator Dwarf Fortress Food and Booze Calculator]===

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 [[File:seeds_sprite_preview.png|right]]'''Seeds''' are used in [[farming]] to grow [[crop]]s - some can be used to make [[oil]]. They can be stored in [[bag]]s (100 seeds per bag), which can in turn be stored in [[barrel]]s or [[pot]]s (10 bags per barrel/pot). Different seeds generally can't be mixed within a bag, so storing seeds of 10 different types requires 10 (or more) different bags (though a bug does cause dwarves to combine seeds occasionally).
-Seeds can be brought on embark or obtained by [[trading]].  They can also be produced from plants (acquired by [[plant gathering]] or growing the respective [[crop]]s). When a plant is eaten or used in [[brewing]], [[milling]] or [[plant processing]], it leaves one or two plantable seeds (see below for details). The exceptions are [[valley herb]] and [[kobold bulb]], which will not leave behind seeds after processing. [[Cooking]] plants in a [[kitchen]] never produces seeds.
+Seeds can be brought on embark, obtained by [[trading]], or be produced from plants acquired by [[plant gathering]] (or growing the respective [[crop]]s). When a plant is eaten or used in [[brewing]], [[milling]] or [[plant processing]], it leaves one or two plantable seeds (see below for details). The exceptions are [[valley herb]] and [[kobold bulb]], which will not leave behind seeds after processing. [[Cooking]] plants in a [[kitchen]] never produces seeds.
-[[Tree]] seeds cannot currently be planted, though a few varieties, such as macadamia nuts and walnuts, are edible or cookable. Some seeds do not have a sprite assigned to them.
+[[Tree]] seeds cannot currently be planted, though a few varieties, such as [[macadamia]] nuts and [[walnut]]s, are edible or cookable. Some seeds do not have a sprite assigned to them.
 However, presently dwarves will rather starve than eat a seed raw.
-Sadly, some seeds are completely worthless, based on them being unfarmable, inedible, and not processable. For the moment these can be dumped/sold freely.
+Sadly, some seeds are completely worthless, based on them being unfarmable, inedible, and un-processable. For the moment these can be dumped/sold freely.
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 {{Translation| dwarven = volal otil | elvish = alire anara | goblin = uslun toslu | human = mela kesmel}}
-[[File:Incense burner with flower handles and paired lions knob, China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century AD, white jade - Matsuoka Museum of Art -[https://www.ichizenn.com/koi-mikuji/ koimikuji] Tokyo, Japan - DSC07234.JPG|center|thumb|290px|White jade jug.]]
+[[File:Incense burner with flower handles and paired lions knob, China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century AD, white jade - Matsuoka Museum of Art - Tokyo, Japan - DSC07234.JPG|center|thumb|290px|White jade jug.]]
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 {{Translation| dwarven = etar gisëk | elvish = afedo vicira | goblin = zozlo gusslax | human = deng nasñok}}
 [[Image:12 - The Mystical King Cobra and Coffee Forests.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Admired for its ''charming hood''.]]
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 Olive fruit can be eaten raw, or can be pressed into olive [[oil]] and a unit of [[press cake|olive pomace]] at a [[screw press]].  Olives can be harvested by setting up a gathering [[zone]].
-Olive oil is much easier to produce than [[seed]] oils, as not only do olives not need to be [[milling|milled]] first, but a stack of them can also be [[pressing|pressed]] in a single job, occupying only one [[jug]].  On the other hand, compared to seeds, there's less [[value]] increase, and your supply of olives is limited to whatever you can [[herbalist|gather]] or [[trading|import]], whereas seeds are an often plentiful byproduct of [[farming]], which is infinitely scalable.
+Olive oil is much easier to produce than [[seed]] oils, as not only do olives not need to be [[milling|milled]] first, but a stack of them can also be [[pressing|pressed]] in a single job, occupying only one [[jug]].  On the other hand, compared to seeds, there's less [[Item value|value]] increase, and your supply of olives is limited to whatever you can [[herbalist|gather]] or [[trading|import]], whereas seeds are an often plentiful byproduct of [[farming]], which is infinitely scalable.
 Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[Preferences|like]] olive trees for their ''oil-giving fruit''.

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 ==World generation==
-In world generation, two kinds of gates to the underworld can be created: a [[deity]] may thrust an [[underworld spire]] as part of their ritual to bring a unique demon into the world, and [[goblin]] civilizations will be built around them; or a dwarven civilization may dig too deep and inadvertently breach into the underworld, and the civilization is (abstractly) taken over by goblins. Only the first kind leads to an actual physical passage into the underworld, and every such goblin civilization will contain one.
+In world generation, two kinds of gates to the underworld can be created: [[deity|deties]] may thrust [[underworld spire]]s as part of their ritual to bring unique demons into the world, and [[goblin]] civilizations will be built around those; or dwarven sites may dig too deep, inadvertently breaching into the underworld, with new civilizations created to rule from those sites, with both goblin and non-unique demon citizens. Only the first kind leads to an actual physical passage into the underworld, and every such initial goblin civilization will contain one, while only the second kind will make that underworld region known in legends mode.
 == Reaching the Underworld ==
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 ==== Starting Adventure mode in the Underworld ====
 First, you need to build a [[camp]] and [[claim]] it for yourself. This will turn you into a lord, and make the camp into a proper site to which you will be able to recruit and assign [[hearthpeople]] to.
-Then, if you make a zone inside your camp several levels down, assign hearthpeople to that zone, and retire and unretire them, you may very well end up starting the game in the Underworld. In fact, any adventurer with a background of being a hearthperson to that site may start in the Underworld as well.
+Then, if you make a zone inside your camp several levels down, assign hearthpeople to that zone, and retire and unretire them, you may very well end up starting the game in the Underworld. In fact, any adventurer with a background of being a hearthperson to that site may start in the Underworld as well. -->
 == Invading the Underworld ==

