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With that said, building your fortress how you want is almost limitless. Feel free to experiment and combine the suggestions here. | With that said, building your fortress how you want is almost limitless. Feel free to experiment and combine the suggestions here. | ||
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===Hills=== | ===Hills=== | ||
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Building a fortress into a hill is probably the simplest way to get your fortress started. | Building a fortress into a hill is probably the simplest way to get your fortress started. | ||
− | If your area has any slopes or hills at all, you can [[mine]] straight into it. It doesn't have to be a tall, flat cliff; | + | If your area has any slopes or hills at all, you can [[mine]] straight into it. It doesn't have to be a tall, flat cliff; You can build into a low slope just fine. A low slope that goes up one level isn't quite as useful as a cliff that goes 3 or more levels up, but it's good enough. Try to avoid digging into a small hill though, as you may want some room to build on the first level. |
− | By digging into a hill, your fortress' front gate is generally easier to defend. An area surrounded | + | By digging into a hill, your fortress' front gate is generally easier to defend. An area surrounded in cliffs can make navigation for your enemy (and you) time-consuming, but building into a wall forces your enemy to come at you head-on in one direction. In addition, you can take advantage of the natural landscape to "funnel" enemies together, or carve your own funnel-like entrance, making them easier to hit with [[Siege engine]]s and [[marksdwarfs]] in safer locations. Also, this works well with an entrance full of [[traps]]. |
===Flatlands=== | ===Flatlands=== | ||
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Alternatively, you can build [[walls]] around your entrance, along with a ceiling if you want. Make sure you leave a front door open for your dwarves, or better, build a funnel with lots of traps in it. No enemy will bother breaking down a wall if there's a clear way in. They won't know it's full of stonefall traps. | Alternatively, you can build [[walls]] around your entrance, along with a ceiling if you want. Make sure you leave a front door open for your dwarves, or better, build a funnel with lots of traps in it. No enemy will bother breaking down a wall if there's a clear way in. They won't know it's full of stonefall traps. | ||
− | Another way to restrict access to your fort is to | + | Another way to restrict access to your fort is to build a moat around your entrance and place a single bridge that you can retract. There are many ways to do this: pumping from a aquifer, diverting a river, or, if you're really sadistic, having your dwarves haul water in buckets. Simply add a bridge and link it to a lever. When a siege comes, call in all your dwarves and throw the lever (if you're the particularly pacifist type). This proves to be a simple, but powerful defense. For added fun, fill the moat with magma instead! There are a few potential downsides to this method, however. All expansion in the next underground level is constrained by the size of your moat. You can solve this by building a "reverse bridge" by tunneling under the channel. The other major problem is that this method does not protect against flying foes; an Undead Skeletal Giant Eagle will scoff at your moat as he mauls your poor dwarves. |
Building a wall around your entrance opens up a whole new level of creativity. Feel free to make a small tower or keep, or a large castle with catapults on each level, or a stepped pyramid that reaches high into the sky, etc. | Building a wall around your entrance opens up a whole new level of creativity. Feel free to make a small tower or keep, or a large castle with catapults on each level, or a stepped pyramid that reaches high into the sky, etc. | ||
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===Houses, Keeps, and Castles=== | ===Houses, Keeps, and Castles=== | ||
− | Instead of mining into the ground, you can make your settlement more human-like. By taking [[wood]] and stone, you can build walls and [[floors]] that resemble houses, warehouses, castles, towers, and so on. As long as it has four walls and a floor above it, you can make a room out of it | + | Instead of mining into the ground, you can make your settlement more human-like. By taking [[wood]] and stone, you can build walls and [[floors]] that resemble houses, warehouses, castles, towers, and so on. As long as it has four walls and a floor above it, you can make a room out of it. This works well on flat lands, but you can do this pretty much anywhere. |
==Annoying Obstacles== | ==Annoying Obstacles== | ||
− | Be on the lookout for these features in your area | + | Be on the lookout for these features in your area. They are probably the most annoying features to deal with when making your fortress. They can be avoided just by paying attention to your [[biome]], usually. |
− | === | + | ===Lakes=== |
− | These things are just about everywhere, except in scorching or freezing climates. They are not a threat really, just annoying. A | + | These things are just about everywhere, except in scorching or freezing climates. They are not a threat really, just annoying. A lake may hinder your design if you build too close to them. As far as mining is concerned, they go down two levels, so make sure you're mining deeper than that. Same goes for rivers and brooks and the like. |
===Aquifers=== | ===Aquifers=== | ||
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===Creatures=== | ===Creatures=== | ||
− | Don't build on an area that might have dangerous [[creatures]] | + | Don't build on an area that might have dangerous [[creatures]]. The worst kinds are [[elephants]], [[carp]], and [[Giant eagle]]s. Don't even think about building in [[haunted]] or [[sininster]] areas and the like, unless you think you're up for the challenge. Look up your biome, then compare them against the creatures list to see what you might be up against. |
{{Starting FAQ}} | {{Starting FAQ}} |