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v0.34 Talk:Minotaur

2012-05-08T23:05:03Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Minotaur arrived at fortress with no weapons. Article inaccuracy? */ new section

==Not only in Labyrinths?==
I just had a minotaur as a random invader. Caverns, aquifers, magma sea at my embark site, but no labyrinth. It arrived over land like a goblin raiding party. Is this a bug, or just an intended behavior not on the wiki page?
:They '''live''' in labyrinths, but in Fortress mode they'll leave their homes in order to attack your fortress just like all other semi-megabeasts. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 02:47, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

== Minotaur arrived at fortress with no weapons. Article inaccuracy? ==

I checked <s>his</s> her inventory and it showed nothing. [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 23:05, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

v0.34:Dwarf

2012-03-07T21:49:02Z

Monkeyfetus: Removed strikethrough of "Male". Female dwarves do not grow bears by default.

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'''Dwarves''' are [[Stupid dwarf trick|"intelligent"]] {{Catlink|Humanoids|humanoid}} [[creatures]] with disproportionately large livers that live in [[fortress]]es carved from [[mountain]]s, and are very well known for their stout appearance and the big [[beard]]s covering the faces of the males. They are the featured [[civilization|race]] of [[Dwarf fortress mode|Fortress Mode]] and are also one of the races playable in [[Adventurer mode|Adventure Mode]]. They are mainly interested in acquiring wealth and rare [[metal]]s, especially [[adamantine]]. Their most hated enemies are the <strike>[[elves]]</strike> [[goblin]]s.

Dwarven babies become [[children]] one and a half year after birth, grow up to become adults at their twelfth birthday, and live to around 150-170 years of age. Compared to humans, Dwarves are stronger, shorter, stockier, and hairier (male dwarven children begin growing beards immediately after birth) than humans. They are tough with a heightened sense of their surroundings and are highly focused and <s>intellectual</s> "intellectual" creatures.

Dwarves are the only race that sometimes enters a [[martial trance]] when beset by many foes, which gives them combat bonuses. They are also [[alcohol]]-dependent and work slowly if deprived of it for long. Some specimens have been known to develop an [[cave adaptation|intolerance for sunlight]].

In accounts of exploits or [[fun]], the generic name [[Main:Urist|Urist]] is sometimes used in place of any specific dwarf name. Several nicknames for dwarves also exist; some are less polite than others.

== Dwarves in Fortress Mode ==

As a [[trading]] race, Dwarves will send a [[caravan]] every year in [[Calendar|Autumn]]. [[Immigrant]]s will be more attracted to your fortress as your wealth grows, prompted by the stories of your wealth and the goods that the dwarven traders bring back from your fortress.

You cannot start your fortress where another fortress exists.

== Dwarves in Adventure Mode ==

Dwarven fortresses do not have any [[shop]]s, but usually have a variety of fighters to recruit. You can receive quests from their monarch at their capital city.

Dwarven characters always start with [[steel]] or [[iron]] [[weapon]]s and [[armor]], making them the best-equipped race. {{verify}} Unfortunately, [[human]]-made armor is too large for them to wear, and humans are the only race with shops, so all armor upgrades will have to come from looting elves, goblins, and other dwarves. Most human weapons must be wielded two-handed by dwarves, due to their size.

== Ethics ==

Morally speaking, dwarven [[ethics]] most closely resemble human and elven ethics, agree somewhat with [[kobold]] and animal-people ethics, and disagree strongly with goblin ethics. Unlike elves, dwarves find the devouring of dead enemies unthinkable, and will not butcher or consume intelligent beings (goblins see this as a personal matter). They are entirely opposed to torture of any sort for any reason, unlike elves, humans, kobolds and animal-people (who find certain forms of torture acceptable) and especially goblins, who find all torture acceptable. Dwarves tolerate animal trophies but shun those who keep trophies of sapient beings, and find those who keep trophies of other dwarves appalling. Dwarves find the killing of animals, enemies and plants completely acceptable, unlike elves, kobolds and animal-people. An exception to this is the killing of neutral beings, which is okay as long as the killing had been officially ordered. A dwarf found to have participated in assault, theft, trespassing or vandalism will be seriously punished; some crimes such as killing other dwarves, breaking oaths, slavery and treason are punishable by death. On the other hand, lying is considered only a personal matter.

== Mythology ==

In real-life mythology, dwarves are much like humans, but generally prefer to live underground and/or in mountainous areas. In their fortresses they have accumulated treasures of [[gold]], [[silver]], and [[gem|precious stones]], and pass their time fabricating costly weapons and armor. They are famed [[miner]]s and [[Metalsmith|smiths]], although, like humans, they can specialise in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, they are on average stockier and hairier, and usually sport full beards. Though slow runners and poor riders, dwarves are excellent warriors and defenders of their strongholds. Dwarves have the ability to forge magical items, which shows off their culture's and species natural craftsmanship. For instance, dwarvish smiths created some of the greatest and most powerful items of mythology, which inspired the in-game [[strange mood]]s and [[Legendary artifact]]s.

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Dwarf Fortress Wiki talk:Manual of Style

2012-03-01T01:52:05Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Suggestion: Add entity raws to civilized creature pages */ new section

Discuss points of style, a few "threads" have been started to hit on some major issues. Please feel free to add new topics.
:Links to those threads would be helpful, since you're apparently referring to pre-existing discussions.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

==Where to link a new page from?==
After a forum discussion here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=84137.0, I decided my idea for a "Style Projects" category/page wasn't completely useless so I made a start of it: [[Style Project]]. Any thoughts? Where should it get linked from? I don't think the concept is in any way version specific. How should the page get categorized? Rated? There's a lot I don't know about starting a page. [[User:GhostDwemer|GhostDwemer]] 16:29, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

:Personally I'd say link it from [[DF2010:Design strategies]] under Aesthetics, and at the top if you want. If it's version independent then just put it in the main namespace and link to it from every version of the design strategies page. Then just look around the wiki and link to it from anywhere that seems appropriate. I don't think anyone cares too much... the only thing some people might care about is whether it needs to be linked from the main page and personally I'd say this is probably too narrow of a subject to be linked directly on the main page. As for categories, I usually look at how other pages are categorized. For example, Look at the Design strategies page and just copy it's category list if you find nothing else.

:So basically I'd say... look at the main page to see what articles linked directly from the main page might benefit from a link to your page. Then dig around elsewhere and add links from those pages. Copy the categories from the most applicable page and any other pages that seem like they might have reasonable categories. Basically you want people to find it easily when they're "drilling down" into the appropriate topics. Personally I'd say the more applicable pages you can find to link to it, the better. Like it might be worth linking to it from [[DF2010:Stupid dwarf trick]] --[[User:Ral|Ral]] 23:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

== Spelling ==
Do we use British or American spellings? Whichever we use, we should at the least be consistent. [[User:Emi|Emi]] 04:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:No, we shouldn't. This is neither a specifically British nor American game, it's an ''international'' game and so an international site. The ''only'' time such spelling needs be consistent is when it matches (or conflicts with) a game-term, or such that it's consistent within a single page.

:I don't feel it's the job of the Admin to tell users to read and write either American or British exclusively, and thus alienate the other to any degree (however unintentionally that may be!). Quite the opposite, we should welcome all - [[Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki:Community_Portal#X|X is for Xeniality]]! More, it's no editor's job either - as that can lead to cultural edit wars and just plain, dull petty jingoism. I know that color and colour, flavour and flavor, and all the rest are the same - it's a wide, wide web - it's time we all get used to it. ; ) --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::By consistency, I was referring to how the game uses Armor, thus we probably shouldn't use Armour. [[user:Emi|Emi]] [[user_talk:Emi|[T]]] 05:47, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:::I agree. If the game says "Armor," then the page and all references to the concept should read "Armor," not "Armour." However, I don't think it's appropriate to get up in arms  about "Armour" if it's not referring to the in game concept -- this is a terrible example. Flavour, if it's written somewhere, does not deserve an armed attack on all instances of the word to change it to Flavor, nor vice versa, since they're not arms. Or something. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] 19:40, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:Writing in English is hard enough for me. :) – [[template:unsigned|unsigned]] comment by [[User:Kummahiih|Kummahiih]]
::::<nods> If the term is found on the [[armor]] page, then of course it should all match - as I said above. Likewise something's referring to armor as a game concept, the item "plate armor" for instance. But if a tangential line on the article on [[beak dog]]s reads something like "''they're dangerous, and can quickly mangle an unarmoured dwarf"'', there is no need (nor just reason) to change that. It's not referring to the game term, it's not linking to any page, it's simply referring to the abstract strategic concept, which is the same in either spelling. Slavish enforcement of spelling where it makes no diff is not the way to go. This wiki is not that rules-centric, and most users like it that way.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 23:09, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

== Repetitive Intensifiers ==
Does "very, very yellow" offer any useful information over "very yellow"? [[User:Emi|Emi]] 04:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:Does asking this question offer any, any useful information over not asking? A rather specific question for a "Manual of Style", especially without a specific reference or more general point to be made. But I would hazard the guess that that particular editor found that particular phrasing both useful and mildly entertaining in that context - this wiki is not as sterile as some, nor as formal.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::These questions were mainly a starting point, to give people an idea of the sort of things that we mean when we say 'style'. And you're right, it is very specific, but I think it's a decent thing to consider, along with the use of 'literally' as a generic intensifier, etc... [[user:Emi|Emi]] [[user_talk:Emi|[T]]] 05:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:::I know what you're saying, but to try to regulate such would be a literally endless deathmarch. "Style" is personal, and some works and some doesn't, and some very cludgey stuff works when it shouldn't. I have a very wordy style, others have a very pithy, terse one, and neither is better or more or less "appropriate". Any literally unclear or broken usage will get cleaned up on its own without our enforcement, but very, very personal style should simply be overlooked so long as it works in context. (We have better things to do, really!) ; D --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 06:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::::Well, not right now I don't, EmiBot's current tagging job is going to take all night I think. She has to go to each page, load every link until she reaches a no page exception and then tag the page. She'll end up loading lots of pages per each actual page processed. [[user:Emi|Emi]] [[user_talk:Emi|[T]]] 06:06, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

== Humor ==
Does humor belong in informative articles? Where is humor acceptable? Is humor (or "humorous prose") within an article like [[40d:carp]] useful, or does it only serve to confuse and make solid information harder to find? [[User:Emi|Emi]] 04:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:Yes, depending. So long as the humour is ''either'' separate or clearly a side-product, it's fine. When a user decides to rewrite an article as their own stand-up routine, that's usually not acceptable. Adding the '''<nowiki>{{D for Dwarf}}</nowiki>''' template above a comedic rant is often acceptable, but not if the sole purpose seems to be for the amusement of the editor, rather than the reader, or if it's just not relevant. In the end, it's no diff than any other edit - some efforts are generally appreciated and accepted, and some are just "wrong-o".

:In short, you can't define it, you can only know it when you see it. But Carp, in specific, have a long and highly honoured history in DF culture. And cheese. And fire, and magma, and beards, and microcline, and elephants, and cats, and migrants, and nobles, and losing, and... --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::I know that all those things have such a history, but if you're a new player reading the article on carp, you are very likely to be confused and come out unsure of what was solid info and what was hyperbole, or comedic. I think in general, the sort of stuff {{tl|D for Dwarf}} describes is what shouldn't be in informative articles, or at least not such a broad marking -- perhaps it would be better used in sections rather than at the top of an article like it often is placed? [[user:Emi|Emi]] [[user_talk:Emi|[T]]] 05:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

:::Actually, the current community standards suggest that "Wit" be kept to a minimum. Missed that.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:::Having discovered this game only a year ago I'd like to say that '''every single inside joke''' on this wiki was both entertaining and part of the game experience. I relied on this wiki so much I even feel stranded a bit. Mark it with D-for Dwarf template for it to be found and I think that everything will be fine. My two cents. [[Special:Contributions/90.191.16.52|90.191.16.52]] 19:26, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
::::As another person who has recently found Dwarf Fortress and the wiki, I love the D-for Dwarf stuff. It provides a clue to what other players consider interesting or historic for the game, and usually gives some information on how the topic of that article can provide 'fun'.--[[Special:Contributions/66.207.88.49|66.207.88.49]] 11:56, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

:::When I first picked up DF about two years ago, I distinctly remember actually using the D for Dwarf category as my primary point of navigation through the wiki, and several times lamenting the lack of further pages in that style. Much of the flavor of the game comes from the (frequently absurd) conclusions that the player base draws from observed behavior, quirks and bugs. Generally it is easier to come to grips with the fact that your fortress has crumbled to an end after an out-of-control fire incident when you are able to chuckle to yourself about dwarfs who think there's nothing about a glowing !!sock!! that isn't totally cool and worthy of being stored in their wooden chests. Take that away and (unless our hypothetical new player is able to independently reach the same conclusion) and all you have is yet another reason to be annoyed that the game is still in alpha. --[[User:Johntor|Johntor]] 19:46, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

::It should be fairly easy to distinguish fact from hyperbole/rant etc. if you use the '''<nowiki>{{D for Dwarf}}</nowiki>''' tag correctly though, for example, adding the 'humorous' bit at the bottom of a page, preceded by the tag. If used correctly, I believe it's acceptable. I started playing after the carp days, and still found those types of articles hilarious. --[[User:Ramperkash|Ramperkash]]
::: The occasional humorous bits included in the wiki here have always been one of my favorite things about dwarf fortress. I would be very sad if these were removed from the wiki. [[User:Doctorzuber|Doctorzuber]] 01:53, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:I don't think (hope not) that anyone is going to delete "all humour" - that would be lame indeed. But there are recent examples where some self-appointed site Wit has added reams of quips into an article - and that's just not going to work very often. The yardstick, I think, is multifold: 1) will it muddy/confuse the facts to a newbie? And/or is the humour "funny" to the Users as a whole? It's not like the Quotes page where if one person likes it then it's pretty much there to stay. Just as with any style, it's subject to editing.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 02:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:Perhaps we should revise the D for Dwarf template so it boxes in the D for Dwarf material? Such as <nowiki>{{D for Dwarf|My Funny Jokes About Plumbers Here}}</nowiki> -- that way we still have our humor, but we make it significantly obvious what is meant as silliness and what is serious / factual. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] 19:36, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
::If you can get it to work (style-wise) on [[40d:carp]] and [[40d:fire]], then I think you've got a winner. (Those are two of the more "muddied" articles I can think of.)--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 23:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:I believe humour has it's place on the DF wiki. That place is not everywhere, but it's definitely in the [[40d:carp]] article. I can't think of any hard rules on where humour is appropriate, but I'd say if the subject is a major source of [[Fun]] then it's probably okay. A more mundane subject like [[Well]] is probably best left completely straight. [[User:KFK|KFK]] 14:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
:The absence of wit/humor in relevant-to-the-game articles would make me sad. There's barely a single feature in this game that can't lead to [[Fun]], and a witty phrase or sentence concerning that outcome (either how to get there, or how to avoid it) is quite effective at conveying the nature of the Fun to be had (or not had, as you choose). --[[User:Greycat|Greycat]] 18:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
:Humor doesn't seem like a problem to me as long as it isn't causing some sort of confusion. For example, sarcasm where the sarcasm may not be apparent. --[[User:Ral|Ral]] 01:15, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

== Page Format ==
We should have some sort of general format for pages, so that like-information appears consistently in the same spots on different pages. This might be a little harder to figure out. [[User:Emi|Emi]] 04:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:We currently do within like pages. Every creature, every stone, every workshop, every skill... um... pro'ly some other stuff, is parallel. Truly parallel items ( [[40d:armor piece]], [[40d:trade good]]s ) are grouped under a single umbrella article, and some (like [[40d:gem]]) even listed in a table. If an editor gets excited and confident, they can suggest/establish a format for a new category of page. But a stone and a workshop do not have the same sort of information that needs to be communicated, so trying to establish a single format for all seems counter-productive.

:When formating a page, you want:
:* A clear Intro (if the article is long).
:* '''Bold key words''' - anything that redirects to that article should be clearly noticeable early in the article. If in a lower section, mention it and add an internal subsection link.
:* Use a Table of Contents if necessary
:* Use graphics - tables, images, templates - ''especially'' if templates exist for that page type! (spec creatures, workshops, etc.)
:: --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

:::Along the same lines, I think it might be good to look at how some of the existing templates are designed. Specifically [[Template:Buildings]], [[Template:Creatures]] and [[Template:Workshops]] to name a few. Buildings and Creatures are both large (maybe excessively so) and none of them seem to follow the same formatting rules. I would be happy to play around with it, but I'm much more of a 'code' person rather than a 'style' person, so I'm not sure what would be a good way to reformat them. Any thoughts?--[[User:Soy|Soy]] 00:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
::::"Creatures", for one, is going to need a work-over, as constants in 40d seem to have become variables in 31.01 - let me cogitate on it, I'll leave this page open and get back to you on it.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 20:01, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::I'm confused on the "constants in 40d seem to have become variables" comment. Could you clarify please? --[[User:Soy|Soy]] 21:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
::::::Re creatures? Did you play the prev version? There are only a few "constants" in a creature's template - most answer "what do you get when you butcher one?" Used to be 100% predictable - now it seems highly ''un''predictable. Meat, fat - even bones. Look at any cv creature page - [[dragon]], for instance - see all those ? marks? ''That's'' what I mean.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 02:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::::That's what I wanted to clear up: you're talking about [[Template:CreatureInfo]] and I'm talking about [[Template:Creatures]]. I was thinking it would make sense to break it up into sub-templates for the categories contained in [[:Category:Creatures]] e.g.: one for humanoids, animals, megabeasts, etc. For [[Template:CreatureInfo]] (the one you were considering) it would be an extremely simple process to remove those static links and allow each editor to propagate them with whatever is appropriate, maybe even a range of numbers? I'm not really sure as I wasn't considering that particular area, sorry. --[[User:Soy|Soy]] 04:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
:Oh - ''that!'' Yeah, no doubt - we'll need a new template, since the redirects go to diff creature articles. The style format should relate to how we present diff creature articles - the [[creature]] page is not to my satisfaction, and it's all inter-related. "Humanoids"? Aren't some animals half/half? In-game distinctions might be best, sim to how they're listed in the RAW's - "domestic animals" is one from 40d, and so on. Easier to list, too, since only one RAW file needs to be addressed at a time. Other approaches are certainly valid and possible.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 18:52, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

== Image Use ==
Where should we use images, and how should we include them (where on a page)? [[User:Emi|Emi]] 04:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:Wherever they are helpful, and however they look best. Again, no single rule fits all. On the right, usually (but not always), and matched up with relevant text as much as possible. Thumbnailed down to a reasonable size (big enough to be visible/useful - if still too big, then that requires either a new pic or a text that encourages the user to "click to expand").

:The guidelines for image use are simple:
:* Use .PNG format.
:* Use one of the default graphics packages, the tileset or ascii. ''(Note that the Mayday download is NOT one of these!)''
:* Use the default [[colour scheme]].
:* Make it look good.
:* No copyrighted material, etc etc.
:That's it.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 05:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

::No copyrighted material, is a hard thing to do though. Because in theory, any screenshots of the game are considered copyrighted, or are at the very least, in a very gray zone. [[user:Emi|Emi]] [[user_talk:Emi|[T]]] 05:53, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

:::I assume it means no material that cannot be freely reproduced, i.e, either you own the copyright or it is under a creative commons license, etc. --[[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 20:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::::Let's please NOT get into an amateur discussion of copyright laws. Put 50 experienced copyright lawyers in a room, and you'll have ''more'' than 50 opinions on what the law actually states for any particular situation - and we're amateurs, and from different nations with diff laws, and this is international and national issues. Common practice is that screenshots are kosher on this wiki. And we can leave it at that.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:::::Actually, this is something we need to discuss. in the US, any images of a copyrighted game are considered copyright by the holder of the game's copyright. All we can claim is fair use, which is fine -- I doubt Toady One is going to sue us for using DF images. The other consideration is that of tilesets: the creators of the tilesets still hold exclusive copyright unless they release it into the public domain or into a free license. This brings up international considerations, however; some countries do not allow a author to release material into the public domain, and others allow third parties to pursue litigation and compensation on behalf of the copyright holder. So, in summary, we can require that images are released into the public domain AND a free license, or just a free license if they are not images of the game itself; otherwise, we have to require that the image is fair use for the topic at hand. Alternatively, we could request that Toady One loosens his license in regards to screenshots of the game. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] 22:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

== Handling template breaking of redirects? ==

<s>How do we want to handle this? For example, [[Furnace Operator]] doesn't work; nor does [[pearlash]] - you have to use [[ash|pearlash]] to get it to go to the right place. Note that these examples don't work on this page; see [[40d:kiln]] for examples.</s> --[[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 17:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:''(This is not a style question - reposting on Current Events.)''--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

== Vanity articles ==

What to do about pages like [[Asax|this]], which have no value to the game or to any other player, only to the one player (or a very few at most)? Almost like a [[bloodline]] page. On one hand, not hurting anything, ''and'' it's good practice if that editor ever wants to actually contribute something, you know, "useful". But on the other, it is hurting, because it's more bandwidth for the next version change. Meh. Maybe just not worth the trouble to worry about either way, cost/benefit-wise. Thoughts?--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 01:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
:I was actually thinking about this the other day but didn't know where to discuss it. I'm all for a Community Legends category or something similar, as I believe there's a [[Cacame_Awemedinade|Cacame]] page, [[Tholtig]], [[Morul]], and I imagine Ironblood or Nist Akath will get their own page sooner or later considering their massive reputation. Obviously we'd have to watch for people arbitrarily adding tons of stuff, but I'm certainly not against it so long as it's patrolled and kept 'rare' so to speak. --[[User:Retro|Retro]] 01:33, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
:Oh, and for reference, the Asax page spawned from [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52295.90 here]. --[[User:Retro|Retro]] 01:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
::This page exists and can exist for the same reason that [[Boatmurdered]] can have a page. The community decides that some things are epic - those things become community lore and thus part of the meta-game. This is the kind of thing that the D is for Dwarf tag is for. (Also, no extra bandwidth because he should remain unversioned, and thus never need to be moved). --[[User:Squirrelloid|Squirrelloid]] 02:29, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
:::While there's nothing inherently unacceptable about vanity articles, and the occasional well written vanity article now and then can be a good thing (within reason), well... the Asax article in particular is just not very good. There's nothing there that's extraordinarily interesting, and there's certainly no actual content worthy of including on the wiki. It needs to be either significantly expanded (if there even is any more material to expand it with - I've not yet read the forum thread), or else deleted entirely. And I'm leaning distinctly towards the latter, as it stands. This article feels to me like the aforementioned "arbitrarily adding tons of stuff", and that's certainly not something to be encouraged. --[[User:Morlark|Morlark]] 09:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
Well, it seems these are natural expansions from the [[forums]] - an area that I've largely dropped due to time constraints, and so remain (blissfully?) ignorant of. And even then, some of the subforums were always of far less interest than others for me, or for any reader. Unfortunately, there is no fair-handed way to legislate what is "interesting" and what is not. When [[planepacked]] hit the wiki, I was bored beyond description - someone had a glitch in their game (or maybe abused the hell out an exploit for personal bragging rights), so effin what?! But here we are. So, looks like they stay, and the only option is to add <nowiki>{{D for Dwarf}}</nowiki> and/or edit them so they read better. : \ --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 16:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
:I think the solution to this is an umbrella page, to be frank. Not sure what all of your positions are on that, but someone could reasonably go through the D for Dwarf articles and decide which ones could just go in a 'Community Stories' page. [[User:Sensei|Sensei: Last seen somewhere in the Basic Jungle of Terror]] 00:24, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
::Personally, I don't really see a reason for having this kind of stuff here. I find it interesting, sure, and I like reading about stories like Asax and some of the other historic figures, but I just don't feel that they have any business being here, on the Wiki.

::It's a community subject, rather than a game subject. As such it should be kept within the community (E.G., the Bay12 forum). The same could be said about most of the "D for Dwarf" articles, in my opinion. I don't really think they contribute a whole lot to the ideals behind having a Wiki, and they can actually serve to confuse a point rather than clarify it.

::I like having those little fields on the home page for quotes and pictures from the community, but I think that's about as far as the "flavor" really needs to go here. It was my understanding that this was supposed to be a repository for information pertaining to the base game itself, not the community that sprung up around it. --[[User:Kagus|Kagus]] 00:40, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

The thing though is that if people hear about something on the forums, or any other DF community that is more about "the DF community" then about DF itself, then there should be ''someplace'' where they can learn about it. I think having that sort of thing here serves that good for little to no cost. Just segregate that sort of thing in some way (even a "community" category/box shoudl be sufficient) and then let people have fun. Even better, put it in a separate namespace (with a redirect from mainspace). Zero problems, plenty of value. [[User:Mason11987|Mason]] ([[User talk:Mason11987|T]]-[[Special:Contributions/Mason11987|C]]) 13:16, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

== in-article Capitalization ==

Articles are all capitalized - but that doesn't mean that they're all Capitalized. In an article, we should refer to a dwarf's [[armor]], not to their [[Armor]]. This gets exceptionally annoying in, for example, lists of plants, like [[Plump helmet]]s and [[Pig tail]]s, but also when suddenly [[Gold]] appears as if it's become some sort of sports team, or perhaps we're referring to someone's lawyer by last name. Even the "see also" at the bottom of a page? Altho' on one level it just doesn't matter, it reinforces that capitalization twitch. For example:

:'''See Also:'''
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|Plaster powder]]

vs.

:'''See Also:'''
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|plaster powder]]

I'd rather use the latter. It's not a proper noun (not even as an article name), and we're not speaking German (which does capitalize random nouns).--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 20:55, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

:Links should be capitalized according to standard grammatical practices. So don't link <nowiki>[[Like this]], link [[like this]]</nowiki>. Of course, if the word should be capitalized, like if it's at the start of a sentence, capitalize it. Proper nouns, like [[Urist]] or [[Toady]], should of course also be capitalized. Plant names aren't proper, unless it's the plump helmet Vendorblood the Menace of Crafting, and so shouldn't be capitalized.

:Since we can't have any simple rules, though, I think your '''See also''' example should be the former. Items in a list are treated grammatically like a sentence, and a '''See also''' section is a list of other articles to visit, even if it's only one item long. So it should be
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|Plaster powder]]
: not
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|Plaster Powder]]
: or
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|plaster powder]]
: or, god forbid,
:*[[DF2010:Plaster powder|plaster Powder]].

:Also to further complicate things and draw this conversation into areas it probably shouldn't go, section headers should only have the first word capitalized, so it should be '''See also''', not '''See Also'''. This is neither here nor there, however, and is just a rule I picked up from Wikipedia. In general, I defer to Wikipedia practices when editing any wiki, since that's kind of the norm. --[[User:Mikaka|Mikaka]] 21:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
::Agreed, I think Wikipedia should be a general standard, unless there's a reason to change it, like our version namespaces. --[[User:Aescula|Aescula]] 21:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

:It's generally considered correct for bulletted/numbered lists and tabular data to be capitalised. Obviously, if people are capitalising article titles in non-lists, or in in-line lists within a sentence then that isn't correct. But for the specific example you gave, the correct capitalisation would be:

:'''See also:'''
:[[DF2010:Plaster powder|Plaster powder]]

:--[[User:Morlark|Morlark]]

== Footer ==

Fixed footer at bottom obstructs found items if you use seach in your broswer. For example, look at [DF2010:Creature_tokens] article in firefox, hit ctrl+f and type "MEGABEAST". String is found, but footer overlays its position, making it look like searching is broken. Suggestion: get rid of fixed position of footer, nothing on it needs to be visible all the time. [[Special:Contributions/85.207.18.54|85.207.18.54]] 11:31, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

== Dwarfs vs. Dwarves ==

I have seen a bit of a conflict of plurals throughout the wiki. For example on the [[Military]] page in the "Current Reported Military-Related Bugs" section both terms are used in separate instances. From a grammatical standpoint both forms are correct plurals, but it seems a bit inconsistent to see them both used within a line or two of each other. Which is correct?
:Spellcheck might not think so, but every noun ending in one "f" (calf, leaf, wolf) has it's plural form ending with "ves" (calves, leaves, wolves). I would argue that ''"dwarves"'' is the correct way to write it. --[[User:DUMBELLS|dUMBELLS]] 00:49, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
:Tolkien wrote it "dwarves" as do most fantasy authors. I don't think I've ever seen "dwarfs" anywhere but this wiki. I've actually been changing it to "dwarves" in any document I do any extensive editing in. Also, it is written "dwarves" in the game. --[[User:Ral|Ral]] 01:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
I do believe there is a growing tendency to differentiate between "dwarfs" (people suffering from dwarfism) and "dwarves" (fantasy race group). Even the Great Compendium of All Undisputed Knowledge (aka Wikipedia) mentions this in a footnote.
:As Ral mentioned, "[NAME:dwarf:'''dwarves''':dwarven]" - I'd say that's definitive enough. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 02:39, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

== Labor pages side table suggestion ==

I think it would be immensely helpful to include in the side table on all labor-description pages what the associated skill's level actually affects - whether it is the quality of the resulting item/work, speed of completion, both, or whatnot.

