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== Barrels, bins and bags ==
 
== Barrels, bins and bags ==
  
[[Barrel|Barrels]] are (usually) wooden containers that are useful for storing items in a [[Stockpile#food|food stockpile]] and are used primarily for [[alcohol|flammable, unstable and volatile liquids]], 2nd-stage cooking items (read: dwarven syrup and quarry bush leaves), unlucky stacks of =longland beer biscuits[8]=, and so on. They are also found to have been used for seed disposal, with some barrels being occupied by bags filled with [[Plump_Helmet|plump helmet spawn]], [[Quarry_Bush|rock nuts]] and so on.
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[[Barrel|Barrels]] are wooden or metal containers that are useful for storing items in a [[Stockpile#food|food stockpile]] and are used for [[alcohol]], 2nd-stage cooking items (dwarven syrup, quarry bush leaves, flour and dye), cooked food in a stack of 10 or less, fat and tallow, plants, meat, and fish. They are also used to store seeds (and bags filled with seeds).
  
Bins are, essentially, smaller barrels (although these can be made of [[metal]]) for everything that doesn't want barrels. They are sent to all the other stockpiles (with exclusion to the refuse and graveyard piles) and will hold much larger stacks of items, making organizing those endless piles of +giant cave spider silk cloth+ much easier to manage.
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Bins are containers, again made from wood or metal, used for for most non-food items. They are sent to all the other stockpiles (with exclusion to the refuse and graveyard piles) and will hold much larger stacks of items, making organizing those endless piles of +giant cave spider silk cloth+ much easier to manage.
  
Bags are some of the most widely-used containers in dwarf fortress, due to their use as both seed preservation and [[Glass_Furnace|sand collection]]. These are only made from plant fiber or animal (silk) cloth, leather, or [[adamantine]]. These are also the only stockpile containers that can be used as a stationary container, if you want one for that sort of thing.
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Bags are some of the most widely-used containers in dwarf fortress, due to their use as both seed preservation and [[Glass_Furnace|sand collection]]. These are only made from plant fiber or animal (silk) cloth, leather, or [[adamantine]]. Bags can be built as furniture and function as coffers (below).
  
 
== Cabinets and coffers ==
 
== Cabinets and coffers ==
  
These two containers are both furniture items in your fortress, and are useful if you don't want your fortress drowning in [[Clothing|dumped]] [[Coins|items]]These are only used as containers after you {{k|b}}uild them under shelter.  As long as a nearby bed/table/chair/armour rack/etc has been {{k|q}}uery - {{k|r}}oom - {{k|a}}ssigned to a dwarf, they will store their clothing items in the cabinet and all the other items (including coins) into the coffer.
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These two containers are both furniture items.  They must be built in rooms assigned to dwarves in order to function properlyCabinets are used to store clothing, and coffers are used to store everything else.
  
A [[wood]]en coffer is called a chest, and a glass coffer is called a box, but they are used for the same purpose.
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A [[wood]]en coffer is called a chest, and a glass coffer is called a box, but they are used for the same purpose.  Bags can be built as coffers.

Revision as of 05:05, 18 December 2007

Containers are, typically enough, boxes (or barrels, or bins, or even bags) made out of a solid material and are used to hold everything from personal possessions, to gems, to beer, to quarry bush leaves [25], and even living creatures. Their use is context-sensitive, so you cannot use your barrels for storing coins.

Barrels, bins and bags

Barrels are wooden or metal containers that are useful for storing items in a food stockpile and are used for alcohol, 2nd-stage cooking items (dwarven syrup, quarry bush leaves, flour and dye), cooked food in a stack of 10 or less, fat and tallow, plants, meat, and fish. They are also used to store seeds (and bags filled with seeds).

Bins are containers, again made from wood or metal, used for for most non-food items. They are sent to all the other stockpiles (with exclusion to the refuse and graveyard piles) and will hold much larger stacks of items, making organizing those endless piles of +giant cave spider silk cloth+ much easier to manage.

Bags are some of the most widely-used containers in dwarf fortress, due to their use as both seed preservation and sand collection. These are only made from plant fiber or animal (silk) cloth, leather, or adamantine. Bags can be built as furniture and function as coffers (below).

Cabinets and coffers

These two containers are both furniture items. They must be built in rooms assigned to dwarves in order to function properly. Cabinets are used to store clothing, and coffers are used to store everything else.

A wooden coffer is called a chest, and a glass coffer is called a box, but they are used for the same purpose. Bags can be built as coffers.