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Silverwing235: /* Fire */

2025-09-02T12:29:10Z

Fire

Silverwing235: /* Miasma */

2025-09-02T11:45:30Z

Miasma

Silverwing235 at 11:44, 2 September 2025

2025-09-02T11:44:16Z

Ziusudra: replaced old stub sections with added feature toggles in settings and DFHack tools, removed migration template and rated

2025-09-01T01:51:26Z

replaced old stub sections with added feature toggles in settings and DFHack tools, removed migration template and rated

Ziusudra: /* Dirt/stone */ simplified instructions (some what)

2025-09-01T01:25:40Z

Dirt/stone: simplified instructions (some what)

Ziusudra: /* Buildings */ added building hiding

2025-09-01T01:16:56Z

Buildings: added building hiding

Ziusudra: /* Items */ added item hiding

2025-09-01T01:04:11Z

Items: added item hiding

Ziusudra: reorganized buildings and items into sections

2025-09-01T00:54:57Z

reorganized buildings and items into sections

Ziusudra: switched to main template

2025-09-01T00:44:49Z

switched to main template

Ziusudra: updated for V50+ controls

2025-09-01T00:11:43Z

updated for V50+ controls

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 ==Fire==
-Good luck removing [[fire]]. Water will only remove flames if the object is completely immersed in 7/7 water. Obviously, this is problematic if a dwarf is burning. Your best bet is to isolate the burning substances (clothing, dwarves, beer, etc.) and prevent any dwarves or animals from accessing the banned areas until all the flames burn out.
+Good luck removing [[fire]] - specifically, water will only remove flames if the object is completely immersed in 7/7 water - obviously, this is problematic if a dwarf is burning. Your best bet is to isolate the burning substance/s (clothing, dwarves, alcohol, etc.) and prevent any dwarves or animals from accessing the banned areas until all the flames burn out.
-Creating a [[cave-in]] can destroy the burning item completely, which is no loss since it's already burning. (Read up on cave-ins before doing this to avoid worse problems.)
+Creating a [[cave-in]] can destroy the burning item completely, which is no loss, since it's already burning. (Read up on cave-ins before doing this to avoid worse problems.)
 ==Game features==

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 ==Miasma==
-Through the miasma will fade in time, you can assure it to be gone by making an upwards conduct
+Through the miasma will fade in time, you can assure it to be gone by making an upwards conduit
 (be sure to grate it or else who knows what could get in!)

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 {{av}}
-It seems that half the time in [[Fortress mode]], when you aren't building something, you're '''removing''' something. Whether that's [[dig|digging]] away part of the landscape, tearing down a [[wall]], ripping up a [[bridge]], or just rearranging the [[furniture]], if it needs to get done, then it needs to get done. Although every specific article should have an explanation of how to remove that specific item or feature, if you're here you may need a more basic "how to".
+It seems that half the time in [[Fortress mode]], when you aren't building something, you're '''removing''' something - whether that's [[dig|digging]] away part of the landscape, tearing down a [[wall]], ripping up a [[bridge]], or just rearranging the [[furniture]], if it needs to get done, then it needs to get done. Although every specific article should have an explanation of how to remove that specific item or feature, if you're here you may need a more basic "how to".
 Here's how to remove...

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-{{migrated article}}
+{{Quality|Superior}}
 {{av}}
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 "Oops"?! Didn't mean to mark that? If the action hasn't been completed yet, don't panic. Use {{Menu icon|x}} as above and click over the part you don't want marked.
-==Constructed walls, stairs, etc==
+==Constructions==
 {{main|Construction}}
 If you're trying to remove anything that is a [[construction]] (that is, anything that was built with {{Menu icon|b|n}}), use {{Menu icon|m|x}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it took to build.
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 Creating a [[cave-in]] can destroy the burning item completely, which is no loss since it's already burning. (Read up on cave-ins before doing this to avoid worse problems.)
-==Stuff via the init.txt file==
+==Game features==
-{{stub}}
+Several game features can be toggled off in the [[settings]].
-===Temperature===
+==DFHack tools==
+[[DFHack]] tools that can remove stuff include:
-==Announcements==
+*[https://docs.dfhack.org/en/stable/docs/tools/gui/mass-remove.html mass-remove]
 [[ru:Remove]]

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 ==Dirt/stone==
 {{main|Mining}}
-[[Digging]] may be the most basic action in ''Dwarf Fortress''. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]].
+[[Digging]] may be the most basic action in ''Dwarf Fortress''. You need a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]], then you designate an area to be mined with {{Menu icon|m|m}}: left-click with the mouse on a tile, move to create a rectangle, and click again. There is also a [[Settings#Feature_toggles|keyboard cursor]] you can enable and then use the cursor, movement (default WASD), and enter keys.
 If you want (or need, to get up/down) to create [[stair]]s or [[ramp]]s instead of a tunnel, it works similarly, but with some additional concerns - read those articles for details and command keys.