I would gladly do so, but I have just begun playing DF - which is possibly why people longer affiliated with it may not even realize this is quite a big consideration for a potential reader of the wiki pages. Needless to say, but included for the sake of completion, I am not fully certain which labors fall under which aforementioned category.

--[[User:Sheepify|Sheepify]] 01:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
:I assume you're referring to '''Skill''' pages, since there are no labor pages (aside from Cleaning) for version 0.31.xx or even 40d (23a does have them, though, and I've been planning to create them for the sake of completeness). --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 02:38, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
:: The page at http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Labor
::With

::DF2010:Labor
::From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
::(Redirected from Labor)

::in caption.

::Decided to make an addition to the discussion, though my suckage at wikiediting is of the highest... Myeah.
::--[[User:Sheepify|Sheepify]] 03:12, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
::P.S. Hah. Yes. The '''Skill''' pages that the Labor page links to. I'm slow, but I get there... occasionally :D

== New layout and information included for the Workshop pages ==

The workshop pages don't include any description of what the orders actually accomplish, or, for that matter, what is required to accomplish a specific task. This is most problematic for the Farmer's Workshop. In order to find out what each of the orders do, you have to click on the related labors listed at the top of the page. There is no indication that those links will tell you what the orders do. I'd like to propose a new layout for the Workshop pages, and then implement that across the board.

There is a workshop template on the right of every page, but it doesn't cover the actions in enough detail for new users. This is acceptable in some workshops, like Carpenter's Workshop, where everything is pretty straight-forward. You don't need a descriptive line of text underneath "Make wooden barrel" saying "This requires one piece of wood and produces a wooden barrel." In Farmer's Workshop, however, you DO need a line under "Process Plants (to barrel)" that tells you that this means you'll be making dwarven syrup, you'll need some sweet pods and an empty barrel. Or for "Process Plants (to bag)," which means that you'll need an empty bag, Quarry Bushes, and end up with Quarry Bush Leaves, a Rock nut, and that the bag will be filled with the Leaves, and can then be stored in a barrel.

So can I whip up a new format (possibly using tables) for the workshops and try it out? Who's in charge around here? ;)

Oh, and what brought me to this conclusion was that I'm relatively new to DF, and the most logical thing for me to do as a new player was to look at all the fun workshops I could make, and see what they did. The Workshop articles had me bouncing around the wiki too much. And my background is in information design and visual communications. So, hello!

Looking forward to input. [[User:Darchitect|Darchitect]] 23:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)Darchitect

== Suggestion: Add entity raws to civilized creature pages ==

We already have the creature raws on each page. Why not add the entity raws for the applicable creatures, namely <s>Dwarfs</s> <s>Dwarves</s> [http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/d/dwarves/dwarfpluralof.htm Dwarrows], Elves, Humans, Goblins, Kobolds. All animal people civs use the same raws, so for them it may be better to create a seperate [[Animal Peoples]] page. [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 01:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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[[User:Random832|Random832]] 20:28, 30 December 2008 (EST)

== Mod content in regular articles ==

"All mod content, it has been stated, should not appear in the regular articles." --[[User:Zchris13]], at [[Talk:Sand]] 
If I recall correctly, one guy stated that yesterday. Personally, I find it rather counter-DF: 
"In Dwarf Fortress, modding almost ''is'' vanilla." --[[User:Savok]], at the [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php forums] 
Opinions? Beliefs? Comments? Thoughts? Please, answer this, The Community! --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 11:24, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

:I'm probably the one who you're thinking of who stated it ;)
:#I don't think that modding is ''ever'' vanilla, no matter what the game, how mod-friendly the game is, or how many mods exist. Saying that it's incredibly common does not change the definition of the term "unmodded".
:#I think that modding information would be better served by putting it in one place. It's easier to figure out modding and/or find the information you need if it's all on one page (or a small number of pages). And if the information is there, why would you ''also'' put it on ''every single other article in the wiki''?
:#Whenever the ways something can be modded changes, every single article about that something would have to be changed. If a new way to mod metals, for example, was added, then every single metal article would have to be changed to reflect this.
:#tl;dr version: I think it would be horrifically redundant even by typical wiki standards and would never be maintained anyways (seriously, there are still pages that haven't been updated since the 2D version). And that's even before you think about whether it ''should'' be done at all.
:--[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 13:10, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

::Sorry, couldn't find it in all of yesterday's edits.
::#Yeah, I shouldn't go changing my definitions of words. What I mean is "modding is normal."
::#I agree partially, but, since light modding is normal and mainstream, it should go in normal and mainstream articles.
::#No, every article that mentioned metal-modding. And I don't think that there are too many non-modding articles that do.
::#TL/DR: I think that a little mentioning of modding (for example, stating in [[Sand]] that you can mod any soil into sand (although that's a bit obvious)) is fine, although I fully agree that all possible topic-related modding should not be mentioned.
::--[[User:Savok|Savok]] 18:45, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

:::I think I can live with that ;). Also, I appreciate the reformatting: I couldn't find the instructions on how to make such a list, though odds are it's right in front of me =( --[[User:LegacyCWAL|LegacyCWAL]] 19:41, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

== Heading gripe ==

I'd like to add to H that one shouldn't use heading sections of one = because it results in bad html coding and a title the size of the page name. It's also general practice on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Section#Creation_and_numbering_of_sections wikipedia]. Anyways, I thought I'd post something here before I go ahead and change it so I can at least pretend to have discussed it before hand. --[[User:Mikaka|Mikaka]] 05:39, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

== Modding content ==
Is this, [[New_Plants]], really how we do it? Frankly, i found it a bit confusing at first. At least it should get a better header. --[[User:Confused|Confused]] 00:37, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

== JavaScript seems disabled ==

The collapsible box doesn't seems collapsible anymore. I don't see the [show]/[hide] anymore either, since the wiki broke. Am I the only one with this trouble ? --[[User:Karl|Karl]] 01:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
:Apparently it's fixed now, at least for me. I have found that my browser cache can screw with these things on other wikis so no reason why it wouldn't happen here. Javascript becomes disabled on client web browsers far more often than it does on web hosts/sites which previously allowed it. (Possibly belatedly I know.)[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

== Do we detail pointlessly? ==

As everyone knows, the wiki spoils everything about Dwarf Fortress. We have a spoiler-warning system, but it's quite disused. I think one guy said that it's pointless, because we need to put it on every page, because every page is a spoiler. We have a tendency to detail everything, much of which isn't helpful to newbies but ruins a little the delight a newbie can take in DF that no longer exists for us veterans.

For example, to quote the page [[woodcutter]], "Woodcutters are working outdoors where they are in constant danger of being [[ambush]]ed by invaders or attacked by wild animals (unless, of course, you are the proud owner of an [[Tower-cap#Underground_tree_farm|underground tree farm]]), but they are also one of the few civilian professions which carry [[weapons]] with them. Thus, it can be helpful to teach them how to use their axes to defend themselves (and others) properly by making them spend a few months as [[axedwarf]]s in your [[military]]."

Here, all that really should be noted is that woodcutting skill does not help in combat. Yes, another problem with the wiki as it is is that we often assume that newbies know a lot of stuff they don't, making even DFwiki have a steep learning curve - a bit ironic. Regardless, pointless detail such as in the above article not only does not help but hurts, making the wiki dry and boring.

I propose that we write into our little [[Dwarf Fortress Wiki:Community Portal|constitution]] a guideline to avoid such detail in addition to removing large amounts from the wiki, fixing the pages. Of course, this is a major undertaking, not to just be done. What do y'all think? Agree? Argue? Please do comment. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 02:36, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:Wikis attract wikignomes who like to tinker and add information to articles until they are "complete". Attempting to define how much information can be added before an article is "over-complete" is pretty difficult.
:Is there a policy that this wiki must not spoil the game for new players?
:There are a lot of different reasons people read this wiki - it isn't just a hosted version of the wonderful instruction manual that is included with the game. Would [[computing]] be possible without collaboration (between players), which is nothing but spoiling?
:The answers would lie in either seperate articles, or some kind of template which hides information regarded as a spoiler.
:There is this option:
{| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; background-color: lightblue;"
!colspan="1"| Basic intrduction
|-
|Woodcutters cut down trees.
|-
|}
{| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; background-color: lightblue;"
!colspan="1"| Minor spoiler
|-
| They are one of a few civilian trades which involves carrying a weapon. In hostile areas you might want to consider training woodcutters as Axedwarves.
|-
{| class="collapsible" style="width: 100%; background-color: lightblue;"
!colspan="1"| Major spoiler
|-
|Another option on some maps is establishing an underground tree farm.
|-
|}

:However that requires some knowledge of either wikimarkup or html - tbh I just cookbooked it and it took me a fair bit of messing around before I got it right the first time.
:Another option is, linked articles, where you go from '''Woodcutter (base)''' to '''Woodcutter (minor spoiler)''' to '''Woodcutter (major spoiler)''' - it would be easy enough to include (base) in (minor spoiler) and (minor spoiler) in (major spoiler).

:I think "enough" readers ''want'' the major spoilers that taking them out would "degrade" this wiki.
:[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:36, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

::I just re-read [[woodcutter]] in full. IMO the article builds nicely from the basic "how to cut trees" to more advanced gameplay strategy, such as "enable woodcutting on every outdoor worker so they all carry weapons". Personally I don't see that as being a good value strategy, for the work involved in equipping that many dwarves with axes you could have a fairly useful (specialised) millitary - but it isn't the first thing a spoiler-adverse reader stumbles over. If it was the first thing in the article it would be a far greater problem.[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:41, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:I'm going to agree with Garrie on this. Counting me, there's at least one person who would not have stuck with DF if he hadn't had access to a thorough DF reference library such as this. When a new player comes to this wiki, odds are they're looking to have ''something'' spoiled.
:One vote for 'Not Too Spoiled' --[[User:Njero|Njero]] 03:45, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:Sorry to have apparently been totally unclear... I don't want to take spoilers out! I think that there are a lot of things, like the example from woodcutter, that a player can figure out on his <s>on</s>own, which can be a lot more fun than being told all the fine details of fortress 1337. I do think it would be good to separate the spoilers more in some cases, but that's a totally different topic.
:For another example, I think we can agree that it is pointless to have a page telling how to dig a 1-tile channel pit and designate it as a Quantum Dump, given that you know how a Quantum Dump works. We used to have (still have? not sure) one of those. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 03:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

::I think your quantum dump page has been reincarnated at [[dwarven physics]]?
::OK I think I see these points:
::# there is no clear guideline how much spoiling "is alowed"
::# there is no clear guideline on how specific an article can get (scope vs depth)
::# there is no clear guideline on when a "spoiler alert" should be given.
::I think that guidelines are good, in general. The rules are a bit flexible as most of us expect given this is a game-wiki not an encyclopedia. I know you do a lot more admin-editing than anyone else put together so you (Savok) probably have a better 1,000 ft view of the size of this problem than everyone else. Having said that... I would err greatly on allowing pages which are "game-world correct" to remain, allowing pages which don't have (dreadful) spoilers in the lead section to not have "ugly" spoiler warnings, and if we can have articles on [[computing]] and [[Glowing pit]] then pretty much there is no aspect of the game which is off-limits to being exposed by spoilers.
::I'm also agreeing with Njero, that if I hadn't found this wiki as quickly as I did, with detailed (and spoilerific) content of things from "how to dig" to "how to fight" and "what's hard to fight"... I would probably have deleted the game within 2 days of downloading it. Some of us don't find the forum that helpful![[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 05:51, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
:::+1 what GI said. I read the wiki before starting - I, personally, hate the whole "trial and errour" thing from scratch, especially in a game where the wrong little mistake can mean GAME OVER. I'm average-bright, and I still found that a lot of the "detail" was lost on me, at least until I had experienced it (or nearly so.) HFS? Still haven't breached one yet (slow computer, and in no rush) - so I can parrot a lot about that, but really have no personal feel for it and still look forward to that experience (even if now I won't walk in blind to that particular practical joke). If I'd wanted a surprise, I'd have not read those articles (and would be someone else).

:::That said, I '''''do''''' find that many mid-experience and advanced articles do repeat basic concepts too much - the "how to dig a channel" for a quantum dump example, above. And over-link, etc. However, if a newb were to stumble on that page, altho' they aren't ready for the advanced stuff, they may wonder what the basic stuff is - and follow those links. So... I don't think it's over-detailed for anyone except those who know the game (i.e. "us"). For the newb, stumbling about on the wiki, they either ''want'' to read about it, or ''need'' to, or both. Less detail is fewer links, and less overall usefulness to the (self-filtering) target audience.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 19:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:We do not detail pointlessly. More spoiler warnings? Why not. The collapsibles might be a nice solution in many places. But no limits to the completeness of the wiki please. It's hard to figure out quite a bit of the more complex, and interesting, stuff like machinery on your own and quite a bit is counterintuitive too, like how levers work. It may be really neat if you think up using channels as moats yourself, but it still took me several tries to get a nice and working setup. Oh and bridges.. I still made so many mistakes ''after'' reading up on things. And as far as strategy goes, I have my own opinion on quite a few things said in the wiki, as do others, and often it's just those views that are put in the articles. Like I think its's fine to have your woodcutter ''not'' trained because an axe as such is a fine defense already. And knowing that, on some maps, with some effort, you can have an UG tree farm improves the fun (no, not [[fun]], '''fun'''). It's still hard and rewarding to actually ''do'' it.

:Information may be a bit (over-!)redundant here and there, yes, but I am confident this will clear out on itself by and by when articles are better organized to be read "in a row". Lastly, what we write here, especially the strategy bits, will be found just as readily in the forums. --[[User:Birthright|Birthright]] 19:22, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

"Woodcutters are working outdoors where they are in constant danger of being ambushed by invaders or attacked by wild animals"

You want to delete that? Savok, You are a cruel man.

"(unless, of course, you are the proud owner of an underground tree farm),"

I'd really like to know how the first player figured tower caps out on his own. Mayor kudos to him, if, but i rather suspect toady dropped a hint. So do we.

"but they are also one of the few civilian professions which carry weapons with them."

Well, it should be obvious that the axe still works as weapon, too...hm...but it isn't. So we say it.

Thus, it can be helpful to teach them how to use their axes to defend themselves (and others) properly by making them spend a few months as axedwarfs in your military."

Okay this part could be reworded like you suggest: Woodcutting does not improve goblincutting. But wouldn't the information be the same? --[[User:Höhlenschreck|Höhlenschreck]] 21:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I know I'm a little late to this discussion; but as an honest to goodness newbie I've found the wiki invaluable as is. I've been playing DF for probably 3 weeks now. I attempted to dive right in and just play without reading the wiki or anything, just the actual in-game help. What a mistake that was! I couldn't even figure out how to turn down the volume on the in game music at first! (partly because on a lap top without a num-pad the numbers for up-down selection were less then intuitive). So far I've found most articles have just about the right amount of depth; although some could use some clarification). With the help of the wiki I discovered how many mistakes I really made on my first embark and how lucky I am to still have that fort nearly 7 dwarf years later. I almost had a lot of [[fun]] with lava; but a quick trip to the wiki made me realize all I needed was a constructed wall or door. That really saved my bacon. --[[User:Kelsa|Kelsa]] 05:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

== A for Anonymity? ==

On at least [[Talk:Fortress_defense#Use_of_User_Names_in_Defense_Designs|one page]], the concept of "non-ownership" of wiki contributions has been agreed upon, that designs should not have User's names attached, and phrases like ''"I like to..."'' be changed to ''"Some users like to..."'' . Currently, the letter "[[Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki:Community_Portal#A|A"]] is for "Alphabet" - hardly enlightening. I wouldn't mind seeing this slot used for a more formalized policy in this direction, to avoid repeating [[Talk:Bedroom_design#Personalisation?|this discussion]]. (Or is the alphabet thing now sacrosanct as is?) 
The applications of such "catch-all" pages are endless, especially as mod's become more and more prevalent both in-game and on this site.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 19:42, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:Eh. For some things, we obviously want to give credit - [[tilesets]], for example. Personally, I would say that [[:File:Housing by Marble Dice.png|this bedroom design]] probably should be credited to Marble Dice. I don't think a policy that putting data here automatically makes ownership of it go to the wiki (and the wiki will make it anonymous) is a very useful one... --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 20:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
::Not so much ownership - ''certainly'' not a release of rights to intellectual property in ''any'' legal sense - but more a de-emphasis of personal credit over contribution for contribution's sake. My name would be all over these pages, as would many others' - that would get old fast, and (possibly) encourage competition and possessiveness, rather than collaboration and contribution. But, as you say... eh. Just thought I'd ask.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 21:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

:The thing that strikes me here is, it looks to me as though some of the designs (the fractals etc) have not been put here by the person who designed them. They were designed, discussed on a forum, then someone else thought they looked good and put them here.
:Even if that isn't right - the rest of the [[bedroom]] article reads as though that is how it happened. Until you get to the final entry - which in the original form looked very "owned".
:If you want to own something put it in user space. If you put it in article space expect it to get edited.
:I think that is the rule that needs to exist "somewhere", by nature wiki contributions aren't anonymous. [[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 00:08, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

== Category titles (capitalization) ==

Reviving [http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/index.php/Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/archive1#Category_tags this] section from the archive, you'll see that our [[Special:Categories|categories]] page (also, Category:Templates) has so many capitalization inconsistencies it'll make your head spin. I propose Category:Formatting Templates as preferable to Category:Formatting templates though the existence of both shows that this needs to be addressed. 
Also, how do you wikilink to those catagory pages? Is it possible?--[[User:Rowenlemmings|Rowenlemmings]] 21:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
:First I agree there should be a rule for naming categories, and as per "the" wiki, it should be "first letter of first word only capitalised unless there's a really good reason" (eg: <nowiki>[[Category:Toady One]]</nowiki> where the name of the category is a proper noun / "real name" ).
:<s>Secondly - Categories are "just" normal article pages with some magic behind them, link to them the same as any article. </s> oops I'm wrong let me check that.
:[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:26, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
::To link to a category page put a colon ''':'''in front of the word Category in the <nowiki>[[ ]]</nowiki> eg <nowiki>[[:Category:Wiki]]</nowiki> -> [[:Category:Wiki]][[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:34, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
:::Ah hah, mystery solved.--[[User:Rowenlemmings|''Rowen'']][[User Talk:Rowenlemmings|(talk)]] 02:00, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

::While this is all well and good for new categories, renaming existing categories is much more difficult than renaming pages. With a page we can simply redirect, but to rename a category we need to go through each page in it and change the tag. This is a lot of work for relatively little gain. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 13:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
:::Is there anyone around that can "borrow" a bot from "the other wiki" to do this kind of stuff? From my understanding a bot that
:::#scrapes '''Bad Category Name''' for the list of articles
:::#scrapes '''Bad Category Name''' for any actual content
:::#loads each article in turn
::::#searches for '''Bad Category Name'''
::::#replaces '''Bad Category Name''' with '''Good Category Name'''
::::#saves the article
:::#Writes the content from '''Bad Category Name''' to '''Good Category Name'''
:::is relatively straight forward (as bots go).
:::I don't know anything about actually using bots but I know what they can do.
:::How big is this wiki without the media part anyway? I thought the other thing about wikis is it is "relatively easy" to d/l the whole thing as a flat file, make this kind of edit with a text editor, and write it back up. After checking to see if anyone has edited any of the pages of course ;) [[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 13:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

==Bottom or Top==
Not a big thing, but it seems we should have a rule whether new edits/sections in any non-article space should go at top or bottom of the page. Might also be added to the newbie welcome template. --[[User:Höhlenschreck|Höhlenschreck]] 21:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
:Dunno if a rule is needed, most ppl quickly work out that the default action of the "+" magic button is to add a new section at the bottom of the page so this is how you "should" do it manually.[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 03:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

== Proposal: [[:Category:Best of DF Wiki]] ==

[[User:BaronW|BaronW's dwarven calculator]] blew my mind and made me crave some way of recognizing and celebrating it. I propose the creation of a wiki category that would consist entirely of abnormally excellent material to wow the reader and shock the house. This category would be managed by way of nomination and [[:Category talk:Best of DF Wiki|discussion]] rather than ad hoc addition, and a link to it would be added to the [[Main Page]] to encourage newbies to visit and marvel (I guess under "Wiki articles by category"). Think of it as a collective favorites list.

My nominations for initial inclusion:
* [[User:BaronW|BaronW]]'s calculator, of course
* [[:File:DF_Cheese.jpg]]
* [[:File:SquirrSurvCathedralAir1.PNG]]
* [[User:Vattic/Orcsicle maker Explained|Vattic/Orcsicle maker Explained]]
* [[Morul]]

# Feedback on the general concept?
# Comments on these nominations?
# Your own nominations?
--[[User:HebaruSan|HebaruSan]] 02:30, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

== Not sure where to put this ==
Does anyone else share my feeling the contributions of [[User:Raneman]] ([[Special:Contributions/Raneman]]) are, um, somewhere between odd, not getting the wiki and plain offensive? --[[Special:Contributions/92.202.17.169|92.202.17.169]] 14:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

== Best God EVER! ==

I opened up an old copy of the *.040.* DF (with a popular mod package - inobtanium, molybdenum, a billion kinds of XXXmen, if it matters), named a Town Clerk, and noticed something odd about his personal life. In bright cyan, it says, ''"She is a worshipper of Liceva Wildspew the Piss of Seducers."'' '''Honest.''' (Liceva Theyisethawasa, with an umlaut y) Now what she does in her personal life isn't the town's business, but it seemed funny enough for gossip. ;)

I mention this here because I didn't quickly find a page explaining what the worship is all about, or whether it actually matters for game play. Though maybe I'll figure it out when she acquires a lover. ;) [[User:Dorf and Dumb|Dorf and Dumb]] 00:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

== Use of Redirect to Temporarily Point to 40d Pages? ==

I'm new here, but I've noticed that there are still some relevant topics that do no yet have DF2010 pages, yet do have pages for older versions. Would it be appropriate to temporarily have some sort of redirect page to point to the related 40d page (with a warning about it likely containing outdated information)? That is, until an updated 2010 page is created? -- [[User:Thundercraft|Thundercraft]] 23:21, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

== Suggestion: Add entity raws to civilized creature pages ==

We already have the creature raws on each page. Why not add the entity raws for the applicable creatures, namely <s>Dwarfs</s> <s>Dwarves</s> [http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/d/dwarves/dwarfpluralof.htm Dwarrows], Elves, Humans, Goblins, Kobolds. All animal people civs use the same raws, so for them it may be better to create a seperate [[Animal Peoples]] page. [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Creature token

2012-01-30T20:52:35Z

Monkeyfetus: /* AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE is an entity token */

Elephants never forget and are represented by E. Elves never forget and are represented by E. Coincidence? I think not! Those aren't actually 'beards' the elves are described as having, they're actually highly-modified trunks! --[[User:Squirrelloid|Squirrelloid]] 17:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Does anyone know whether attack_trigger functions on non-megabeasts and if so how it behaves?
I think I'll test this.
Also, I've verified that it stages the pop:exported wealth:created wealth necessary for a creature to attack by setting dragons to 7:0:100. I was attacked on several fortresses within the affected worlds, usually within the first year, certainly before the usual requirements were met and within the range of my modified requirements.
--[[User:EricBlank|EricBlank]]

== [NOSTUN] causes creatures to sleep forever in Fortress Mode. ==

[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59311.msg1348791#msg1348791 Apparently]. Thought it should be at least mentioned here. [[User:SethCreiyd|SethCreiyd]] 04:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

== Population Ratio? ==
Could someone help me understand population ratio? Like if I wanted 1 in 20 goblins to be orcs, what numbers would I type? [[Special:Contributions/24.255.86.193|24.255.86.193]]

:1 on the orcs and 20 on the goblins. Take a look at the antmen for reference. --[[User:Axussriddare|Axussriddare]] 15:39, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

== Baby and child age? ==
Are the [BABY:INTEGER] and [CHILD:INTEGER] values counted as days or as years? If I want to set the baby stage of a species life to 24 days (fast-breeding, growing, dieing insect-ish things) should I put [BABY:24], [BABY:0:24] or something like [BABY:0,065] (0,065=24/365)

:They are counted as years. Take a look at the dwarves for an example. I don't think it will work with [BABY:0:24], but it is worth a try. I have somewhat higher hopes for [BABY:0,065]. Look trough the raws and see if you can find any decimals first. --[[User:Axussriddare|Axussriddare]] 15:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

:Nothing in DF is floating point, either Euro or American style (0,01 vs 0.01). It's all fixed point mathematics. Trying anything except an integer is likely to cause an exception flag in your errorlog.txt or a straight-up crash

== TLCM_IMPORTANCE not working ==
This token doesn't appear in the vanilla raws and was likely found in the string dump. I tried using it after coloring a spiders body brown and while it still mentions that my test spider has a narrow body it fails to mention it's color. I'd guess the token doesn't work as intended so I noted this on the page. Does anyone know any better about this? [[User:Vattic|Vattic]] 22:27, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

== Deprecated tokens ==
There seems to be a number of tokens which are no longer recognized (Such as ignite_point.) should these be marked as non working or should they be deleted? It could be that these tokens still function but not as creature tokens (Where I am getting errors about unrecognized tokens.)--[[User:Cameron|Cameron]] 01:59, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:For the record, those tokens were '''never''' valid tokens in version 0.31.xx - they had been blindly copied from the 40d creature token list. The list has since been synchronized with what is actually valid. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 14:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

== Tissue tokens, and some others ==

I think the various [TISSUE]-related tokens (TISSUE_NAME, TISSUE_MATERIAL, TISSUE_MAT_STATE, MUSCULAR, FUNCTIONAL, STRUCTURAL, RELATIVE_THICKNESS, CONNECTS, TISSUE_SHAPE, and any others that appear solely "within" a [TISSUE] token) should be moved to their own section, since they cannot be used in the general context of a creature definition. The same would be appropriate for [ATTACK] and [SYNDROME], as well as any other tokens that are context-sensitive - after all, it's possible to define materials within a creature definition (e.g. venoms), yet we don't include those on this page. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 04:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:It is done - curiously, the only TISSUE-related token on this page was TISSUE_NAME, and that seemingly came from somebody adding it randomly from a string dump without knowing what it meant (despite it being actively used in the standard raws). --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 21:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Complete(?) token list from 0.31.22==
Enclosed within HTML comment since the list is quite long. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 04:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


== USE_MATERIAL ==

In plants, USE_MATERIAL has been [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=77878.0 suggested] to accept an existing local plant material as its 2nd parameter, '''not''' a complete material token. Given that the code which parses USE_MATERIAL does not make any references to CREATURE_MAT or PLANT_MAT (as with '''every other tag''' which accepts a material token), are we sure that USE_MATERIAL takes a complete material token as claimed on this page? --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 16:36, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
:Late answer: USE_MATERIAL does '''not''' accept a complete material token - it only accepts a local creature material by its ID. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 14:55, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

== Animals available at embark ==

The page currently implies that only creatures that have the COMMON_DOMESTIC tag will be available at embark, but that isn't the whole story - camels do not have the token, yet are occasionally available, after all, and mods can add other such creatures. However, in my testing, I found my understanding what exactly allows creatures to be chosen at embark to be lacking.

A creature definitely needs the [PET] tag to be eligible, as opposed to the [PET_EXOTIC] tag. They also need to be available in the appropriate biomes. [NATURAL], [MUNDANE], and [UBIQUITOUS] appear to help, but didn't seem to guarantee, and I'm pretty sure the creature still can't be [FANCIFUL]. The generals and the like going on a journey shouldn't be a factor, since dwarven generals go into the caverns for their war pets. Yet I have some creatures I believe should be available more often than they are. As such, I'm uncertain how to change the PETVALUE entry, other than making it less absolute. [[User:Knight Otu|Knight Otu]] 21:17, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

== GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE ==

Judging from the GRAZER tags of [[panda]]s (462) and [[panda man|panda men]] (600) and the information found on the [[Pasture]] talk page regarding the relationship between body size and GRAZER number, I have to conclude that the GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE tag is meant to turn the body size into the average of the old body size and the one gravitated towards. That is, a panda (size 130,000) gravitating to size 70,000 would be size 100,000, which multiplied with 600 is the value of 6,000,000 that is mentioned there.

This should get some verification before it is added to the list itself, but if it is true (and I'm pretty sure it is), then that also means that many/all sizes of animal people generated with this creature variation are wrong on the wiki, which apparently are all given as 70,000.

