Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress is a tile based, real time strategy, city building, and adventure game for one player by Bay 12 Games developer Tarn Adams.
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Farming problem - seed planted but no plants appearing
I created two farm plots, all of them with plump helmets seeds. The seeds are planted and everything seems okay, but two seasons have passed and nothing has grown. My dwarves are starving right now ...
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How do I fill a downward slope in Dwarf Fortress?
I was trying to make an upward slope level and used Channel on it, but that turned it into a downward slope. How do I 'fill' the downward slope so that it becomes level with the ground?
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A Dwarf fell down a well
He died, and now his blood is mixing with the well water. Assuming he wasn't a vampire, what are my options? Is the well still usable, or will I need to empty it and start over? Do I have to build a ...
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Will a chained Dog starve?
I've got a thief problem, I want to chain up some dogs at my entrance to stop him. But won't the dogs starve to death?
I'm not sure how dogs eat in the first place, I've never seen one take food from ...
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Stock sorting options?
Is there a way to view the stocks screen that's not just a list of what you have? Maybe be able to search my stocks for specific items?
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What is Dwarf Fortress? [closed]
I have seen a lot of questions on this site about Dwarf Fortress. What is it? What genre of game is it, and where can I get it?
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How to make dwarfs use barrels in a balanced manner?
The barrels I produce are used to store food and seeds and other stuff and there are never enough barrels for alcohol. Right now I have something like 2000 food and 0 alcohol.
How do I balance the ...
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Are high-speed body parts a health & safety hazard?
Now that traps that propel junk at foes are a thing, thanks to the introduction of minecarts, does the same mechanism apply to body parts, and if it does, are they capable of doing appreciable damage? ...
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How can I start up an effective metal industry?
I've been working my way through the Dwarf Fortress Quickstart Guide and didn't really have any problems until I encountered the section on starting up a metal industry. Now I feel that I'm in way ...
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Why do some of a dwarf's labor preferences occasionally disappear when I add a new one?
I'm still a bit new to Dwarf Fortress and I've found that sometimes, when I add a labor preference to a dwarf, some other labor preference is automatically removed. Does this happen because of a limit ...
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My squads die all the time when goblins come
How in the world do I:
A: Train my military to not be pushovers.
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B: Equip them so that they can kill things.
An "ambush" of 4 goblins tend to kill 4 or 5 or 6 of my dwarven squad members, for ...
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How do the different color tokens work for materials?
What color tokens determine the color of material tiles such as walls, doors, and barrels?
When modding Dwarf Fortress raw files, the format of a color token is fairly simple:
[COLOR:8:7:0]
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Zoom out/in in Dwarf Fortress during gameplay
Is it possible to zoom out/in during gameplay in DF and not through altering the init.txt file and reloading the game?
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What happens to caged animals in an abandoned fortress?
My fortress seems to be heading for a tantrum spiral, and I'm not sure there's anything I can do to stop it. I have six Faedogs in my fortress, as well as a golden goose, and I would rather not lose ...
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How can I transport water safely?
I messed up embarking and I do not have a river available for water. There are lakes I want to drain water from the bottom (I'm inside a mountain) and transport it to a hospital. Is there a way I can ...
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How do I get rid of a caged goblin?
I managed to catch a goblin in a cage and now he is just sitting at the entryway to my fortress. I have tried disarming him with d-b-d and d-b-c with a garbage dump zone nearby but my dwarves just ...
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How much speed does a down ramp impart?
I'm working on my third major project in this fort (the first was a 4.8 kilodorf water turbine reactor and the second was a 90 Z-level magma pump stack to move the magma forges and smelters up to the ...
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Is it possible to capture a webspinning forgotten beast / titan?
I would dearly like to cage trap a web-spinning forgotten beast (or other procedural creature, like a titan) so as to make a forgotten beast silk factory. (Yeah, I know giant cave spider silk is ...
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What attributes are useful for adventurer combat?
Beginning with 0.31.17 you must choose attributes in addition to skills. Which abilities are useful to combat, both melee and ranged?
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Create a new miner without a pick ax or metals
In Dwarf Fortress I manage to do something annoying.
I dug away my only stair case leading out of my dungeon by mistake and didn't build a new one.
My only miner died ( of starvation i presume ) ...
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How do you climb out of a river in Adventure mode?
I deliberately entered a river in order to cross it. I used Alt+direction and my adventurer began swimming around the river. But now I can't climb out, on neither of the two shores.
Is there a ...
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Will a character attributes increase during gameplay?
In Dwarf Fortress 0.31.37 adventure mode characters now choose abilities. Are these permanent or can they be raised?
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How can I prevent my dwarves from requesting Iridium during a strange mood?
In Dwarf Fortress, dwarves who are in a strange mood will normally request an entire class of items (stone, metal bars, cloth). However, they can also specifically ask for adamantine wafers. The ...
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Dwarf Fortress: How to refill dug areas
I have a big area I have already dug which I'd like to split into two sub area. Would it be possible to do that without the use of walls? I mean for instance just adding rough clay?
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What can I do about baby starvation/dehydration after mother was injured?
I'm using Masterwork DF. I have embarked as orcs in tundra I have a well that is in the cave filled with fine water and a source of food. Recently one of my orcs have been attacked by some animal. She ...
