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I appear to have set up my fortress in an area where there isn't any stone. So I can't build a forge or anything, because I have no flame resistant building materials. Am I screwed? Or can I get out of this mess somehow?

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    Ash can be used as a fire safe material.
    – tzenes
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 15:31

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It depends on what version of Dwarf Fortress your running, but most likely, if you dig deep enough you'll find stone. If you are blocked by an aquifer there will be rock basically directly below it. If you are playing the latest version and there honest to goodness is no rock, you always have a source of magma. Dump water on lava, get obsidian.

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    Short answer, dig deeper!
    – C. Ross
    Commented Aug 12, 2010 at 15:27
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    the motto of any good dwarf. :)
    – Narcolapser
    Commented Aug 13, 2010 at 3:49
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You can always get around a shortage of anything by trading carefully. However, as I have experienced without any metal, certain things do get difficult with a shortage. Just try to hold out (by trading for example) as best you can, the worst that can happen is Fun.

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