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Pgallert: /* Overview */ wording: They do not actually travel that way

2026-03-06T10:57:52Z

Overview: wording: They do not actually travel that way

Zippy: Added image

2026-01-25T18:50:37Z

Added image

74.102.247.197: /* Mission events */

2025-10-13T01:08:26Z

Mission events

84.192.108.195 at 00:34, 8 February 2025

2025-02-08T00:34:40Z

47.227.191.41: /* Overview */ Wrong "its"

2025-02-07T00:35:22Z

Overview: Wrong "its"

Quietust at 14:19, 29 November 2024

2024-11-29T14:19:33Z

Tropius: Removing the verify requested tag. Just tried it in a fresh fort myself, and it worked the very next season. got extra caravans

2024-04-05T04:04:29Z

Removing the verify requested tag. Just tried it in a fresh fort myself, and it worked the very next season. got extra caravans

76.147.190.246: /* Conquer */

2023-10-07T23:22:59Z

Conquer

76.147.190.246: /* Conquer */

2023-09-20T18:07:25Z

Conquer

173.24.215.87: /* Artifact/Citizen recovery */

2023-06-05T19:16:14Z

Artifact/Citizen recovery

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 After selecting a valid site, there will be a top right prompt giving you the mission types and options to select, all detailed further below. After setting your preferred mission type and its options, you can then select [[squads]] (to the left of the prompt) to send on the mission. Unpausing the game with any amount of squads assigned effectively begins the mission, and they will set off as soon as they gather all their equipment. Once they leave through the edge of the local fortress map, the mission cannot be altered. You can also choose to send no squads on a mission, which will not start it and useful for if you want to do it later.
-Squads on missions that are across a body of water (though not totally cut off by it such as with an isthmus) will sometimes route ''through the water''.
+Mission reports will show a more or less direct line to the destination, instead of outlining the path as taken. Thus the report can appear as if the squad had travelled across inaccessible patches like a body of water or high mountains.
 If a site is unable to be visited, then the prompt's text will explain why you cannot create the mission. Missions cannot be sent to occupied sites that are members of your civilization, or locations that are impossible for your squads to reach. (i.e. across oceans/glaciers.)

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 {{buggy}}
 {{old}}
-[[File:dwarf_mission_preview.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Dwarves counting their raided spoils.<br><small>''Art by steamingcore''</small>]]'''Missions''' are commands in [[fortress mode]] that send dwarves in military [[squad]]s to visit [[site]]s off your fortress map. Missions are created in the [[Civilization/World Info|World Screen]] (accessed by pressing {{k|Y}} or clicking its icon in the bottom right main fortress view). There are multiple types of missions, such as raids, explorations, and artifact/citizen recovery.
+[[File:mission_preview.png|right]]'''Missions''' are commands in [[fortress mode]] that send dwarves in military [[squad]]s to visit [[site]]s off your fortress map. Missions are created in the [[Civilization/World Info|World Screen]] (accessed by pressing {{k|Y}} or clicking its icon in the bottom right main fortress view). There are multiple types of missions, such as raids, explorations, and artifact/citizen recovery.
 Note: This is all done "off screen" - you have no control of the dwarves' actions once they leave your map, not until (with luck) they return.
 == Overview ==
-Sites will either let you "click to '''raid'''" or "click to explore" The sites you can "click to raid" are any and only occupied foreign sites, with missions there possibly involving stealing artifacts, animals, things, life from the living and more using various [[#Mission types|mission types]]. (Raid is also misleading term, as it's also a term for a specific mission type and the game will only refer to it as being a raid if you're actually raiding).
+[[File:dwarf_mission_preview.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dwarves counting their raided spoils.<br><small>''Art by steamingcore''</small>]]Sites will either let you "click to '''raid'''" or "click to explore" The sites you can "click to raid" are any and only occupied foreign sites, with missions there possibly involving stealing artifacts, animals, things, life from the living and more using various [[#Mission types|mission types]]. (Raid is also misleading term, as it's also a term for a specific mission type and the game will only refer to it as being a raid if you're actually raiding).
 An '''exploration''' is essentially a raid on any ''unoccupied'' site. There's fewer options compared to sites you can raid, and all in regards to what to loot from the site and how to free potential prisoners. It's impossible to have combat at unoccupied sites, so don't worry about arming squads sent to explore.
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 *Dwarves sent on artifact retrieval missions sometimes don't return. {{bug|10545}} {{bug|10426}}
 *Dead civilizations' missions never complete. {{bug|10891}}
 {{Category|Fortress mode}}
 {{Category|World}}
 [[ru:Mission]]

