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Waterproofing a Fortress: how to do it?
Section your fortress
Doors are a marvel of dwarven engineering. No matter what material they are made of: granite, grass, copper, talc, gypsum, ash — all of them are able to completely block any ...
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How do I revert the flood?
Disclaimer: Much of this is theoretical, as I've never had to actually deal with a massive flooding event. Some of my knowledge is also out of date; I've never run into an underground river before. I'...
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Hill Titan Pterosaur that breaths fire! How to kill this monster?
High-skill shield users can deflect fire breath attacks, even with wooden shields. This works against dragons too! Shields should always be a fundamental part of any military uniform.
If you don't ...
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How do I revert the flood?
As this is underground you should be able to put a plug close to where the initial breach of the underground river happened. You are doing a slightly simplified version of what is described in the ...
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Kitchens: how to properly use in order to still have seeds?
You can toggle the use of specific plants for cooking in the Kitchen submenu of Work Orders.
In this example, Cassavas won't be cooked, even though they normally can be. Cave wheat is greyed out ...
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What does the text under "Militia Commander" title mean?
This is the name of the squad they're in. When you first create a squad, the militia commander will automatically be added to that squad.
My nobles screen:
And the squad view:
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Kitchens: how to properly use in order to still have seeds?
It should be possible to use orders to prevent cooking if seed-counts get too low. I never use the orders screen for that kind of thing so I can't specifically tell you how.
One thing you can do is ...
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Tree-cutting quota: where to check?
Amount of trees felled and limits should be visible on World screen under Civilisations tab. When you hover over civilisations, there are agreements under Imports/Offering lines. It usually says "...
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Rats and Hamsters are gnawing their ways out of confinement
Animal traps are for catching vermin: if you don't want to catch vermin, don't make traps. (Catching non-vermin requires a cage, not a trap.)
You already have almost all the important information here:...
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Why are the Elves at war with me and how can I make peace with them?
Disclaimer: I'm a rookie at DF since I just started playing the other week.
This happened to me too: status war with the nearby elves when looking at the world map. They get offended if you cut trees ...
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How can I give (or sell?) my dwarves mugs
You need an Inn or dining hall with a storage
First, you need to create an inn or dining Room.
In an Inn, add a chest/coffer, and suddenly it will start to gather mugs, cups, and other goblets to hand ...
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Is there a new stockpile hotkey?
There isn't one yet, sadly....
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How to autosave when quitting?
As said by Amarth:
The only viable option in order to play the game seems to be doing manual saves like crazy... like all the time.
So, having no autosave when quitting, the only option is to go:
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Is there a way to access the designation menu in the Steam version of Dwarf Fortress?
It's no longer a single dedicated menu. The commands that were available under designation are available on the bottom bar:
Digging: "Setting digging orders (m)" will open a sub-menu ...
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How can I create work orders that accept multiple materials?
Pretty sure it can't be done in a single work order. The way I handle multiple input jobs is with redundant orders.
In your case you'd probably want to use the steel first. In classic version, you ...
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Really angry dwarves: how to make them happier enough?
I can't promise you the following advice will save your fort; it might be too late for that, I don't know.
That said, you need to pile on as many positive effects as you can, while keeping negative ...
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Why are the Elves at war with me and how can I make peace with them?
How do I make peace with the Elves?
According to the wiki, there are 2 ways of accomplishing that:
Attack them:
Successfully obtaining tribute from a civilization at war with you may result in (...
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How do I revert the flood?
Do not load the most recent active save;
Load an older autosave that is prior to the flood;
Be happy.
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Petitions: check met and unmet ones
There are no intended ingame ways to check that. Most direct approach (as with many other interface and control deficiences) would be to use DFHack and its list-agreements command. There are other ...
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Really angry dwarves: how to make them happier enough?
I've found a simple indoor waterfall works wonders over the span of a year or two. I have the entry room right inside a high traffic area where I just put 4 spaced out statues in a square and then in ...
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Agitated Giant Thrips: how to properly deal with them?
You can use schedules to set some military dwarves on patrol outside where your workers have to go. With schedules you can make squads rotate too, so it isn't always the same one on duty. Basically ...
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How can I see "idlers" count?
I dont think you can see it.
Separately, apparently idler count hasn't worked properly since taverns were added.
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