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91.49.240.46: /* Fortress actions per need */

2026-03-04T05:09:24Z

Fortress actions per need

Quietust: /* Focus */ Exact thresholds, determined by tweaking distraction numbers with DFHack

2026-01-09T13:51:35Z

Focus: Exact thresholds, determined by tweaking distraction numbers with DFHack

GeloMor: /* Adventurer actions per need */

2025-12-31T18:26:21Z

Adventurer actions per need

GeloMor at 15:47, 31 December 2025

2025-12-31T15:47:10Z

87.143.77.206: /* Fortress actions per need */

2025-12-30T11:09:33Z

Fortress actions per need

87.143.77.206: /* Fortress actions per need */

2025-12-30T11:08:25Z

Fortress actions per need

GeloMor: /* Diversity */

2025-11-29T16:17:33Z

Diversity

83.5.128.187 at 14:38, 29 November 2025

2025-11-29T14:38:55Z

Magistrum: Rome of Oxtrot shared the code on discord recently, 20☼ is the threshold for food the dwarves have no preference for. Tested myself and adventure mode is still right.

2025-08-01T03:28:11Z

Rome of Oxtrot shared the code on discord recently, 20☼ is the threshold for food the dwarves have no preference for. Tested myself and adventure mode is still right.

GeloMor at 22:54, 22 March 2025

2025-03-22T22:54:04Z

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 |being away from friends
 |FRIENDSHIP
-|Socialize with friends. Any social interaction (which involves talking, ie. intellectual discussion, sharing personal insight or just talking) between friends is enough as is making a new friend.
+|Socialize with friends. Any social interaction (which involves talking, ie. intellectual discussion, sharing personal insight or just talking, but not getting into an argument) between friends is enough as is making a new friend.
 |-
 |hearing eloquent speech
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 |being unable to acquire something
 |GREED, COMMERCE
-|Acquire any trinket (happens automatically when performing a "Store item in stockpile" job on an eligible [[trade good]]), but some dwarfs are picky and might not want any of your normal trinkets (in that case check the dwarf preferences and get/make some of the dwarfs preferred items (finished goods), preferable with some of the dwarfs favored materials and then make sure, that that dwarf will haul it).
+|Acquire any trinket (happens automatically when performing a "Store item in stockpile", "Store item in bin" or "Bring item to depot" job on an eligible [[trade good]], note that this includes clothing, but items claimed via pick-up equipment jobs do not satisfy this need), but some dwarfs are picky and might not want any of your normal trinkets (in that case check the dwarf preferences and get/make some of the dwarfs preferred items (finished goods), preferable with some of the dwarfs favored materials and then make sure, that that dwarf will haul it).
 |-
 |eating a good meal
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 |being unable to help anybody
 |ALTRUISM, SACRIFICE
-|Bring water or food to patient/prisoner/animal*; bring wounded units to rest; leading demonstration; being yelled at by unhappy citizens (for relevant nobles).
+|Bring water or food to patient/prisoner/animal*; bring wounded units to rest; leading demonstration; being yelled at by unhappy citizens (for relevant nobles). Note: Give water tasks seem to be automatically created, if a dwarf gets thirsty, when already going to bed or on the way to get something to eat, or if a dwarf has already taken a job (ie. mining job), where the dwarf needs a long time to complete the job (ie. reach the digging destination and perform the digging job), and becomes thirsty on the way. And a give water task does not get deleted until completed (with the possible exceptions that the dwarf is no longer on-site or dead).
 |-
 |thinking abstractly

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 {| class = "wikitable sortable"
 |-
-| {{DFtext|Very focused|2:1}}|| + 140% (?)
+| {{DFtext|Very focused|2:1}}|| 140% and higher
 |-
-| {{DFtext|Quite focused|2:0}}|| 120-139% (-149%?)
+| {{DFtext|Quite focused|2:0}}|| 120-139%
 |-
 | {{DFtext|Focused|7:1}}|| 101-119%
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 | {{DFtext|Untroubled|7:0}}|| 100%
 |-
-| {{DFtext|Unfocused|6:0}}|| 80-99%
+| {{DFtext|Unfocused|6:0}}|| 81-99%
 |-
-| {{DFtext|Distracted|6:1}}|| ...-79% (?)
+| {{DFtext|Distracted|6:1}}|| 61-80%
 |-
-| {{DFtext|Badly distracted|4:1}}|| (?)
+| {{DFtext|Badly distracted|4:1}}|| 60% and lower
 |}

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 |being away from people
 |GREGARIOUSNESS
-|Spea{{k|k}} to anyone or reply to greeting. They don't have to be able to reply back.
+|{{adv menu icon|k}} Speak to anyone or reply to greeting. They don't have to be able to reply back.
 |-
 |drinking
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 |being unable to pray (to [deity])
+|
-|Spea{{k|k}}, Pray to <Deity> or Begin a performance, Give a sermon
+|{{adv menu icon|k}} Speak, Pray to <Deity> or Begin a performance, Give a sermon
 |-
 |staying occupied

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 |being away from family
 |FAMILY
-|(Socialize with close family members. Note that this need ''can'' currently be assigned to dwarves without families)
+|Socialize with close family members. Note that this need ''can'' currently be assigned to dwarves without families.
 |-
 |being with friends

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 |being away from traditions
 |TRADITION
-|Talk with [[champion]] (Perform any improvisational form? Religious rites? Justice served?). Can be performed by partaking in some performances in a tavern.
+|Talk with [[champion]] (Perform any improvisational form? Religious rites? Justice served?). Can be satisfied by partaking in some performances in a tavern.
 |-
 |self-examination