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 * Confronted the (species and name of opponent)
 * The (species and name of combatant) fought with...
-* (Name)'s (body part) was torn out/ripped off/crushed
+* (Name)'s (body part) was torn out/ripped off/crushed/stabbed out
 * (Name) was struck down
 * (Item/Artifact) was looted from (former person holding it)

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 {{buggy}}
 {{old}}
-[[File:dwarf_mission_preview.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Dwarves counting their raided spoils.<br><small>''Art by steamingcore''</small>]]'''Missions''' are commands in [[fortress mode]] that send dwarves in military [[squad]]s to visit [[site]]s off your fortress map. Missions are created in the [[Civilization/World Info|World Screen]] (accessed by pressing {{k|Y}} or clicking it's icon in the bottom right main fortress view). There are multiple types of missions, such as raids, explorations, and artifact/citizen recovery.
+[[File:dwarf_mission_preview.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Dwarves counting their raided spoils.<br><small>''Art by steamingcore''</small>]]'''Missions''' are commands in [[fortress mode]] that send dwarves in military [[squad]]s to visit [[site]]s off your fortress map. Missions are created in the [[Civilization/World Info|World Screen]] (accessed by pressing {{k|Y}} or clicking its icon in the bottom right main fortress view). There are multiple types of missions, such as raids, explorations, and artifact/citizen recovery.
 Note: This is all done "off screen" - you have no control of the dwarves' actions once they leave your map, not until (with luck) they return.

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 Both raids and explorations are created by opening the civilization/world info map with {{k|Y}}, then by using the mouse, hover over a site to view and/or select it. If the site you are viewing holds or is rumored to hold artifacts or prisoners, these will be listed, along with the distance in time to the site ("a short trip", "a day's travel", etc.), the race, population, and your current political state (peace, neutral, allied, etc.).
-After selecting a valid site, there will be a top right prompt giving you the mission types and options to select, all detailed further below. After setting your preferred mission type and it's options, you can then select [[squads]] (to the left of the prompt) to send on the mission. Unpausing the game with any amount of squads assigned effectively begins the mission, and they will set off as soon as they gather all their equipment. Once they leave through the edge of the local fortress map, the mission cannot be altered. You can also choose to send no squads on a mission, which will not start it and useful for if you want to do it later.
+After selecting a valid site, there will be a top right prompt giving you the mission types and options to select, all detailed further below. After setting your preferred mission type and its options, you can then select [[squads]] (to the left of the prompt) to send on the mission. Unpausing the game with any amount of squads assigned effectively begins the mission, and they will set off as soon as they gather all their equipment. Once they leave through the edge of the local fortress map, the mission cannot be altered. You can also choose to send no squads on a mission, which will not start it and useful for if you want to do it later.
 Squads on missions that are across a body of water (though not totally cut off by it such as with an isthmus) will sometimes route ''through the water''.

