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Tower (project)
| Part of a number of articles on |
| Projects |
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| Basic |
| Aqueduct • Archery tower • Atom smasher • Danger room • Dam • Garbage dump • Mass pit • Moat • Pit trap • Reservoir• Sally port • Swimming pool • Tower • Tree farm |
| Advanced |
| Drowning chamber • Magma piston • Obsidian farm • Pump stack • Silk farm • Water reactor |
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- Not to be confused with necromancer's towers.
A tower is any vertical structure consisting of multiple levels of a similar shape stacked on top of each other, often connected by stairs.
As a player construction, a large tower can serve the same role as a below-ground fortress, but without the drawbacks of cave adaptation: all of its tiles being Light Above Ground, so the dwarves will always be exposed to sunlight. However, it takes a large amount of resources (usually stone or wood) to construct a tower; while a source of clay or green glass can alleviate this, it is still much less efficient than carving out a fortress entirely beneath the earth.
Usually, a tower is built from constructed walls, floors, and stairs, although on some levels (such as those being used for the barracks) walls may be carved into or replaced by fortifications. With sufficient planning, a tower can also be cast from obsidian.