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'''Lye''' is made by a dwarf with the lye making [[labor]] enabled at an [[ashery]], and requires 1 [[bar]] of [[ash]] and 1 [[bucket]]. Ash is made from [[wood]] by a wood burner at a [[wood furnace]].
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'''Lye''' is made by a dwarf with the [[Lye maker|lye making]] [[labor]] enabled at an [[ashery]], and requires 1 [[bar]] of [[ash]] and 1 [[bucket]]. Ash is made from [[wood]] by a wood burner at a [[wood furnace]].
  
Lye is used to make [[soap]] and [[potash]], though potash can also be made directly from ash.
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Lye is used to make [[soap]] and [[potash]], though potash can also be made directly from ash.  Lye is moved from buckets into a [[barrel]] if you have a food stockpile with "misc. liquid" enabled, and a spare barrel. A [[barrel]] can hold 50 units of lye. However, a bucket of lye can also be used directly to make soap.  Lye freezes in cold weather. You'll have to wait until it thaws in order to make soap. Magma helps unfreeze lye.
  
In versions older than 0.31.19, lye has to be moved from buckets into a [[barrel]] to make soap. This is done automatically if you have a food stockpile with "misc. liquid" enabled, and a spare barrel. In 0.31.19, a bucket of lye can be used directly; and lye that is in a stockpile cannot be used.
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Soapmaking jobs use stacks of lye and not individual units of lye. This doesn't affect lye you produce yourself, but the lye (10) you buy from traders is only good for one bar of soap. On embark, individual units of lye are combined into stacks of five as necessary. One bar's worth of lye will cost you two points, but enough lye for another bar will cost ten points because you need another five units of lye to start a second stack.
 
 
If you order lye from your outpost liaison, lye will arrive in the next trade caravan. The lye will already be in barrels.
 
 
 
Lye freezes in cold weather. You'll have to wait till it unfreezes in order to make soap. Magma helps unfreeze lye.
 
  
 
Lye is located under Food -> Misc. Liquids in the Stocks screen.
 
Lye is located under Food -> Misc. Liquids in the Stocks screen.
 
== Bugs ==
 
* Sometimes, dwarves will use a bucket that already contains [[water]] when making lye.  The result will be a bucket containing both water and lye, which cannot be used for any purpose.  See [[soap]] for workaround suggestions. {{Bug|1236}}
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 14 October 2013

This article is about an older version of DF.

Lye is made by a dwarf with the lye making labor enabled at an ashery, and requires 1 bar of ash and 1 bucket. Ash is made from wood by a wood burner at a wood furnace.

Lye is used to make soap and potash, though potash can also be made directly from ash. Lye is moved from buckets into a barrel if you have a food stockpile with "misc. liquid" enabled, and a spare barrel. A barrel can hold 50 units of lye. However, a bucket of lye can also be used directly to make soap. Lye freezes in cold weather. You'll have to wait until it thaws in order to make soap. Magma helps unfreeze lye.

Soapmaking jobs use stacks of lye and not individual units of lye. This doesn't affect lye you produce yourself, but the lye (10) you buy from traders is only good for one bar of soap. On embark, individual units of lye are combined into stacks of five as necessary. One bar's worth of lye will cost you two points, but enough lye for another bar will cost ten points because you need another five units of lye to start a second stack.

Lye is located under Food -> Misc. Liquids in the Stocks screen.