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− | ''Dwarf Fortress'' uses [[tileset]]s and [[Graphics|sprite graphics]] to draw the game, including maps. This '''map legend''' explains what the [[character table|characters]] and [[color]]s represent in the pre-start embark (or [[adventure mode|adventure]]) map. | + | [[File:map_legend_preview.png|right]]''Dwarf Fortress'' uses [[tileset]]s and [[Graphics|sprite graphics]] to draw the game, including maps. This '''map legend''' explains what the [[character table|characters]] and [[color]]s represent in the pre-start embark (or [[adventure mode|adventure]]) map. This article covers both ASCII tiles and graphic sprites. |
== Tile colors == | == Tile colors == | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:ocean_deep_evilsav.png]] | | style="text-align:center;" | [[File:ocean_deep_evilsav.png]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | :<small>*Unlike ASCII mode, brooks and rivers will appear the same | + | :<small>*Unlike ASCII mode, brooks and rivers will appear the same in good, neutral and evil biomes.</small> |
== Terrain feature key == | == Terrain feature key == | ||
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|} | |} | ||
− | == Site key (graphics) == | + | == Site key (ASCII and graphics) == |
{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;" class=wikitable class=sortable | {| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;" class=wikitable class=sortable | ||
− | |- style="background:# | + | |- style="background:#CCC;text-align:center;" |
!|'''Tile''' | !|'''Tile''' | ||
!|'''Sprite''' | !|'''Sprite''' | ||
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| {{Raw Tile|Π|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|Π|5:0:1}} | | {{Raw Tile|Π|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|Π|5:0:1}} | ||
− | | [[File:Icon site dark fortress b.png]] [[File:Icon site dark fortress 1.png]] | + | | [[File:Icon site dark fortress b.png]] [[File:Icon site dark fortress 1.png]] [[File:Icon_site_dark_fortress_3.png]] |
| [[Dark fortress]] | | [[Dark fortress]] | ||
| Goblins (and potentially a special creature) | | Goblins (and potentially a special creature) | ||
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| {{Raw Tile|○|7:0:1}} | | {{Raw Tile|○|7:0:1}} | ||
| [[File:Icon site castle.png]] | | [[File:Icon site castle.png]] | ||
− | | [[Castle]] | + | | [[Castle]] |
| Humans | | Humans | ||
|- | |- | ||
| {{Raw Tile|○|0:6:0}} | | {{Raw Tile|○|0:6:0}} | ||
| [[File:icon_site_fort2.png]] [[File:Icon site fort.png]] | | [[File:icon_site_fort2.png]] [[File:Icon site fort.png]] | ||
− | | [[Fort]] | + | | [[Fort]] |
| Bandits | | Bandits | ||
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| {{Raw Tile|○|7:0:0}} | | {{Raw Tile|○|7:0:0}} | ||
|[[File:Icon site monastery.png]] | |[[File:Icon site monastery.png]] | ||
− | | [[Monastery]] | + | | [[Monastery]] |
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| {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|μ|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|5:0:1}} | | {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|μ|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|5:0:1}} | ||
− | | [[File:icon_site_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_dwarf.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle3.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small2.png]] | + | | [[File:icon_site_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_dwarf.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle3.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_u.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small2.png]]<br>[[File:icon_village_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_village_ruin2.png]] |
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− | | [[File:Icon site shrine titan.png]] | + | | [[File:Icon site shrine titan.png]] [[File:icon_site_fort2.png]] |
| [[Shrine (megabeast)|Shrine]] | | [[Shrine (megabeast)|Shrine]] | ||
| Megabeast | | Megabeast | ||
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| {{Raw Tile|I|5:0:0}} | | {{Raw Tile|I|5:0:0}} | ||
− | | [[File:Icon site necrotower | + | | [[File:Icon site necrotower.png]] |
| [[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]] | | [[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]] | ||
| Necromancer(s) and undead | | Necromancer(s) and undead | ||
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| [[Vault]] | | [[Vault]] | ||
| Special creatures | | Special creatures | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{Raw Tile|■|0:0:1}} | ||
+ | | [[File:site mythical 1.png]] [[File:site mythical 2.png]] [[File:site mythical 3.png]] | ||
+ | | [[Mysterious dungeon|Mythical site]] | ||
+ | | [[Dungeon guardian]]s and goblins | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Drawn site key (graphics) == | ||
+ | This is how sites and landscapes appear on the map when they are out of range and/or undiscovered. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#261a11;border:1px #AAA solid;color:white" class=wikitable class=sortable | ||
+ | |- style="background:#8c6344;text-align:center;" | ||
+ | !|'''Sprite''' | ||
+ | !|'''Name''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_grassland.png]] | ||
+ | | Grassland | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_water.png]] | ||
+ | | Water | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_forest_conifer.png]] | ||
+ | | Conifer Forest | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_forest_broadleaf.png]] | ||
+ | | Broadleaf Forest | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_hills.png]] | ||
+ | | Hills | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_mountains.png]] | ||