[[User:Knight Otu|Knight Otu]] 22:19, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

:I've pitted 15 humans, 15 pandas, and 15 panda men against 45 iron men in the arena (to keep mutilations to a minimum), and checked the weight of each corpse. The average of the human corpse weight was 87,73333... The average of the panda corpse weight was 146,06666... From that, the average of a panda man corpse, if GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE averages sizes, would be around 116,9. In this test, I got 118,2, which I feel is close enough.
:[[User:Knight Otu|Knight Otu]] 17:13, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
::I've just checked the code responsible for parsing the GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE token, and it appears to manipulate all of the previously declared BODY_SIZE values (int32 vector at offset 0x1144 within the specified CASTE - it leaves the age values alone). --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 17:31, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

== AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE is an entity token ==

Does it work as a creature token as well? I don't think a single vanilla DF creature has this tag. Elves have the ''entity'' token, but nothing at the creature level.
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 20:52, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Creature token

2012-01-30T20:52:20Z

Monkeyfetus: /* AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE is an entity token */ new section

v0.31 Talk:Status icon

2011-04-17T22:02:43Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Upside down white exclamation mark? */

==Status vs. Icons==
*Shouldn't this article be just Status? The icon is just an indicator of a dwarf's status... [[User:Garanis|Garanis]] 19:23, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
**I agree. It should be '''Status''' with a section on '''Status Icons'''. Hopefully with pictures. --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 20:54, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
***I don't '''Status''' is a screen that is bound to the 'z' key in the default key bindings and has nothing to do with '''Status icons'''. [[User:Seraph|Seraph]] 19:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
****What about '''Creature Status''' or '''Status Effects'''. Maybe we could also move the '''Status''' page to '''Status Screen''' (Status could then redirect to whichever one people agreed upon? --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 19:20, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
*****I don't think moving status icons to another page's subsection would be a good idea, considering its one of the first things a new player might look for, and they should get a page dedicated to just that. I've replaced the page with the 40d information entirely, though the information that was on the page before this is probably better suited to a page specifically on "drowsiness" or something of the sort. --[[Special:Contributions/174.20.183.77|174.20.183.77]] 07:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

== Traumatized? ==

Never saw this before, nor is there an article.

== Upside down white exclamation mark? ==

<s>One of my peasants has an upside-down white exclamation mark flashing on his head. This is immediately following a goblin ambush that left six of my ten soldiers dead and half the fort tantruming, but this particular dwarf is very happy. Any idea what it means?
</s>
I'm an idiot. He was carrying a flask
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 22:02, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Status icon

2011-04-16T01:36:36Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Upside down white exclamation mark? */ new section

==Status vs. Icons==
*Shouldn't this article be just Status? The icon is just an indicator of a dwarf's status... [[User:Garanis|Garanis]] 19:23, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
**I agree. It should be '''Status''' with a section on '''Status Icons'''. Hopefully with pictures. --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 20:54, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
***I don't '''Status''' is a screen that is bound to the 'z' key in the default key bindings and has nothing to do with '''Status icons'''. [[User:Seraph|Seraph]] 19:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
****What about '''Creature Status''' or '''Status Effects'''. Maybe we could also move the '''Status''' page to '''Status Screen''' (Status could then redirect to whichever one people agreed upon? --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 19:20, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
*****I don't think moving status icons to another page's subsection would be a good idea, considering its one of the first things a new player might look for, and they should get a page dedicated to just that. I've replaced the page with the 40d information entirely, though the information that was on the page before this is probably better suited to a page specifically on "drowsiness" or something of the sort. --[[Special:Contributions/174.20.183.77|174.20.183.77]] 07:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

== Traumatized? ==

Never saw this before, nor is there an article.

== Upside down white exclamation mark? ==

One of my peasants has an upside-down white exclamation mark flashing on his head. This is immediately following a goblin ambush that left six of my ten soldiers dead and half the fort tantruming, but this particular dwarf is very happy. Any idea what it means?

v0.31:Flux

2011-03-27T03:30:00Z

Monkeyfetus: Removed something pertaining to the old embark screen

{{quality|Exceptional|18:39, 13 January 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}
{{L|Stone}}s which are classified as '''flux''' materials can be used in the creation of {{L|pig iron}} and {{L|steel}} at a {{L|smelter}}. All flux has a material {{L|value}} of 2, which is twice that of common stone (material value 1), making it preferable for {{L|workshop}}s, {{L|construction}}, and most all stone products. ''(Only {{L|obsidian}} and some higher-value {{L|ore}}s have a higher material value for stonework.)''

Note that {{L|block}}s made out of flux materials ''cannot'' be used in the production of pig iron or steel.

The following stones fall under this reaction class:

:* {{Raw Tile|"|7:7:1}} {{Raw Tile|•|7:1}} {{L|Calcite}}
:* {{Raw Tile|░|7:7:1}} {{Raw Tile|•|7:1}} {{L|Chalk}}
:* {{Raw Tile|`|7:7:1}} {{Raw Tile|•|7:1}} {{L|Dolomite}}
:* {{Raw Tile|▓|7:7:1}} {{Raw Tile|•|7:1}} {{L|Limestone}}
:* {{Raw Tile|▓|7:7:1}} {{Raw Tile|•|7:1}} {{L|Marble}}

All flux stones form {{L|layer}}s, except for {{L|calcite}}, which exists as small clusters within other flux layers. Whether or not a site has flux can be determined from the pre-embark screen. {{L|Limestone}}, {{L|dolomite}} and {{L|chalk}} form {{L|sedimentary}} layers, which can have large deposits of {{L|iron}}-bearing ore. {{L|Marble}} is a {{L|metamorphic layer}}, so it can be found within almost any {{L|biome}}; notably, marble can be found in the same biome as {{L|igneous extrusive layer}}s (i.e. near {{L|volcano}}es), unlike sedimentary layers.

=== Trading for flux ===

If your map has no flux on it (which is a common situation), then you can request it from the {{L|dwarf|dwarven}} traders (assuming the traders have access to flux, which is not guaranteed*). Make sure you order (flux material) ''stone'', which is in the material section, since you can't use flux'' blocks'' to create steel.

:* If you are able to bring flux stone at {{L|embark}}, you will be able to request it from the {{L|caravan}} in meetings with the {{L|liaison}} (as with pretty much everything else), but they aren't likely to bring much, generally 3 or 4 stones of each type. Your {{L|steel}} industry may be better served by requesting steel bars directly or by buying up everything they have that's made of steel, especially toys, instruments, and crafts, and {{L|melt}}ing it all down.

----

See also:
:* {{L|steel}}
:* {{L|pig iron}}
{{Category|Materials}}

v0.31:Strange mood

2010-08-19T23:43:29Z

Monkeyfetus: Undo revision 125982 by 85.224.22.82 (Talk) I'm pretty sure strange mood dwarves don't eat/drink/rest, but otherwise un-revert this.

{{quality|Fine|08:00, 22 May 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}}

{{buggy|bugsection=Bugs}}
{{Spoiler}}
Periodically, individual dwarves are struck with an idea for a [[legendary artifact]] and enter a '''strange mood'''. Dwarves which enter a strange mood will stop whatever they are doing and pursue the construction of this artifact to the exclusion of all else. They will not stop to eat, drink, sleep, or even run away from dangerous creatures. If they do not manage to begin construction of the artifact within a handful of months, they will go [[#Failure|insane]] and die soon afterward.

==Overview==

# The conditions necessary for a strange mood to occur are not fully understood, although they may possess even dwarf children.
# The game will pause, center on a dwarf, and announce that the dwarf has entered one of five different types of strange moods. The [[#Types|types of mood]] are listed below. While in a mood, a dwarf will display a blinking exclamation point (see [[status icons]]).
# For the duration of the mood, the dwarf will claim a workshop related to the skill that the mood affects (not all skills are eligible), kick out any dwarf who was using it, and render it otherwise unusable until the mood has been resolved. If a moody dwarf does not claim a workshop, it is because the appropriate workshop does not exist. (See [[#Skills and workshops|skills and workshops]] below to determine which workshop(s) might be required.) A moody dwarf will ''not'' be available to build a needed workshop; another dwarf with the appropriate [[labor]] designation must do so for them, if one is necessary.
# After claiming a workshop, the dwarf will set about collecting the required materials for their artifact. If the dwarf remains idle inside the workshop, it's because they cannot find the right material. Reference the [[#Demands|demands]] section to determine what may be required. Important Note: They will only collect these materials IN THE ORDER THAT THEY REQUIRE THEM. In other words, you have to determine where they are on the list of required materials and then provide the next one before they will continue collecting other materials.
# Once all materials have been gathered, the game will once again pause and center, and the moody dwarf will begin construction. Upon completion the dwarf will create a semi-random artifact related to the skill affected and gain [[legendary]] (or higher) status in that skill (unless the mood type is [[#Possessed|possessed]]). See the [[#Skills and workshops|skills and workshops]] for information on which skills can be gained, or the [[#Artifacts created|artifacts created]] section for more details on the artifacts themselves.

== Types of moods ==
For each of the following types of moods, the first message is how the mood is [[Announcement|announced]]; the second message appears in the dwarf's profile when he or she is viewed with the {{K|v}} key. All moody dwarves will have "Strange Mood" listed as their active task.

=== Fey ===
* {{Gametext|<dwarf> is taken by a fey mood!|7:1}}
: ''Has the aspect of one fey!''

This is the most basic strange mood. Fey dwarves will clearly state their demands when the workshop they are in is examined.

A fey dwarf's happiness is automatically set to 'quite content'.

=== Secretive ===
* {{Gametext|<dwarf> withdraws from society...|7:0}}
: ''Peculiarly secretive...''

Secretive moods are the same as fey moods, except a secretive dwarf will sketch pictures of their required materials instead of clearly stating their demands if they cannot find what they need. Descriptions of all these [[#Demands|secretive requirements]] can be seen only by viewing the workshop that the moody dwarf has claimed, with {{k|q}}, and then only while the dwarf is waiting inside it. More than one "picture" is likely; these will cycle through the entire list automatically if any one is not available. (Since materials are gathered ''in order'', it's quite possible that only one of a long list is needed to allow the moody dwarf to continue on their project. If the dwarf has gathered some of the materials (seen as "tasked" when looking at the workshop with {{k|t}}), then the next in the list is what they are looking for.)

A secretive dwarf's happiness is automatically set to 'quite content'.

=== Possessed ===
* {{Gametext|<dwarf> has been possessed!|5:1}}
: ''Possessed by unknown forces!''

Possessed dwarves have cryptic material requests, and have the unfortunate distinction of not receiving any experience upon successful construction of an artifact. It is unknown if controllable circumstances lead to a possessed mood instead of one of the more desirable fey or secretive moods. Possessed dwarves will mutter the name of the artifact they are working on once they have all the materials they need.

A possession is the only mood that does ''not'' result in a jump in [[experience]].

A possessed dwarf's happiness is automatically set to 'quite content'.

=== Fell {{verify}} ===
* {{Gametext|<dwarf> looses a roaring laughter, fell and terrible!|5:0}}
: ''Has a horrible fell look!''

A dwarf that goes into a fell mood will always take over a [[40d:butcher's shop|butcher's shop]] or a [[40d:tanner's shop|tanner's shop]]. If neither are available, any other workshop will be used instead. The dwarf will then ''murder'' the nearest dwarf, drag the corpse into the shop and make some sort of object out of dwarf [[40d:leather|leather]] or [[40d:bone|bone]]. Once the artifact is completed, the fell dwarf will become a legendary [[40d:bone carver|bone carver]] or [[40d:leatherworker|leatherworker]]. Strangely, none of the other dwarves seem to mind the murder. Only unhappy dwarves may enter a fell mood.

Aside from the potential loss of an important dwarf in the wrong place at the wrong time, there doesn't seem to be any downside to a fell mood. The end result is always an artifact and a legendary craftsdwarf. Since the only ingredient used (a dwarf) is available in abundance, a fell mood will only fail if the fell dwarf is completely isolated from other dwarves, or if the proper workshop does not exist.

=== Macabre ===
* {{Gametext|<dwarf> begins to stalk and brood...|0:1}}
: ''Brooding darkly...''

Macabre moods are similar to fell moods, but the dwarf will not murder a fellow dwarf. A macabre dwarf may require bones{{verify}}, skulls{{verify}} or remains; if you do not happen to have any, you will have to make some, e.g. by butchering an animal{{verify}}, or let the moody dwarf go insane. Like fell moods, only unhappy dwarves can enter macabre moods.

==Caveats==
* Shells are a common request in moods and are only produced from preparing raw turtles, mussels, or lobsters at a fishery. That is, you must be able to fish them at your site, there is no way of trading for them.
* Should the claimed workshop be a {{L|magma forge}} and loses power due to insufficient magma beneath it, the mood will fail immediately and the dwarf will turn {{L|insane}}. Should the forge be in danger of getting unpowered soon, you should better forbid it before it is claimed and construct a conventional forge for the dwarf to use (the dwarf won't require fuel).

==Bugs==
{{version|0.31.03}}
* There are bugs reported related to moody dwarves. As has been the case in 40d, most turned out to be (understandable) failures of the player to grasp the mechanics of artifact creation and demands. Bug tracker: [http://bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view_all_bug_page.php]
* Dwarves may request "rock bars" -- This is satisfied by metal bars.
* Glassmaker Dwarves will not use Magma Glass Furnaces, only regular glass furnaces. may not be bug
{{version|0.31.10}}
* Moody Dwarves don't respect burrows when grabbing a workshop, but DO when looking for items.

== Demands ==
Once a workshop is claimed, the dwarf will begin collecting materials. Each artifact will require between one and ten materials to complete. If the moody dwarf remains idle, then the necessary materials are not available. [[Forbidden]] items must be reclaimed ({{K|d}} - {{K|b}} - {{K|c}}) before they may be used, but moody dwarves will ignore settings regarding [[economic stone]]. Press {{K|q}} and highlight the workshop to receive a series of clues about what the dwarf needs. Hints that stay active for longer than 2 seconds mean that multiple pieces of that material will be required; each single demand will be displayed for 2 seconds, so if it says "gems... shining" for 6 seconds, 3 gems are demanded. Materials will always be fetched ''in order'', so if at least one item has already been retrieved (the items will show up with "TSK" ("task") next to them when the workshop is viewed with the {{K|t}} context menu), it will usually be possible to tell what item is required next.

If you want your dwarves to construct their artifacts out of valuable materials instead of whatever useless thing happens to be close at hand, you can selectively forbid types of material through the stocks screen so that only the material you want them to use is available; though this might interfere with the normal crafting operations of your fortress, the disruption is generally short-lived (as long as you remember to unforbid them again afterwards!). You can even forbid something a moody dwarf is carrying (which may be necessary sometimes, since while they are not waiting in the workshop they will not tell you what they need); the dwarf will finish hauling it to the workshop, but then immediately go searching for another. This trick can mean the difference between a bauxite statue decorated with moss agates and a native platinum statue encrusted with diamonds.

As of DF2010, burrows seem to allow even better control over moody dwarfs' material usage. Simply by creating a burrow around claimed workshop and another part over desired material, moody dwarf can be controlled without forbidding every single stone in fortress.
A moody dwarf will follow the burrow-definitions just like a regular worker, but be mindful that they will not leave the burrow to get materials that are outside of their assigned burrow. A problem can arise when bones from an outside refuse stockpile are needed by a moody dwarf that is assigned to a burrow.

The various demands are translated here:

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;width:90%;"
|-
! Material
! Fey
! Secretive
! Possessed
|-
|
| <dwarf> screams "I must have <demand>!"
| <dwarf> sketches pictures of <demand>.
| <dwarf> mutters "<artifact> needs <demand>..."
|-
| [[Stone]]
| rock
| a quarry
| stone... rock
|-
| Stone [[block]]
| rock blocks
| square blocks
| blocks... bricks
|-
| [[Wood]]
| wood logs
| a forest
| tree... life
|-
| Metal [[bar]]
| metal bars
| shining bars of metal
| bars... metal
|-
| [[Gem]]s (cut)
| cut gems
| cut gems
| gems... shining
|-
| [[Gem]]s (raw)
| rough gems
| rough gems
| rough... color
|-
| [[Glass]] (green)
| raw green glass
| glass
| raw... green
|-
| [[Glass]] (clear)
| clear glass{{verify}}
| glass and burning wood
| raw... clear
|-
| [[Glass]] (crystal)
| crystal glass{{verify}}
| rough gems and glass
| raw... crystal
|-
| [[Bone]]
| bones
| skeletons
| bones... yes
|-
| [[Shell]]
| shells
| a shell
| a shell...
|-
| [[Leather]]
| tanned hides
| stacked leather
| leather... skin
|-
| [[Cloth]] (plant)
| plant fiber cloth
| stacked cloth
| cloth... thread
|-
| [[Cloth]] (silk)
| silk cloth
| stacked cloth
| cloth... thread
|-
| [[Bones]] or [[Shell]]
| body parts
|
|
|}

Fey dwarves will sometimes ask for rock bars. This is just a typographical error, and they are actually asking for one of several objects. (Disputed -- [[DF2010 Talk:Strange mood|Discuss]])

=== Skills and workshops ===

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border:1px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;float:right;margin:0 0 20px 30px;"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#eee;border-bottom:1px solid black;text-align:center;" | Artifact Skill Rewards
|-
! Highest skill
! Workshop used
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Armorsmith}}
| {{L|Magma forge}} or {{L|Metalsmith's forge}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Bone carver}}
| {{L|Craftsdwarf's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Bowyer}}
| {{L|Bowyer's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Carpenter}}
| {{L|Carpenter's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Clothier}}
| {{L|Clothier's shop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Engraver}}
| {{L|Craftsdwarf's workshop}} or {{L|Mason's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Gem cutter}}
| {{L|Jeweler's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Gem setter}}
| {{L|Jeweler's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Glassmaker}}
| {{L|Glass furnace}} or {{L|Magma glass furnace}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Leatherworker}}
| {{L|Leatherworks}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Mason}}
| {{L|Mason's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Mechanic}}
| {{L|Mechanic's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Metal crafter}}
| {{L|Magma forge}} or {{L|Metalsmith's forge}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Metalsmith}}
| {{L|Magma forge}} or {{L|Metalsmith's forge}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Miner}}
| {{L|Craftsdwarf's workshop}} or {{L|Mason's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Stone crafter}}
| {{L|Craftsdwarf's workshop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Tanner}}
| {{L|Tanner's shop}} or {{L|Leather works}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Weaponsmith}}
| {{L|Magma forge}} or {{L|Metalsmith's forge}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Weaver}}
| {{L|Clothier's shop}}
|- style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;vertical-align:top;"
| {{L|Wood crafter}}
| {{L|Craftsdwarf's workshop}}
|}

== Artifacts created ==
The type of artifact created will depend on the dwarf's highest skill. Masons will always create some kind of stone object, usually furniture; bone Carvers, a bone or shell object; carpenters, a wood object, etc. Miners and engravers will usually turn out a stone craft or piece of furniture; metalworkers, metal crafts, weapons, or armor (depending on the type of metalworker); weavers, an article of clothing; tanners, a leather armor or object. If a dwarf has no moodable skills, they will take over a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]] and create a bone, stone or wood craft of some type. The precise type of craft created is usually somewhat random but if a dwarf has a personality preference for a particular thing, such as gauntlets or floodgates or crowns, and that thing is an available choice given the dwarf's profession, they will generally create an object of that type.

The first object grabbed by the dwarf will be the "primary" substance; all other materials will be used to decorate the artifact. If a dwarf grabs a piece of [[chalk]] and makes a statue, for instance, it will be a "chalk statue", but an artifact can potentially be composed of bone, cloth, gems, leather, metal, shell, stone, and wood all at once. In some cases, a moody dwarf will produce an item which normally cannot be made from that material, leading to such odd constructions as an [[obsidian]] [[bed]], [[ruby]] [[floodgate]], or turtle [[shell]] [[cage]].

Once created, most [[artifact]]s will be available for use just like a normal item of its type. Artifact furniture is useful for high value [[noble]] rooms. Artifact weapons in [[weapon trap]]s can also boost a room's value considerably, as in the case of artifact trap components and mechanisms.

== Failure ==
If you can't provide the desired workshop and all the required component materials within a couple of months, the dwarf will go {{L|insanity|insane}}, which cancels the mood and the artifact. As if that's not bad enough, any dwarf who goes insane will soon die, one way or another.

A dwarf who is '''stark raving mad''' or '''melancholy''' is harmless to others (until they die and start a {{L|tantrum}} spiral), but a '''berserk''' dwarf will attack other dwarfs and possibly pull levers at random. You may want to station a squad nearby or assign a few war dogs to the dwarf on the chance that they will lash out. If you build your workshops inside enclosed rooms with doors you can also lock the moody dwarf in the room until he or she starves. In extreme cases, building a wall around an open workshop is the best precaution.

v0.31 Talk:Rusty

2010-07-29T21:57:39Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Name change request */ new section

More research needs to be done to figure out how long it takes for a skill to become rusty or very rusty and what effects rustiness has on the skill itself --[[User:Tyg13|Tyg13]] 21:46, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
: It probably reduced the effective level. Also my doctor that I started a fort with is rusty in his skills after about two years -[[User:Dezbro|Dezbro]] 01:46, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

== Name change request ==

This might be nit-picking, but "Rusty" doesn't sound like a good article title to me. I would prefer Rust or Skill Rust, something that's a noun as the article title, with Rusty redirecting to it. I find it somewhat jarring, because I've never noticed a non-noun article title before, unless you want to count noun/verbs like "mining". [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:57, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Engraver

2010-07-28T08:41:19Z

Monkeyfetus: Left a source that I'm not sure how to integrate into the article

I'm not sure how to source statements. I tried using the wikipedia template but that doesn't appear to work here. Anyway, here's the source for the 'experienced engravers engrave more history' bit: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62614.msg1437677#msg1437677 [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 08:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

v0.31:Engraver

2010-07-28T08:39:05Z

Monkeyfetus: Added information about experience effects. Unsure how to format source, so I'm posting it on the discussion page

{{Skill
| color = 7:1
| skill = Engraver
| profession = {{L|Stoneworker}}
| job name = Stone Detailing
| tasks =
* Smooth stone
* Engrave stone}}
{{Quality|Exceptional}}{{av}}

'''Engraver''' is the skill used for {{L|smoothing}} or {{L|engraving}} the walls and floors of your fortress. It is only possible to smooth and engrave natural walls and floors not constructed ones. Engravers also carve {{L|fortification}}s into constructed walls. The skill of the engraver does not affect the quality of smoothed tiles, but does affect the quality of engraved tiles. It is a good idea to train engravers by having them smooth large areas before engraving anything.

Engraving is a good way to gain experience. Smoothing improves your fortress, doesn't consume resources, doesn't create garbage and builds experience very quickly at the higher skill levels. It's also a wonderful way to utilize idlers, in a less-busy fort, for its low level of designating needed.

While experienced dwarves are more likely to engrave historical events than a novice, it is unclear if personality has any effect.

{{Skills}}

v0.31:Grimeling

2010-07-28T04:08:50Z

Monkeyfetus: fixed a formatting error

{{Quality|Tattered|06:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)}}
{{CreatureInfo v0.31
|name=Grimeling
|symbol=g
|color=2:0:0
|align=evil
|biome=
* {{L|Wetland|Temperate fresh- and saltwater swamp}}s
* {{L|Wetland|Temperate fresh- and saltwater marsh}}es
* {{L|Wetland|Tropical fresh- and saltwater swamp}}s
* {{L|Wetland|Tropical fresh- and saltwater marsh}}es
* {{L|Wetland|Mangrove swamp}}
|wiki=no
|contrib=yes
}}
{{av}}

:''An evil monster from the swamp. It resembles a knot of waterlogged weeds but will strike the unaware victim.''
Very tough monster, avoid combat with unexperienced dwarves.

{{gamedata}}
{{Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}

v0.31 Talk:Attribute

2010-07-27T23:52:04Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Which skills train which atributes? */ new section

Why is Agility on the attribute page, but every other attribute has its own page? Should we redirect all the attributes individual pages to here and condense information, or put links here and give agility its own page? --[[User:Squirrelloid|Squirrelloid]] 14:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
:You know, screw it, the page proliferation is ridiculous, I'm consolidating. --[[User:Squirrelloid|Squirrelloid]] 14:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
::Here are strings for mental attributes:
(snipped since they're in article)
::[[User:Denspb|Denspb]]
:::Well, someone saw these and added them while i was screwing around trying to extract them from my dwarves... lol. Thanks, and pardon the snipping, but it was big --[[User:Squirrelloid|Squirrelloid]] 15:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
(Because we have newbie editors who don't bother to think of the larger picture or look at the old wiki as a pattern. [[Dwarf_Fortress_Wiki:Community_Portal#B|'''B''' is for '''Be Bold''']], Squirrelloid - you're doin' great!)--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 19:17, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

==Experience?==
Are attributes no longer affected by experience? [[User:Caradhras|Caradhras]] 21:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
:It's not been confirmed either way. --[[User:Briess|Briess]] 21:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
::No, they are no longer affected by experience, my legendary miners did not gain '''any''' experience from the months at work.--[[User:Tarran|Tarran]] 02:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
:Ones physical attributes will improve in Adventure mode, especially noticable between starting with no skills (low to average) versus starting with a full set of skills (high to very high); I don't know if "soul" attributes can improve, but most of the physical ones can. I imagine it's based on the skill involved, though, so no more ultramighty legendary bookkeepers. [[User:Trorbes|Trorbes]] 23:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

::I have heard reports that the military related skills seem to effect body attributes in fortress and adv. modes(I can confirm adv. mode). Can anyone else confirm the non-military skills don't effect attributes as [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=803 it may be a bug]. --[[User:PencilinHand|PencilinHand]] 23:05, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
:I just checked some dwarves made legendary through moods and they have rather high attributes (no negative), mighty, rarely sick etc. I'll need to do a before after the next time a dwarf becomes possessed.

==Impact?==
I imagine that the soul attributes have to have some impact besides looking pretty, but do we have any idea how significant they are? Are creative dwarves better at making items? --[[User:Vaniver|Vaniver]] 13:41, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
:I think soulskills do something. They could increase the happy thoughts gained from art (and maybe later from music) or like you said increase chance of better items or for focus they concentrate better on one task/activity and don‘t switch often between tasks, like mining and dumping. --[[User:Niggy|Niggy]] 20:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
::I have 2 miners, one with very good focus and one with poor focus. While the first always mines, the other one sometimes walk away from mining, dump a thing, mine a wall again, then haul something around. Also she often picks a wall very far away while the first one picks the wall next to her. --[[User:Niggy|Niggy]] 08:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
:::The second sounds like the way mining's always chosen the next target tile and path to it. The first may well be caused by the poor focus trait, and perhaps others like 'likes new experiences'. I wonder if you could control it by setting mining as her only permitted task. —[[User:0x517A5D|0x517A5D]] 09:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
::::If the second is really the normal mining path thing, it is very screwed. Because there is a mining block NEXT to her but she still does it. I somehow think she also gained points in a soul skill. At first her soulskill list was three, full lines long. Now it changed to 2 full lines and a bit in the third line. I am not sure if I remeber that right, but it looks like that. Also, all my dwarfs with high focus don't change tasks very often. --[[User:Niggy|Niggy]] 17:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
I usually don't edit the wiki but I though this was too important not to mention.
Toady has listed all the mental attributes and what skills they affect in [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1413312#msg1413312 this post] in his reply to Untelligent. I would edit the article to include these but I didn't want to step on anybody's toads, er, toes.
--[[Special:Contributions/70.89.66.14|70.89.66.14]] 08:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

==Bugs?==
Can anyone check the skill rusting bug section? I've just ran an idle fortress with 2 dwarves being control group. The proficient mason was left completely idle, and the proficient miner was allowed to just attain the great miner status. Then they both were left completely idle, and after an year and few months, I didn't found any downgrades in skills or attributes.

== Which skills train which atributes? ==

Somewhere on the forums I saw a list of which skills give which attributes, but my search has come up with nothing... [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 23:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

v0.31 Talk:Weapon

2010-07-27T21:52:49Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Mace V.S Hammer */

{{L|Weight}} now seems to play a significant factor in determining a weapon's effectiveness. A weapon that is very light ''(made of {{L|adamantine}}, for instance)'' will not be as effective as a heavier one. This needs more research.
-Moved discussion material to the discussion page
[[User:Studoku|Studoku]] 03:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

:Unfortunately it is a great deal more complicated than just the weight of a weapon. If the weapon an edge(such as a sword or axe) then the shear values of the material used become important. On the other hand, mass seems to be much more important to blunt type weapons such as mauls and war hammers. But it isn't know exactly how any of this works. It is all very unbalanced right now anyway, partly because Toady intends to add item damage to the combat system in the "soon™". Some of the counter intuitive quirks that are observed are because of the incomplete physical modeling. Some are bugs, others are design decisions that seem to stem from compromises in other parts of DF. Explanations of how the weapon/armor/wound system work from Toady are needed to understand what is going on, though a broad understanding may be possible on the basis of empirical testing. Regardless, extensive empirical testing is necessary to establish and test balance issues. It is all very much still a work in progress, especially given the current rapid rate of bug fix roll outs. It might not be a bad idea to start by creating creature like format pages for each of the weapons and materials, sense they are all in the raws now. -[[User:PencilinHand|PencilinHand]] 18:27, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I propose a table of weapons on this page. The list of weapons from the raws follows. --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 16:28, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_WHIP]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BATTLE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_WAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SPEAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MACE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_CROSSBOW]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_PICK]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BOW]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BLOWGUN]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_PIKE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HALBERD]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_2H]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_LONG]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MAUL]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_GREAT]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_DAGGER_LARGE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SCOURGE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_FLAIL]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MORNINGSTAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SCIMITAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_TRAINING]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT_TRAINING]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SPEAR_TRAINING]

== TRAINING WEAPONS ==

The military system is bugged as hell right now, but given that, how are training weapons '''intended''' to work? It seems like dwarves treat training weapons exactly as any other weapon, and will only train with training weapons if manually equipped or part of their uniform. Is it possible to have dwarves train with wooden weapons and then make a quick switch to real ones in case of an attack without having to wait on the arsenal dwarf to sign off on the changes? -Slothen
--[[Special:Contributions/99.96.100.228|99.96.100.228]] 19:54, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
:As far as I can tell, it's simply incomplete. The only real function you could have for them now is to have separate training squads equipped with them. They seem rather irrelevant considering that the only training I've seen my dwarves do is individual combat drill.[[User:The Architect|The Architect]] 02:26, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

== MOODS & FOREIGN WEAPONS ==

I had a dwarf make a blow gun via a mood. Is this expected behaviour or a bug? Either way I think it should be noted that you can create foreign weapons via moods. [[User:EvilGrin|EvilGrin]] 23:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

== Poison on ammunition/weapons ==
All the underground races wear only spears or blowguns. The blowgun darts poison the attacked creature. How? Cause they are poisoned. And the poison is on the BLOWDARTS! Just Vew them and look at the blowdarts. As far as I saw they have either cave spider venom or GIANT cave spider venom on them. So you can poison you weapons by dropping poison on them, but how? --[[User:Niggy|Niggy]] 18:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

:Dwarves don't have that option. We can extract venom from phantom spiders and cave spiders, but we can't apply it to anything. See [[Extracts]].

