Smoothing - Revision history

GeloMor at 06:07, 11 December 2025

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How to Smooth

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How to Smooth

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Follow up: stone cutting and engraving are now separate skills; smoothing can no longer improve engraving skill

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-[[File:smooth_stone_preview_v50.png|thumb|230px|right|The left room's walls and floor are smoothed. The right room's walls and floor are not.]]'''Smoothing''' rough [[stone]] is a simple way to increase the value of a [[room]]. Walls and floors become Smooth ''Material'' Wall/Floor when smoothed. It is impossible to [[climb]] a smooth wall.
+[[File:smooth_stone_preview_v50.png|thumb|230px|right|The left room's walls and floor are smoothed. The right room's walls and floor are not.]]'''Smoothing''' rough [[stone]] is a simple way to increase the value of a [[zone]]. Walls and floors become Smooth ''Material'' Wall/Floor when smoothed. It is impossible to [[climb]] a smooth wall.
 ==How to Smooth==

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 ==Follow up==
-After a natural stone surface is smoothed, it may be further improved by [[engraving]]. This increases the room's value, but, unlike smoothing, engraving has quality levels. A wall can only be engraved once (for floors, there is a [[Engraving#Removal|workaround]]). Using only skilled [[engraver]]s will result in higher room and fortress values.
+After a natural stone surface is smoothed, it may be further improved by [[engraving]]. A wall can only be engraved once (for floors, there is a [[Engraving#Removal|workaround]]). This increases the room's value, but, unlike smoothing, engraving has quality levels. Engraving is a separate skill from stone cutter. Using only skilled [[engraver]]s will result in higher room and fortress values.
 Smoothed walls are also a prerequisite for carving [[fortification]]s. Engraved walls can also be carved into fortifications, but the engravings will be destroyed in the process.

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 ==How to Smooth==
-A dwarf must have the [[Stonecutter|Stonecutting]] labor active. Designate the area to be smoothed ({{menu icon|v}}-{{k|m}}). Note that this can only be done with natural stone – soil cannot be smoothed, and [[construction]]s are already considered to be smooth for most purposes.
+A dwarf must have the [[Stonecutter|Stonecutting]] labor active. Designate the area to be smoothed ({{menu icon|v|m}}). Note that this can only be done with natural stone – soil cannot be smoothed, and [[construction]]s are already considered to be smooth for most purposes.
 Smoothed "natural" [[ice]] has different names from regular smoothed items. Smoothed ice walls are "straight" and smoothed ice floors are "level".

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 ==How to Smooth==
-A dwarf must have the [[Stonecutter|Stonecutting]] labor active. Designate the area to be smoothed ({{k|v}}-{{k|m}}). Note that this can only be done with natural stone – soil cannot be smoothed, and [[construction]]s are already considered to be smooth for most purposes.
+A dwarf must have the [[Stonecutter|Stonecutting]] labor active. Designate the area to be smoothed ({{menu icon|v}}-{{k|m}}). Note that this can only be done with natural stone – soil cannot be smoothed, and [[construction]]s are already considered to be smooth for most purposes.
 Smoothed "natural" [[ice]] has different names from regular smoothed items. Smoothed ice walls are "straight" and smoothed ice floors are "level".

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 A dwarf must have the [[Stonecutter|Stonecutting]] labor active. Designate the area to be smoothed ({{k|v}}-{{k|m}}). Note that this can only be done with natural stone – soil cannot be smoothed, and [[construction]]s are already considered to be smooth for most purposes.
-Smoothed "natural" [[ice]] has different names from regular smoothed items. The walls are "straight" and floors are "level".
+Smoothed "natural" [[ice]] has different names from regular smoothed items. Smoothed ice walls are "straight" and smoothed ice floors are "level".
 ==Follow up==

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 ==Follow up==
-After a natural stone surface is smoothed, it may be further improved by [[engraving]]. This increases the room's value, but, unlike smoothing, engraving has quality levels. A wall can only be engraved once (for floors, there is a [[DF2014:Engraving#Removal|workaround]]). Using only skilled [[engraver]]s will result in higher room and fortress values. One way to achieve this is to have a limited number of dwarves with the [[engraver|stone engraving]] labour active smooth large areas of the fortress until the dwarves are experienced, then, have those same dwarves engrave. The result will be [[Legendary|high-quality]] engravings.
+After a natural stone surface is smoothed, it may be further improved by [[engraving]]. This increases the room's value, but, unlike smoothing, engraving has quality levels. A wall can only be engraved once (for floors, there is a [[DF2014:Engraving#Removal|workaround]]). Using only skilled [[engraver]]s will result in higher room and fortress values.
 Smoothed walls are also a prerequisite for carving [[fortification]]s. Engraved walls can also be carved into fortifications, but the engravings will be destroyed in the process.