+ | | Mountains | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_marsh.png]] | ||
+ | | Marsh | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_glacier.png]] | ||
+ | | Glacier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_site.png]] | ||
+ | | Site | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_desert_rock.png]] | ||
+ | | Desert Rock | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_desert_badlands.png]] | ||
+ | | Desert Badlands | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_desert_sand.png]] | ||
+ | | Desert Sand | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_roads.png]] | ||
+ | | Roads | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_rivers.png]] | ||
+ | | Rivers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_labyrinth.png]] | ||
+ | | Labyrinth | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_shrine.png]] | ||
+ | | Shrine | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_lair.png]] | ||
+ | | Lair | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_cave.png]] | ||
+ | | Cave | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_mountain_home.png]] | ||
+ | | Mountain Home | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_hillocks.png]] | ||
+ | | Hillocks | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_fortress.png]] | ||
+ | | Fortress | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_mountain_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | Mountain Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_dark_fortress.png]] | ||
+ | | Dark Fortress | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_dark_pits.png]] | ||
+ | | Dark Pits | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_evil_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | Evil Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_home_tree.png]] | ||
+ | | Home Tree | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_forest_retreat.png]] | ||
+ | | Forest Retreat | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_forest_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | Forest Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_castle_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | Castle Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_necrotower.png]] | ||
+ | | Necromancer Tower | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_fort.png]] | ||
+ | | Fort | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_monastery.png]] | ||
+ | | Monastery | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_castle.png]] | ||
+ | | Castle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_vault.png]] | ||
+ | | Vault | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_tomb.png]] | ||
+ | | Tomb | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_city.png]] | ||
+ | | City | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_town.png]] | ||
+ | | Town | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_city_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | City Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_village1.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village2.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village3.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village4.png]] | ||
+ | | Village | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_village_ruin.png]] | ||
+ | | Village Ruin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:icon_drawn_mythical1.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_mythical2.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_mythical3.png]] | ||
+ | | Mythical sites | ||
|} | |} | ||
Latest revision as of 11:16, 10 December 2024
v50.14 · v0.47.05 This article is about the current version of DF.Note that some content may still need to be updated. |
Dwarf Fortress uses tilesets and sprite graphics to draw the game, including maps. This map legend explains what the characters and colors represent in the pre-start embark (or adventure) map. This article covers both ASCII tiles and graphic sprites.
Tile colors[edit]
The colors of a map tile may give information about that region's predominant biome and surroundings; its temperature, alignment, and other handy things. Generally, cyan and blue means the area is "good" aligned. Purple, gray, brown, and red areas have "evil" alignment. Light grey, brown, and yellow areas usually are dry and have sparse vegetation. Green tiles have vegetation and are usually moist. White and cyan tiles indicate snow or ice. The color of trees that change season to season can tell about a tree's current growth.
In ASCII mode, the characters and their colors offer slightly more information about a biome, such as the temperature mixed with the moral standing of the biome (good, neutral and evil) compared to the graphics of the premium version of the game. With the graphics, the presentation is more simplified, as each biome type is displayed with the following graphical information: neutral, evil, evil savage, good and good savage. Some graphics are displayed the same, regardless of what type of biome or moral surroundings they are part of.
Biome/Region key[edit]
Tiles are listed by alignment, with normal tiles first, then good-aligned tiles, and then evil tiles. Snow and ice-covered tiles are included next to their respective alignments.
Hills and mountains/Plains[edit]
Yellow hills or plains indicate dry vegetation.
ASCII[edit]
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ASCII[edit]
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Peak mountains |
Forests[edit]
In normal forests, the color changes with the seasons.
ASCII[edit]
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Deserts[edit]
In normal sand deserts, the color depends on the type of sand.