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 |leading an unexciting life
 |EXCITEMENT_SEEKING
-|Varied; including at least being in danger or catching a live vermin
+|Varied; including at least being in danger or catching a live vermin; can be satisfied by sparring
 |-
 |learning something
 |not learning anything
 |KNOWLEDGE, CURIOUS
-|Gain a rank in any skill, learn a new subject from written content.
+|Gain a rank in any skill, learn a new subject from written content. Learn something from watching a guild demonstration.
 |-
 |being with family
 |being away from family
 |FAMILY
-|(Socialize with close family members? Note that this need ''can'' currently be assigned to dwarves without families)
+|(Socialize with close family members. Note that this need ''can'' currently be assigned to dwarves without families)
 |-
 |being with friends
 |being away from friends
 |FRIENDSHIP
-|(Socialize with friends?)
+|Socialize with friends. Any social interaction (which involves talking, ie. intellectual discussion, sharing personal insight or just talking) between friends is enough as is making a new friend.
 |-
 |hearing eloquent speech
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 |being away from traditions
 |TRADITION
-|Talk with [[champion]] (Perform any improvisational form? Religious rites? Justice served?)
+|Talk with [[champion]] (Perform any improvisational form? Religious rites? Justice served?). Can be performed by partaking in some performances in a tavern.
 |-
 |self-examination
 |a lack of introspection
 |INTROSPECTION
-|read anything, compose song or poetry (automatically self-indulgent)
+|read anything, compose song or poetry (automatically self-indulgent), sharing a personal insight (random social activity, which can happen also outside a meeting area)
 |-
 |making merry
 |being unable to make merry
 |MERRIMENT, HUMOR
-|Watching a performance, (Recite any poem?)
+|Watching or partaking in any performance (dance, poetry, music)
 |-
 |practicing a craft
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 |being unable to practice a skill
 |SKILL
-|Use any skill (?)
+|Use any skill (?); definitly satisfied by gaining a rank in any skill.
 |-
 |taking it easy
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 |being unable to make romance
 |ROMANCE, LOVE PROPENSITY
-|(''interacting'' with spouse/partner)
+|''interacting'' with spouse/partner/lover or getting caught up in a new romance (gaining new lover)
 |-
 |seeing animals
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 |being unable to acquire something
 |GREED, COMMERCE
-|Acquire any trinket (happens automatically when performing a "Store item in stockpile" job on an eligible [[trade good]])
+|Acquire any trinket (happens automatically when performing a "Store item in stockpile" job on an eligible [[trade good]]), but some dwarfs are picky and might not want any of your normal trinkets (in that case check the dwarf preferences and get/make some of the dwarfs preferred items (finished goods), preferable with some of the dwarfs favored materials and then make sure, that that dwarf will haul it).
 |-
 |eating a good meal
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 |being unable to fight
 |VIOLENT
-|Partake in a fight or any combat.
+|Partake in a fight or any combat or any sparring session.
 |-
 |causing trouble
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 |a lack of abstract thinking
 |ABSTRACT_INCLINED
-|Read or write any written content, or compose music or a poem. Playing make-believe. (Using Architect skill does not satisfy this need.)
+|Read or write any written content, or compose music or a poem. Playing make-believe. Having an intellectual discussion (social activity). Watch a (guild) demonstration. (Using Architect skill does not satisfy this need.)
 |-
 |admiring art

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 As expected, high-level needs hold a much larger sway in a dwarf's overall focus than low-level needs. For example, "immoderation" controls the need for [[alcohol]]; dwarves, thus, are more likely to have a need for alcohol than humans (but most of the time won't have a very strong one). A small percentage have no need for alcohol at all, though they'll still slow down without it, due to dwarves' alcohol dependence.
-Needs are shown in the "Needs" sub-tab of the "Personality" tab of a creature's character sheet, which can be accessed by clicking on the creature or from the creat{{k|u}}re tabs by clicking the magnifying glass next to the creature in one of the sub-tabs of the "creatures" tab..
+Needs are shown in the "Needs" sub-tab of the "Personality" tab of a creature's character sheet, which can be accessed by clicking on the creature or from the creat{{k|u}}re tabs by clicking [[File:Mag glass icon.png]] next to the creature in one of the sub-tabs of the "creatures" tab..
 Degree of fulfillment:

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 {{av}}
-[[File:needs_v50_preview.png|thumb|262px|right|The needs of a [[scholar]].]]
+[[File:needs_v50_preview.png|thumb|262px|right|Status screen.]]
 '''Needs''' affect a creature's focus - needs that are unmet for long enough will increasingly damage the creature's '''focus''', while sufficiently well-satisfied needs will improve it. Better focus leads to better results from work--essentially, a boost to all skills. Distraction is the opposite--an unfocused dwarf may become sloppy in their work, making worse crafts or failing a block during combat.

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 |a lack of decent meals
 |IMMODERATION
-|Eating a preferred food (or a preferred alcohol [[cook]]ed into a meal), or a sufficiently valuable meal{{version|0.47.05}}.
+|Eating a preferred food (or a preferred alcohol [[cook]]ed into a meal), or a meal worth over 20☼.
 |-
 |fighting
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 |a lack of decent meals
 |IMMODERATION
-|Eating a sufficiently valuable meal. Foods with an [[item value]] of at least 4 count. {{version|0.47.05}}.
+|Eating a sufficiently valuable meal. Foods with an [[item value]] of at least 4☼ count.
 |-
 |fighting