v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
- v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
- Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.
Editing 40d:Metal industry
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Warning: You are not logged in.
Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history.
You are editing a page for an older version of Dwarf Fortress ("Main" is the current version, not "40d"). Please make sure you intend to do this. If you are here by mistake, see the current page instead.
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
--> | --> | ||
| − | The metal industry can be quite profitable, as pursuit of high- | + | The metal industry can be quite profitable, as pursuit of high-{{L|quality}} weapons and armour for your military or statues and furniture for hallways and rooms can provide many lesser-grade items to {{L|trade}} or {{L|melt}} down and recycle. |
==Raw material== | ==Raw material== | ||
===Ore=== | ===Ore=== | ||
| − | + | {{L|Ore}} is a generic term given to a mineral which can be refined to produce a {{L|metal}}. Within the game this is done at a {{L|smelter}}. | |
| − | By default, all ore is reserved for smelting rather than being available for use by | + | By default, all ore is reserved for smelting rather than being available for use by {{L|mason|masons}} or {{L|stonecrafter|stonecrafters}}. |
| − | You can adjust the preferences in the | + | You can adjust the preferences in the {{L|Status#Stone Status Screen|Stone Status Screen}} to free ores for uses other than smelting. This can be a quick way around producing high-value furniture from {{L|native gold}} (or similar high-value ores) by using a mason rather than refining the ore and producing furniture using your metalsmith. |
===Bars=== | ===Bars=== | ||
| − | Once an ore is smelted into pure metal, it becomes a | + | Once an ore is smelted into pure metal, it becomes a {{L|bar}} of that metal. Sometimes ores and/or bars can be combined to produce {{L|alloy|alloys}}, which also come in bars. |
===Captured items=== | ===Captured items=== | ||
| − | + | {{L|Melting}} the weapons and armor of invaders is a very lucrative source of metal bars while your mining and smelting operations are being established. | |
| − | To melt a captured items they must be individually designated for melting. A "Melt object" job must be issued at a smelter. When both these actions have been taken a dwarf with assigned to the | + | To melt a captured items they must be individually designated for melting. A "Melt object" job must be issued at a smelter. When both these actions have been taken a dwarf with assigned to the {{L|furnace operator}} labor will collect the item and melt it at a smelter. |
===Heat sources=== | ===Heat sources=== | ||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
====Fuel==== | ====Fuel==== | ||
| − | + | {{L|Fuel}} for the metal industry is processed at a {{L|smelter}} or {{L|wood burner}}, but {{L|magma smelter}}s and {{L|magma forge|magma forges}} do not need conventional fuel to operate. | |
| − | Producing | + | Producing {{L|steel}} will require {{L|refined coal}} (also known out of game as '''fuel''') even at a magma smelter, either in the form of {{L|coke}} or {{L|charcoal}}. {{L|Pig iron}} is made by smelting 1 {{L|iron}} with 1 refined coal and 1 {{L|flux}}, and steel is made by smelting 1 iron bar with 1 pig iron, 1 more refined coal and 1 more flux, producing a final product of 2 steel bars. In the end, each steel produced requires 1 iron ore, 1 flux, and 1 refined coal, regardless of where it is processed. (See {{L|Fuel}} and {{L|Smelting}}.) |
====Stockpiles==== | ====Stockpiles==== | ||
| − | Ore will be placed in stone | + | Ore will be placed in stone {{L|stockpile|stockpiles}} by dwarves with the {{L|Hauling#Stone_hauling|stone hauling}} labor enabled. The stockpile must be set for required '''ore''' to be {{k|p}}ermitted but it can have '''Economic''' and '''Other''' stones {{k|f}}orbidden. |
| − | For continuous operation of smelters, stockpiles of ore, as well as flux and refined coal if producing iron or steel, should be located nearby the smelter. Refined coal will be placed in a | + | For continuous operation of smelters, stockpiles of ore, as well as flux and refined coal if producing iron or steel, should be located nearby the smelter. Refined coal will be placed in a {{L|bar}} stockpile which has {{L|coal}} {{key|p}}ermitted. |