== One handed or two-handed? ==

It would be helpful if it showed whether weapons were one-handed or two handed on the wiki. I looked in the raws and on each weapon there seems to be a two-handed tag with an accompanying number. I would assume that number is the minimum size at which a creature can wield the weapon one handed, but I'm not 100% sure about that. Also, I recall some talk in the forums about whether there is a bonus to wielding some weapons two-handed, stemming from a test wherein speardwarves without shields fared better than speardwarves with shields.
I'm not sure how the weapon's one handed versus two-handed status would be shown, as it appears to vary based on the race you are playing, but if it can be shown without too much confusion, I feel it would be for the better. A section explaining one-handed versus two-handed weapon use would be useful, if only to have it officially unknown what the effects are.
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

== Mace V.S Hammer ==

They are both blunt weapons of same size, so what is the difference between the two?

:Training with a warhammer increases the hammer skill, which is also used by marksdwarves when they run out of ammo and beat their enemies with their crossbows. If your weaponsmith has a preference for either weapon it makes sense to make that one. According to {{L|Item value}}, warhammers are worth twice as much as maces. But whether there's any difference in combat between the two weapons, I don't think anyone can yet say. If there's a difference it should be discernable by testing in the arena. [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 07:36, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

:The raws for the two weapons are as follows
<code>[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_WAR]
[NAME:war hammer:war hammers]
[SIZE:400]
[SKILL:HAMMER]
[TWO_HANDED:37500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:32500]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:10:200:bash:bashes:NO_SUB:2000]</code>

<code>[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MACE]
[NAME:mace:maces]
[SIZE:800]
[SKILL:MACE]
[TWO_HANDED:37500]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:32500]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ATTACK:BLUNT:20:200:bash:bashes:NO_SUB:2000]</code>
:I remember hearing that the only difference in the initial DF2010 release was the smaller contact area of the warhammer, but it appears that the size of the mace has increased since then. Now, the mace has twice the size (and therefore, mass and weight) as well as contact area of a warhammer. The mace is heavier, and may slow your troops down slightly more, but it should deliver the same force per square inch (or whatever unit you wish to use), and do it over a larger area, which I 'think' would make it more deadly. I'm not an expert on Dwarf Fortress combat, so if you want more detail or more reliable answers you could check out the forums. [[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

v0.31:Weapon

2010-07-27T21:34:40Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Dwarf-manufactured weapons */ Fixed size of mace to match current raws. It was probably changed during recent combat balances

{{quality|Exceptional|08:00, 22 May 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}}

"Weapon" can refer to either the manufactured weapons used by dwarves and other creatures for either {{l|combat}} or specific {{L|labor}}s, or natural weapons like fists and {{L|syndrome|breath attacks}} used for creature-specific methods of combat.

=Manufactured weapons=
These weapons are constructed by dwarves or other intelligent races. There are many types of weapons, but not all may be manufactured in {{L|Dwarf fortress mode|Fortress Mode}}.

==Notes about manufactured weapons==

*If you find your dwarves wearing more than one weapon - or any unwanted {{l|armor}}, for that matter - one way to get rid of them is to dump the weapon from their {{k|v}}-{{k|i}} screen. This does not always work as they may re-equip. Another option is to remove any weapons and/or shields listed on their military equip screen. This too does not always work. At least "left-handedness" seems to not pose a problem.

*Using weapons is much more effective than unarmed combat- an untrained swordsdwarf with an {{l|iron}} weapon can defeat a grand master {{l|wrestler}}, provided neither is wearing armor.
:*Larger weapons with more heft tend to do more damage. How damage is calculated is currently not fully understood, and this is an area requiring more research.

*Weapons and ammunition with the "foreign" attribute must be either imported by either {{L|trade}}rs or {{L|invader}}s, or acquired from {{L|strange mood}}s.

*Weapons originating from strange moods can be made from almost any material: while it is never normally possible to manufacture a {{L|bone}} spear, for example, a fey {{L|bone carver}} may produce one from a single {{L|rainbow trout}} bone.

*Wooden versions of melee weapons are labeled as "training weapons" and are made at a {{L|carpenter}}'s workshop. All training weapons have a blunt attack type, even if the weapon they are based on is typically edged.

*Crossbows can be made of metal, wood, and bone. Metal crossbows are made by a {{L|weaponsmith}} at a {{L|forge}}, while wood and bone crossbows are made by a {{L|bowyer}} at a bowyer's workshop. The material of a crossbow does not affect firing ability, only melee damage. A dwarf's marksmanship skill is only affected by the core {{L|item quality|quality}} of the bow. This may be a consideration when deciding which dwarf you want outfitting your marksdwarves: a {{L|experience|legendary}} bowyer is a better choice than a proficient weaponsmith.

===Weapons as tools===
{{l|hunter|Hunters}}, {{l|wood cutter|Woodcutters}} and {{l|miner|Miners}} use weapons for their {{l|labor|work}} and if need be will also {{l|combat|fight}} using them. Hunters seem to be limited to {{l|crossbow|crossbows}} while miners and woodcutters use {{l|pick|picks}} and {{l|battle axe|axes}} respectively.

==Dwarf-manufactured weapons==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Size
! {{L|Attack Type}}
! Skill Used
! {{L|Weaponsmith|Metal}}
! {{L|Carpenter|Wood}}
! {{L|Bowyer|Bone}}
! {{L|Stone crafter|Stone}}
|-
| Battle Axe
| 800
| Edge
| Axe
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
|-
| Crossbow (Melee)
| 400
| Blunt
| Hammer
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
|-
| Mace
| 800
| Blunt
| Mace
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Pick
| 500
| Edge
| Mining
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Short Sword
| 300
| Edge
| Sword
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| Yes
|-
| Spear
| 400
| Edge
| Spear
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
|-
| War Hammer
| 400
| Blunt
| Hammer
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|}

==Foreign weapons==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Size
! {{L|Attack Type}}
! Skill Used
! {{L|Weaponsmith|Metal}}
! {{L|Carpenter|Wood}}
! {{L|Bowyer|Bone}}
! {{L|Stone crafter|Stone}}
|-
| 2H Sword
| 900
| Edge
| Sword
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Blowgun (Melee)
| 150
| Blunt
| Sword
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
|-
| Bow (Melee)
| 300
| Blunt
| Sword
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
|-
| Flail
| 500
| Blunt
| Mace
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Great Axe
| 1300
| Edge
| Axe
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Halberd
| 1200
| Edge
| Axe
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Large Dagger
| 200
| Edge
| Dagger
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Long Sword
| 700
| Edge
| Sword
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Maul
| 1300
| Blunt
| Hammer
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Morningstar
| 500
| Blunt
| Mace
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Pike
| 800
| Edge
| Pike
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Scimitar
| 300
| Edge
| Sword
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Scourge
| 300
| Edge
| Whip
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|-
| Whip
| 100
| Blunt
| Whip
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|}

==Ammunition==

Ammunition is fired from ranged weapons like crossbows and blowguns, and is stored in ammunition {{L|stockpile}}s. Ammunition may also refer to the {{L|stone}}s and {{L|ballista}} arrows fired from siege engines: For more information about these weapons, see the {{L|siege engine}} article.

===Notes about ammunition===

*Ammunition for foreign weapons like bows and blowguns is also considered foreign and cannot be manufactured in the fortress.

*All ammunition has the "EDGED" attack type.

===Ammunition table===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Size
! Skill Used
! {{L|Weaponsmith|Metal}}
! {{L|Wood crafter|Wood}}
! {{L|Bone carver|Bone}}
|-
| Bolt (Crossbow)
| 50
| Marksman
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|-
| Arrow (Bow)
| 50
| Bowman
| Yes
| Yes
| No
|-
| Blowdart (Blowgun)
| 10
| Blowgunner
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|}

=Natural weapons=

Natural weapons are incredibly varied, but may be divided into a few basic types. Every creature in the game has natural weapons of one sort or another. A short description of natural weapons and damage considerations follows.

==Types of natural weapons==

===Striking natural weapons===
The basic natural weapons, every creature has an array of basic natural weapons. Damage done by these weapons depends greatly on the respective size of the combatants and the strength and striking/kicking/biting skill of the attacker.

Natural weapons in this category can include but are not limited to punching with the '''fists''', biting with the '''teeth''', scratching with the '''nails''',and '''kicking'''.

===Other natural weapons===
The various {{L|syndrome}} delivery methods fall under this category, including breath weapons, poisonous blood, venomous bites, and so on. With the exception of some breath weapons, these attacks do not rely on size for damage calculation. For more information, see the {{L|syndrome}} page. For specific information on breath weapons, see the {{L|Syndrome#Breath_attacks|breath attacks}} section of the syndrome page.

v0.31:Squad

2010-07-25T22:58:38Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Arsenal Dwarf */ Removed another mention of a now fixed bug. (Stop me if this isn't policy, I remember hearing it somewhere but I can't find where.)

{{av}}
{{Quality|Masterwork}}

'''Squads''' are a fundamental part of your fortress' '''{{l|military}}''' - they are the units who carry out all the orders you give them. Your ability to manage these iron-blooded dwarves could spell the difference between a healthy fort's life and death.

For quick reference: from the main menu the '''military''' screen is accessible through the {{k|m}} key and the '''squads''' screen is accessible through the {{k|s}} key. The military screen and all its tabs are mouse-compatible, and can be navigated through mouse clicks rather than strictly keys (when in windowed mode).

For a simple, ''very'' basic, unarmed/unarmoured "How to attack a creature", see {{L|attack}}.

=Creating a Militia=

While far more confusing than before, the new military system makes up for its initial impenetrability with a huge increase in versatility. Squads can be assigned, reordered and restructured at will, and each soldier can be set to equip a highly-specified uniform along with the rest of their squad or stand out and equip something unique.

==Forming Squads==

Before you can do anything with your military you will want to go into the '''noble''' screen ({{k|n}}) and designate a '''{{l|militia commander}}'''. Subsequent squad leaders can also be designated through the nobles screen; once you designate a militia commander it will open up a slot for a '''{{l|Militia Captain|militia captain}}''', and once you designate one of those it opens another captain slot, etc. These roles are all functionally equivalent.
* If the expedition leader is assigned to the militia commander or captain position from the nobles screen he will probably remove himself from the role a few seconds later. This may be a bug. {{version|0.31.03}}

Alternatively the Militia commander position is the same as the squad 1 unit 1 position. You can simply create your first squad and assign a dwarf to the role directly. This tactic is useful if you are suffering from a blank nobles screen because of the dead expedition leader bug.{{version|0.31.03}}. It is not possible to assign the '''{{l|Leader|expedition leader}}''' to the position in this way, nor can you assign him to be the captain of any squad. You can however assign him to positions 2 through 10 making him an ordinary soldier.

When you have designated a commander/captain, going to the military screen will show that dwarf under the "Squads/Leaders" heading and you'll notice an option to create a new squad. You can also create a new squad before you designate your militia commander; the first dwarf you choose will automatically be thrust into the position. Creating the squad moves the display of the dwarf from the 'available' heading to the squad heading. You can then fill out the squad with any dwarf in the fort. It appears that no more than ten dwarves can be assigned to any one squad. When you add a dwarf to one squad they will be removed from another; for this reason you will always see the majority of your dwarves in the rightmost pane.

==Equipping Soldiers==

In the military screen, press {{k|n}} to open the '''uniforms''' tab. Each listing under the 'Uniforms' header is essentially a pre-designed set of equipment that you can quickly apply to any individual soldier or entire squad, much like a template. You can create new uniforms if you want and add or remove items from any uniform set by navigating this menu. Uniform templates are only created in this tab, not applied.

While still in the military screen, press {{k|e}} to open the '''equipment''' tab. The default sub-tab, '{{k|V}}iew/Customize will be open. In this screen you can select individual dwarves and apply individual pieces of equipment to them, from {{k|A}}rmor, {{k|L}}eggings, {{k|H}}elms, {{k|G}}loves, {{k|B}}oots, {{k|S}}hields, and {{k|W}}eapons, as well as {{k|M}}aterial and {{k|C}}olor depending on the piece of equipment highlighted. To select a specific piece of equipment (such as an artifact), select 'specific _____' under that equipment type (eg. 'specific armor' in the Armor field); for your convenience, highest-quality equipment is listed first.

To apply your preset uniform templates, press {{k|U}} in the equipment tab to open the Assign Uniforms sub-tab and move the selector to the Position Uniform header. Pressing {{k|enter}} will apply the selected uniform to the individual dwarf of your choosing, and {{k|shift}}+{{k|enter}} will apply the selected uniform to the entire squad.

For ranged soldiers, open the '''ammunition''' ({{k|f}}) tab and assign them something from there. If you don't care what they use, you still need to give them ammo - just pick 'bolts' and it will default to any bolts they can find.

If you're still experiencing trouble try following [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=535#c3823 these steps] posted to Mantis. If that doesn't work, post additional detail to that bug report if you are able.

===Arsenal Dwarf===

In the early stages of your fort your dwarves will equip themselves, but once enough migrants (13, making your population 20+ dwarves) have arrived your fortress will require an '''{{l|Arsenal_dwarf|Arsenal Dwarf}}''' (designated in the nobles screen) to manage your armory. The Arsenal Dwarf serves the role of quartermaster; without him your dwarves will be unable to change their equipment. Once you have a dwarf selected, make sure to give him an office - like a {{l|manager}}, an Arsenal Dwarf will need to sign off on equipment changes before they can be made.

Note that if you don't have an option for and Arsenal Dwarf, it just means your fort isn't big enough to need one yet. Dwarves will equip themselves until your fortress grows too large - just keep an eye on the nobles screen every time you get migrants, and assign an Arsenal Dwarf when you need one.
*There have been reports of the Arsenal Dwarf not appearing despite the population criteria being fulfilled; this is a bug. The position will randomly appear later.{{version|0.31.02}}

As of version 31.10 the Arsenal Dwarf position no longer exists, although it is said that it might be brought back in the future if Toady finds a way to make it more "interesting."

=Direct Commands=

Getting your military to actually ''do'' something is a lot more difficult than it once was; gone are the days of stationing a squad near the enemy and hoping for the best. You can now give '''direct orders''' to '''attack''' one or more specific targets or to '''move''' to a specific location at will through the {{k|s}}quads menu.

There is now a clear discrepancy between ''active'' orders and ''passive'' orders-- the latter is programming that a dwarf will follow to the letter and acts more as a defense method, and the former is used for taking the fight to the enemy. The ''squads'' menu is predominantly used for active commands, and the ''alert'' and ''scheduling'' menus are used for passive commands. This article will focus on the '''active''' commands you can issue your squads.

A squad that is following an ''active'' command is free to go wherever it is ordered to go unhindered by any '''{{l|burrow}}''' restrictions.

For more information on '''passive commands''', see '''{{l|Scheduling}}'''.

==Selecting Squads/Soldiers==

In the new military, soldiers operate much more like part-time militiamen than full-time warriors. When soldiers are not passively doing their civilian duties or following their schedule programming, they can be actively sent to do small tasks to aggressively defend your fortress. After these orders have been carried out or cancelled, your dwarves will happily return to their passive programming as if they were never interrupted.

In the {{k|s}}quad menu, you can press either {{k|a}}/{{k|b}}/{{k|c}}/etc to select the squad that will execute an order, or hold {{k|shift}} to select multiple at once. You may press {{k|p}} if you want to toggle between having an individual dwarf or the squad perform the order.

There are two types of active orders that can be given to your dwarves:

===Move Order===

A '''move order''' is issued by pressing {{k|m}}, choosing an area, and pressing {{k|enter}} after you have selected a squad. Soldiers on a move order will attack any hostiles they encounter on their way to their destination as well as wild animals and whatever other creatures they might encounter, whether you like it or not. This replaces the previous version's 'Station Squad' command and can be used to control squads in a similar manner as in 40d.

===Attack Order===

The '''attack order''', or '''kill command''', allows your military to focus their attack on one or more specific targets. It is a very unsubtle way of beating into your dwarves' booze addled minds that they are to kill your target or be killed in the attempt. It may very well be your last command to your dwarves if things are getting desperate.

After selecting which dwarves will execute the kill order, press {{k|k}} to 'Attack'. Now you have several options: you can move the cursor to what you want to attack and press {{k|enter}}, press {{k|l}}ist and select what you want to attack from a list, or {{k|r}}ectangle to select an area of things you want dead. Upon pressing {{k|enter}} your dwarves will happily run off to execute the order by executing the target. This order will remain after the intended victim is killed, leaving your squad standing over the corpse of their slain enemy waiting for new orders. Similar behavior will emerge if the intended target is caught in a {{l|trap|cage trap}}; when the caged target is hauled to the animal stockpile, the dwarves given the orders to kill it will follow the cage as it is hauled and wait around it once it is stockpiled until the kill order is canceled.

Currently dwarves go about this with a little more vigor than required and will also attack any other creatures nearby. As a result it is very difficult to attack members of an enemy group with any sort of precision, and if your dwarves cannot take down their target there is no real way to get them out of combat; it's do-or-die. It is unknown whether this is a bug or a feature.

===Cancelling Orders===

Pressing the {{k|o}} key in the {{k|s}}quad screen will '''cancel''' the selected dwarves' active orders, sending them back to their civilian or pre-scheduled military lives. It appears that this does not always work properly; as a result, your over-eager dwarves may get themselves into some trouble. Take caution when sending them deep into unfamiliar territory.

=Order Scheduling=

''Full article: {{l|Scheduling}}''

Squads can also be assigned order schedules which are '''passive''' commands that can be set for each month of the year which they will automatically perform whenever they are not busy with any active commands you are issuing. From the squad menu you can toggle through any order schedules you have defined quite quickly by pressing {{k|t}}. This will set the order schedule for the entire squad even if you only have a single dwarf selected.

To edit an existing order schedule or create a new one you need to visit the military-schedule screen. This can be done directly from the squad menu by pressing {{k|s}} or alternatively you can back out of the squad menu and use {{k|m}},{{k|s}} to get to the schedule page from the military screen. The details of setting up an order schedule are described on the {{l|schedule}} page.

=Reported Squad-Related Bugs=
{{version|0.31.02}}
* Copying and pasting an empty order onto a non-empty order causes a crash. -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
* Going to the military-schedule-grid screen and selecting your inactive alert group causes a crash. -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
* In military, accessing 'Pri/Assignments' ({{k|m}}, {{k|e}}, {{k|U}}, {{k|P}}) when no squads are formed causes a crash. -- '''Fixed''' {{version|0.31.03}}
* If your Expedition Leader/Mayor is killed, all unassigned noble positions vanish.
* Soldiers who have been killed are not removed from their squads. You can see how many dead soldiers you currently have by
comparing the number of dwarves in your squad(s) against the number found at the top of the military screen.
* When selecting new dwarves to place in a squad the cursor always returns to the first available dwarf instead of remaining where it is.
* The list of dwarves available to join a squad includes dwarves that are already in a squad.
* Soldiers who have completed a kill task do not cancel their kill task. This may be intentional.

{{Military v0.31}}

v0.31 Talk:Weapon

2010-07-11T21:17:32Z

Monkeyfetus: /* One handed or two-handed? */ new section

{{L|Weight}} now seems to play a significant factor in determining a weapon's effectiveness. A weapon that is very light ''(made of {{L|adamantine}}, for instance)'' will not be as effective as a heavier one. This needs more research.
-Moved discussion material to the discussion page
[[User:Studoku|Studoku]] 03:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

:Unfortunately it is a great deal more complicated than just the weight of a weapon. If the weapon an edge(such as a sword or axe) then the shear values of the material used become important. On the other hand, mass seems to be much more important to blunt type weapons such as mauls and war hammers. But it isn't know exactly how any of this works. It is all very unbalanced right now anyway, partly because Toady intends to add item damage to the combat system in the "soon™". Some of the counter intuitive quirks that are observed are because of the incomplete physical modeling. Some are bugs, others are design decisions that seem to stem from compromises in other parts of DF. Explanations of how the weapon/armor/wound system work from Toady are needed to understand what is going on, though a broad understanding may be possible on the basis of empirical testing. Regardless, extensive empirical testing is necessary to establish and test balance issues. It is all very much still a work in progress, especially given the current rapid rate of bug fix roll outs. It might not be a bad idea to start by creating creature like format pages for each of the weapons and materials, sense they are all in the raws now. -[[User:PencilinHand|PencilinHand]] 18:27, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I propose a table of weapons on this page. The list of weapons from the raws follows. --[[User:StrongAxe|StrongAxe]] 16:28, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_WHIP]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BATTLE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_WAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SPEAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MACE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_CROSSBOW]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_PICK]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BOW]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BLOWGUN]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_PIKE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HALBERD]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_2H]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_LONG]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MAUL]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_GREAT]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_DAGGER_LARGE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SCOURGE]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_FLAIL]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MORNINGSTAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SCIMITAR]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_TRAINING]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SWORD_SHORT_TRAINING]
*[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SPEAR_TRAINING]

== TRAINING WEAPONS ==

The military system is bugged as hell right now, but given that, how are training weapons '''intended''' to work? It seems like dwarves treat training weapons exactly as any other weapon, and will only train with training weapons if manually equipped or part of their uniform. Is it possible to have dwarves train with wooden weapons and then make a quick switch to real ones in case of an attack without having to wait on the arsenal dwarf to sign off on the changes? -Slothen
--[[Special:Contributions/99.96.100.228|99.96.100.228]] 19:54, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
:As far as I can tell, it's simply incomplete. The only real function you could have for them now is to have separate training squads equipped with them. They seem rather irrelevant considering that the only training I've seen my dwarves do is individual combat drill.[[User:The Architect|The Architect]] 02:26, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

== MOODS & FOREIGN WEAPONS ==

I had a dwarf make a blow gun via a mood. Is this expected behaviour or a bug? Either way I think it should be noted that you can create foreign weapons via moods. [[User:EvilGrin|EvilGrin]] 23:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

== Poison on ammonition/weapons ==
All the underground races wear only spears or blowguns. The blowgun darts poison the attacked creature. How? Cause they are poisoned. And the poison is on the BLOWDARTS! Just Vew them and look at the blowdarts. As far as I saw they have either cave spider venom or GIANT cave spider venom on them. So you can poison you weapons by dropping poison on them, but how? --[[User:Niggy|Niggy]] 18:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

== One handed or two-handed? ==

It would be helpful if it showed whether weapons were one-handed or two handed on the wiki. I looked in the raws and on each weapon there seems to be a two-handed tag with an accompanying number. I would assume that number is the minimum size at which a creature can wield the weapon one handed, but I'm not 100% sure about that. Also, I recall some talk in the forums about whether there is a bonus to wielding some weapons two-handed, stemming from a test wherein speardwarves without shields fared better than speardwarves with shields.
I'm not sure how the weapon's one handed versus two-handed status would be shown, as it appears to vary based on the race you are playing, but if it can be shown without too much confusion, I feel it would be for the better. A section explaining one-handed versus two-handed weapon use would be useful, if only to have it officially unknown what the effects are.
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

v0.31:Gypsum plaster

2010-04-07T22:45:37Z

Monkeyfetus:

{{av}}
Plaster powder is produced at a {{L|kiln}} or {{L|magma kiln}} from {{L|gypsum}}, {{L|alabaster}}, {{L|selenite}} or {{L|satinspar}} and an empty {{L|bag}}. The production of plaster powder requires the {{L|Furnace Operating}} skill.
It is used in the production of a {{L|Plaster Cast}}.
{{Game_Data|[REACTION:MAKE_PLASTER_POWDER]
[NAME:make plaster powder]
[BUILDING:KILN:CUSTOM_SHIFT_P]
[REAGENT:A:1:BOULDER:NONE:NONE:NONE][REACTION_CLASS:GYPSUM]
[REAGENT:B:1:BOX:NONE:NONE:NONE][EMPTY][BAG][PRESERVE_REAGENT]
[PRODUCT:100:1:POWDER_MISC:NONE:INORGANIC:PLASTER][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150][PRODUCT_TO_CONTAINER:B]
[FUEL]
[SKILL:SMELT]
}}

v0.31 Talk:Crop

2010-04-06T22:46:12Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Seeds */ new section

I had the entries sorted by RAW order, for easier editing. As it so happens, it's also a rough order of importance, too. If someone wants to order it by any particular attribute, that's what the little icons at the top of the table are for. --[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 19:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

== Product Value ==

Where did those product values come from? The material values of dwarven syrup and dwarven sugar are both 20, dwarven syrup is listed as 100. I realise that it probably has something to do with stack size, but that is not made clear. Also, is it verified for this version? This is why I was hesitant to add those values. --[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 19:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
:The product value given is the value of the products created from processing one plant. As you surmised, it's the stack size. A single plant will process to a stack of five syrups, hence the value of 100. This is consistent with how the wiki has presented it in previous versions, since it's more useful for comparisons that way. You're right that it does need a footnote, or something. --[[User:Morlark|Morlark]]

== Seeds ==

I was wondering which reactions give seeds and which don't. I'm not sure if it would be appropriate to list here or not. Is cooking the only reaction that does not give seeds for all plants? Do both brewing and milling cave wheat give seeds?

Souls

2010-03-22T21:28:14Z

Monkeyfetus: Changed to redirect to existing Soul page

#REDIRECT [[Soul]]

Template:Skills

2010-02-11T02:31:39Z

Monkeyfetus: Added a link to the Social skill page

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|-
| style="font-weight:bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(128, 128, 0); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | Farmer
| [[Brewer]] • [[Butcher]] • [[Cheese maker]] • [[Cook]] • [[Dyer]] • [[Grower]] • [[Herbalist]] • [[Lye maker]] • [[Milker]] • [[Miller]] • [[Potash maker]] • [[Soaper]] • [[Tanner]] • [[Thresher]] • [[Wood burner]]
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | Engineer
| [[Mechanic]] • [[Pump operator]] • [[Siege engineer]] • [[Siege operator]]
|-
| colspan=2 | <hr>
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(128, 0, 128); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | Administrator
| [[Appraiser]] • [[Building designer]] • [[Organizer]] • [[Record keeper]]
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | Military
| [[Armor user]] • [[Axedwarf]] • [[Hammerdwarf]] • [[Macedwarf]] • [[Marksdwarf]] • [[Shield user]] • [[Speardwarf]] • [[Swordsdwarf]] • [[Wrestler]]
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 255); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | [[Social skill|Social]]
| ''Broker'' [[Comedian]] • [[Conversationalist]] • [[Flatterer]] • [[Intimidator]] • [[Judge of intent]] • [[Liar]] • [[Negotiator]] • [[Persuader]] ''Other'' [[Consoler]] • [[Pacifier]]
|-
| colspan=2 | <hr>
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(0, 128, 128); padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;" | Other
| [[Swimmer]] • [[Thrower]]
|}
</center>
<noinclude>[[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>
<includeonly>[[Category:Skills]]</includeonly>

40d:Martial trance

2010-02-02T20:16:17Z

Monkeyfetus:

When a single dwarf is being attacked by more than one enemy, it may fall into a '''Martial Trance''' and supposedly focus better. They will also actively seek fights with enemies and neutral creatures. The symbol for a dwarf in a trance is {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} which will flash over his [[Status icons|icon]].

[[Toady]] has stated here [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=37546.msg610433#msg610433] that trances 'obscenely' improve most combat modifiers except direct damage, making the dwarf's effective combat skills for all rolls count as effective skill = (skill+1)*5. They also make the dwarf unaffected by unhappiness and has no need to eat, sleep, or drink for as long as the trance lasts, though this should hardly ever matter. Finally, they allow even blind dwarves to see perfectly for the duration.

Only creatures with the [TRANCES] flag set in their data file will enter trances. Only dwarves have this flag as default.

[[Category:Thoughts]]

v0.31:Forgotten beast

2010-02-02T20:04:15Z

Monkeyfetus: Today's been putting this info in spoiler tags on the forum, so I figured it counts.