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 == Mission reports ==
-[[DF2014:Reports|Mission reports]] have an animated map on the left side of the screen. A path is traced out from your fortress to the destination and events are "revealed" on the right side of the screen.
+[[Reports|Mission reports]] have an animated map on the left side of the screen. A path is traced out from your fortress to the destination and events are "revealed" on the right side of the screen.
 [[File:Mission report example.png|center|700px]]

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 === Tribute ===
-Demanding [[Tribute|tribute]] (one-time or ongoing) may result in the site providing goods to your fortress (if successful). They will do so in the form of a caravan that will drop off the goods at your depot and leave. Tribute caravans tend to be relatively small, but they are guarded. You don't have any control on the content of the tribute. What they bring depends on the civilization's available materials, the site's size and tracked items and so forth, and may range from excessively mundane (like a bunch of average quality clothing) to extremely useful (like exotic animals). Notably, tributes are one of the few ways to obtain evil animals tamed by goblins, such as [[beak dog]]s, for instance. Yearly tributes usually happen at the beginning of a season and may be arranged in any season, including winter. Demanding tribute is one of the few ways to "contact" another civilization without triggering an outright war, and therefore ensure that it will send out regular trading caravans afterwards. {{verify}}
+Demanding [[Tribute|tribute]] (one-time or ongoing) may result in the site providing goods to your fortress (if successful). They will do so in the form of a caravan that will drop off the goods at your depot and leave. Tribute caravans tend to be relatively small, but they are guarded. You don't have any control on the content of the tribute. What they bring depends on the civilization's available materials, the site's size and tracked items and so forth, and may range from excessively mundane (like a bunch of average quality clothing) to extremely useful (like exotic animals). Notably, tributes are one of the few ways to obtain evil animals tamed by goblins, such as [[beak dog]]s, for instance. Yearly tributes usually happen at the beginning of a season and may be arranged in any season, including winter. Demanding tribute is one of the few ways to "contact" another civilization without triggering an outright war, and therefore ensure that it will send out regular trading caravans afterwards.
 === Conquer ===

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	You may request (through a [[messenger]]) that your occupying dwarves come back to your fortress, but the administrator will remain there regardless. Dwarves that you request this way will still have the labor preferences you've enabled for them prior to sending them out, but won't be part of a squad, so you will have to re-enlist them after they come back. There is also no guarantee that they will wear the same equipment as they had when you sent them out, so you may not be that keen on strapping them with very valuable gear after all. Note that [[insurrection]]s are explicitly disabled for your holdings, so at the moment there is no drawback to not requesting every single occupying dwarf to come back to your fortress (apart from FPS concerns). It is, however, a useful way of getting rid of a discontented dwarf or annoying noble without having to arrange for an [[unfortunate accident]] or exiling their entire family. Non-citizens who are resident soldiers and part of your raiding squad can be selected as the administrator of the conquered site. However, your messenger cannot request for non-citizen soldiers to be returned. The occupied site will still be considered one of your holdings even if the administrator is not one of your citizens. It is therefore possible to recover all citizens of a squad who have been sent to demand a surrender and only the militia captain is required to be a citizen.		You may request (through a [[messenger]]) that your occupying dwarves come back to your fortress, but the administrator will remain there regardless. Dwarves that you request this way will still have the labor preferences you've enabled for them prior to sending them out, but won't be part of a squad, so you will have to re-enlist them after they come back. There is also no guarantee that they will wear the same equipment as they had when you sent them out, so you may not be that keen on strapping them with very valuable gear after all. Note that [[insurrection]]s are explicitly disabled for your holdings, so at the moment there is no drawback to not requesting every single occupying dwarf to come back to your fortress (apart from FPS concerns). It is, however, a useful way of getting rid of a discontented dwarf or annoying noble without having to arrange for an [[unfortunate accident]] or exiling their entire family. Non-citizens who are resident soldiers and part of your raiding squad can be selected as the administrator of the conquered site. However, your messenger cannot request for non-citizen soldiers to be returned. The occupied site will still be considered one of your holdings even if the administrator is not one of your citizens. It is therefore possible to recover all citizens of a squad who have been sent to demand a surrender and only the militia captain is required to be a citizen.
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		+	If merchants belonging to your civilization are visiting a site you have conquered then your messenger can be sent to request that they join your fortress.

