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#REDIRECT [[Coffin]]
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{{furniture|name=Coffin
 
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* [[Tomb]]
 
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[[Image:Catacombs.png|thumb|right|Every respectable dwarven fortress has a developed (and occupied) catacombs system.]]
 
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'''Burial receptacles''' are [[container]]s for deceased dwarves and their [[pet]]s, that are used to store their [[corpse]]s, and other [[remains]]. Somewhat confusingly, they have different names depending on the materials used to craft them, but, thankfully, they all function identically, and all are placed with the Burial Receptacle ({{k|n}}) option via the [[building|build]] menu. This article uses the term "coffin" to describe any burial receptacle, for reasons of brevity.
 
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"
 
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! Name
 
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! Materials used
 
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| Coffin
 
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| Stone, Glass
 
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| Casket
 
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| Wood
 
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| Sarcophagus
 
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| Metal
 
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==Usage==
 
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After a coffin is created by the appropriate crafter, it must be built (as furniture) to be used. This is done with the {{k|b}}-{{k|n}} keys. Once this is done, the player can access the coffin's [[building]] menu ({{k|q}}) to enable automatic burial (it defaults to ''No''), configure it for {{k|c}}itizens and/or {{k|p}}ets (the default for the latter can be changed in [[d_init.txt]]), or make a [[tomb]] (room). A coffin has been assigned when the message, ''"This is the resting place of __________"'', is displayed; viewing the contents of the coffin using {{k|t}} will show if the assignee has been successfully interred.
 
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Enabling the "Use for Burial" option will cause the coffin to be automatically assigned to the next creature/pet in the burial queue. Creatures are added to the burial queue when the game notifies you that the creature is dead. (An announcement that they are missing is not sufficient. If the body is in an out-of-the-way place, station a squad in your military next to the corpse and wait for the announcement that the body has been found before expecting the corpse to be buried.) The burial queue is the only way to bury pets, caravan guards, and other visitors.
 
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To bury a specific citizen in a particular coffin, the easiest option is to define the chosen coffin as a [[tomb]] and assign it to the citizen in question. Tombs can be retroactively assigned to dead citizens and residents, allowing the assignee to skip the auto-burial queue. Unfortunately, non-residents cannot be assigned tombs. To get a non-resident into a particular coffin, make sure that no other coffins are available for burial and that the selected creature is next in line for burial. If said creature has already been buried, simply deconstruct the old coffin and that creature will be first in line for a new one. (Deconstructing a coffin will not destroy the remains inside.)
 
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Coffins do not prevent [[reanimation]], though permanent burial may still be possible if the deceased was thoughtful enough to provide one or more non-reanimatable body parts (e.g. teeth).
 
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[[File:rustic_coffin.jpg|thumb|290px|center|"Be sure to bury my favorite alcohol with me."]]
 
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==Advantages==
 
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It is not required to bury the dead; the player may instead engrave [[slab]]s and build [[memorial]]s. One can even simply haul dwarven remains to a corpse [[stockpile]], throw them into [[magma]], or leave them to rot where they fell, though these things have several serious consequences. A dwarf viewing the unburied body of any sentient species will receive a horrified thought. [[Friend]]s and [[relationship|relatives]] of the deceased will receive [[thought|unhappy thoughts]] if their loved ones remain unburied, especially if they decay (or [[magma|burn]]) away, and [[miasma]] will be generated if corpses rot inside the fortress. Particularly troubled souls may decide to [[ghost|come back for revenge]].
 
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==Bugs==
 
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*Dwarves insist on assigning a coffin, even when there are no remains left to bury. This can prevent you from burying the recently deceased until all the long lost caravanners have empty coffins of their own.
 
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*Dwarves fail to bury remains of werecreatures{{bug|5431}} and reanimated corpses.{{bug|10396}}
 
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{{D for Dwarf}}
 
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It is said among [[Dwarf|dwarves]] that the only two constants in life are [[death]] and [[Tax collector|taxes]]. However, taxes were removed, giving [[Necromancer|some dwarves]] hope for an [[Intelligent undead|escape]] from the other.
 
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{{buildings}}
 

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