{{DFNewVersion}}
{{NewVersionStub}}
{{Spoiler}}

[[Category:Spoilers]]

v0.31:Forgotten beast

2010-02-02T20:02:36Z

Monkeyfetus:

40d Talk:Age

2010-02-01T18:43:16Z

Monkeyfetus: Created page with 'I'm not sure on the specifics, but somebody may wish to add something on the way age affects appearances in the new version.'

I'm not sure on the specifics, but somebody may wish to add something on the way age affects appearances in the new version.

40d:Age

2010-02-01T18:42:17Z

Monkeyfetus:

:''For eras in [[world generation]], see [[Calendar]]''
All creatures, with the exception of those created at year 0, start out as [[child|children]] or, in the case of some humanoids, babies. After a certain number of years, defined in the raws for each creature, babies will age to become children, and children will age to become adults. By default, all babies become children at one year. Also defined in the raws is a maximum age range. For [[dwarves]] this is 150-170 years, whereas [[humans]] may die of old age as young as 60, or may live to be as old as 120 years. Some creatures, among them [[elves]], [[goblins]], and [[dragons]], are immortal. Lacking a maximum age, they will never die from old age, though they may still be killed by other means.

40d:Age

2010-02-01T18:28:01Z

Monkeyfetus: Created page with ':''For eras in world generation, see Calendar'' All creatures, with the exception of those created at year 0, start out as children or, in the case of some huma…'

40d:Creature token

2010-02-01T18:26:56Z

Monkeyfetus: /* M */

Everything here can be applied to all creature files, e.g. creature_domestic, creature_standard, even creature_equipment. This includes sentient creatures, but creature [[tokens]] should not be confused with [[Entity_tokens|entity tokens]].

Since the game is in the Alpha stage, consider everything '''tentative'''.

{| id="toc"
|
* Tokens
** [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]]
** [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]
|}
__NOTOC__

=Tokens=
==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| ADD_VERSION
| version
| In which version of the game said creature was introduced. Not used anymore in the 3D version.
[ADD_VERSION:1069]

|-
| ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT
|
| Creature needs alcohol to get through the working day.

|-
| ALL_ACTIVE
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day, night, and twilight. Seems to be a separate value from DIURNAL/NOCTURNAL/CREPUSCULAR, rather than implying them.

|-
| ALTTILE
| [[Character Table|CP437 ordinal]] or 'character'
| If set, the creature will blink between its [TILE] and its [ALTTILE].
[ALTTILE:157] or [ALTTILE:'&']

|-
| AMBUSHPREDATOR
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden. Used by giant cave spiders. May make webs hidden too?

|-
| AMPHIBIOUS
|
| Allows a creature to breathe with or without water.

|-
| AQUATIC
|
| Allows a creature to breathe underwater, but causes it to "drown" out of water.

|-
| ATTACK
|
| See the [[#Attacks|Attacks section]].

|}

==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| BABY
| age
| Age at which a baby becomes a child. Without this tag, all creatures born will skip the baby stage and be children upon birth.
[BABY:1]

|-
| BEACH_FREQUENCY
| value
| Whales and jellyfish have this. Controls the beaching frequency of the creature.
[BEACH_FREQUENCY:10]

|-
| BENIGN
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "tame" maps (includes [[Elephants|elephants]]), which will generally avoid dwarves, although they may chase and/or attack them if they get too close).

|-
| BIOME:*
|
| See [[Biome Tokens|biome tokens]].

|-
| BLOODTYPE
| type
| Sets the creatures' blood type (default red):
*R - Red blood
*G - Green blood
*B - Blue blood
*M - Magenta blood
*C - Cyan blood
*Y - Yellow pus
*W - White ichor
*0 - Black goo
*VOMIT
*SLIME
[BLOODTYPE:0]

|-
| [[Body_tokens|BODY]]
| parts[:...]
| Sets the body parts a creature has. Can supply as many as you want.
[BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS]

|-
| [[Bodygloss|BODYGLOSS]]
| gloss
| A body_default.txt function. It replaces a part's description with another. e.g. feet with hooves.
[BODYGLOSS:HOOF]

|-
| BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature boils into goo. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]

|-
| BONE_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The boiling point of the creature's bones.

|-
| BONE_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The low temperature at which the creature's bones start getting damaged.

|-
| BONE_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The temperature that the creature's bones give off.

|-
| BONE_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The high temperature where the bones start taking damage.

|-
| BONE_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which point the creature's bones burst into flame.

|-
| BONE_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's bones melt.

|-
| BONE_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature's bones to heat up or cool down.

|-
| BONECARN
|
| Creature 'eats' bones. Eating bones makes their happiness go up, but can cause death (suffocation). This tag implies CARNIVORE.

|-
| BUILDINGDESTROYER
| value
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
See [[Building destroyer]] for full discussion.

|-
| BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD
|
| Removed in version 0.28.181.39a - in prior versions, if a creature had this tag, it could only be slaughtered (that is, dragged to a [[Butcher's Shop]]), and if it died of any other cause, the corpse could not be butchered.

|}

==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| CAN_CIV
|
| Can create civilizations. This tag may activate hunger and thirst. {{verify}}

|-
| CAN_LEARN
|
| A creature with this tag can gain skill experience.

|-
| CAN_SPEAK
|
| Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills.

|-
| CANNOT_UNDEAD
|
| Cannot become undead.

|-
| CARNIVORE
|
| Creature only eats meat.

|-
| CANOPENDOORS
|
| Allows the creature to open doors.

|-
| CAVE_ADAPT
|
| Gives the creature a bonus in caves. Also causes [[Cave adaptation]].

|-
| CHEESE_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) boils away.

|-
| CHEESE_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) starts taking cold damage.

|-
| CHEESE_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's cheese (if any).

|-
| CHEESE_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the cheese made from the creature's milk starts taking heat damage.

|-
| CHEESE_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's cheese bursts into flame.

|-
| CHEESE_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's cheese melts into goo.

|-
| CHEESE_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature's cheese to heat up or cool down.

|-
| CHEESE_VALUE
| value
| The value per unit of cheese made from the creature's milk (if applicable). Note that only vermin as of current can be milked.

|-
| CHILD
| age
| Age at which a child becomes an adult.
[CHILD:12]

|-
| CHILDNAME
|
* singular
* plural
| Gives the child a special name, eg "hippo calf" instead of "hippo child".
[CHILDNAME:hippo calf:hippo calves]

|-
| CHITIN
|
| When the creature's skin is tanned, it becomes [[chitin]] instead of leather.

|-
| CREPUSCULAR
|
| Sets if the creature is active in twilight. This tag functions as a combination of the two tags VEPERTINE and MATUTINAL.

|-
| CLUSTER_NUMBER
|
* minimum
* maximum
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster.
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]

|-
| COLOR
|
* fg (foreground)
* bg (background)
* br (brightness)
| [[Color]] of the creature's tile.
[COLOR:3:0:0]

|-
| COOKABLE_LIVE
|
| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being [[fishery|cleaned]].

|-
| CREATURE
| name
| What the game looks for when generating creatures.
[CREATURE:DWARF]

|-
| COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The minimum temperature limit before the creature starts taking damage from freezing.

|-
| COMMON_DOMESTIC
|
| Allows the creature to be brought with immigrants and when creating a new fortress, as long as the creature also includes at least one of the following tokens: PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER, MOUNT

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_EATER
|
| Allows a creature to steal and eat edible items from you.

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM
|
| Allows a creature to steal things (apparently the highest [[value]] it can find).

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) drink your alcohol. Also affects undead versions of the creature.

|}

==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| DAMBLOCK
| value
| How much natural armor a creature has. Can be set to negative numbers, so the creature takes more damage than usual.
[DAMBLOCK:1]

|-
| DEFENDER
|
| Appears from the glowing pits in a group.

|-
| DIFFICULTY
| number
| [[Toady]]: ''"Difficulty determines how deep it places them in adventure mode/reclaim caves, and the chance that they are wounded the first few river attacks."'' Also increases experience gain during adventure mode.
[DIFFICULTY:2]

|-
| DIURNAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day.

|-
| DRAGONFIREBREATH
|
| Creature breathes fire in a cone.

|-
| DRINK_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which a drink (milk?) produced from the creature will boil.

|-
| DRINK_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which said drink will take cold damage.

|-
| DRINK_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's drink (if any).

|-
| DRINK_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which aforementioned drink will take heat damage.

|-
| DRINK_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the drink will set your fort ablaze.

|-
| DRINK_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| [[User:GreyMario]] sez: "Isn't this, like, redundant? It's ''already'' liquid. Perhaps it controls at which point the drink solidifies?" {{verify}}

|-
| DRINK_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the drink to heat up or cool down.

|}

==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| ENDING
|
| Will show up as a leader (only one of them) in a group from the glowing pits.

|-
| EQUIPMENT_WAGON
|
| Implies two unknown flags, NOSTUN, NONAUSEA, NOBLEED, NOEMOTION, NOSTUCKINS, SEVERONBREAKS, NOSKULL, NOSKIN, NOBONES, NOMEAT, PARALYZEIMMUNE, NOFEAR, NOSMELLYROT, NOTHOUGHT, NO_GENDER.

|-
| EQUIPS
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| EVIL
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "evil" maps (see [[Region#Surroundings]]).

|-
| EXTRACT
|
* name
* fg (foreground color)
* bg (background color)
* br (color brightness)
| Determines that something can be extracted from the creature, what it's called, and what [[color]] it is. Note, it appears that the extraction process is hard-coded into the game, and can't be altered from objects/raw.
[EXTRACT:cow's milk:7:0:1]

|-
| EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE
|
* name
* fg (foreground color)
* bg (background color)
* br (color brightness)
* ? (always 50 or 100)
| [EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE:cave spider antivenin:7:0:0:50]

In the future, the last number may be used to determine effectiveness or time to cure, however, as of 40d antidotes have no function.

|-
| EXTRACT_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature value at which a unit of the creature's extract boils away.

|-
| EXTRACT_CHEESE
|
* name
* fg (foreground color)
* bg (background color)
* br (color brightness)
| The extract gotten from the creature can be made into cheese.
[EXTRACT_CHEESE:cow cheese:6:0:1]

|-
| EXTRACT_COOKABLE
|
| Extract is cookable.

|-
| EXTRACT_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The low temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.

|-
| EXTRACT_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The temperature that the creature's extract generates on its own.

|-
| EXTRACT_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The high temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.

|-
| EXTRACT_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's extract bursts into flame (NOT the container it's in).

|-
| EXTRACT_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature's extract melts into goo.

|-
| EXTRACT_PARALYZE
|
| (conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing paralysis that lasts until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.

|-
| EXTRACT_PARALYZE_INTERMITTENT
|
| (conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing paralysis on occasional intervals until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.

|-
| EXTRACT_PERMANENT
|
| (conjectural) The effects of the creature's extract are permanent once applied and do not wear off naturally.

|-
| EXTRACT_SIZE
| size
|
[EXTRACT_SIZE:10]

|-
| EXTRACT_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature's extract to heat up or cool down.

|-
| EXTRACT_STUN
|
| (conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing a permanent stun effect until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.

|-
| EXTRACT_STUN_INTERMITTENT
|
| (verified) Extract is poisonous, causing temporary stuns on semi-occasional intervals. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.

|-
| EXTRACT_VALUE
| value
| The value per unit of the creature's extract.
[EXTRACT_VALUE:20]

|-
| EXTRAVISION
|
| Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes.

|}

==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| FANCIFUL
|
| Makes every civilization know about the creature. The creature won't occur in regular material preference lists. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for things like dragons and other legendary creatures.

|-
| FAT
| value
| How much fat a creature produces when it is butchered.
[FAT:3]

|-
| FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP
|
| pretty worthless now. It was very important in the 2-dimensional DF.

|-
| FEMALE
|
| The creature is always female. Note that a civilization created using an all-female creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.

|-
| FIREBREATH
|
| The creature breathes fire projectiles (as opposed to DRAGONFIREBREATH, which is in a cone).

|-
| FIREIMMUNE
|
| As of the current version{{version|0.28.181.40d}}, the FIREIMMUNE token has no effect on a creature's resistance to flame or heat. However, it does affect ability to swim in magma in adventure mode, as well as display of "You are caught in a pool of magma!" warning messages.
|-
| FIREIMMUNE_SUPER
|
| The creature is immune to DRAGONFIREBREATH. AI acts as if FIREIMMUNE. May or may not imply FIREIMMUNE.

|-
| FISHITEM
|
| Needs to be cleaned at a fishery.

|-
| FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The natural heat generated by the creature. [FIXED_TEMP:1-?]

|-
| FLEEQUICK
|
| Determines how soon a creature flees in a losing battle.

|-
| FLIER
|
| Allows a creature to fly. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.

|-
| FREQUENCY
| time
| Determines the time between creature spawns in Fortress Mode. Higher is more occurrences per time unit{{verify}}. Creatures without a frequency statement appear to be on the map at all times. Almost all others have either [FREQUENCY:5] or [FREQUENCY:100]. "High frequency means you get more when the number is high, so 100 would be the most common. If you don't enter a number, it uses 50."
[FREQUENCY:42]

|}

==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| GENPOWER
| rate?
| Not used anymore and can be removed safely. Was related to magic.
[GENPOWER:3]

|-
| GLOWCOLOR
|
* fg
* bg
* br
| The colour of the GLOWTILE of the creature (see below).

[GLOWCOLOR:4:0:1]

|-
| GLOWTILE
| ascii
'character'
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventure Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect.

[GLOWTILE:'"']

|-
| GNAWER
|
| The creature chews on food storage containers.

|-
| GOOD
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "good" maps (see [[Creatures#Threat Matrix|Threat Matrix]]).

|-
| GRASSTRAMPLE
| amount
| Determines the percentage chance of trampling and killing grass when a creature steps on it. Set [GRASSTRAMPLE:0] to make grass never trampled by the creature.
[GRASSTRAMPLE:42]

|}

==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| HAS_RACEGLOSS
| gloss
| Links a material glossary to the creature. It is hardcoded, and there is only 4 types of tag.
[HAS_RACEGLOSS:WOOD]
[HAS_RACEGLOSS:STONE]
[HAS_RACEGLOSS:METAL]
[HAS_RACEGLOSS:PLANT]

|-
| HASSHELL
|
| Creature will leave behind a shell when eaten.

|-
| HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The maximum temperature limit before the creature will start recieving damage from heat. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]

|-
| HOMEOTHERM
| value
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body temperature. Combined with LAYERING, sets the temperature range under which it can live. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]

|-
| HORN
|
| Creature drops a horn or horns when butchered, which presumably acts like bone. This tag is broken.

|}

==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature will burst into flames. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]

|-
| IMMOLATE
|
| Will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Keep booze away from critters with this tag.

|-
| IMMOBILE_LAND
|
| The creature is immobile while on land

|-
| INTELLIGENT
|
| Implies CAN_CIV, CAN_SPEAK, CAN_LEARN.

|-
| ITEMCORPSE
|
* [[Item Tokens|item token]]
* subtype
NO_SUBTYPE
* [[Matgloss_tokens|matgloss token]]
* NO_RACEGLOSS
USE_RACEGLOSS
USE_SHARPSTONE
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, etc). The first parameter determines the item type; the second parameter is the subtype indicated in the raw file (such as WEAPON_WHIP); the third indicates the material type if the item type takes a specific material (e.g. "IRON" if the corpse type is "STATUE"). USE_RACEGLOSS applies if the creature has a material glossary assigned by the "HAS_RACEGLOSS:" flag and will select neccesary adjectives and material from that glossary.
[ITEMCORPSE:[[Item Tokens|WOOD]]:NO_SUBTYPE:[[Material tokens|WOOD]]:USE_RACEGLOSS]

|-
| ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY
| quality
| The quality of an item-type corpse left behind; 5 is masterpiece-level.
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]

|-
| IVORY
|
| Creature will produce ivory when butchered. Currently doesn't work. May turn up with merchants as a trade good.

|}

==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| LARGE_CAVERIVER
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near cave rivers. Not used anymore in the 3D version.

|-
| LARGE_CHASM
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near chasms. Not used anymore in the 3D version.

|-
| LARGE_LAVA
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near magma. Not used anymore in the 3D version.

|-
| LARGE_PREDATOR
|
| Will attack things that are smaller than it (like dwarves). Only one group of "large predators" will appear on any given map (possibly two groups on "savage" maps). In adventure mode, large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."

|-
| LARGE_ROAMING
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors and is not a vermin creature.

|-
| LAYERING
| value
| How well-protected the creature is from low temperatures. If this number is too high, it will confine a creature to only arctic areas. If it is even higher it will prevent the creature from spawning at all. Tropical animals have this at 100. Tundra creatures, 200 or 300; humans 10, dwarves 50.

|-
| LEATHER_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will boil away. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The temperature that leather made from the creature's skins generates. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will burst into flames. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will melt away. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LEATHER_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature's leather to heat up or cool down. Also affects severed body parts.

|-
| LIGHT_GEN
|
| The creature will generate light, such as in adventurer mode at night.

|-
| LIKES_FIGHTING
|
| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves.

|-
| LISP
|
| Creature multiplies 'S' when talking. Ex: "My name isss Recisssiz."

|-
| LITTERSIZE
|
* minumum
* maximum
| Determines the random chance of how many creatures are generated when giving birth. [LITTERSIZE:1:2]

|-
| LOCKPICKER
|
| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode. Implies [TRAPAVOID]

|-
| LOOSE_CLUSTERS
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|}

==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| MAGICAL
|
| Makes the creature attract local wildlife in large numbers. May have more effects when magic is implemented.

|-
| MAGMA_VISION
|
|Creature's able to see while covered in magma.

|-
| MALE
|
| The creature is always male. Note that a civilization created using an all-male creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.

|-
| MATERIAL
|
* [[Matgloss_tokens|Matgloss token]]
* USE_RACEGLOSS
|

|-
| MATUTINAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in dawn.

|-
| MAXAGE
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Sets the Minimum and Maximum age at which a creature will die from old age. Used in world generating and Fortress Mode.
[MAXAGE:150:170]

|-
| MEANDERER
|
| Gives a creature random movement.

|-
| MEGABEAST
|
| Appears on fortress territory in Fortress Mode occasionally. Implies SEMIMEGABEAST.

|-
| MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| The temperature at which the creature will melt into goo.

|-
| MILKABLE
| frequency?
| Allows the creature to be milked. Currently only works with vermin creatures.

|-
| MISCHIEVIOUS
|
| Will pull any levers it comes across (requires confirmation). "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| MODVALUE
| number
| Multiplies the value of items made from the creature by the number in the tag.
[MODVALUE:2]

|-
| MOUNT
|
| Allows the creature to be mounted. Currently only works with siegers. The same AI bug that causes issues with [FLIER] PC races in fortress mode causes worse issues with flying mounts, though when unmounted the creature will fly just fine. [SWIMS_INNATE] may or may not have similar issues on mounts.

|-
| MOUNT_EXOTIC
|
| You need the [[Dungeon master]] noble to mount the creature.

|-
| MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE
|
| Makes litters with more than one offspring rare.

|-
| MUNDANE
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.

|}

==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| NAME
|
* singular noun
* plural noun
* adjective
| What the creature is actually called in game. Make sure there is no space around the ":".
[NAME:dwarf:dwarves:dwarven]

|-
| NARROW
|
| The creature can only wear things that have the narrow tag on it.

|-
| NATURAL
|
| Animal

|-
| NO_AUTUMN
|
| Will not show up during the Autumn season.

|-
| NO_DRINK
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| NO_EAT
|
| Creature does not need to eat.

|-
| NO_GENDER
|
| No gender will be selected for the creature. Note that a civilization created using a genderless creature will have no population, as they don't have breeding couples.

|-
| NO_SLEEP
|
| Creature does not need to sleep.

|-
| NO_SPRING
|
| Will not show up during the Spring season.

|-
| NO_SUMMER
|
| Will not show up during the Summer season.

|-
| NO_WINTER
|
| Will not show up during the Winter season.

|-
| NOBREATHE
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body. Cannot drown or be strangled.

|-
| NOBLEED
|
| Creature doesn't bleed.

|-
| NOBONES
|
| Creature will not drop bones on butcher, rot, or decay of severed body parts.

|-
| NOCTURNAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in night.

|-
| NOEMOTION
|
| The creature has no emotions, and does not rage.

|-
| NOEXERT
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted.

|-
| NOFEAR
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle.

|-
| NOMEAT
|
| Creature will not drop meat on butcher.

|-
| NONAUSEA
|
| Creature can't vomit.

|-
| NOPAIN
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| NOSKIN
|
| Creature will not drop skin on butcher.

|-
| NOSKULL
|
| Creature will not drop skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| NOSMELLYROT
|
| Creatures' corpse does not create miasma.

|-
| NOSTUCKINS
|
| Weapons can't be stuck in creature.

|-
| NOSTUN
|
| Creature can't be stunned.

|-
| NOTHOUGHT
|
| Creature doesn't think, or doesn't require a [BRAIN] body part.

|-
| NOT_BUTCHERABLE
|
| Creature can't be butchered.

|}

==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| PACK_ANIMAL
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants.

|-
| PARALYZEIMMUNE
|
| The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.

|-
| PATTERNFLIER
|
| Flies in a semi-predictable pattern? {{verify}}

|-
| PEARL
|
| Creature will generate pearls.

|-
| PENETRATEPOWER
| value
|Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles. Wood and cloth objects roll a 0-9 and if it greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Other objects roll a 0-99.

|-
| PERSONALITY
|
* token
* lowest % chance
* median
* highest % chance
| Determines chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[Personality traits]] for more info.
[PERSONALITY:IMAGINATION:0:55:100]

|-
| PET
|
| Allows the creature to be tamed.

|-
| PET_EXOTIC
|
| You need a [[Dungeon master]] noble in your fortress for the creature to be tamable (but any [[Animal trainer]] can do the taming).

|-
| PETVALUE
| value
| How valuable a tamed animal/pet is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is (PETVALUE/2)+1 for an untrained animal, PETVALUE+1 for a trained(War or Hunting) one. Note that for an animal to be selectable in this screen, it must have the COMMON_DOMESTIC token.
[PETVALUE:42]

|-
| POPULATION_NUMBER
|
* minimum
* maximum
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures can show up on a map per year.
[POPULATION_NUMBER:42:42]

|-
| POWER
|
| Allows the creature to be worshiped by entities with the RELIGION:ANY_APPROPRIATE_POWER tag.

|-
| PREFSTRING
| object
| Sets what other creatures like about this creature. "Blarghh likes dwarves for their beards."
[PREFSTRING:beards]
Multiple entries will be chosen from at random.

|}

==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| REMAINS
| <''singular''>:<''plural''>
| ??? Used by treants along with [REMAINS_UNDETERMINED], appears to change the name of a creatures remains.

|-
| REMAINS_COLOR
|
* fg
* bg
* br
| The color of the creature's remains. Used by treants.

[REMAINS_COLOR:6:0:0]
|-
| REMAINS_UNDETERMINED
|
|

|}

==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| SAVAGE
|
| Allows creature to show up on (and limits it to) "savage" maps.

|-
| SEMIMEGABEAST
|
| Appears as boss creature in quests.

|-
| SESSILE_LAND
|
| Obsolete. Use [[#I|[IMMOBILE_LAND]]].

|-
| SEVERONBREAKS
|
| Limbs and body parts sever on breakage.

|-
| SILK_BOILING_POINT
| temperature
| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs boils away.

|-
| SILK_COLDDAM_POINT
| temperature
| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.

|-
| SILK_FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| Temperature generated by the creature's web silk.

|-
| SILK_HEATDAM_POINT
| temperature
| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.

|-
| SILK_IGNITE_POINT
| temperature
| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs bursts into flame.

|-
| SILK_MELTING_POINT
| temperature
| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs melts away.

|-
| SILK_SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature's silk to heat up or cool down.

|-
| SIZE
| value
| How big a creature is. 6 is for dwarf like creatures, 7 is for human like creatures. 16 is for giants. Larger creatures are far more dangerous in combat. Also equals the amount of Meat/Chunks/Bones you get from the beast. Creatures with a size larger than 10 will prevent [[bridge]]s from raising or retracting and will cause a [[Dwarven Atom Smasher]] to deconstruct.
[SIZE:6]

|-
| SLOW_LEARNER
|
| Presumably similar to [CAN_LEARN], but slower. Present in the entries for ogres and giants

|-
| SMALLAQUATIC_CAVERIVER
|
|

|-
| SMALLAQUATIC_OCEAN
|
|

|-
| SMALLAQUATIC_RIVER
|
|

|-
| SMALLAQUATIC_SWAMP
|
|

|-
| SMALL_REMAINS
|
| If a creature has this token, it'll leave a small corpse that only rots once, such as vermin.

|-
| SPECNAME
|
*token
*singular noun
*plural noun
*adjective
| Sets a special name for certain instances.
[SPECNAME:MALE:bull:bulls:bull]

|-
| SPEC_HEAT
| [[Creature_Tokens/SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
| Amount of energy required for the creature to heat up or cool down.
[SPEC_HEAT:409]

|-
| SPEECH
| filename
| Sets what speech.txt to use when insulting the creature.
[SPEECH:dwarf.txt]

|-
| SPEECH_MALE
| filename
| Used in place of [SPEECH] for humans; perhaps sets the speech.txt to use for males only? Humans don't have a corresponding [SPEECH_FEMALE] token, though, which only occurs in the [[string dump]].
[SPEECH_MALE:human_male.txt]

|-
| SPEED
| value
| Sets the creatures' movement and work speed, 1000/[100 + SPEED X] is the resulting effect on creatures movement and work rates from default. See [[Speed]] for more information.
[SPEED:400]

|-
| SPHERE
| [[sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the [POWER] token. Also affects the layout of [[glowing pit|hidden fun stuff]].

|-
| STOUT
|
| Clothing width, similar to NARROW. If you have STOUT humans they will have "stout" inventory prefixes. Perhaps also: Creature has a resistance to being knocked over.

|-
| STANDARD_FLESH
|
| Without it, leather items made from skin of this creature are stupidly heavy.

|-
| SWIMS_INNATE
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.

|-
| SWIMS_LEARNED
|
| The creature must learn to swim. Requires [CAN_LEARN], obviously.

|-
| SWIM_SPEED
| value
| How fast the creature swims. Typically 2500 (0.38 times the default speed).

|}

==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| THICKWEB
|
| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures.

|-
| TILE
| CP437 ordinal or 'character'
| The graphical representation of the creature.
[TILE:157] or [TILE:'&']

|-
| TRADE_CAPACITY
| weight
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants.
[TRADE_CAPACITY:2000]

|-
| TRAINABLE
|
| Allows a tame creature to be trained into a "War" or "Hunting" variation by way of [[Kennels]].

|-
| TRANCES
|
| Allows the creature to go into martial trances.

|-
| TRAPAVOID
|
| The creature is immune to traps.

|-
| TRIGGERABLE_GROUP
|
* minimum?
* maximum?
| [TRIGGERABLE_GROUP:5:50]

|}

==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| UNDERSWIM
|
| Creature swims under the water and can't be seen.
|-
| UTTERANCES
|
| Changes the language of the creature into an unintelligible mess.

|}

==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| VEGETATION
|
|

|-
| VERMINHUNTER
|
| A creature with this tag will hunt down vermin and kill them. Sometimes they will eat the vermin, but most of the time they will bring it to their owner. This tag also makes impossible to assign an owner to the animal. The animal chooses it's own owner instead (like a cat). If assigned to a playable race, members of that race will ONLY be able to eat vermin.

|-
| VERMIN_BITE
|
* amount injected or chance of injection?
* name
* effect (USE_EXTRACT)
| [VERMIN_BITE:10:bitten:USE_EXTRACT]
On very rare occasions, someone who remains in the same tile as this creature will be bitten by that creature, and the effect will be applied to the offender. Used by (tiny) cave spiders to inject their venom into the occasional dwarf.

|-
| VERMIN_EATER
|
| The creature can eat your food.

|-
| VERMIN_GROUNDER
|
| The creature can be picked up if you stand over it. (Requires confirmation)
:I think this is a habitat flag like VERMIN_SOIL, VERMIN_CHASM, etc. It seems to appear on creatures that don't otherwise have one. – [[User:Peristarkawan|Peristarkawan]] 17:27, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

|-
| VERMIN_HATEABLE
|
| Some dwarves will hate the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it.

|-
| VERMIN_MICRO
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it. I.E. Swarm of flies, swarm of ants, etc.

|-
| VERMIN_NOFISH
|
| The creature cannot be caught by fishing.

|-
| VERMIN_NOROAM
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| VERMIN_NOTRAP
|
| The creature cannot be caught by trappers or animal traps. ''However, this may not work in all cases, as both dragonflies and fairies can be caught by trappers. This is possibly overridden by the VERMIN_GROUNDER token, allowing trappers set to Catch a Live Land Animal to pick up and thus trap the animal.'' (speculation by [[User:Flippantelf|Flippantelf]] 04:45, 15 June 2009 (UTC))

|-
| VERMIN_ROTTER
|
| Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Probably means either the creature is attracted to rot, the creature speeds rotting, or both.

|-
| VERMIN_SOIL
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud.

|-
| VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| VESPERTINE
|
| Sets if the creature is active in evening.

