v0.31:Keeping your dwarves happy

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Some tips on how to keep your dwarves Template:L, thus reducing the chances of Template:Ling and tantrum spirals:

• Make the community Template:L your non-Template:L dwarves dine in high Template:L. You can increase its quality by making the room bigger, putting in more Template:Ls and Template:Ls, Template:L and Template:L it, and putting in valuable Template:L like Template:L Template:Ls.
• Template:L with or train up a Template:L, so your dwarves can enjoy high Template:L Template:L.
• Embark with or train up Template:L, so your dwarves can enjoy high quality Template:L.
  • Make sure you never run out of booze, since a sober dwarf is an unhappy dwarf.
  • Make sure to have at least two different kinds of booze on hand, since dwarves will bored if there's no variety in their drinks.
  • Try to have all four different varieties of dwarven booze on hand, since dwarves get a happier thought out of drinking the kind of booze they prefer.
• Give your dwarves individual Template:Ls rather than making them live in a communal Template:L. Not only will they get a good thought from sleeping in their own bedroom, they'll get good thoughts from admiring the furniture they own.
  • If you're playing with 40d with the Template:L turned off or DF2010, make their bedrooms high quality.
• Place highly valuable Template:L in a high traffic area of your fort, since dwarves get a happy thought if they pass right next to or over expensive furniture.
• Dwarves who Template:L will get an unhappy thought when exposed to sunlight. To avoid this, put a Template:L on the surface.
  • Template:L a roof over your surface meeting area to keep your dwarves from being rained on.
• Keep at least a few Template:Ls around to hunt down irritating Template:L.
• Put a Template:L in a high traffic area (like the meeting area) and stuff it full of tame animals so your dwarves can enjoy seeing their Template:L type of animal.
  • The Template:L Template:Ls bring random animals, and you can request specific domestic animals from the Template:L and Template:L caravans.
  • You can use cage Template:L to capture wild animals, train them at a Template:L, and then stick them in your zoo.