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''(If looking for the tree, see [[Ash (tree)]])'' | ''(If looking for the tree, see [[Ash (tree)]])'' | ||
| − | '''Ash''' is created from a [[wood|wood log]] at a [[wood furnace]] by a dwarf with the [[ | + | '''Ash''' is created from a [[wood|wood log]] at a [[wood furnace]] by a dwarf with the [[Wood_burner|wood burning]] [[labor]] enabled. Ash has a value of 5 and does not have quality modifiers. Ash is an intermediate good only used to make potash or [[lye]]*. |
A single, ordinary bar of ashes is left behind when a [[fire man]] is killed. <!-- or a spirit of fire, but that's probably a bit of a spoiler--> | A single, ordinary bar of ashes is left behind when a [[fire man]] is killed. <!-- or a spirit of fire, but that's probably a bit of a spoiler--> | ||
| − | Ash | + | '''Potash''' is created from ash or [[lye]]* at an [[ashery]] by a dwarf with the [[potash making]] [[labor]] enabled. Potash has a value of 15 and does not have quality modifiers. Potash is used for fertilizer on [[farm plot]]s. [[Farming|Fertilize]]d [[farm plot]]s have larger yields, as measured by the larger [[stack]]s of the [[crop|plant]] when [[Farming#harvesting|harvest]]ed. |
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| + | :''(*Yes, you could turn ash to lye and then that lye to potash, or just turn ash directly into potash - same end result, your choice.)'' | ||
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| + | '''Pearlash''' is baked from potash at a [[kiln]] or [[magma kiln]] by a dwarf with the [[Furnace operator|furnace operator]] labor enabled. Pearlash has a value of 20 and has no quality modifiers. Its sole use is in the manufacture of higher-quality types of [[glass]] and glass items. | ||
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| + | Ash, potash and pearlash are [[bar]]s, stored in a bar [[stockpile]] and viewable in the [[stocks]] screen under "bars". | ||
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| + | Ash, potash and pearlash are all [[fire-safe]] materials, and can therefore be used where that is needed or desired. | ||
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"'''Ash'''" is also the name of one of the types of [[tree]]s that grow in some [[biome]]s. The adjective attached to items made from ash wood is "'''ashen'''", in the same way that items of oak can be termed "oaken". | "'''Ash'''" is also the name of one of the types of [[tree]]s that grow in some [[biome]]s. The adjective attached to items made from ash wood is "'''ashen'''", in the same way that items of oak can be termed "oaken". | ||