|-
| VIEWRANGE
| value
| How far the creature can see?

|}

==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| WAGON_PULLER
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons.

|-
| WEBBER
|
| The creature will create webs. It also seems to make creatures flying. More testing is needed.

|-
| WEBIMMUNE
|
| The creature will not get caught in webs.

|}

==X==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| X_NAME
|
* singular
* plural
| Sets the name of profession X.
ex: [CRAFTSMAN_NAME:craftsdwarf:craftsdwarves]

From the [[string dump]](v40d), permissible tags seem to be:

CRAFTSMAN_NAME, FISHERMAN_NAME

HAMMERMAN_NAME, SPEARMAN_NAME, CROSSBOWMAN_NAME, AXEMAN_NAME,

SWORDSMAN_NAME, MACEMAN_NAME, PIKEMAN_NAME, BOWMAN_NAME

|}

=Attacks=
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
!width="50"|Tag
!width="225"|What It Does

|-
|[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:punch:punches:1:2:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]

''Format:''
[ATTACK:''priority'':(BYTYPE:''type'' || BYTOKEN:''bodypart''):''"verb"'':''"conjugate verb"'':''min dmg'':''max dmg'':''dmg type'']([(ATTACKFLAG_WITH || ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH)])([SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:''min'':''max''])
|Sets what natural attacks a creature has.

|-
|MAIN
SECOND
|''MAIN'': Sets the attack to act as the creatures' main attack.
''SECOND'': The creature will only use this attack if it can't use the MAIN attack(s).

|-
|BYTYPE:GRASP
BYTOKEN:TAIL_STINGER
|''BYTYPE'': Sets what body part type to use for the attack. Possible values for "type" are GRASP, MOUTH, STANCE, THOUGHT, BREATHE, and the like. See [[Body Tokens]].
''BYTOKEN'': Sets the explicit body part ID to use for the attack. The token must exist as part of the creature's [[Creature Tokens#B|BODY]] token.

|-
|punch:punches
|Sets the verb for the attack.

|-
|1:2
|Sets the Min Max for the damage.

|-
|BLUDGEON, PIERCE, SLASH, GORE, BURN, HEAT, COLD
|Sets the damage type for the attack.

|-
|[ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
|Attacks in combat inform which body part was used in the attack. Not mutually exclusive with _CANLATCH
or SPECIALATTACK_ "Ratman punches Blargg with his right hand."

|-
|[ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
|Allows the creature to latch on with the attack. Not mutually exclusive with _WITH
or SPECIALATTACK_ "Crocodile latches on Blargg's head firmly."

|-
|[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:50:100]
|The creature injects an amount of its extract into a victim upon successfully using this attack. 50:100 is potency. This is an average extract if it's a poison it will take time to affect the target, then wears off some time after full effect, a slow poison would be 1:100, 100:100 is instant or very fast working poison (haven't tried 0 yet, going to farther experiment with the max value)

|-
|[SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:50:100]
|When blood is drained from a creature, it causes heavy bleeding (depending on the attacking creatures ability to suck blood). It's unknown if blood suckers feed or regain health while doing this. (Numbers affect amount of blood drawn? / Effectiveness?)
! It seems to only make the target creature bleed/heavy bleed. farther testing [HUGO_THE_DWARF]
|}

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# [[Talk:Main Page/archive1|Archive 1]]
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== World Painter Page ==
The wiki has needed a page on the [[World Painter]] for a while, so I've started one. The information in there is decent, but I'm relatively new to wiki editing, so the formatting probably isn't. If someone wouldn't mind cleaning it up a bit for me I'd really appreciate it. --[[User:Timmeh|Timmeh]] 01:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

:Well I don't know if someone helped you already, but it looks fine to me. --[[User:frandude|frandude]]
:I changed the name into World Painter so it looked better (no more petty redirects!) [[User:Inawarminister|Inawarminister]] 12:01, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

== French language wiki ==

Can we have interlanguage links with the [http://www.dwarffortress.fr/wiki/ French wiki]? -[[User:Alan Trick|Alan Trick]] 17:48, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

== Add a CptnDuck page? ==

Captain Duck is a DF video tutorial maker, which an impressive collection of 40 videos on youtube (and a few extra videos of sieges and arenas and whatnot), and explains how to do most everything, from magma forges to Dwarven justice. He adds humor to it and he's the reason a lot of people understand the game...I think we should give him a page. – [[template:unsigned|unsigned]] comment by [[User:Blackdoggie998|Blackdoggie998]]

:As it is insanely easy for anyone to sign up for editing priviledges on this site (I managed to, after all), I see no need to make one for him when he could make one for himself. However, if you wish to add user:CptnDuck, or invite him to make one himself, feel free. He can link to all of his tutorials from his user page. They even be searchable through that lovely little box to the(my) left. (Who knows where it is on your skin.) -- [[User:Teres_Draconis|jaz]] ... on this day, at this time.

:P.S. Does it seem odd to you to have it say "unsigned comment by [username]"? Or is that just me? -- [[User:Teres_Draconis|jaz]] ... on this day, just a little after the previous one.
:: Clicking 'unsigned' gave me all the explanation I need, might want to do the same [[User:Kinzarr|Kinzarr]] 23:27, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

:We don't need a userpage for him, but a page with the assembled listing of all his (and others of equal quality) video tutorials wouldn't be a bad idea at all. -[[User:N9103|Edward]] 16:47, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

== Articles on Olivine and other generic stones ==

There is a current discussion as to whether or not [[Olivine]] (and perhaps some few other stones) are duly covered on the current [[stone]] page, or are truly worth having their own article/page. This relates to a larger question of how this wiki is organized, and "What deserves a page" in a general sense. Any interested are encouraged to chime in, if only with a "me too" post pro or con. See [[Talk:Olivine]] for an idea of the issue. I'd like to have the debate move from the specific Olivine page to here since this is a more general issue that affects many potential pages. --[[User:Senso|Senso]] 21:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

:I'm not really sure which way to go on this one. A lot of otherwise useless stones would need their own articles if the guidelines were expanded... and yet, there's a good amount of useful information that's not on the main pages, that would further clutter them if it were added; And permitting more individual pages would solve both those problems. I guess this ends up being a vote both ways, with provisions on each. -[[User:N9103|Edward]] 23:54, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

:My vote is, if someone can make it amusing, then sure. If someone is of the bent to enjoy making such a page, then again, sure... otherwise, leave it at the bottom of the pile of "things that someday we might get around to if we feel like it" and don't stress. The relevant data is covered (or will be when someone notices it's not), and everything else is gravy. Beside, what would you rather do, play the game, or figure out how to make a whole page of jokes about how gneiss nice is.... (or did I get that backwards?)... ? --[[User:Teres_Draconis|jaz]] ... on this day, at this time.

::All relevant information is covered, yes. But not necessarily on a relevant page. Before the Olivine page was made you couldn't learn that olivine may contain native platinum from any page related to olivine or stone in general.
::Another example is kaolinite. You can look it up in the table of Other Stone to see it can be found in sedimentary rock. But in order to see that it may itself contain alunite and marcasite you have to go through the entire table (or use the browser search function). Now, in order to see if it may contain anything else, you have to notice the note at the top of the page (just above the table of contents) that points to Metal Ore and Gem, whith another two tables you have to search through. (Kaolinite may contain turquoise). --[[User:Nahno|Nahno]] 21:44, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

:It's not just about "which stones" - it's a larger question of how the wiki is organized and presented. Should each separate and distinct item get its own page, like the current one- or two-line articles on [[vial]]s, [[instrument]]s or [[Restraint|chain]]s, (just as random parallel examples of some [[finished goods]] that have their very own, very short, very dull, and predictably repetitive articles.) Surely the [[Masons guild]] and [[miners guild]] don't deserve or need separate articles. Do we need a separate and largely redundant article for every trap weapon? What about the cookie-cutter articles on ''every'' individual animal? The GCS deserves its own, and many others, but one on each separate type of shark and hunting cat? There is no actual article there, only a template.

:Quivers and bolts are sub-sections of the [[crossbow]] article, and I think that's a ''great'' call. Olivine, talc and kaolinite are merely similar examples, distinct enough to warrant special treatment, but on the borderline of being so small to each only represent a stub. Ultimately, I don't think a functional formal definition would be easily achieved - rather guidelines and a fuzzy target, combining related info into groups with optimal size limitations (both lower end and upper end). Perhaps a template should not be forced on every lesser example, but they could be grouped into a table on their own article, "other stones of note" or "sharks" or "finished goods" or whatever.

:In many ways, our only current guidelines are "what has been done so far" - and that varies widely and wildly. Too often, pages are cobbled onto related ones, or split off just because its a new topic, if a brutally short one. Myself, I'd like to see most related articles of less than 4 lines or so get grouped into larger, more universally informative articles, and anything larger than maybe 5 full sub-sections be considered for splitting up. If an item stands out from the rest, it should stand out somewhere, in an article - but that doesn't mean it has to have its very own, or invite every similar item to do so as well.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 03:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

:: Please check out the (no longer) current [[Chalk]] page and tell me what you think. ... which is to say, it doesn't /have/ to be a stub, does it? It can be rich and detailed and sadly unamusing. It would please me to continue to do all stones in this manner, or another manner of your choosing.... Thus negating fussing over "this one was done this way, that one was done that way" arguments. I'll get to them all, in the order they appear on the [[Stones]] page. ... assuming you guys are ok with that. --[[User:Teres Draconis]] 08:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
:: P.S. Who's the outpost manager of this place, anyways? I'd like to know to whom I should be pandering. --jaz

::: I think 1) you should take time to read, if not learn the wiki format guidelines, 2) you should sign with your REAL user name, and stop using a pseudonym, and 3) you should not break someone else's post with yours in between their paragraphs. As to the chalk page, I think it's over-enthusiastic and pays no attention to previous article style or formatting precedent - which may be a good thing or a bad thing, depending. --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 09:33, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

:::: 1) You're right, I'm sorry.
::::2) We've discussed user names on [[User_Talk:Teres_Draconis#Naming Conventions|my talks page]]. (Also, <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> still puts "jaz"... why bother with the link when it's just a P.S.?)
::::3) I'm sorry. I was (apparently) trained wrong, and that was a /long/ time ago. I was taught (20 years ago) that when responding, to do so in-line, so that people can tell what the response is actually relating to. (Like an actual conversation, except with a time warp. You say something, I respond, someone else adds, we all move on to the next topic.) It supposedly adds clarity. The style and curtesy rules of such things has changed. I can see I'll need to update myself. Thank you for pointing that out. =)
::::4) I was hasty. I had to have meatspace people explain to me why, as wiki-''writers'', you would not want so much detail on a page. Especially when, with every new game release, any given page on the wiki might need an over haul. I was only looking at it from the end-user perspective of "If I'm looking for information, I don't want a page that just tells me to go look at the three pages I've already looked at. I want a page that reduces the noise of the irrelevant, and distills to just that specific (sub-)topic." I /don't/ see the point of six pages that are identacle except for title, and all only three lines long. If it's got it's own page, it should have it's own page. If it just links back to the three pages that linked to it, and they all link to each other already, what's the point? If the only thing Chalk has going for it is that it's flux, why not just make a note on the [[Stone]] page reading, "These three rocks can be used as flux" and link to the flux page from there? Why should chalk have it's own page, if it's not going to be richly detailed and, you know, informative? - [[User:Teres Draconis|jaz]] 18:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

::::The templates are there because they are pretty, detailed, and condensed ways to display some key information. Rather than expanding existing information so that it takes up more space, it's more productive to add things that you think are lacking. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 12:15, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

::: I changed the other [[Stones]] table to allow for interesting minerals that are in other[[Stones]] to be posted.--[[User:Mrdudeguy|Mrdudeguy]] 22:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
:What would actually be helpful is a [[Geology]] primer, indicating how layers and inclusions are placed, where, and what the implications of "You have struck XXX" are. I know, now, that if it's olivine, I have a chance of finding veins of native platinum. One good page explaining what all of the geological processes mean would be a lot more useful then all of the various descriptions of exploratory mining. [[User:Decius|Decius]] 22:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
::That sounds like a great idea.--[[User:Mrdudeguy|Mrdudeguy]] 22:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

:::I agree! But I have no idea how to write it. Most of what I know about geology I learned from looking at the raws. Everything else is "OMG, is that a ''rock''?! I've heard of those!" - [[User:Teres Draconis|jaz]] 18:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

::"More useful" to some, but I agree it would be a great addition. Also, the more I think about it, the more I like what MrDG did with the table in Other Stone - tables could condense any and all small, individual articles into single pages w/ (sortable?) tables where all these various similar objects could be compared/contrasted at a glance. Templates are perfect when there is a lot of various info, but if the different topics (semi-generic stones, animals, finished goods) all differ only in one or two details, and there is just not that many variables to begin with, a Table would be (imo) preferable. ''(And imo that table now covers such stones as Olivine well, to get back to the original example that sparked this discussion.)''

::As an additional example of how current stub-articles could be combined into a simple table, I've made this page - [[Example - some fish]] - which could be a model for such. (A page/table with all the "Sea-creatures" would be more likely approp, but this was faster for now.) It would replace every stub-article on related "generic" items, but any truly noteworthy items would still have their own full articles for expanded information and commentary (here, "carp"). It still has 100% of the prev information, but also allows immediate comparison and contrast, and, if sortable, allows a User to more easily compare relations between similar aspects (like "biome", in this example.)--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 00:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

::: Is it possible to put the expandable version of the raw ("game object data (show)" seen at the bottom of the [[carp]] page) inside the table, instead of the whole thing? Or does the one preclude the other? - [[User:Teres Draconis|jaz]] 18:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

:::Actually, if someone finds it easy to extract that information from the .RAWs, I would find that an improvement on what [[Creatures]] currently has. [[User:Decius|Decius]] 17:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

::::If someone here knows PHP they may be able to write a new wiki hook that pulls information from raw entries. That would make many things much easier. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 22:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

:::Which information do you want extracted? I can probably do it for you, but you may have heard, I'm in the doghouse for not paying attention to style and formating rules. =/ Show me what there is, and one example of what you want, and I can probably do it for you with a minimum of stupid questions. ... ''Probably.'' - [[User:Teres Draconis|jaz]] 18:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

::::@ jaz, Dec - Did either of you look at this sample table? [[Example - some fish]] Does that cover what you were envisioning? It's just a rough idea - but it could work the same way that the table on the [[stone]] page currently does, to cover all the generic, almost-identical objects. Same w/ finished goods, weapon traps, probably many other sim categories of like items.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 22:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
I've read this sort of. My view is, wikis add value to the game far more for noobs than they do to legends who have been around since when the z-axis was just an idea. With this in mind, I reckon if everything with a name in the game had an article that would be *A Good Thing* (tm). Just my own opinion, feel free to disagree. Ideally, articles for things like stones should contain a template constructed from the raws, with prose/dialogue manually added.
Even things like [[screw pump]] could have a template driven section, advising what the components are / who makes it etc. Maybe <nowiki>{{building|Building Name|Component 1:Component 1 name|Component X| component X name|Constructed by|trade}}</nowiki> or similar.[[User:GarrieIrons|GarrieIrons]] 08:45, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

:I agree, probably, although that sounds like a lot of work. I think the stone templates and articles could do with a bit of a cleanup and more in-game information. I mostly use the articles to see if there's anything notable about a particular stone and then check out the wikipedia page. Some of the wikipedia links are broken or indirect now because disambiguity pages have been added since. Also, the wikipedia links are right at the bottom of very long boxes listing ores and gems and the like - I suggest adding drop down boxes to the templates that contain all that information but which are minimized by default. Or changing the template so that the wikipedia link wraps around the stone name at the top. --[[User:Harmonica|Harmonica]] 01:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Way late to this party, apologies. Tables are no good (to me) if they aren't sortable. The World Ends With You (a Nintendo DS game) Wikia portal/wiki thing has an ''awesome'' method for adding sortable tables. Some gadget called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki] that hooks into the Wiki to automatically pull data out as you request it, then display it in easy-to-read and use sortable tables. The TWEWY Wikia has [http://twewy.wikia.com/wiki/The_World_Ends_With_You:Semantic_MediaWiki a page on it] for their editors, giving a few examples of how powerful it is. Their use of the tool is to easily pull information from a table of 304 items, each containing 30 attributes, to generate lists comparing and compiling various items. Hugely powerful, extremely flexible.

This type of tool would work wonderfully with a PHP RAW parser, or even simple dumps of the RAWs to the Wiki. Think of how easy it would be to update the entire Wiki across the board when new versions come out. New critters? Changes to existing critters? Update the information in one spot and it trickles down through the entire Wiki! That's in addition, of course, to being able to, say, generate tables listing how many bones each creature drops when killed, then sort to see which one drops the most. Pretty sweet stuff.

With some sort of system in place for wading through all the data on the wiki, one wouldn't have to worry about having too much information, right? -- [[User:Blank|Blank]] 04:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Particularly for stone, I think that it would be a good idea to describe each individual stone relative to other, similar stones. Let's use [[sandstone]] as an example. Suppose that I read (either in its own article, or in a table) something along the lines of "Sandstone is a [[sedimentary]] layer. Unlike most sedimentary layers, it may contain [[aquifers]] or veins of [[native copper]]." If I already know what a sedimentary layer is (and how it differs from other types of layers), this information will be much easier to process and much more useful than a full list of everything that appears in sandstone. If I have no idea what a sedimentary layer is, this will tell me that there are several sedimentary layers and that they all have many things in common, which is again more useful than a list of everything that appears in sandstone. --[[User:LaVacaMorada|LaVacaMorada]] 08:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
:That's not the way this (any?) wiki is set up. The idea is that a lesser concept (here, "sandstone") need not include redundant info from a larger, parent concept (here, "sedimentary layer"). If you don't know what a sed'y layer is (or an aquifer or a vein or whatever) you click that link. If, then, you don't know what a "layer" is, you click that link. Sounds good at first, but if every lesser article included an explanation, even a quick synopsis, of the info for all relevant articles on broader, umbrella concepts, the articles, and this wiki as a whole, would explode beyond usefulness. --[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 23:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
::Thanks for making my point for me. If you look at the current sandstone article, it lists everything contained in sandstone. Looking at just the ores and non-generic stones, we have: Native copper, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Native platinum, Tetrahedrite, Bituminous coal, Lignite, Bauxite. All of these except for native copper appear in every sedimentary layer. That's not even counting all of the generic stone (especially gypsum with its five other types of generic stone contained in it) and (mostly low-value) gems. 95% of the text in this article is redundant, and could easily be summarized by "This layer is exactly like every other sedimentary layer except for these two differences". --[[User:LaVacaMorada|LaVacaMorada]] 09:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
:::Ah - ''that's'' your point. (When you said "describe", I thought you were advocating a narrative commentary on and verbal expansion of the info included in the sidebar.) When I was talking about not having redundant info, I was talking text - which is quite terse in this case, exactly because of the point you make. Those sidebars were designed to encapsulate the key info, an "at a glance" sort of thing, to avoid exactly what you're talking about in narrative form. Are the sidebars redundant? Often, yes. But they are the style this wiki has adopted for ''all'' stone. So you're talking not just about changing sed'y layers, but the style approach to all stone, since they would not then be consistent across the board. (Not how I would have personally designed the layout, but it's there and it works, and well. Any stone, same layout, same info in the same place, bam got it.) And when discussing presentation and usability issues, any article has to be taken both individually and in the context of others "like" it - here, any "stone" article is the same layout, the same info at a glance, which (for now) trumps whatever redundancies exist. Perhaps a quick line such as you're stating would go well, since there is, indeed, very little unique to say about any one sub-type of sedimentary layer, and that is info in and of itself. (Take a look at any [[igneous extrusive]] except obsidian for something similar.)--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 16:46, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

A lot of people have been talking a lot of things about reorganizing the information on the stones pages. After browsing around on them for a while, I've found the information to be mostly scattered and difficult to draw conclusions from. For example, I wasn't aware that each geographic stone type had a base list of stones that can appear, while only some of them have a couple of unique stones that may appear along with that list. It wasn't until I began gathering all of that data together for myself, that I found the patterns. I had to work to tie it all together. So, I have a partially completed table of pulldown menus on my user page right now. If anyone's interested they could take a look and tell me what they think? (Yes, I know a lot of it is redundant. I have an idea on how to fix this, but I haven't completely decided yet) --Kydo 13:55, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

== Not a Roguelike ==

Dwarf Fortress only resembles a Roguelike in the sense that everything kills you. ASCII graphics haven't connoted Rogue-resemblance since Diablo came out with modern 3D graphics and was still considered a Roguelike.
[[User:LogicalDash|LogicalDash]] 22:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you for Fortress mode, but adventurer mode is rogue like.--[[User:Mjo625|Mjo625]] 22:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

:DF is rogue-like like.[[User:GarrieIrons|Gar]][[User Talk:GarrieIrons|rie]] 08:59, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

LogicalDash, Diablo is in 2D, not 3D. --[[User:612DwarfAvenue|612DwarfAvenue]] 05:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

== Link to Add Quotes ==

To get help on how to add quotes to the main page, consult [[Talk:Main Page/Quote|this]] link.

== Incoming New Version ==

Guys. We might as well prepare for the new version that will be coming by the end of the year (maybe). What will need to change? Weapons and armor, the underground stuff... I don't know all of it. But it's extensive. Get ready.--[[User:Zchris13|Zchris13]] 17:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
:Well, we don't know all the details, and names of jobs/items can change before actual release. [[User:Kurokikaze|Kurokikaze]] 16:14, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
:I don't see what this has to do with anything, i guess it's nice of you to tell us. But what do you mean "get ready?"
: Gird your loins, gentlemen. Or something.
::It'll be hard to cover every page - if you edit, try to follow up on links, etc. Might also have to check the "oldest pages" listing to see that they've all been updated (except it's broken atm). The worst currently is that we ''still'' have legacy crap from earlier versions in obscure corners and comments that's not relevant to current version. Bonus.--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 06:11, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
:This might be useful: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AT8EQVUjrv96ZGc5cnBwOHZfMjgyY3FzZHFtanA&hl=en
:Are we just changing this wiki? (as opposed to forking with the new version, in case some people keep playing 40d?) [[Special:Contributions/206.45.111.58|206.45.111.58]] 22:39, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
::Forking sounds good to me. But I have no idea how well wikis handle forking. --[[User:Nahno|Nahno]] 14:11, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

== Interwiki ==

Correct link to Russian DF wiki, please.
Right link = www.dfwk.ru instead current www.dfwiki.ru --[[Special:Contributions/91.192.82.106|91.192.82.106]] 11:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
:It's done, so should we delete this conservation? (not that great at wiki myself) [[User:Inawarminister|Inawarminister]] 09:46, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

== Random page ==

Why is "Random page" only bringing me to "Count Consort"? :\ --[[Special:Contributions/99.33.67.9|99.33.67.9]] 22:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

== Random images ==

Where are the images on the main page coming from? It's easy to find the quotes, but where are the images? [[User:MC Dirty|MC Dirty]] 15:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

== New Category Idea - Well Known Dwarves ==

After reading some stories on many of the most awesome dwarfs to show up in this game. (Namely Captain Ironblood, Morul, Tholtig) That a category, perhaps a sub one to Humor and Stories just for Dwarves that are very very clearly above the normal for the already outrageous(ly awesome) game of Dwarf Fortress. However do to the fact this is less on the game mechanics and such, the idea is first here so other's can figure if it's worth having a category. One thing that comes to mind is there really should be some sort of limit to what makes a Dwarf and Epic/Well Known Dwarf so as to prevent people from putting everyone they liked up there rather then the few '''everyone''' likes. Mostly asking as there is a handful of such dwarfs and that number is only going to (slowly) grow. Each said Dwarf I think deserves some sort of noting on a page for my two cents on the topic.

40d:Dam

2010-01-16T20:46:34Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Further Possibilities */

[[Image:dam.jpg|right]]

A dam can be built across a [[river]] or [[brook]]. This has several uses:

*Stop a river from flowing altogether
*Modify a river's path
*Create a pretty lake or functional reservoir
*Create water-based traps

A river will not "overflow" its banks above its starting level because of a dam. (Note - if a waterfall is upstream, the ''upper level'' is the "starting level"!)

==Dam Building==

Finding the direction the water flows is probably a necessary step to take. This is actually fairly simple - at one end, the river falls off the map, and so is of a low water height. Check the outmost tiles of both ends of the river.

===Ice Method===
The easiest and quickest method of Dam manufacture is only possible if your map freezes during winter. Simply dig out a thin section of [[channel]]s across the river and build a wall out of floodgates, blocking the path of the water.

===Draining Method===

Another way is to drain the river. This can be done by building a tunnel next to the river that dumps into a chasm or deep valley. The dumping tunnel should only be one square wide, with a single floodgate to control it, as long as where the water first enters it has a fairly large number of squares of "Open Space" to move into. The water over Open Space will rapidly force its way down, forcing the rest to flow at warp speed. Be sure the floodgate is operational, as this sort of flow imposes terrible game lag while active. The more edge tiles drained from, the faster the level will go down enough to allow construction.

An alternative method to this is to use a large number of pumps to move more water out of the river than can be replaced by the water flow. For a river with a width of 4 tiles, you will need three on either side pumping it into channels or tunnels, ideally off the map, a waterfall, or somewhere where flooding will not be a concern. While the pumps are operating, it will be drained enough to build the dam.

If your dwarves are persistent enough you can also dig out a large chamber under the river at Z-1, channel out holes on both sides at Z0, and cover these holes with walled-in bridges. When you raise the bridges the water drops down; when you lower them it starts flowing again. This avoids the 'infinite hole' bug that can result if you uses collapses to punch holes in the bottom of brooks.

[[Image:DammingEfforts.png|left|thumb|200px|An example of how to construct a magma dam.]]
===Magma Method===

If you have access to a [[magma]] source, you can pump magma into the flowing water. When the magma and water collide, the result is a tile of [[obsidian]]- an added bonus if you're in the market for making obsidian items. Pump enough magma into the river to reach both banks for a stretch at least 3-4 tiles wide in order to give your dwarves enough space to channel out the obsidian and place [[floodgate]]s. 
'''Beware:''' Pumping magma too close to the edge of the map could result in permanently damming your river! Obsidian tiles created on the edge of the map cannot be mined out!

If you wish to move magma over a brook without damming it, constructed floors over the brook tiles work.

===Natural [[Cave-in] ===
If your river is '''[[River#Underground Rivers|underground]]''', you can use [[channel]]ing to collapse a section of rock into it. If this rock was [[construction|construct]]ed (i.e., you built it as walls or floors), it will revert to its component stones and sink to the bottom, not blocking the river at all. However, if the rock is '''natural''', it will retain its shape and block the flow of water.

Since above-ground rivers normally do not pass beneath natural rock, this strategy is difficult to apply to them. But dwarven ingenuity should never be underestimated.

==Your Dam==

===The Dam===
[[Image:Dam2.JPG|left]]
After your dam has been completed and looks something like the image, you can expect water to just stop flowing UNLESS there is a waterfall. If that is the case, the water will just flow around it after flooding a fair amount of space around it. If you messed up while making a magma dam and permanently obfuscated the edge of the map, you can expect the entire world to flood up to the point where water enters.

===Actually Building===
Once the river has been drained (which can take a VERY long time), you may have to dig into the riverbed by ordering a channel to be dug in the open space tile above the tile you want to build on. The result of this, however, is that the tile is no longer considered a brook/river and it behaves like any other storage of water. It no longer colored a pretty light-blue and nothing (including dwarfs, caravans, goblins, etc) can walk on top of it. This can be very annoying, so be prepared.

===Further Possibilities===
*Most of the above techniques can be used to puncture oceans and lakes, for dikes or random under-water bunkers.
*You can create a massive flood if you build a dam out of floodgates and open them all at once. Good for traps. Works with magma.
*Being in control of your local river/brook makes you more of a <s>man</s> dwarf.

[[Category:Guides]]
{{Water FAQ}}

40d:Advanced world generation

2009-12-23T19:56:08Z

Monkeyfetus:

[[World generation]] allows advanced options for customizing worlds. These [[World tokens|parameters]] are not all well understood, so please contribute here as you experiment. [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=20512.0 This forum post] has additional information on the parameters.

= Advanced Parameters =

To access advanced parameters, press 'e' when at the screen for creating new worlds with parameters screen. This will bring you to an editable list of various guidelines the world-gen process will use when creating your new world.

Parameter sets are stored in ''world_gen.txt'' in the ''\data\init'' folder, using [[world tokens]]. You can copy and paste other player's sets of parameters into your ''world_gen.txt'' to use their parameter sets, and some are provided at [[Pregenerated worlds]]. Another place to find parameter sets is the [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=20638.0 Worldgen cookbook] thread on the official forums.

== Seed Parameters ==

==== Use Seed ====
This determines the seed number that will be used by the random-number generator in determining the randomness factors that go into creating your world.

==== Use History Seed ====
Same as above but instead of determining terrain and world structure it handles historical figures and event outcomes. Some experimenting will need to be done to see if the same seed and a different World seed produce different events and figures.

==== Use Name Seed ====
Same as above but used to determine the randomly selected name used by the program.

