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A barracks is a room designated for the purpose of housing, training, supplying and otherwise servicing your military. The barracks options define how the room will be used by the squads in your military. A single barracks may serve multiple squads.

Designating a Barracks

Barracks may be defined from a bed, cabinet, container, weapon rack, or armor stand. To build a Barracks:

build one or more barracks items in a room/area.
query over one of them and press room to designate it as 'Barracks/Armory'
rresize the room with +/- to encompass all the barracks items.
Assign the barracks to the desired squads. Squads can then be set to sleep or train there, as well as store their individual or squad equipment, much like an archery range.

Activities

Once you've designated a barracks, you'll notice a list of the squads in your fort in the info pane. This is where you set which the squad uses the barracks and how. Todo so press q and select the barracks, then use +/- to highlight a squad, then select the relevant activity:

Training t - assigned Squads will train here. Note that Marksdwarves assigned to a barracks will train in melee, including hammering, to train their ranged skill they require an archery range instead.
Sleep z - If you have enough beds placed in the barracks (one for each squad member), assigned squad will sleep in the barracks.
Individual and Squad Equpiment iq - Each dwarf in a squad will use a separate container (such as a chest or bag) placed in the barracks to store their equipment. As you place them, they will be automatically assigned to each dwarf.

Location

The location of your barracks is a matter to be considered of great importance - barracks may often be the location of where your military dwarves will be training, sleeping, or otherwise performing activities. It is important to consider where you expect your enemies (goblins, forgotten beasts, titans, etc.) to attack, such as entrances or focal points of your fortress. You may want to build your barracks relatively close to or outside of high-traffic areas, main entrances to your fortress, or chambers with traps in them. Planning ahead will allow you to react quicker to an invasion by hostile creatures and save more civilians in the process.

Notes

Note that if a squad is scheduled to train, but lacking an assigned barracks, a dwarf's job will be marked as Soldier (no activity), leaving the squad with nothing to do.
Civilians will not sleep in open beds within a defined barracks. If you would like them to do so, simply use one of the beds in the barracks to designate a dormitory. To create a dormitory, press q, highlight a bed, press r, then -/+ until you have the size you want, then press d.

If your dwarves are sleeping on the floor, instead of in one of the beds, then remember that each bed in a barracks is assigned to one of the dwarves in the squad; press q highlight a bed and press p and it will tell you which dwarf was assigned to that bed.

Bugs

Barracks will not store equipment.^Bug:1445

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-A '''barracks''' is a [[room]] designated for the purpose of housing, training, supplying and otherwise servicing your [[military]]. Barracks may be defined from a [[bed]], [[cabinet]], [[container]], [[weapon rack]], or [[armor stand]].  A single barracks may serve multiple [[squad]]s.
+A '''barracks''' is a [[room]] designated for the purpose of housing, training, supplying and otherwise servicing your [[military]]. The barracks options define how the room will be used by the [[squad]]s in your military. A single barracks may serve multiple squads.
-[[Marksdwarf|Marksdwarves]] require an [[Archery target|archery range]], which can have multiple squads assigned. Marksdwarves assigned to a barracks will train in melee, including [[Combat_skill#Equipment_skills|hammering]].
 == Designating a Barracks ==
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 #{{k|b}}uild one or more barracks items in a room/area.
-#{{k|q}}uery over one of them and make a {{k|r}}oom
+#{{k|q}}uery over one of them and press {{k|r}}oom to designate it as 'Barracks/Armory'
-#Set the size with {{k|+}}/{{k|-}} to encompass all the room items.
+#{{k|r}}resize the room with {{k|+}}/{{k|-}} to encompass all the barracks items.
 #Assign the barracks to the desired [[squads]]. Squads can then be set to {{k|s}}leep or {{k|t}}rain there, as well as store their {{K|i}}ndividual or s{{k|q}}uad equipment, much like an [[archery range]].
-Squads must be assigned to a barracks before they will use it for training or sleeping - press {{k|q}} and select the barracks, then use {{k|+}}/{{k|-}} to highlight a squad, then {{k|t}} to assign that squad to train there, or {{k|z}} to assign the squad to sleep there.
+=== Activities ===
+Once you've designated a barracks, you'll notice a list of the squads in your fort in the info pane. This is where you set which the squad uses the barracks and how. Todo so press {{k|q}} and select the barracks, then use {{k|+}}/{{k|-}} to highlight a squad, then select the relevant activity:
-Each dwarf in a squad will use a separate container (such as a [[chest]] or [[bag]]) placed in the barracks to store their equipment.  As you place them, they will be automatically assigned to each dwarf.
+* Training {{k|t}} - assigned Squads will [[training|train]] here. Note that [[Marksdwarves]] assigned to a barracks will train in melee, including [[Combat_skill#Equipment_skills|hammering]], to train their ranged skill they require an [[Archery target|archery range]] instead.
+* Sleep {{k|z}} - If you have enough beds placed in the barracks (one for each squad member), assigned squad will sleep in the barracks.
+* Individual and Squad Equpiment {{k|i}}{{k|q}} - Each dwarf in a squad will use a separate container (such as a [[chest]] or [[bag]]) placed in the barracks to store their equipment.  As you place them, they will be automatically assigned to each dwarf.
 ==Location==