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 ==Buildings==
 ===Bridges===
 {{main|Bridge}}

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 ==Items==
 ===Bodies===
 Bodies of your dwarves, and their body parts, or bones, will be put into your [[graveyard]], or into individual [[Tomb|tombs]] if that dwarf was assigned to it. Built [[Coffin|coffins]] which have been set to 'Use for burial' will This requires the Burial labor enabled on a living dwarf.

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 "Oops"?! Cancel that removal the same as you would other "mining" designation, with {{Menu icon|x}}.
 ===Bridges===
-There are two types of [[bridge]]s - a retracting bridge / drawbridge as one building, and just a set of [[floor]]s or [[wall]]s spanning a gap.
+{{main|Bridge}}
 For the building type, click it to open the information window, then the [[File:Button remove building.png]] button.
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 The other type is just a construction; remove as above. If it's a long floor or wall, be sure that your dwarves won't be standing on one part while a critical part is removed - see [[cave-in]].
-== Furniture ==
+===Furniture===
 {{main|Furniture}}
 Click it to open the information window, then the [[File:Button remove building.png]] button. You'll also need a dwarf with the [[Hauling|furniture hauling]] [[labor]] activated, and then the patience to wait for one to respond.
-==Workshops==
+===Workshops===
 {{main|Workshop}}
 Click it to open the information window, then the [[File:Button remove building.png]] button. You'll need a dwarf with an appropriate [[labor]], depending on the exact workshop - this can be seen on the workshop window once it has been marked for removal.
-===A "destroy" order for furniture or workshops===
+===A "destroy" order for a building===
 Oops?! Cancel an order to remove furniture or a workshop by clicking it to open the information window, then the {{DFtext|Cancel removal|4:0:1}} button.
-==Trash==
+==Items==
 {{main|Stockpile|Zone|Refuse}}
 This is trickier, and there are 2 different approaches.
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 ==Activity zones==
 {{main|Zone}}
 ==Water==
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 Alternately, the addition of water to the magma, even if only at a depth of 1/7, will create [[obsidian]].
 ==Miasma==

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 ==Dirt/stone==
-:''Main article: [[Mining]]''
+{{main|Mining}}
 [[Digging]] may be the most basic action in ''Dwarf Fortress''. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]].
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 ==Constructed walls, stairs, etc==
-:''Main Article: [[Construction]]''
+{{main|Construction}}
 If you're trying to remove anything that is a [[construction]] (that is, anything that was built with {{Menu icon|b|n}}), use {{Menu icon|m|x}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it took to build.
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 == Furniture ==
-:''Main Article: [[Furniture]]''
+{{main|Furniture}}
 Click it to open the information window, then the [[File:Button remove building.png]] button. You'll also need a dwarf with the [[Hauling|furniture hauling]] [[labor]] activated, and then the patience to wait for one to respond.
 ==Workshops==
-:''Main Article: [[Workshop]]''
+{{main|Workshop}}
 Click it to open the information window, then the [[File:Button remove building.png]] button. You'll need a dwarf with an appropriate [[labor]], depending on the exact workshop - this can be seen on the workshop window once it has been marked for removal.
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 ==Trash==
-:''Main Articles: [[Stockpile]], [[Zone]], [[Refuse]]''
+{{main|Stockpile|Zone|Refuse}}
 This is trickier, and there are 2 different approaches.
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 ==Stockpiles==
-:''Main Article: [[Stockpile]]''
+{{main|Stockpile}}
 An entire stockpiles can be removed using {{Menu icon|p}}), then clicking the stockpile to select it, then clicking the Remove stockpile button. A stockpile can also be selected by clicking an empty tile in it, or clicking an item in it, then the {{DFtext|View stockpile|2:0:1}} button.
 ==Activity zones==
-:''Main Article: [[Zone]]''
+{{main|Zone}}
 ==Stones==
 Like trash above, stones are automatically removed by dwarves with the Stone Hauling labor activated, and placed in the stone stockpiles, or a garbage dump if so designated. <!-- Does this need Refuse Hauling, or Stone? -->
 ==Water==
-:''Main Article: [[Water]]''
+{{main|Water}}
 Depending on the quantity and nature of the water in question and the surroundings of your fort, removing water can be performed in a number of ways:
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 ==Miasma==
 Through the miasma will fade in time, you can assure it to be gone by making an upwards conduct
 (be sure to grate it or else who knows what could get in!)