== Terrain Parameters ==

==== <REGION-QUALITY> <X/Y>-Variaton ====

The variation parameters control how much or how little elevation, rainfall, temperature, drainage, volcanism, and savagery change over distance along the world's X-axis (west-east) and Y-axis (north-south). High values will cause the things to change quickly over short distances, while small values means that it will take some distance for these to change. Setting all of these to their maximum value (1600) will make it more likely that lots of different [[biome]]s will fit into a single fortress [[location|site]]. ('''NOTE''': Increasing variance increases the number of subregions generated, so you'll likely need to increase the ''Maximum Number of Subregions'' parameter to prevent too many (or all) worlds from being [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]], or reduce the world size if the maximum of 5,000 subregions is reached).

Setting an X variance to 0 will cause the elevation/rainfall/etc to be exactly the same for any world-spanning west-east strip of the world. Setting a Y variance to 0 will do the same, but for north-south strips. If you set both the X and Y variance for something (say elevation) to 0, then a single elevation will be randomly picked and applied to the entire world, resulting in one vast plain or ocean.

==== <REGION-QUALITY> Weighted Ranges ====

Elevation, rainfall, temperature, drainage, volcanism, and savagery can vary from 0 to 100 (with a later noted exception for elevation). The weighted ranges parameters let you decide how common or rare different range of these value will be, with the five available ranges being 0-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80, and 80-100. For example, with the weighted temperature ranges, you could choose for 50% 0-20 and 50% 80-100, to have a world made up entirely of freezing [[tundra]]/[[glacier]]s and burning [[desert]]s, or you could set it to 100% 40-60, to have the entire world be temperate.

The value used for each range is not a percentage, but a relative weight: you add up all the values for a particular quality and then divide that sum into each individual value to get a percentage. Some examples (with "0" meaning "None"):

{| border = 1
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Weights !! Percentages
|-
| 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 || 20%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20%
|-
| 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 || 33%, 16%, 16%, 16%, 16%
|-
| 1, 0, 0, 0, 1 || 50%, 0%, 0%, 0%, 50%
|-
| 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 || 0%, 0%, 100%, 0%, 0%
|}

'''Note on elevation''': The values the game uses for elevation don't actually stop at 100, but rather 400. For the Elevation Weighted Ranges parameters, 100 means "100% of the maximum possible elevation", 40 mean "40% of the maximum possible elevation", and so on.

==== Minimum Savagery/Maximum Savagery ====
Defines the minimum and maximum savagery per tile.
* 0 - 32: Benign
*33 - 65: Neutral
*66 - 100: Savage

Humans and Dwarves will not settle in savage areas.

Note that this setting is closely tied to the savagery squares settings. If you increase this number beyond 25 or so but do not increase the minimum number of mid- and high-savagery squares for your map you will have endless world rejects. The opposite is also true. If you specify a large number of high-savagery squares and no low-savagery squares and then set the above Minimum Savagery/Maximum Savagery percentage to 0, you will also have endless map rejects.

==== Minimum Volcanism/Maximum Volcanism ====

From what I have found out so far I can say [[igneous extrusive layer]] are only found in areas with a volcanism higher than 90. [[Volcanoes]] are only placed on tiles with a volcanism of 100.

==== Minimum Volcano Number ====

Places [[volcanoes]] on tiles with a volcanism of 100. If there are not enough viable tiles the world is rejected.

==== Minimum Mountain Peak Number ====

Places [[mountain]] peaks on tiles with an pre-erosion elevation of at least 380. If there are not enough viable tiles the world is rejected.

I'm not exactly sure what effect the peaks have but I suppose they withstand erosion better.

==== Minimum Initial <TERRAIN TYPE> Square Count ====

Sets the absolute minimum number of <TERRAIN TYPE> tiles on the map, pre-erosion. If the number is too few for any one of these, the map will be [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]] and things will start over. This is a fairly powerful tool and is very closely related to the mesh sizes and weights if you use them. Remember that as you change the meshes, you also have to change these since your ratios will be very different!

==== Minimum Initial <TERRAIN TYPE> Region Count ====

Sets the absolute minimum number of <TERRAIN TYPE> regions on the map at the start, pre-erosion. If the number is too few for any one of these, the map will be [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]] and things will start over. Regions are the contiguous clusters of one terrain type. If you set this to be large, then aside from generating tons and tons of rejects, you'll get a map that's got a very broken appearance.

==== Minimum Final <TERRAIN TYPE> Region Count ====

Sets the absolute minimum number of <TERRAIN TYPE> tiles on the map, post-erosion. If the number is too few for any one of these, the map will be [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]] and things will start over. The difference between this and the above trait is dependent on what terrain type it is. Mountains get eaten and fractured by rivers and erosion. So, you should probably expect to GAIN mountain regions after erosion. Marshes tend to grow as rivers and lakes cut away at other terrains, so they become more contiguous and reach around other barriers. You should expect to LOSE marsh regions after erosion.

==== Erosion Cycle Count ====

Higher numbers make the [[mountain]]s less steep and [[river]] canyons deeper.

==== Minimum Number of <REGION-QUALITY> Squares ====

A world will be [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]] if there are less than the number of required squares for each different region type. This can lead to a ''huge'' number of rejections, so you might want to turn these all down to zero.

== Historical Parameters ==

==== End Year ====

Used to determine when the program will cease its generation and allow for play. As of right now other factors prevent the generator from getting to this date and is often cut off long before reaching it. If you want to play a game while two particular civilizations are at war, you can create a world, look through its history, then regenerate the world with the exact same seed and history seed, but set the End Year parameter to the year the war started.

==== Population Cap after Civ Creation ====

How many creatures can exist in the game once civilizations have been added into generation.

==== Percentage Beasts Dead for Stoppage ====

Determines how many [[megabeast]]s need to be dead before the world gen stops creating history. Is one likely cause for why the generator rarely reaches the entered End Date.

==== Year to Begin Checking Megabeast Percentage ====

Determines when the game begins checking for the above precentage to see when the game should stop generating the world.

==== Cull Unimportant Historical Figures ====

Instead of listing every event that happens, this option removes those events without related importance to the wider world, effectively reducing the number of events reviewable in the legends screen.

==== Reveal All Historical Events ====

Determines whether all events are open to review in the legends screen when you choose to begin a game. Setting this to no would require the usual exploration, talking, and engraving searching as before.

== Creature Parameters ==

==== Maximum Natural Cave Size ====

Determines the size and depth of caves formed by world-gen. A cave with a greater "size" will be deeper and more sprawling, and therefore have more and more dangerous creatures. It is believed that large caves increases the lifespan of [[megabeast]]s.

==== Number of Mountain Caves ====

Determines the number of caves to be placed in mountain regions. It is believed that large number of caves increases the lifespan of [[megabeast]]s.

==== Number of Non-Mountain Caves ====

Determines the number of caves to be placed in other regions. It is believed that large numbers of caves increases the lifespan of [[megabeast]]s.

==== Make Caves Visible ====

Makes caves visible on the world location selection screen.

==== Number of Civilizations ====

Determines how many civilizations will be seeded into the generated world. Five is the typical number to produce the usual Dwarves, Humans, Elves, Goblins, and Kobolds.

* Error Code: Not enough entity placement locations: Decrease the Number of Civilizations, edit the settings so proper biomes are generated or generate bigger map.

==== Playable Civilization Required ====

If set, all worlds where the no playable civilization has been placed at the beginning of history are rejected.

* Error Code: No controllable entity definitions available: Add some high (mountain) elevations to the map. Dwarf civ's will only appear on these tiles.

= Influencing Non-parameterized Features =

== Reducing [[Aquifers]] ==

It is believed that there will be many less aquifers if you make sure that there are no oceans (set ''Elevation Weighted Ranges'' 0-20 and 20-40 to 0/None to ensure that the minimum elevation is above 100, and set ''Minimum Ocean Edges'' to 0/None). High drainage will also reduce aquifers, but with the side effect of reducing [[lake]]s and [[swamp]]s. Also, widespread high draining might lead to too many worlds being [[World generation#Rejects|rejected]].

Or you could just [[modding|mod]] the <tt>[[raw file|raw/objects/matgloss_stone_layer.txt]]</tt> file and remove all of the [[Matgloss tokens|[AQUIFER]]] tokens.

= Experimenting with Parameters =

To experiment with the parameters and to effectively see why rejections are coming back because of changes to the parameters, first you need to edit your init.txt and set
[LOG_MAP_REJECTS:NO] to YES. This will create a text document that will describe why each copy of the generated world is rejected.

By going back and forth between this document and the parameters, you can begin to get an idea as to why endless cycles of rejected worlds come up. As you experiment please share your findings under each heading.

You can also directly edit the world_gen.txt file in \data\init to get around limits in the Advanced world generator. For example, you are limited to having 5000 max subregions, but if you go into the aforementioned file, you can go over this limit. This is especially useful when you encounter map rejects that say, for example, too many subregions.

== World Painter Parameters ==

{|{{prettytable}}
|-style="background:#dddddd"
!Icon !!Biome !!Elevation !!Rainfall !!Drainage
|-
|{{Biome|~|≈|#0000FF|#0000FF}}
|[[Ocean|Water]] ||0-99 ||Any ||Any
|-
|{{Biome|~|≈|#FFFF00|#FFFF00}}
|[[Sand]] [[Desert]] ||rowspan="13"|100-299 ||rowspan="4"|0-9 ||0-32
|-
|{{Biome|,|´|#808000|#808080}}
|Rock [[Desert]] ||33-49
|-
|{{Biome|n|∩|#808080|#808000}}
|[[Desert]] [[Badlands]] A ||50-65
|-
|{{Biome|V|√|#808000|#808000}}
|[[Desert]] [[Badlands]] B ||66-100
|-
|{{Biome|.|ⁿ|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Grassland]] ||rowspan="2"|10-19 ||0-49
|-
|{{Biome|n|∩|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Hills]] ||50-100
|-
|{{Biome|"|ⁿ|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Savanna]] ||rowspan="2"|20-32 ||0-49
|-
|{{Biome|n|∩|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Hills]] ||50-100
|-
|{{Biome|"|"|#008000|#008000}}
|[[Marsh]] ||rowspan="3"|33-65 ||0-32
|-
|{{Biome|"|γ|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Shrubland]] ||33-49
|-
|{{Biome|n|∩|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Hills]] ||50-100
|-
|{{Biome|⌠|⌠|#008000|#008000}}
|[[Swamp]] ||rowspan="2"|66-100 ||0-32
|-
|{{Biome|↑|↨|#00FF00|#00FF00}}
|[[Forest]] * ||33-100
|-
|{{Biome|⌂|⌂|#808080|#808080}}
|Low [[Mountain]] ||300-332 ||Any ||Any
|-
|{{Biome|▲|▲|#808080|#808080}}
|[[Mountain]] ||333-365 ||Any ||Any
|-
|{{Biome|▲|▲|#C0C0C0|#C0C0C0}}
|High [[Mountain]] ||366-399 ||Any ||Any
|-
|{{Raw Tile|^|#808080|#000000}}
|[[Peak]] ||400{{verify}} ||Any ||Any
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The forest regions can be changed between conifer, to broadleaf types by varying the temperature (to around > 65, depending on rain value).

The magma value (at 100%) can produce volcanoes if painted on the same tile as a mountain.

[[Category:World]]
[[Category:Guides]]

40d Talk:Ruin

2009-12-18T19:09:53Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Use in adventure mode? */ new section

== Ruins ==

Ruins are no longer populated by undead. I'll update the article with what they're like now. --[[User:Squeegy|Squeegy]] 17:35, 2 November 2008 (EST)

== Use in adventure mode? ==

Is there any reason to visit a ruin in adventure mode? I've never come across one before. Are there items scattered about, like an abandoned fortress or cave entrance?

40d:Cave spider

2009-11-18T21:45:46Z

Monkeyfetus: Combined two sentences for a smoother read.

'''Cave spiders''' are a type of [[vermin]] that occurs near [[chasm]]s and [[underground river]]s. They leave small webs strewn around the area, which are automatically collected by any worker who has the [[weaver|weaving]] skill activated and access to a [[loom]], which automatically produces the work task "[[collect webs]]."

These can bite tame [[animal]]s and your Dwarves, causing them to be permanently afflicted with being randomly [[Speed|stunned]].

Cave spiders should not be confused with [[Giant cave spider]]s and [[phantom spider]]s.

In the current Dwarf Fortress version ({{version|0.28.181.40d}}), as in real life, spider silk is apparently fireproof.

{{Game_Data|[CREATURE:SPIDER_CAVE]
[NAME:cave spider:cave spiders:cave spider]
[TILE:249][COLOR:7:0:0]
[MODVALUE:1]
[VERMIN_GROUNDER][VERMIN_HATEABLE]
[SMALL_REMAINS]
[EXTRACT:cave spider venom:7:0:0]
[EXTRACT_VALUE:20][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC]
[EXTRACT_STUN_INTERMITTENT][EXTRACT_PERMANENT]
[EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE:cave spider antivenin:7:0:0:50]
[VERMIN_BITE:10:bitten:USE_EXTRACT]
[SPEED:2900]
[WEBBER][WEBIMMUNE][PARALYZEIMMUNE]
[GENPOWER:2]
[BLOODTYPE:W][CHITIN]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[CARNIVORE]
[NOPAIN][EXTRAVISION][NOSTUN][NOSKULL][NOBONES]
[NOFEAR]
[PREFSTRING:mystery]
[NO_SLEEP]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_WATER]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
}}
[[Category:Vermin]]
[[Category:Venom]]

40d Talk:Status icons

2009-11-18T21:43:30Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Berserk theory and article sorting */

Wow, how come the wiki was missing this page for so long? --[[User:Nitem4re|Nitem4re]] 19:49, 6 December 2007 (EST)

:Not sure about others, but laziness on my part. Was just using the old wiki's page. --[[User:Jackard|Jackard]] 20:32, 6 December 2007 (EST)

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This guide should use the standard curses icons. --[[User:n9103|n9103]] 11:42, 17 Dec 2007 (PST)

:Yes, but we don't have a font for that.
:I plan to eventually turn some/all of these into animated gifs, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone else gets around to it first. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 13:12, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

::If I weren't such a lazy bastard, I'd make the font. --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMario]] 01:40, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

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JT added the "cheat sheet": 
22:40, 11 May 2008 JT (Talk | contribs) (7,069 bytes) 
So, thanks JT. ~ [[User:Midna|Midna]] 14:45, 14 May 2008 (EDT)

== Madness ==

It should be noted that not only strange moods can make people go Stark Raving mad. Just now, my mayor was badly injured so he could never complete a meeting with a diplomat (for about half a year I think...yeah he's missing body parts). Anyhow, the diplomat left unhappy, then the mayor's mandate has ended, and then he went mad (all that in the same second). I can't really tell which triggered which (diplomat leaving isn't written on the announcement screen...) but I'm rather sure the mayor had been "quite content" during all his mandate.
So, any idea what triggered what? Anyways I know it's not related to artifacts so I'm changing the article a bit.
--[[User:MagicGuigz|MagicGuigz]] 18:25, 6 October 2008 (EDT)

== Winded and migrant status ==

The 'Winded' and 'Migrant' status look exactly the same. Considering they travelled armok-knows-how-far on foot, might they just be exhausted on arrival? --[[User:Corona688|Corona688]] 14:41, 2 December 2008 (EST)

:Close, but no banana. Migrant is dark grey, whereas winded is light. Or the other way around, maybe. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 19:10, 2 December 2008 (EST)

== Enraged/Martial Trance ==

Do we know what bonuses are given when someone is 'Enraged at all enemies!' or 'entered a martial trance!' ? It'd be interesting to see. From what I can tell, Enraged causes higher damage where as martial trances seem to ignore pain and (I think, but I'm not sure) drowning, as well as a slight speed/crit boost. Is this true, or am I way off the mark? [[User:KoboldInDisguise|KoboldInDisguise]] 12:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

== Berserk theory and article sorting ==

I suspect that a berserk state may be entered into if a creature becomes extremely unhappy (to the point of otherwise tantruming) while in combat. Recently, I started my first fort in a challenging area (cold, terrifying), and witnessed my very unhappy woodcutter-turned axedwarf go berserk and hack apart a half-dozen skeleton and zombie goats. This is the first time I've seen a dwarf go berserk.

On a side-note, I moved from the non-flashing to the flashing section. It does seem to fit better with the nonflashing icons, but it flashes, so I figured it doesn't really belong. If someone wants to move wrestling back and change the subheader to 'solid color backgrounds' or something, go right ahead.
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

40d Talk:Status icons

2009-11-18T21:43:13Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Berserk theory and article sorting */ new section

Wow, how come the wiki was missing this page for so long? --[[User:Nitem4re|Nitem4re]] 19:49, 6 December 2007 (EST)

:Not sure about others, but laziness on my part. Was just using the old wiki's page. --[[User:Jackard|Jackard]] 20:32, 6 December 2007 (EST)

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This guide should use the standard curses icons. --[[User:n9103|n9103]] 11:42, 17 Dec 2007 (PST)

:Yes, but we don't have a font for that.
:I plan to eventually turn some/all of these into animated gifs, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone else gets around to it first. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 13:12, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

::If I weren't such a lazy bastard, I'd make the font. --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMario]] 01:40, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

----

JT added the "cheat sheet": 
22:40, 11 May 2008 JT (Talk | contribs) (7,069 bytes) 
So, thanks JT. ~ [[User:Midna|Midna]] 14:45, 14 May 2008 (EDT)

== Madness ==

It should be noted that not only strange moods can make people go Stark Raving mad. Just now, my mayor was badly injured so he could never complete a meeting with a diplomat (for about half a year I think...yeah he's missing body parts). Anyhow, the diplomat left unhappy, then the mayor's mandate has ended, and then he went mad (all that in the same second). I can't really tell which triggered which (diplomat leaving isn't written on the announcement screen...) but I'm rather sure the mayor had been "quite content" during all his mandate.
So, any idea what triggered what? Anyways I know it's not related to artifacts so I'm changing the article a bit.
--[[User:MagicGuigz|MagicGuigz]] 18:25, 6 October 2008 (EDT)

== Winded and migrant status ==

The 'Winded' and 'Migrant' status look exactly the same. Considering they travelled armok-knows-how-far on foot, might they just be exhausted on arrival? --[[User:Corona688|Corona688]] 14:41, 2 December 2008 (EST)

:Close, but no banana. Migrant is dark grey, whereas winded is light. Or the other way around, maybe. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 19:10, 2 December 2008 (EST)

== Enraged/Martial Trance ==

Do we know what bonuses are given when someone is 'Enraged at all enemies!' or 'entered a martial trance!' ? It'd be interesting to see. From what I can tell, Enraged causes higher damage where as martial trances seem to ignore pain and (I think, but I'm not sure) drowning, as well as a slight speed/crit boost. Is this true, or am I way off the mark? [[User:KoboldInDisguise|KoboldInDisguise]] 12:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

== Berserk theory and article sorting ==

I suspect that a berserk state may be entered into if a creature becomes extremely unhappy (to the point of otherwise tantruming) while in combat. Recently, I started my first fort in a challenging area (cold, terrifying), and witnessed my very unhappy woodcutter-turned axedwarf go berserk and hack apart a half-dozen skeleton and zombie goats. This is the first time I've seen a dwarf go berserk.

On a side-note, I moved from the non-flashing to the flashing section. It does seem to fit better with the nonflashing icons, but it flashes, so I figured it doesn't really belong. If someone wants to move wrestling back and change the subheader to 'solid color backgrounds' or something, go right ahead.

[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 21:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

40d:Status icons

2009-11-18T21:30:07Z

Monkeyfetus:

'''Status icons''' are symbols that flash when a creature is under a certain effect. When a creature has multiple status icons, they will flash in succession.

{{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}
flashes to...
* {{Tile|☺|rgb(128,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Legendary]]:''' The dwarf has a skill that has reached Legendary level. Take care of these fellows.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Immigration|Migrant]]:''' The dwarf has just arrived at your fortress and is still getting used to the place. They won't do any jobs while in this state, which doesn't last long.

* {{Tile|?|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Job:''' The creature has no job and no destination. Tame animals will get this while they are being dragged to a [[restraint]], [[cage]], or [[butcher's shop]].

* {{Tile|?|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Destination:''' The creature has a job, but no destination. They get this when you shut a door on their faces. Also momentarily flashes when they first get a job.

* {{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|\|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|<nowiki>|</nowiki>|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|/|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Multiple Creatures:''' More than one creature is on the same tile. The game will switch between them using this animated line.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Hungry:''' Dwarf needs [[food]] badly.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Thirsty:''' The creature needs [[water]] or [[alcohol]].

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Drowsy:''' The dwarf wants [[sleep]].

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unhappy:''' The dwarf's unhappy thoughts are piling up. Not a good sign for a fortress, as this can lead to tantrums.

* {{Tile|Z|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Sleep|Sleeping]]:''' This dwarf is not going to be productive, and the object it is sleeping on will have an effect on its mood. A dwarf is considered unconscious while sleeping and has all the effects thereof, but not the unconsciousness icon.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(255,255,255)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Strange mood|Fey Mood]]:''' The dwarf will find a workshop, get materials, and make an artifact. After this, it will have a skill increase to [[Legendary]], along with attributes. If it cannot find the required workshop or items, it will wait until it goes insane, berserk, or melancholy.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Possessed:''' The same thing as [[fey mood]], but without the skill increase.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Secretive Mood:''' The same thing as [[fey mood]], though with more cryptic clues.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(128,0,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Fell Mood:''' Similar to a [[fey mood]], though resulting in a dwarf being murdered.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Macabre Mood:''' Similar to a fell mood, though not requiring the death of a dwarf.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Tantrum]]:''' The dwarf has finally had enough, and has lost his temper. The dwarf stops all work, and proceeds to throw things, destroy buildings and hurt other dwarves. This is not a permanent state, but extremely annoyed dwarves will tantrum repeatedly.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Insane]]:''' Dwarves may eventually go crazy and babble, leading to this icon (usually because they couldn't complete an artifact). Dwarf moves erratically around until he/she dies of hunger or thirst. A form of madness.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Melancholy]]:''' When a dwarf has sad thoughts for a very long time, it may lead to this. Dwarf sulks around the place until he/she dies of hunger or thirst, or tries to kill himself by drowning or chasm. A form of madness.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Berserk]]:''' If a dwarf is extremely unhappy for too long, he/she may snap and enter a homicidal rage, attacking everyone in sight. A form of madness, and extremely dangerous.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,0,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Traumatized:''' The creature has experienced things no creature should ever have to experience, and is in a permanent state of shock, endlessly staring off into space.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Enraged:''' When a creature is faced with insurmountable odds, particularly after another creature nearby is killed, it may become angry and attack with rushes and powerful hits.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Martial Trance:''' When a single dwarf is being attacked by more than one enemy, it will fall into this state and supposedly focus better. [[Toady One]] has [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=12&t=000037 said]: ''You have to be a dwarf [to be able to get the martial trance]. It improves all kinds of combat rolls and modifiers (but no direct damage bonus -- 'enraged' does that).'' Dwarves in this state will seek fights with enemy or neutral creatures.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,0,128)}} '''[[Wrestling]]:''' It is grabbing, or attempting to grab, another creature in a fight. Could also be holding on to a part of the opponent as well.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Minor [[Injury]]:''' Any wound that leaves only one hand in working condition, including severings.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Major [[Injury]]:''' Loss of the use of a leg, both arms, or a fatal injury to a vital organ that hasn't killed the dwarf yet. Yellow or worse damage to any of the brain, throat, heart, guts, or both lungs are all mortal wounds. Yellow or worse damage to one lung is typically not fatal, but this status flag will remain on the dwarf permenantly as he goes about his day.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Stunned:''' Dwarves can be stunned because of pain, and may lead to unconsciousness. Cave spider bites also cause periodic stunning. May also occur from a fall, usually from a dodge or a [[cave-in]].

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Nausea:''' Can be caused by [[cave adaptation]], and will cause [[vomit]], or during combat, when one spears another through the vital organs in the abdomen.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Winded:''' When a dwarf is out of breath, they are winded. This can be caused by being underwater, having a lung pierced or throat torn out.

* {{Tile|☼|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Combat#Paralysis|Paralyzed]]:''' The creature cannot move. Caused by poison or severe brain damage.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(256,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unconscious:''' A bad sign for a dwarf, since (other than sleeping) they usually become unconscious in a fight and will die shortly afterwards. Sometimes, pain or permanent spinal injuries will make a dwarf periodically fall unconscious. Regardless of the cause, any creature that falls unconscious on a [[trap]] will trigger it, with messy and/or humorous results.

In addition to the above symbols, creatures carrying an object will alternate between their usual icon and the icon of the object they are carrying.

==Non-flashing==

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,128,0)}} '''Prone:''' The creature is lying on the ground. Several prone creatures can be in the same tile; therefore, in tight corridors, dwarves will be constantly lying down and standing so they can go through. Also happens in combat. Make sure to remember to stand up if this happens in Adventure Mode.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,256,256)}} '''Airborne:''' The creature has been thrown by a wrestling move, flung into the air by a raising drawbridge, fallen off a cliff, gone over a waterfall or gotten smashed by a blunt weapon and is flying backwards from the force of the blow. It's impossible to {{k|v}}iew a creature in this state (though it is possible to loo{{k|k}}) – but you'd probably be better off covering your eyes, anyway. Creatures that are flying under their own power are displayed normally.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,128)}} '''[[Swimmer|Underwater]]:''' The creature is underwater. This generally also means the creature is drowning, though [[fish]] normally appear like this.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Webbed:''' The icon that shows when a creature walks into a [[cave spider]]'s web.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,0)|rgb(256,0,256)}} '''Last seen:''' Indicates a hidden tile that contained a creature when last visible. Adventure mode only.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,0,0)}} '''Dead:''' This dwarf is gone, far away from the horrors of the puppy-cooking, noble-drowning fortress. Legendary dwarves and foes will still alternate colors after death.

==Cheatsheet==

[[Image:icons.gif]]

{{Game Interface FAQ}}

[[Category:Interface]]
[[Category:Creatures]]
[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[Category:Thoughts]]

40d:Status icons

2009-11-18T21:29:16Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Non-flashing */

'''Status icons''' are symbols that flash when a creature is under a certain effect. When a creature has multiple status icons, they will flash in succession.

{{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}
flashes to...
* {{Tile|☺|rgb(128,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Legendary]]:''' The dwarf has a skill that has reached Legendary level. Take care of these fellows.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Immigration|Migrant]]:''' The dwarf has just arrived at your fortress and is still getting used to the place. They won't do any jobs while in this state, which doesn't last long.

* {{Tile|?|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Job:''' The creature has no job and no destination. Tame animals will get this while they are being dragged to a [[restraint]], [[cage]], or [[butcher's shop]].

* {{Tile|?|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Destination:''' The creature has a job, but no destination. They get this when you shut a door on their faces. Also momentarily flashes when they first get a job.

* {{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|\|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|<nowiki>|</nowiki>|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|/|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Multiple Creatures:''' More than one creature is on the same tile. The game will switch between them using this animated line.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Hungry:''' Dwarf needs [[food]] badly.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Thirsty:''' The creature needs [[water]] or [[alcohol]].

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Drowsy:''' The dwarf wants [[sleep]].

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unhappy:''' The dwarf's unhappy thoughts are piling up. Not a good sign for a fortress, as this can lead to tantrums.

* {{Tile|Z|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Sleep|Sleeping]]:''' This dwarf is not going to be productive, and the object it is sleeping on will have an effect on its mood. A dwarf is considered unconscious while sleeping and has all the effects thereof, but not the unconsciousness icon.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(255,255,255)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Strange mood|Fey Mood]]:''' The dwarf will find a workshop, get materials, and make an artifact. After this, it will have a skill increase to [[Legendary]], along with attributes. If it cannot find the required workshop or items, it will wait until it goes insane, berserk, or melancholy.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Possessed:''' The same thing as [[fey mood]], but without the skill increase.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Secretive Mood:''' The same thing as [[fey mood]], though with more cryptic clues.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(128,0,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Fell Mood:''' Similar to a [[fey mood]], though resulting in a dwarf being murdered.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Macabre Mood:''' Similar to a fell mood, though not requiring the death of a dwarf.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Tantrum]]:''' The dwarf has finally had enough, and has lost his temper. The dwarf stops all work, and proceeds to throw things, destroy buildings and hurt other dwarves. This is not a permanent state, but extremely annoyed dwarves will tantrum repeatedly.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Insane]]:''' Dwarves may eventually go crazy and babble, leading to this icon (usually because they couldn't complete an artifact). Dwarf moves erratically around until he/she dies of hunger or thirst. A form of madness.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Melancholy]]:''' When a dwarf has sad thoughts for a very long time, it may lead to this. Dwarf sulks around the place until he/she dies of hunger or thirst, or tries to kill himself by drowning or chasm. A form of madness.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Berserk]]:''' If a dwarf is extremely unhappy for too long, he/she may snap and enter a homicidal rage, attacking everyone in sight. A form of madness, and extremely dangerous.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,0,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Traumatized:''' The creature has experienced things no creature should ever have to experience, and is in a permanent state of shock, endlessly staring off into space.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Enraged:''' When a creature is faced with insurmountable odds, particularly after another creature nearby is killed, it may become angry and attack with rushes and powerful hits.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Martial Trance:''' When a single dwarf is being attacked by more than one enemy, it will fall into this state and supposedly focus better. [[Toady One]] has [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=12&t=000037 said]: ''You have to be a dwarf [to be able to get the martial trance]. It improves all kinds of combat rolls and modifiers (but no direct damage bonus -- 'enraged' does that).'' Dwarves in this state will seek fights with enemy or neutral creatures.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Minor [[Injury]]:''' Any wound that leaves only one hand in working condition, including severings.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Major [[Injury]]:''' Loss of the use of a leg, both arms, or a fatal injury to a vital organ that hasn't killed the dwarf yet. Yellow or worse damage to any of the brain, throat, heart, guts, or both lungs are all mortal wounds. Yellow or worse damage to one lung is typically not fatal, but this status flag will remain on the dwarf permenantly as he goes about his day.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Stunned:''' Dwarves can be stunned because of pain, and may lead to unconsciousness. Cave spider bites also cause periodic stunning. May also occur from a fall, usually from a dodge or a [[cave-in]].