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 [[File:armor_quality_preview.png|thumb|708px|center|From left to right, the armor's level of quality are standard, -well-crafted-, +finely-crafted+, *superior quality*, =exceptional=, ☼masterful☼ and artifact.]]
-In Adventure mode, the player has the choice of choosing the quality of some clothing and weapons by clicking [[File:quality_increase_button.png|16px]] and [[File:quality_decrease_button.png|16px]], with higher qualities costing more points. Note that some articles of armor will not show a unique graphic for every level of quality, and the player can never choose the artifact quality from the start.
+In adventure mode, the player has the choice of choosing the quality of some clothing and weapons by clicking [[File:quality_increase_button.png|16px]] and [[File:quality_decrease_button.png|16px]], with higher qualities costing more points. Note that some articles of armor will not show a unique graphic for every level of quality, and the player can never choose the artifact quality from the start.
 Dwarves in strange moods can produce legendary artifacts, which benefit from a 3× multiplier, or three times as good as a more mundane piece of armor. Artifact-quality weapons-grade armor items are very strong defensively. However, artifacts can also be made of totally inappropriate materials, and the spectacularly-low defensive values of [[giant hedgehog]] [[bone]] leggings vastly outweigh any bonuses it gets. Fortunately, soldiers will not by themselves claim artifact equipment; it can only be issued by the overseer assigning it as a specific item.
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-Each crafting job produces a pair of gloves, gauntlets, or mittens -- one right-handed and one left-handed. The items from a single job may have different quality levels.
+Each crafting job produces a pair of gloves, gauntlets, or mittens -- one right-handed, and one left-handed. The items from a single job may have different quality levels.
 ===Lower body===
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-==Special procedurally generated armors==
+==Special procedurally-generated armors==
-Some rare entities have their own procedurally generated armors. Currently, these armors are produced by copying the default properties of the "base" armor and adding an adjective ("bulging", "segmented", "rounded", etc.). Dwarves in [[strange mood]]s that select from all armors with a certain tag may produce one of these procedurally generated armors. Since they retain the properties of their base items, these armors should be as usable as standard armor of the base type.
+Some rare entities have their own procedurally-generated armors. Currently, these armors are produced by copying the default properties of the "base" armor and adding an adjective ("bulging", "segmented", "rounded", etc.). Dwarves in [[strange mood]]s that select from all armors with a certain tag may produce one of these procedurally-generated armors. Since they retain the properties of their base items, these armors should be as usable as standard armor of the base type.
 ==Equipping clothing==
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 Coverage also seems to affect surface area of armor, being derived from surface area of all body parts covered by armor piece and multiplied by coverage. In turn, larger surface area of armor makes it harder to chop through with large-contact-area weapons like axes and swords. Thickness (overall toughness) of armor is, seemingly, derived from Material Size and Coverage.
-== Other Restrictions ==
+== Other restrictions ==
 In fortress mode, "under" layers cannot be put on over "over" layers, so, for instance, a dwarf cannot put on socks unless it first removes its shoes. They can wear over layers without putting an under layer on first, which explains their fondness for "going commando" (trousers without loincloth). Dwarves will only put on the specific armor they are told to put on unless they are not told what to wear.
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 In adventurer mode, you have direct control over what armor you put on, and they are only limited by permit and "one only" (shaped) restrictions. This means you can wear three suits of mail (total size 45) plus another suit of chain or plate on top of them. On top of this, you can add six cloaks.
-== Armor Level ==
+== Armor level ==
 Armor Level is used for categorizing armor for determining which pieces are appropriate for a person to wear.
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 * Armor Level 3 - Plate Armor
-Having an Armor Level of 0 also enables wear-and-tear on a piece of armor so that it wears out over time.
+Having an Armor Level of 0 also enables wear-and-tear on a piece of armor, so that it wears out over time.
 == Bugs ==