ASCII[edit]
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Rocky hills | |||||
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Badlands | |||||
Beach |
Wetlands[edit]
ASCII[edit]
Biome/Region | Normal | Snow/Ice | Good | Evil | Evil snow/ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Good (Savage)
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Ice regions[edit]
ASCII[edit]
Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Evil | ||||||||||||
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Tundra |
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Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Good (Savage)
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Tundra | |||||
Glacier | |||||
Frozen ocean |
Bodies of water[edit]
ASCII[edit]
Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Evil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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River | •┬┴ ┬┴ ┬┴ ╦╩◄ | •┬┴ ┬┴ ┬┴ ╦╩◄ | •┬┴ ╦╩◄ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Good (Savage)
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Brook* | |||||
River* | |||||
Major river* | |||||
Lake | |||||
Ocean | |||||
Deep ocean |
- *Unlike ASCII mode, brooks and rivers will appear the same in good, neutral and evil biomes.
Terrain feature key[edit]
ASCII[edit]
Terrain feature | Normal | Snow/Ice | Good | Evil |
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Peak | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ ^ |
Volcano | ^ |
Graphics[edit]
Biome/Region | Normal | Good | Good (Savage)
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Volcano |
Construction key[edit]
ASCII[edit]
Construction | Normal |
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Road | •┬┴• •┬┴• •┬┴• •┬┴• |
Graphics[edit]
Name | Graphic |
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Tunnel | |
Paved road | |
Dirt road |
Site key (ASCII)[edit]
Site tiles are organized by columns, from left-to-right: normal populated sites, ruined sites, and sites captured by necromancers or their night creature armies.
Dwarven sites[edit]
Site | Normal | Ruins | Night creature |
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Mountain halls | Ω | μ | μ |
Hillocks | Ω | μ | μ |
Fortress | Ω | μ | μ |
Elven sites[edit]
Forest retreats marked as (¶) are market towns.
Site | Normal | Ruins | Night creature |
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Forest retreat | î ¶ | μ ₧ | μ ₧ |
Goblin sites[edit]
A light magenta dark fortress (Π) indicates the presence of an underworld spire.
Site | Normal | Ruins | Night creature |
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Dark fortress | Π Π | μ μ | μ |
Dark pits | º | ª | ª |
Human sites[edit]
For towns, the tiles indicate a town's current population (increases from left to right). Hamlet tiles represent the region the hamlet is in (hills, plains, rivers, etc.).
Site | Normal | Ruins | Night creature |
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Town | + * # ☼ | μ | μ |
Hamlet | = ≡ æ Æ
= ≡ æ Æ = ≡ æ Æ = ≡ æ Æ |
= ≡ æ Æ | = ≡ æ Æ |
Castle | ○ | ○ |
Other sites[edit]
Site | Normal | Night creature |
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Camp | ☼ | |
Cave | • | • |
Fort | ◙ | ◙ |
Labyrinth | # | |
Lair | • • | |
Monastery | ○ | ○ |
Shrine | Å | |
Tomb | 0 | |
Tower | I | I |
Vault | ■ | |
Adventurer camp | ☼ |
Site key (ASCII and graphics)[edit]
Tile | Sprite | Name | Inhabitated by |
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☼ | Camp | Bandits | |
• | Cave | Monsters | |
Π Π | Dark fortress | Goblins (and potentially a special creature) | |
º | Dark pits | Goblins and Humans | |
î ¶ | Forest retreat | Elves and Dwarves | |
Ω | Fortress | Dwarves | |
○ | Castle | Humans | |
○ | Fort | Bandits | |
= ≡ æ Æ | Hamlet | Humans and Goblins | |
Ω | Hillocks | Dwarves and Humans | |
# | Labyrinth | Minotaur | |
• • | Lair | Monsters | |
○ | Monastery | ||
Ω | Mountain halls | Dwarves | |
μ μ μ μ | |
Ruins | |
μ ₧ | Forest retreat ruins | ||
Å | Shrine | Megabeast | |
0 | Tomb | Undead | |
I | Tower | Necromancer(s) and undead | |
+ * # ☼ | Town | Humans | |
■ | Vault | Special creatures | |
■ | Mythical site | Dungeon guardians and goblins |
Drawn site key (graphics)[edit]
This is how sites and landscapes appear on the map when they are out of range and/or undiscovered.
Embark assistant added sites[edit]
Shown when the DFHack plugin is active, list is from the in game plugin information, see there for details.
Site | Symbol |
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Camp | C |
Cave | c |
Lair | m b l |
Labyrinth | L |
Monument | M |
Shrine | S |
Vault | V |
Fast travel key[edit]
Description | Symbol |
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Adventurer(s) | @ |
Other traveling individual or group | * |
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