	== Artifact/Citizen recovery ==		== Artifact/Citizen recovery ==

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 If successful, occupying a site will make it one of your fortress's [[holding]]s. Note that your forces will remain on-site as occupiers. One of them will then claim the title of administrator of the place, "after a polite discussion with rivals". (This will be announced in a lovely purple message.) The previous administrator of the place will also likely be killed by your dwarves, as is standard in the conquering mechanics of ''Dwarf Fortress'' (in worldgen and afterwards).
-You may request (through a [[messenger]]) that your occupying dwarves come back to your fortress, but the administrator will remain there regardless. Dwarves that you request this way will still have the labor preferences you've enabled for them prior to sending them out, but won't be part of a squad, so you will have to re-enlist them after they come back. There is also no guarantee that they will wear the same equipment as they had when you sent them out, so you may not be that keen on strapping them with very valuable gear after all. Note that [[insurrection]]s are explicitly disabled for your holdings, so at the moment there is no drawback to not requesting every single occupying dwarf to come back to your fortress (apart from FPS concerns). It is, however, a useful way of getting rid of a discontented dwarf or annoying noble without having to arrange for an [[unfortunate accident]] or exiling their entire family.
+You may request (through a [[messenger]]) that your occupying dwarves come back to your fortress, but the administrator will remain there regardless. Dwarves that you request this way will still have the labor preferences you've enabled for them prior to sending them out, but won't be part of a squad, so you will have to re-enlist them after they come back. There is also no guarantee that they will wear the same equipment as they had when you sent them out, so you may not be that keen on strapping them with very valuable gear after all. Note that [[insurrection]]s are explicitly disabled for your holdings, so at the moment there is no drawback to not requesting every single occupying dwarf to come back to your fortress (apart from FPS concerns). It is, however, a useful way of getting rid of a discontented dwarf or annoying noble without having to arrange for an [[unfortunate accident]] or exiling their entire family. Non-citizens who are resident soldiers and part of your raiding squad can be selected as the administrator of the conquered site. However, your messenger cannot request for non-citizen soldiers to be returned. The occupied site will still be considered one of your holdings even if the administrator is not one of your citizens. It is therefore possible to recover all citizens of a squad who have been sent to demand a surrender and only the militia captain is required to be a citizen.
 == Artifact/Citizen recovery ==

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 == Artifact/Citizen recovery ==
-An '''artifact recovery''' mission sets a specific artifact as the objective of a mission. This usually involves traveling to the last known or rumored location of said artifact. Particularly hard to find artifacts may take upwards of 3 years to find. If your squad manages to encounter a bit of [[fun]] on any form of mission, members of those parties can be captured as prisoners by the inhabitants of the site you attempted to raid. When this happens, you can create a '''citizen recovery''' mission, whereupon the assigned squads will attempt to rescue the prisoner from whatever site they are held at. Captive citizens can join civilizations that captured them, so your next raid to the same site can be met with your own armor-clad legendary warriors as defenders, leading to unexpected '''fun'''.
+An '''artifact recovery''' mission sets a specific artifact as the objective of a mission. This usually involves traveling to the last known or rumored location of said artifact. Particularly hard to find artifacts may take upwards of 3 years to find.
 You can also instruct your squad to free members of other civilizations you find at your destination. These other prisoners you rescue will come back with your squad and seek sanctuary at your fortress. Sometimes, even uninhabited [[tombs]] can contain "prisoners" that you can rescue. If you accept their request, these prisoners will become partial citizens. These units will have all basic labors enabled (such as hauling, construction, and the like), and will have any labors they are skilled in set to active with no way to deactivate them. {{verify}} Consider setting your workshop profiles a little more aggressively than normal if you don't want them filling orders reserved for more capable hands.