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 : ''(* On the left of the bar at the top of your screen is your basic fortress info, its name and size. Mouse-hovering over this area reveals the wealth tooltip, a basic breakdown of the fortress' [[wealth]].)
-Wealth is the sum of all objects of [[item value|value]] in your fortress, including raw materials like [[stone]]s and [[metal bar]]s, [[building]]s, engravings, and every kind of created good, all of which contribute to your total wealth to various degrees. [[Corpse]]s and [[remains]] of creatures have no wealth value.
+Wealth is the sum of all objects of [[item value|value]] in your fortress, including raw materials like [[stone]]s and [[metal bar]]s, [[building]]s, engravings, and every kind of created good, all of which contribute to your total wealth to various degrees. [[Corpse]]s (''other than certain [[bone]]s, as seen below'') and [[remains]] of creatures have no wealth value.
 [[Artifact]] items are usually one of the largest influences on fortress wealth, especially artifacts made out of or [[decorate]]d using valuable materials.
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 The display of your wealth on the main status screen is broken up into several categories: [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and [[Clothing|garb]], [[furniture]], other objects (like [[finished goods]]), architecture ([[building]]s, [[constructions]], [[engravings]] and such), [[Display furniture|displayed]], and held/worn (items created internally that have been claimed by dwarves, like clothing).
-For the more abstract wealth count, used in [[world generation]] to determine building ownership and help ground various acts of corruption and [[villain]]y, see [[account]].
+See [[account]]s for the more abstract wealth count, used in [[world generation]] to determine building ownership and help ground various acts of corruption and [[villain]]y.
 == Imports and exports ==

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-Armor can be made out of non-metallic, inferior (but sometimes plentiful) material, such as [[bone]], [[shell]], or [[leather]] (and wooden armor can sometimes be acquired from elven [[caravan]]s). This armor is only effective against the weakest "natural" attacks - small animals (smaller than a dwarf), or the sort of [[wrestling|rare accidents]] that can occur during [[Military quickstart#Melee Training|military training]]. However, that small level of protection can be critical for [[hunter]]s and your military trainees, to avoid the rare fatal or crippling injury that can occur when <u>un</u>armored.  Having an artery opened by an feisty [[wombat]] or irritated [[aardvark]], or cracking a skull during a training fall, is no way for a dwarf to end their story.  And having a set of cheap "training armor" allows a new fort to field some metal-clad squads while others are safely sparring.  However, against any larger [[creature]]s, and certainly against any sort of metal weaponry, these are completely insufficient for protection.
+Armor can be made out of non-metallic, inferior (but sometimes plentiful) material, such as [[bone]], [[shell]], or [[leather]] (and wooden armor can sometimes be acquired from elven [[caravan]]s). This armor is only effective against the weakest "natural" attacks - small animals (smaller than a dwarf), or the sort of [[wrestling|rare accidents]] that can occur during [[Military quickstart#Melee Training|military training]]. However, that small level of protection can be critical for [[hunter]]s and your military trainees, to avoid the rare fatal or crippling injury that can occur when <u>un</u>armored.  Having an artery opened by a feisty [[wombat]] or irritated [[aardvark]], or cracking a skull during a training fall, is no way for a dwarf to end their story.  And having a set of cheap "training armor" allows a new fort to field some metal-clad squads while others are safely sparring.  However, against any larger [[creature]]s, and certainly against any sort of metal weaponry, these are completely insufficient for protection.
 Metal armor must be made out of a [[weapons-grade]] material (i.e. copper, bronze/bismuth bronze, iron, steel, or something rarer). The only exception to this is when a dwarf is in a [[strange mood]], in which case a piece of armor might be created out of any metal lying around. The material used in armor is extremely important to combat; fully [[iron]]-armored dwarves with iron weapons stand far less chance against those using [[steel]].* In general, slashing weapons will have difficulty piercing armor made of the same weapons-grade material as the weapon and piercing weapons will be increasingly blunted, but blunt weapons will break bones through armor, almost regardless of its material. Rigid armor provides limited blunt protection, while chain mail shirts and leggings provide next to none. Even adamantine armor only prevents an estimated 13% of blows, demonstrating the utility of the slow-but-sure war hammer.

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 }}
 Trees are used as a source of [[wood]], an essential resource in the game, irreplaceable (or hard to replace) for some applications. Thus, the amount of local trees greatly affects fortress development, as without a ready source of wood, the player will be forced to rely on [[trade]] to get it. Tree growth density on the [[embark]] site is determined by its [[biome]], so it is displayed with the rest of the biome properties (temperature, etc.) on the "Choose Fortress Location" screen at embark.
 == Structure ==

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 Most dwarves get a happy [[thought]] from felling a tree, but not all, and some even feel unhappy about it; depending on how much they [[Personality value#NATURE|value nature]]. You can check the thoughts of a woodcutter immediately after a tree was felled, and remove the worker from this type of work if they are not "satisfied felling a tree". This is a bit of micromanagement, but few fortresses can afford wasting possible good thoughts.
-If you [[embark]] using the "Play Now!" option, one of the seven settlers will be a Novice Wood Cutter in the appropriate work detail. Graphically, any individual assigned as a woodcutter will be wearing a yellow tunic.
+If you [[embark]] using the "Play Now!" option, one of the seven settlers will be a Novice Wood Cutter in the appropriate work detail. Graphically, any individual assigned as a woodcutter will be wearing a yellow tunic. Cutting down trees is not allowed in the [[object testing arena]], as attempting to do so will produce the message {{DFtext|You cannot fell trees in the arena.|6:1}}
 == Cutting down trees ==