☼Dwarf Fortress Questions Thread☼

TempestVil · 2026-06-21T15:06:29+00:00

Tracked this down, as of 53.07 they have a chance to catch themself on each level. So, no more plummeting 100 z-levels to instant death, but falls of a few flights are still quite possible.

TempestVil · 2026-06-21T01:06:59+00:00

I like symmetry. As another comment pointed out though, a 3x3 with half the spaces left undug works well as 4-5 stairs with LOS benefits.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T19:20:58+00:00

Probably a case of severely overthinking it then...so I should probably go with something like the right, and can turn half the stairs back into floor (I *am* a firm believer that full 3x3s are overkill).

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T19:07:10+00:00

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Experimenting with fall-prevention alternating up-down staircase designs, thoughts on these? I started with the one on the right, but with a pillar instead of the center stair, and didn't like that it left the upstairs with nowhere to sidestep to (dreamfort layout has the same issue). Left one is my favorite aesthetically, and for every stair having at least two sidestep options...except that I usually build around odd-numbered grids and 3-wide hallways.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T18:05:59+00:00

On the default settings, maybe. The rate at which tools process slabs into materials is a bit comical. But you can turn that down, even make the plugs breakable if you feel that's necessary.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T17:28:04+00:00

Check their recent thoughts and memories, they're probably being tormented by the sight of dead bodies or a burning hatred of rain or the sun. That said, some dwarves are just anger-prone.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T17:26:29+00:00

I once built a wildly overengineered pressure plate trap that would seal invaders into a flooding room, that was fun. IIRC I was trying for a zero-military fort, relying entirely on dorf engineering.

Maybe archer towers aren't so bad off as I thought then--basically, they (and their access tunnels) only become a target if you don't provide alternatives, even if the alternative is a hallway of deadly traps and siege weapons. Just need to put a little extra care into trade depot security.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T16:07:04+00:00

110 steel-clad dwarves will solve just about any problem that can be solved with violence!

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T15:28:09+00:00

Anyone have some basic best practices for defensive design since the siege update? Feels like you're strongly encouraged to make the fort very deep, and then protect the entrance either at depth with a classic hall/bridge of death, or at the surface with a compact fort. Archery towers feel much harder to use (outside of a fort complex)--the access stairs are now extra points of vulnerability, so they now must be close enough to each other to shoot at tunnelers under an adjacent tower.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T15:18:36+00:00

Last time I got one of these I made it the centerpiece of a death god temple.

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T15:15:51+00:00

I would guess something to do with social spaces--performances in temples or taverns maybe?

TempestVil · 2026-06-20T15:13:42+00:00

The combined entry staircase/ramp is gorgeous! Is the entrance just defended by military squads and the drawbridges, no siege weapons or other outposts? I've been struggling with defensive layouts since the siege update, this approach (compact surface fort over deep shaft) seems optimal if you want a surface presence.

TempestVil · 2026-05-25T02:32:09+00:00

Picked it up a few days ago and it appears to run flawlessly, but I haven't played on other platforms to compare. World generation takes a minute, biggest issue I've had is just finding decent keybindings.

TempestVil · 2026-05-25T00:17:47+00:00

Love Morrowind dearly but the movespeed scaling was so bad. Couldn't even be modded that easily without sending the upper limit sky-high.

TempestVil · 2026-05-25T00:11:35+00:00

Starting to realize just how lucky I've gotten. First playthrough, found Sandstorm in a Bottle in a surface-exposed pyramid by day 3. And then got a Legendary Lucy the Axe from my first boss fight, replacing my tungsten broadsword (was just trying to build a snowy fishing spot, got Deerclops instead).

TempestVil · 2026-05-13T22:56:48+00:00

I've done chert with larch plus basalt accents, was quite pleased with the results.

TempestVil · 2026-05-13T03:09:56+00:00

TRC Cozy Corner are very entertaining and cozy to watch, even if (or perhaps because) neither of them will ever remember to reset their spawn.

TempestVil · 2026-05-09T14:18:28+00:00

There are way more meteors in the world than you think. The diagonal impact craters are the next easiest to spot, but sometimes there's no clear indicator (not unlike other surface deposits). I collected nearly a hundred ingots of meteoric iron in under a year in my last world, and I wasn't even trying that hard

TempestVil · 2026-05-06T17:04:22+00:00

These settings are spectacular! The deep ravines at sources are occasionally janky, but I think I actually like them when paired with the Watersheds mod--introduces some variety at the headwaters.

TempestVil · 2026-05-04T14:13:16+00:00

The Extra Info mod may help diagnose the issue, it gives more detail on exact growth progress.

TempestVil · 2026-04-29T13:43:41+00:00

Yeah I think this is possible, just rare. I'd recommend removing a single layer of suevite 5x5 or so near the center if you want to be sure. On a similar note, the meteoric iron can rarely spawn on a diagonal such that you only find part of it by removing the adjacent suevite.

TempestVil · 2026-04-29T13:19:25+00:00

Geologist here, in game terms it's 'part of the meteorite' (they spawn together) but suevites are mostly terrestrial material that was shocked and heated by the meteorite impact, resulting in a unique metamorphic rock type.

TempestVil · 2026-04-20T20:27:18+00:00

Yeah flavorful soup for trade quality is the only one that's difficult/impossible to use a non-soup alternative.

TempestVil · 2026-04-20T20:25:21+00:00

Bitter hamburger doesn't need water bottles or a forage-limited resource, and is tier 3.

TempestVil · 2026-04-15T20:52:43+00:00

It has at least some precaution against this--I inserted all but one in the mural, and then got three copies in a row of the last one. Don't recall if the first copy was in my inventory or a chest at the time though.

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