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What could cause a Gemcrafter to stay inside his workshop for a long time and eventually die, while still being “undiscovered”?
My gemcrafter locked himself inside of his workshop for a suspiciously long time. Eventually, he became "missing" and his yet-to-be-discovered corpse was releasing clouds of miasma. There are plenty ...
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Why are my dwarves starving when there's food available?
I'm new to Dwarf Fortress, and though I've started a nice fortress, for some reason my dwarves are always starving. According to my records, there is plenty of food: over 100 in the "other" category, ...
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I am under siege and walled in, what can I do to fight back?
This is Urist McImdsm of Iton Datan, member of the Tomb of Heroes.
We've been attacked by (initially) 32 undead. They've since eaten chickens and badgers.
We are holed up in our fortress, which has ...
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Why is Flux Stone not generating?
For some reason alot of my new worlds don't generate Flux Stone. Not sure what im doing wrong, I've tried multiple different generation settings too. I feel like it might be when I go with (Mineral ...
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Can floor constructions be placed under furniture, or do you have to move it first?
Is it possible in Dwarf Fortress to add floor constructions without having to move furniture that is already occupying the same space? How should I do that?
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War dogs fighting each other
I recently had two war dogs chained up next to each other, guarding the entrance of my fortress. Suddenly I noticed blood and body parts covering the hallway and, checking the reports, it turned out ...
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How can I get something like Dwarf Therapist running on a Mac?
I'm quickly losing track of my dwarven brothers because there are so many of them and their names have nothing to do with their jobs.
I want to use something like Dwarf Therapist on my mac, but the ...
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How do I build a tower up into empty space?
How do I build a tower in Dwarf Fortress? My first instinct was to build an up|up/down stairway, but you can only do that down into empty space, not up.
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How do you generate a Dwarf Fortress map bigger than 257x257?
I can't seem to find anything about making a map any bigger than 257.
Valid values are 17,33,65,129, and 257. Others may not work
It sounds like there are numbers that you can use – does anyone ...
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Dwarf Fortress no mouse support
I use Linux Mint 14 (64-bit) and I'm trying to get mouse support in Dwarf Fortress.
In my init.txt I have:
[MOUSE:YES]
[MOUSE_PICTURE:NO]
However I have no mouse functionality in the game itself. ...
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How do I make cats less proud?
I have several cats running around my fortress, killing vermin and doing what they do best. Every now and then, a cat runs into my fortress dragging behind it a fresh kill as if to say "Look at what I ...
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Should I keep caged prisoners?
I've captured goblins with caged traps. I've already stolen all their stuff like explained here, but now I don't know what to do with them.
Maybe my Dwarfs are happy seeing caged prisoners, but I'm ...
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Could a minecart be used defensively?
Will a minecart go off the tracks if it collides with a goblin?
Can I setup tracks around walls of fortress and circle minecarts around it to smash ambushers/siegers?
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What defines the initial “Expedition Leader”?
I made my own little embark with 7 dwarfs each with mining 5 only, yet one of them was titled "Expedition Leader". Is he chosen randomly or based on his traits (and stuff, since i dont really keep ...
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How can I make Dwarf Fortress easier?
What configuration options can I change to make Dwarf Fortress easier to play?
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What is it with the edge of the world?
When I play dwarf fortress, at the map generation stage when I'm deciding where to settle, I can see a huge expansive map with a lot of places to explore. However, once settled, it doesn't take me ...
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How to get rid of “cancels Place Item in Tomb: Item inaccessible”?
I was ambushed by goblins, and some merchants hanging around were killed. Then, I defined a burrow and ordered the dwarves inside. But now, I'm getting spammed by "Urist McUrist cancels Place Item in ...
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What should I put in a dwarf's bedroom?
Does it matter what I put in a dwarf's bedroom, except for the bed? I've heard they can use cabinets and coffers. What should I make sure to put in their bedrooms if I want to take good care of my ...
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Dwarf fortress construction suspended - builder occupying site
I'm having a problem with building walls - some of my walls are suspend before they can be built. The suspension message is that there's a creature occupying the site. I've been watching and a dwarf ...
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Miners do not obey certains orders
I've started my fortress and dug one level down and cleared it out without a problem but created stairway on third level and unable to dig the tile under it? I can see it and designate to be mined ...
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What labor is used to Pit/Pond Large Animals?
What labor is used to throw animals in pits? I decided to throw all of my non-thief goblin prisoners down my execution shaft, but a human caravan outside keeps attacking them all even though they've ...
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Changing Coarse Iron to Iron?
Note I am using the Masterwork Mod, looked through the manual didn't see anything about coarse iron. How do I change coarse Iron to normal Iron with the Masterwork Mod?
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Why should I buy a barrel of blood?
I just noticed a dwarven caravan brought about a dozen barrels of blood from various sources, and a few barrels of ichor too.
What's the use of this? If there's any, how can I "collect" the blood ...
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Taking a bath in Adventure mode
How do I clean my dwarf and his items in Adventure mode? Currently I've killed a number of things and am covered in blood, leaving a trail of it behind me wherever I walk.
I doubt it'll impress the ...