Captured items can be placed in a stockpile reserved for metal weapons &/or armor that is "unusable". Designating every item for melting can be done easily if this stockpile is set to not no bins. | Captured items can be placed in a stockpile reserved for metal weapons &/or armor that is "unusable". Designating every item for melting can be done easily if this stockpile is set to not no bins. | ||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
Because smelters can be slower than forges, especially when producing steel bars and/or items that consume several bars at a time, providing several smelters (and smelter operators) per working forge is recommended. | Because smelters can be slower than forges, especially when producing steel bars and/or items that consume several bars at a time, providing several smelters (and smelter operators) per working forge is recommended. | ||
| − | + | {{L|Clutter}} can be a problem as well, especially when smelting {{L|steel}} or {{L|bituminous coal}}, and multiple smelters can be rotated as one becomes cluttered and the next activated. | |
==Completed products== | ==Completed products== | ||
| − | Through a variety of labors and workshops, the metal industry can create high value | + | Through a variety of labors and workshops, the metal industry can create high value {{L|armor}}, {{L|furniture}}, {{L|weapons}} and {{L|craft|crafts}}. |
Metal products have advantages over similar items created from other materials. | Metal products have advantages over similar items created from other materials. | ||
| − | Firstly they are intrinsically high | + | Firstly they are intrinsically high {{L|value}}. |
| − | Secondly they are heat resistant. No metal can be | + | Secondly they are heat resistant. No metal can be {{L|fire-safe|burned}}, and several metals resist melting. |
| − | These | + | These {{L|magma-safe}} metals are {{L|Adamantine}}, {{L|Iron}}, {{L|Nickel}}, {{L|Nickel silver}}, {{L|Platinum}} and {{L|Steel}}. |
Finally, in the arms race, metal weapons and armor are superior to other materials in dealing out or protection from injury. | Finally, in the arms race, metal weapons and armor are superior to other materials in dealing out or protection from injury. | ||
| Line 71: | Line 71: | ||
<!-- ==Crafts== --> | <!-- ==Crafts== --> | ||
==Furniture== | ==Furniture== | ||
| − | Metal furniture is created by a | + | Metal furniture is created by a {{L|metalsmith}} (that is, a dwarf with the {{L|blacksmithing}} {{L|labor}} activated) at a forge using metal {{L|bar|bars}}. |
| − | The high value of metal furniture can assist in appeasing the requirements of | + | The high value of metal furniture can assist in appeasing the requirements of {{L|noble|nobility}}, providing happy {{L|thought|thoughts}} as dwarves use a {{L|well}}, pass communal or private {{L|cage|cages}} or {{L|statue|statues}}, or in creating high-rent {{L|room|rooms}} once you have established an {{L|economy}}. This can also create high value {{L|trade}} goods. |
| − | As discussed above, metal furniture is heat resistant. This can be useful in | + | As discussed above, metal furniture is heat resistant. This can be useful in {{L|Defense design|fortress defence}} and in {{L|construction}}. |
| Line 83: | Line 83: | ||
[[Image:Metal Flowchart.JPG|thumb|flowchart of raw materials and produce created through the metal industry]] | [[Image:Metal Flowchart.JPG|thumb|flowchart of raw materials and produce created through the metal industry]] | ||
=====Required worker / tasks ===== | =====Required worker / tasks ===== | ||
| − | * | + | *{{L|Miner}} / mining, producing ore, flux and coke. |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Peasant}} / for the large volume of raw materials used, it is generally inefficient to use skilled labor for hauling. Due to the heavy weight of many ores and bars, improve Strength {{L|attribute|attributes}} are desirable over untrained haulers. |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Wood burner}} / Produce charcoal (a {{L|fuel}}) |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Furnace operator}} / Produce bars from raw ingredients, produce coke (a {{L|fuel}}) |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Armorsmith}} / Produce metal armor from bars |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Metalsmith}} / Produce metal {{L|block|blocks}} or {{L|furniture}} (including {{L|anvil|anvils}}, {{L|bin|bins}}, {{L|bucket|buckets}}, and {{L|cage|cages}}) from bars |
| − | * | + | *{{L|Weaponsmith}} / Produce metal {{L|weapon|weapons}}, {{L|crossbow|crossbows}}, {{L|bolt|bolts}}, and {{L|trap weapon|trap weapons}} from bars |
<!-- | <!-- | ||