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40d:Temperature
| This article is about an older version of DF. |
Dwarf Fortress uses its own temperature scale in most cases. So if you see something like [HOMEOTHERM:10067], don't be amazed.
Conversion
[DF scale] = [FAHRENHEIT] + 9968
[DF scale] = [CELSIUS] * 9/5 + 10000
[DF scale] = [KELVIN] * 9/5 + 9508.33
[DF scale] = [RANKINE] + 10427.67
Temperatures
Materials listed melt at the given temperature, and boil at the other given temperature. Materials not listed use a default melting point[Verify]. Creatures listed have the given temperature as their body temperature.
| Example | Dwarf Scale | Fahrenheit | Celsius | Boils | Fahrenheit | Celsius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Zero | 9,508° | -460 °F | -273 °C | |||
| Water/Ice/Steam | 10,000° | 32 °F | 0 °C | 10,180° | 212 °F | 100 °C |
| Dwarf body temperature | 10,067° | 99 °F | 37 °C | |||
| tin, fine pewter, trifle pewter, lay pewter | 10,417° | 449 °F | 232 °C | 14,684° | 4,716 °F | 2,602 °C |
| bismuth | 10,488° | 520 °F | 271 °C | 12,815° | 2,847 °F | 1,564 °C |
| lead | 10,589° | 621 °F | 327 °C | 13,148° | 3,180 °F | 1,749 °C |
| zinc | 10,755° | 787 °F | 419 °C | 11,633° | 1,665 °F | 907 °C |
| Fire man | 10,800° | 832 °F | 444 °C | |||
| aluminum | 11,188° | 1,220 °F | 660 °C | 14,534° | 4,566 °F | 2,519 °C |
| Ordinary stone | 11,500° | 1,532 °F | 833 °C | 14,000° | 4,032°F | 2,222°C |
| brass | 11,656° | 1,688 °F | 920 °C | 14,068° | 4,100 °F | 2,260 °C |
| silver, sterling silver | 11,731° | 1,763 °F | 962 °C | 13,892° | 3,924 °F | 2,162 °C |
| electrum | 11,828° | 1,860 °F | 1,016 °C | 14,968° | 5,000 °F | 2,760 °C |
| bronze, bismuth bronze | 11,868° | 1,900 °F | 1,038 °C | 14,140° | 4,172 °F | 2,300 °C |
| gold, rose gold | 11,915° | 1,947 °F | 1,064 °C | 15,141° | 5,173 °F | 2,856 °C |
| copper, billon, black bronze | 11,952° | 1,984 °F | 1,084 °C | 14,611° | 4,643 °F | 2,562 °C |
| magma, magma man | 12,000° | 2,032 °F | 1,111 °C | |||
| pig iron | 12,106° | 2,138 °F | 1,170 °C | 13,968° | 4,000 °F | 2,204 °C |
| nickel, nickel silver | 12,619° | 2,651 °F | 1,455 °C | 15,243° | 5,275 °F | 2,913 °C |
| steel | 12,718° | 2,750 °F | 1,510 °C | 14,968° | 5,000 °F | 2,760 °C |
| iron | 12,768° | 2,800 °F | 1,538 °C | 15,150° | 5,182 °F | 2,861 °C |
| platinum | 13,182° | 3,214 °F | 1,768 °C | 16,885° | 6,917 °F | 3,825 °C |
| bauxite | 13,600° | 3,632 °F | 2,000 °C | 15,000° | 5,032 °F | 2,778 °C |
| Spoiler: Spirit of fire | 25,000° | 15,032 °F | 8,333 °C | |||
| adamantine, raw adamantine | 25,000° | 15,032 °F | 8,333 °C | 50,000° | 40,032 °F | 22,222 °C |