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Revision as of 22:35, 10 May 2009
There are four layers of stone in Dwarf Fortress. Each has different types of of ore and gems available. Layers are extremely important in site selection because it determines what metals there are to work with. Layers also help in determining where to begin exploratory mining depending on what is needed for the fortress.
Sedimentary
Appears in a lighter shade on the embark menu. Often includes coal, iron ore, and all but one of the flux stones, all the components for making steel. Never found in the same biome as igneous extrusive. Full to the brim with solid sexiness valuable and useful deposits. Only place to find bituminous coal and lignite, and iron ore in large clusters (magnetite). Good choice for Exploratory mining.
Metamorphic
Contains a small variety of ores, but tends to be rich in gems. Includes marble, the only non-Sedimentary flux. If there are no flux sedimentary layers Metamorphics can be useful in the early stages but the lack of weapon quality ore (besides copper and silver) make it a poor choice for full scale Exploratory mining in the early game.
Igneous extrusive
Appears in a darker shade on the embark menu. It is likely to include obsidian and metal ores. It also indicates a good chance of liquid sexiness magma being present in some form or another. Never found in the same biome as sedimentary.
Igneous intrusive
Like extrusive, also often contains liquid sexiness magma, but farther down typically.
Often contains gold or copper ore. All Igneous layers can contain veins of Hematite a ore of iron.
Other layers
Soil
When soil is present, it will always be the top layer or two, above any stone layers. Appears in brown on the embark menu. Useful for growing crops and storage, but provides no rock for building.
Magma
Not visible on the embark menu, unless you build directly on a volcano or enable it in init.txt. Both useful and fun dangerous.
Aquifer
Appears with a line of tildes(~) when listed as a layer on the embark menu. This layer of water generating stone can be used as a water source, but often is a barrier to all layers below it.