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Welcome to the Dwarf Fortress Wiki! This is a collection of user-submitted guides, information and advice for the Roguelike game [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ "Dwarf Fortress"]. Dwarf Fortress is a Windows game (though it can be played on other systems using Wine), developed by [http://www.bay12games.com/ Bay 12 Games] featuring two modes of play, a distinct, randomly-generated world (complete with terrain, wildlife and legends), gruesome combat mechanics and vicious schools of [[carp]].
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Welcome to the Dwarf Fortress Wiki. This is a collection of user-submitted guides, information and advice for Dwarf Fortress. Dwarf Fortress is a game for Windows, Linux and Mac, developed by Bay 12 Games featuring two modes of play (Fortress and Adventurer), as well as distinct, randomly-generated worlds (complete with terrain, wildlife and legends), gruesome combat mechanics and ubiquitous dwarven alcohol dependency.

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Forums: Official Forums, Official Wiki Forum, Steam Discussions, SomethingAwful Thread, Reddit, Knockout! Thread, Canard PC Thread (Fr), Baidu Tieba (Zh)
Blogs: Dwarf Fortress Stories, Bravemule
IRC Channels: #bay12games on irc.esper.net, #dwarffortress on Libera.Chat, #df on synirc.net, #DwarfFortress on quakenet.org, #DF on tellaerad.net and #brofortress on rizon.net.
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