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 DF2014:Bars

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 "DF2014"). 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 1: Line 1:
−
{{Quality|Exceptional|09:31, 17 May 2015 (UTC)}}
+
#REDIRECT [[Bars]]
−
{{av}}
 
−
 
 
−
{{For/see|smelted bars of metal or other materials in bar form|[[Bar]]}}
 
−
{{For/see|designated tavern locations|[[Tavern]]}}
 
−
 
 
−
'''Vertical bars''' and '''floor bars''' consist of a lattice of strong bars that prevent the passage of everything but fired (not falling) [[ammunition]], [[liquid]]s, items being pushed by liquids, and [[Tile attributes|low levels of light]]. Bars can be used vertically as transparent walls or on a flat surface as floor grates. Note that [[grate]]s are functionally almost identical to bars.
 
−
 
 
−
Bars are most commonly used to seal open [[aqueduct]]s intended for the passage of [[water]], or [[magma]] if they are built from [[magma-safe]] materials, whether to keep dwarves from falling in or to keep [[fire imp]]s from invading through them. In this role they are similar to [[fortification]]s, which can also be used for the same purpose, except that bars can be destroyed by [[building destroyer]]s (fortifications cannot). It is recommended to cover any exposed waterways with bars (floor bars do not block [[fishing]] or taking water directly from a [[activity zone#Water_Source|water source]]) to prevent [[insanity|melancholy]] dwarves from contaminating your water supply, although this might not help that much: [[well]]s, unfortunately, cannot be grated.
 
−
 
 
−
Bars can also be fired through like fortifications by [[Marksman|marksdwarves]] and [[siege|enemies]] alike, and provide no protection for either (unlike [[fortification]]s). Be warned that [[building destroyer]]s can and will destroy any vertical bars that block their path into your fortress. Vertical bars only have a small advantage over fortifications in that they can be linked to a [[lever]] or [[pressure plate]], allowing them to retract when the [[mechanism]] is activated.
 
−
 
 
−
Floor bars, like floor grates, will catch ammunition that is already falling. Ammunition that has missed its target will not start falling, unless it strikes a wall while over empty space. In other words, bars or grates (or simply floor) can be used to catch ammunition one z-level beneath from a hole, but if a grate or bar is placed at the surface of the hole, ammunition will simply be destroyed rather than falling.
 
−
 
 
−
== Placement ==
 
−
Bars can be built via the [[building|{{k|b}}]] menu by a dwarf with the [[Hauling#Furniture_hauling|furniture hauling]] labor, and take one [[bar]] of any type to build (including not only [[metal]] bars, but things like [[charcoal]] and [[soap]]). They can be constructed as either "Vertical Bars" ({{k|B}}) or horizontal "Floor Bars" ({{k|Alt}} + {{k|b}}). Floor bars are intended to be built over Open Space, though it is possible to build them directly on top of an existing floor (mainly useful for increasing [[Room|room value]]).
 
−
 
 
−
==See also==
 
−
*[[Grate]]
 
−
[[File:vertical_bars_preview.png|thumb|300px|center|Nothing says "you can't get out" more than metal bars.]]
 
−
{{Translation| dwarven = ish | elvish = emu | goblin = zak | human = tod}}
 
−
 
 
−
{{Buildings}}
 
−
{{Category|Constructions}}
 

Please note that all contributions to Dwarf Fortress Wiki are considered to be released under the GFDL & MIT (see Dwarf Fortress Wiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To protect the wiki against automated edit spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following CAPTCHA:

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Templates used on this page:

This page is a member of 1 hidden category:

Retrieved from "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Bars"