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Nausea:''' Can be caused by [[cave adaptation]], and will cause [[vomit]], or during combat, when one spears another through the vital organs in the abdomen.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Winded:''' When a dwarf is out of breath, they are winded. This can be caused by being underwater, having a lung pierced or throat torn out.

* {{Tile|☼|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Combat#Paralysis|Paralyzed]]:''' The creature cannot move. Caused by poison or severe brain damage.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(256,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unconscious:''' A bad sign for a dwarf, since (other than sleeping) they usually become unconscious in a fight and will die shortly afterwards. Sometimes, pain or permanent spinal injuries will make a dwarf periodically fall unconscious. Regardless of the cause, any creature that falls unconscious on a [[trap]] will trigger it, with messy and/or humorous results.

In addition to the above symbols, creatures carrying an object will alternate between their usual icon and the icon of the object they are carrying.

==Non-flashing==

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,128,0)}} '''Prone:''' The creature is lying on the ground. Several prone creatures can be in the same tile; therefore, in tight corridors, dwarves will be constantly lying down and standing so they can go through. Also happens in combat. Make sure to remember to stand up if this happens in Adventure Mode.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,256,256)}} '''Airborne:''' The creature has been thrown by a wrestling move, flung into the air by a raising drawbridge, fallen off a cliff, gone over a waterfall or gotten smashed by a blunt weapon and is flying backwards from the force of the blow. It's impossible to {{k|v}}iew a creature in this state (though it is possible to loo{{k|k}}) – but you'd probably be better off covering your eyes, anyway. Creatures that are flying under their own power are displayed normally.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,128)}} '''[[Swimmer|Underwater]]:''' The creature is underwater. This generally also means the creature is drowning, though [[fish]] normally appear like this.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Webbed:''' The icon that shows when a creature walks into a [[cave spider]]'s web.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,0)|rgb(256,0,256)}} '''Last seen:''' Indicates a hidden tile that contained a creature when last visible. Adventure mode only.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,0,0)}} '''Dead:''' This dwarf is gone, far away from the horrors of the puppy-cooking, noble-drowning fortress. Legendary dwarves and foes will still alternate colors after death.

==Cheatsheet==

[[Image:icons.gif]]

{{Game Interface FAQ}}

[[Category:Interface]]
[[Category:Creatures]]
[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[Category:Thoughts]]

40d:Stymied

2009-09-30T17:56:18Z

Monkeyfetus:

Occasionally the warning "Diplomacy Stymied" can appear with the following message; A diplomat has left unhappy. This can usually occur whenever a [[diplomat]] is threatened or cannot get a chance to speak to the dwarven mayor.

{{Errors FAQ}}

40d Talk:Shop

2009-09-30T07:35:59Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Skill training? */ new section

I think we should have something about Adventure Mode shops here too, including: How to buy things, where to buy certain things, how theft is handled and how to avoid it accidentally, and a mention of people becoming shopkeepers as a profession in legends mode. --[[User:DDouble|DDouble]] 21:56, 27 July 2008 (EDT)
:Somebody fill it in please.--[[User:Zchris13|Zchris13]] 17:59, 7 March 2009 (EST)
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When a shop is bought from the bookkeeper does the money go into their pockets? Or somewhere else? --[[User:Niaba|Niaba]] 12:30, 23 August 2008 (EDT)
: After the economy kicks in, even if you haven't minted coins, every dwarf in a fort has a "hidden account" that gets added to or detracted from. If you have made some coins that the dwarf claims, it is up to their algorithms entirely to determine how to exchange for goods. --[[User:FJH|FJH]] 10:34, 2 March 2009 (EST)

== Benefit? ==

The article recommends creating several shops. Is there any real benefit to more then one of each type? -[[User:Fuzzy|Fuzzy]] 21:39, 20 September 2008 (EDT)
:Having multiple shops increases the chance that there will be something in stock that the dwarf in question likes when he/she goes shopping; when it comes to the craft or clothes shops, 10 is a pretty small number when compared to the variety of choices. [[User:HeWhoIsPale|HeWhoIsPale]] 08:34, 22 September 2008 (EDT)
::Do you mean that each shop only stocks 10 items at a time? If that's the case then a) that should be made clear in the main article and b) it is a good argument for having multiple shops.--[[User:MrMustard|MrMustard]] 06:12, 24 November 2008 (EST)

==Buying/selling shops==
can dwarves sell the shops once they've used them? i built 10, and whilst a couple of them are still for sale, one's popped up as for sale by the new owner (i.e. he bought it for a while, traded, and is now selling it on again). anyone know a reason why? --[[User:DJ Devil|DJ Devil]]
*Chapter 11: Bankruptcy. But no, I joke. I'm curious as to why, as well.

==Thoughts==
I don't build shops anymore. In my last game, I hadn't built a shop yet (but several years into the economy) and I observed several dwarfs with the good thoughts mentioned. If the dwarves are legendary (the ones I looked at were), they must just claim what they want and it still gives them happy thoughts.--[[User:Kwieland|Kwieland]] 01:49, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

== Skill training? ==

Will owning or buying from a shop increase broker-related skills?
Under what conditions does the "Go shopping" job activate?
[[User:Monkeyfetus|Monkeyfetus]] 07:35, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

40d:Noise

2009-09-21T17:57:52Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Designing in anticipation of noise */

Certain jobs generate '''noise''' which disturbs nearby sleeping dwarves. Depending on a job's noise level and proximity, your dwarves could sleep "uneasily due to noise", "very uneasily due to noise", or be woken up by noise. These events will produce unhappy [[Thought|thoughts]] in varying degrees.

Neither walls nor doors will insulate dwarves from noise. Distance and how loud a job is are the only factors determining whether a dwarf's sleep will be disturbed.

Noise is produced when a noisy job is completed. Thoughts about noise do not appear until the sleeping dwarf has woken up.

Dwarves walking through a sleeping dwarf's room (even over his head) will not cause noise, which is important for [[bedroom design]].

==Noisiness of various jobs==
* Jobs performed at [[workshops]] cause noise within 4 tiles. ''(see below for visualization)''

* [[Mining]] and [[wood cutting]] causes noise within 8 tiles.

* Placing and removing [[building]]s causes noise within 16 tiles. For example, placing a chair will cause a 33x33x33 cube (or 35937 tiles) of noise centered on the chair. Hopefully this will change in future versions.

* Construction causes noise within 16 tiles, and is known to wake dwarves up.

* Fighting has also been observed to wake dwarves up, which suggests that it causes noise within 16 tiles as well. Strangely, [[sparring]] does not cause any noise at all -- which is just as well, considering dwarves will only spar in a [[barracks]], which is essentially a communal bedroom.

* Eating is believed to cause noise within 1 or 2 tiles; probably 1. It is unknown whether the noise radiates from the eating dwarf or his food.

* Firing [[siege engine]]s also produces noise within 16 tiles.

* Moving stuff in and out of stockpiles has been observed ''not'' to cause noise.

* It has been claimed that most other jobs cause noise within 2-4 tiles. More research is necessary to determine the specifics.

* An operating [[water wheel]] causes noise within at least 3 tiles.

==Visualization==

Noise radiates in the shape of a cube, so noise that travels 4 tiles will generate noise in a 9x9 pattern on 9 successive floors. The noise radiates from the center of the noise-producing apparatus.

Level 0 Level ± 1 Level ± 2 Level ± 3 Level ± 4 Level ± 5

........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........

W = Workshop
* = Noise
. = No noise

== Noise in practice ==

* Try not to place [[buildings]] like doors while your dwarves are asleep. Or if you do, make sure they are at least 16 tiles away from the nearest sleeping dwarf.

* Don't dig near the bedrooms when there are dwarves sleeping in them.

== Designing in anticipation of noise ==

* A good way to start is to put all your bedrooms on level -9 or lower. This means you don't have worry about restricting your woodcutting.

* If you anticipate there to be fighting in your [[Trade Depot]], you should keep bedrooms away from there. (It is believed that fighting creates noise within 16 tiles, since it has the power to wake units up.)

* Remember that jails, hospitals, and sleeping barracks should also ideally be kept away from noise, in addition to standard and noble bedrooms.

{{Moods FAQ}}

40d:Noise

2009-09-21T17:54:39Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Designing in anticipation of noise */

Certain jobs generate '''noise''' which disturbs nearby sleeping dwarves. Depending on a job's noise level and proximity, your dwarves could sleep "uneasily due to noise", "very uneasily due to noise", or be woken up by noise. These events will produce unhappy [[Thought|thoughts]] in varying degrees.

Neither walls nor doors will insulate dwarves from noise. Distance and how loud a job is are the only factors determining whether a dwarf's sleep will be disturbed.

Noise is produced when a noisy job is completed. Thoughts about noise do not appear until the sleeping dwarf has woken up.

Dwarves walking through a sleeping dwarf's room (even over his head) will not cause noise, which is important for [[bedroom design]].

==Noisiness of various jobs==
* Jobs performed at [[workshops]] cause noise within 4 tiles. ''(see below for visualization)''

* [[Mining]] and [[wood cutting]] causes noise within 8 tiles.

* Placing and removing [[building]]s causes noise within 16 tiles. For example, placing a chair will cause a 33x33x33 cube (or 35937 tiles) of noise centered on the chair. Hopefully this will change in future versions.

* Construction causes noise within 16 tiles, and is known to wake dwarves up.

* Fighting has also been observed to wake dwarves up, which suggests that it causes noise within 16 tiles as well. Strangely, [[sparring]] does not cause any noise at all -- which is just as well, considering dwarves will only spar in a [[barracks]], which is essentially a communal bedroom.

* Eating is believed to cause noise within 1 or 2 tiles; probably 1. It is unknown whether the noise radiates from the eating dwarf or his food.

* Firing [[siege engine]]s also produces noise within 16 tiles.

* Moving stuff in and out of stockpiles has been observed ''not'' to cause noise.

* It has been claimed that most other jobs cause noise within 2-4 tiles. More research is necessary to determine the specifics.

* An operating [[water wheel]] causes noise within at least 3 tiles.

==Visualization==

Noise radiates in the shape of a cube, so noise that travels 4 tiles will generate noise in a 9x9 pattern on 9 successive floors. The noise radiates from the center of the noise-producing apparatus.

Level 0 Level ± 1 Level ± 2 Level ± 3 Level ± 4 Level ± 5

........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.***WWW***. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........

W = Workshop
* = Noise
. = No noise

== Noise in practice ==

* Try not to place [[buildings]] like doors while your dwarves are asleep. Or if you do, make sure they are at least 16 tiles away from the nearest sleeping dwarf.

* Don't dig near the bedrooms when there are dwarves sleeping in them.

== Designing in anticipation of noise ==

* A good way to start is to put all your bedrooms on level -5 or lower. This means you don't have worry about restricting your woodcutting.

* If you anticipate there to be fighting in your [[Trade Depot]], you should keep bedrooms away from there. (It is believed that fighting creates noise within 16 tiles, since it has the power to wake units up.)

* Remember that jails, hospitals, and sleeping barracks should also ideally be kept away from noise, in addition to standard and noble bedrooms.

{{Moods FAQ}}

40d:Tilesets

2009-09-17T23:18:55Z

Monkeyfetus: /* Row 01 (000-015) */

:''(For a chart with the default ASCII characters, see [[Character table]].)''
:''(For user-created tilesets, see [[Tileset repository]].)''
:''(For user-created creature graphics sets, see [[Graphics set repository]].)''

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'''Tilesets''' are images the game uses to display its graphics; each tile is used to show text and represent things. Users create custom tilesets for a number of reasons, including increased visibility, aesthetics, or small size. Tilesets come in two flavors: "'''character sets'''" (or simply "tilesets") and "'''graphics sets'''".

== Overview and installation ==

=== Character sets ===

A character set is an image in BMP format that contains the 256 different tiles, corresponding to the [[Character table|IBM Code Page 437]] (sometimes called Extended ASCII), which are used to display the main graphics. [[List of user character sets|Here is the list]] of user-made standard tilesets. To install any of these tilesets, follow these steps:

# Download the tileset via right-click-save-as on the the tileset. The tileset is just an image, so there's no separate download link. (The list is [[List of user character sets|here]])
# Convert it into a 24-bit BMP file. Do NOT just change the extension to .bmp; you must use a program like MS paint to save it as a .bmp.
# Put it in the data/art directory of your Dwarf Fortress installation.
# Open data/init/init.txt
# If you want to use the tileset in fullscreen mode, locate and modify the [FULLSCREENX:800], [FULLSCREENY:600], and [FULLFONT:curses_800x600.bmp] configuration lines to match the specifications from the tileset list. The FULLFONT directive should match the filename of the tileset you downloaded. If you want to use the tileset in windowed mode, search for the [WINDOWEDX:640], [WINDOWEDY:300], and [FONT:curses_640x300.bmp] lines instead, and change them to the correct values.
# It is also recommended you change [BLACK_SPACE:NO] to [BLACK_SPACE:YES] to prevent stretching of the graphics.
# Save the file, then you're ready to play!

=== Graphics sets ===

Character sets only change certain graphics, while others are left out. The confusingly-named [[graphics sets]] are used to change the appearance of [[creatures]] in the game, such as dwarves and unicorns. These are usually designed to work together with certain character sets. The Dystopian Rhetoric graphics set comes with its own DF installer; to install any others (or to install that one manually), you follow a similar process to the above:

# Download the graphics set. (The list is [[Graphics sets|here]].)
# Convert it into a 24-bit BMP file using your favorite image editing program.
# Put it in the raw/graphics/example directory of your Dwarf Fortress installation, so it overwrites the existing file.
# Open /raw/graphics/example_text.txt
# Replace the contents with the appropriate text for the graphics set you downloaded. Save the file.
# Open data/init/init.txt
# Locate the [GRAPHICS:NO] line and change it to [GRAPHICS:YES].
# Change the resolution and font directories as above, this time for the lines starting with GRAPHICS instead. So, if you want to use fullscreen mode, modify [GRAPHICS_FULLSCREENX:800], [GRAPHICS_FULLSCREENY:600], and [GRAPHICS_FULLFONT:curses_800x600.bmp] to suit the standard tileset you want to use. For windowed mode, the lines to change are [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDX:640], [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDY:300], and [GRAPHICS_FONT:curses_640x300.bmp].
# Be sure to change [GRAPHICS_BLACK_SPACE] to the same setting as [BLACK_SPACE].
# Save the file, then you're ready to get mangled by a great-looking elephant!

===How to stretch the tile sets for bigger display===
Simply change [GRAPHICS_BLACK_SPACE:?] and [BLACK_SPACE:?] to NO in the init/init.txt, depending on whether you are using the graphics mode or not. This will stretch the window to the size you specified in [WINDOWEDX:?] and [WINDOWEDY:?] or FULLSCREENX:?] and [FULLSCREENY:?] or [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDX:?] and [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDY:?] or [GRAPHICS_FULLSCREENX:?] and [GRAPHICS_FULLSCREENY:?] depending on which mode you run DF in. (NORMAL|GRAPHICS + WINDOWED|FULLSCREEN)

IMPORTANT NOTES:
* If you are on a Mac you will have to use a program like [http://www.lemkesoft.com/xd/public/download/index._aWQ9Z2MtdWI_.html GraphicConverter] or Photoshop to save tilesets as windows bitmaps.
* Recommended only for window mode prior to version 39f, to make it easier to preserve tile aspect ratio. 39f onwards, you should choose a grid size that is of the same aspect ratio as your monitor (e.g. on a 1600x1280 monitor, choose grid size 80:64)
* Take note however that you need to set the the window size correctly.
** For versions prior to 39f, your window width in pixel size should be 3.2 (which is 80/25) times your window height in pixel size.
*: Example:
*:: if you choose window width to be 1600, i.e. [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDX:1600] in init/init.txt file, then your height should be 1600/3.2 which gives 500, i.e. [GRAPHICS_WINDOWEDY:500] in init/init.txt. This will automatically stretch your character tiles and gfx tiles accordingly.

** For version 39f onwards where you can change the grid size, you need to compute the aspect ratio from the (grid width)/(grid height).
*: Example:
*:: if you are are using a grid size of 80 by 64, the aspect ratio should be 1.25 (from 80/64). If you set your window width to 1600, then the height will be 1600/1.25 = 1280.

* Also note that stretching a gfx tile may cause graphical artifacts (not the crafted ones in-game!) i.e. slight defects in the visuals, but it should make you able to see smaller tiles on a larger screen area. The exception is when you use a integral multiple, e.g. stretching 16x16 tiles to 32x32, which seems to produce the least artifacts.
* It is not recommended that you shrink tiles though the method is the similar (except defining a smaller window size than is normally required by the grid and tile size).

===How to increase number of tiles shown keeping the tile size the same===
See [[Custom grid]].

== Custom tileset design ==

The default (and minimum) gameplay viewport is 80 characters wide, and 25 characters tall. Therefore, a tileset's target resolution will be TILE_X_LENGTH * 80 by TILE_Y_LENGTH * 25. Since the tileset is arranged into a 16x16 grid of tiles (256 tiles total), the tileset image size will be TILE_X_LENGTH * 16 by TILE_Y_LENGTH * 16. Here are some common tile sizes:

* A tileset with 10x12 tiles will be 160x192 pixels large, and the target resolution will be 800x300.
* A tileset with 16x16 tiles will be 256x256 pixels large, and the target resolution will be 1280x400.

When creating a custom tileset, it's often easiest to start with an existing one, and edit it to your liking. Tilesets generally fall into three categories: rectangular tilesets, square tilesets, and 16x16 square tilesets. Rectangular tilesets have tiles that are taller than they are wide. The text in these tilesets is generally easier to read, but the map appears squished horizontally. Square tilesets usually provide more attractive graphics, but are slightly less readable. The 16x16 square tilesets are just a sub-set, which are grouped together because most [[Object Tilesets]] use 16x16 tiles. The graphics in Dwarf Fortress can be somewhat diversified and enhanced through the use of graphics sets.

Many tiles are used by the game in multiple ways, and this makes customizing the graphics difficult. The same icon is used for chairs and the north end of one-tile-wide vertical bridges. Ashes and broken arrows look the same, and many game entities (such as levers, floodgates, bags, and bins) share characters that are also used in Dwarven names or other bits of text in the interface.

=== How colors other than white and magenta work ===

When the game draws a tile, it will select a foreground color, a background color, and a tile based on the item being drawn. The background color will be used in place of magenta (Hex code #FF00FF or RGB 255 0 255). All other colors in the tile will be treated as a mask against the foreground color. Pure white (#FFFFFF) will always show the foreground color, while light grey (#CCCCCC) will be a slightly darker version of the foreground color, and dark grey (#888888) will be a dark version of the foreground color. Black (#000000) will always be black. It is impossible to use different shades of the background color.

In general, just remember these rules:

* Bright magenta (#FF00FF) is the background.
* Bright white (#FFFFFF) is the foreground.
* Darker shades of white and grey (#C0C0C0, #808080, etc) will display darker shades of the foreground color. It is possible to use any shade of grey, including ones like #333333 and #C2C2C2.
* Black (#000000) will always be black.
* It's probably best to avoid color in normal tilesets.

For an example, the game is drawing an exposed turquoise cluster with color bright blue (#0000FF). While loading the tile image, it encounters the color light grey (#CCCCCC). The color used in its place will be:

{| style="margin-bottom:20px; text-align:left; width:90%"
|-
! Color component || Foreground color || Color mask from tile || Calculation in hex || Calculation in decimal
|-
| Red || #0000FF || #CCCCCC || 0016 * CC16 / 10016 = 0016 || 0 * 204 / 256 = 0
|-
| Green || #0000FF || #CCCCCC ||0016 * CC16 / 10016 = 0016 || 0 * 204 / 256 = 0
|-
| Blue || #0000FF || #CCCCCC || FF16 * CC16 / 10016 = CB16 || 255 * 204 / 256 = 203
|-
| Final Color || || || #0000CB || 0 0 203
|}

Color masks with unequal amounts of R, G and B are calculated in the same fashion. The game is now drawing a speardwarf with color brown (#C0C000). It encounters the color cyan while loading the tile (#008080). The color used instead of cyan will be:

{| style="margin-bottom:20px; text-align:left; width:90%"
|-
! Color component || Foreground color || Color mask from tile || Calculation in hex || Calculation in decimal
|-
| Red || #C0C000 || #008080 || C016 * 0016 / 10016 = 0016 || 192 * 0 / 256 = 0
|-
| Green || #C0C000 || #008080 ||C016 * 8016 / 10016 = 6016 || 192 * 128 / 256 = 96
|-
| Blue || #C0C000 || #008080 || 0016 * 8016 / 10016 = 0016 || 0 * 128 / 256 = 0
|-
| Final Color || || || #006000 || 0 96 0
|}

As illustrated by this example, colors in the tileset can result in colors that aren't in the foreground color or the tile graphic. In this case, a brown foreground color with a cyan pixel color in the tileset results in a final color of green.

Theoretically, the way the game handles color masks could be used to display different graphics for items that use the same tile (but whose respective colors use different color component channels). For example, if a bright red object and a bright blue object use the same tile, the tile can use bright red for all pixels that only the red object uses, bright blue for all pixels only the blue object uses, and bright magenta (but NOT #FF00FF, it would have to be #FE00FE or something similar) for all pixels both objects use. In this fashion the two objects that share a tile would look completely different. In practice however, this is probably impossible because so many objects share the same tile, the chances of the potential foreground colors sharing a red, green, or blue color component are too great.

== What tiles are used for what ==

* Items marked with * can have their tile changed in the [[modding|raw data]] files.
* Items marked with # can have their tile replaced by a [[graphics set]] image, in addition to having their tile changed in the raw data.
* Items marked with $ can be changed in the [[init.txt]] file.

For a graphical table, go to the [[Character Table]].

====Row 01 (000-015)====
{|
|-
| 0 {{TST| }}
| Used for background tiles in the intro CMV, rarely used elsewhere
|-
| 1 {{TST|☺}}
| [[Civilian]] dwarves# used for dead dwarves
|-
|-
| 2 {{TST|☻}}
| [[Military]] dwarves# used for dead dwarves
|-
| 3 {{TST|♥}}
| [[Dimple cup]]s*
|-
| 4 {{TST|♦}}
| [[Cut gem]]s, large [[gem]]s
|-
| 5 {{TST|♣}}
| [[Tower-cap]]s*, [[Acacia]] trees*, [[Mangrove]] trees*, [[Maple]] trees*, [[quarry bush]]es*, [[Alder]] trees*, [[Birch]] trees*
|-
| 6 {{TST|♠}}
| [[Plump helmet]]s*, [[Oak]] trees*, [[quarry bush]] leaves*, [[Mahogany]] trees*, [[Chestnut]] trees*, [[Ash tree]]s*
|-
| 7 {{TST|•}}
| [[Stone]], solid [[workshop]] tile for several workshops like the [[magma smelter]], [[lake]]s in main map, [[cave]]s in the main map
|-
| 8 {{TST|◘}}
| Solid workshop tile for several other workshops like the [[magma forge]], [[tanner]] workshop, [[catapult]] cup
|-
| 9 {{TST|○}}
| [[Well]], [[bracelet]], [[Map tile|ant colony]], [[millstone]], [[quern]], [[bottomless pit]]s in the local embark map screen (if enabled)
|-
|-
|10 {{TST|◙}}
|
|-
|11 {{TST|♂}}
| Male sign, [[bag]]s
|-
|12 {{TST|♀}}
| Female sign, [[amulet]]
|-
|13 {{TST|♪}}
|
|-
|14 {{TST|♫}}
| [[Armor stand]]s
|-
|15 {{TST|☼}}
| [[Gem]]s*, bituminous [[coal]]*, [[currency]] symbol, [[masterpiece]] [[quality]] symbol, spider [[web]]s, [[turtle]]*, 'sun' symbol in engravings, [[gear]] assemblies, fireballs
|-
|}

====Row 02 (016-031)====
{|
|-
|16 {{TST|►}}
| Head of [[Ballista arrow]] facing east, [[vermin|manta ray]]*
|-
|17 {{TST|◄}}
| Head of [[Ballista arrow]] facing west
|-
|18 {{TST|↕}}
|
|-
|19 {{TST|‼}}
| [[Cage]]s, on-[[fire]] symbol, vertical [[bars]]
|-
|20 {{TST|¶}}
| [[Mug]]s, largest elven cities, [[Highwood]] trees*
|-
|21 {{TST|§}}
| [[Restraint]]s, [[whip vine]]*
|-
|22 {{TST|▬}}
| [[Log]]s
|-
|23 {{TST|↨}}
| Some tree types
|-
|24 {{TST|↑}}
| Interface text (bridge direction), [[Pine]]* trees, [[Larch]]* trees
|-
|25 {{TST|↓}}
| Hungry/thirsty/drowsy/unhappy indicator, [[bridge]] placement raising direction indicator
|-
|26 {{TST|→}}
| Interface text (bridge direction)
|-
|27 {{TST|←}}
| Interface text (bridge direction)
|-
|28 {{TST|∟}}
|
|-
|29 {{TST|↔}}
|
|-
|30 {{TST|▲}}
| Head of [[Ballista arrow]] facing north, ramp up
|-
|31 {{TST|▼}}
| Head of [[Ballista arrow]] facing south, ramp down
|-
|}

====Row 03 (032-047)====
{|
|-
|32 {{TST| }}
| Spaces in text messages, used for background on the title screen/menu
|-
|33 {{TST|!}}
| Various [[status icons]], text
|-
|34 {{TST|"}}
| [[Shrub]], quotation marks, workshop tiles, kobold's glowing eyes*
|-
|35 {{TST|#}}
| Chasm (bottom in fortress mode), pits, [[floor grate]]s
*[[Sandstone]]*, [[Rock salt]]*, [[Basalt]]*, [[Gypsum]]*
|-
|36 {{TST|$}}
| [[Coin]]s
|-
|37 {{TST|%}}
| [[Prepared meal]], unexplored underground, [[screw pump]] in action
*[[Siltstone]]*, [[Slate]]*, [[Brimstone]]*, [[Kimberlite ]]*, [[Bismuthinite]]*, [[Realgar]]*, [[Stibnite]]*, [[Marcasite]]*, [[Olivine]]*, [[Orthoclase]]*, [[Microcline]]*, [[Petrified wood]]*, [[Brimstone]]*, [[Pyrolusite]]*
|-
|38 {{TST|&}}
| [[Demon]]s#
|-
|39 {{TST|'}}
| Rough [[floor]]s, unexplored underground, [[Claystone]]*, [[Rhyolite]]*, [[Periclase]]*
|-
|40 {{TST|(}}
| Foreign object opening tag, tile in [[bowyer's workshop]], text
|-
|41 {{TST|)}}
| Foreign object closing tag, text
|-
|42 {{TST|*}}
| [[Ore]]*, superior [[quality]] tags, key reference, working [[gear]] assembly, [[gem]] [[floodgate]]
|-
|43 {{TST|+}}
| Smooth/constructed [[floor]]s, injured status, finely-crafted [[quality]] tags, text, [[block]]/[[metal|bar]] [[bridge]] or [[road]]
|-
|44 {{TST|,}}
| Rough [[floor]]s, [[Claystone]]*, unexplored underground, text
|-
|45 {{TST|-}}
| [[Scepter]]s, [[arrow]]s in flight, well-crafted [[quality]] tags, keyboard reference, Part of animation when two creatures or dwarves are on the same spot
|-
|46 {{TST|.}}
| Rough [[floor]]s, [[Felsite]]*, text, unexplored underground
|-
|47 {{TST|/}}
| [[Weapon]]s, [[bolt]]s, [[Ballista]] tile, text
|-
|}

====Row 04 (048-063)====
{|
|-
|48 {{TST|0}}
| [[Coffin]]s, text
|-
|49 {{TST|1}}
|Text, fluids if [[Technical_tricks#The_look_of_the_game|SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS]] is YES in init.txt
|-
|50 {{TST|2}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|51 {{TST|3}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|52 {{TST|4}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|53 {{TST|5}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|54 {{TST|6}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|55 {{TST|7}}
|Text, fluids if SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS is YES in init.txt
|-
|56 {{TST|8}}
|Text
|-
|57 {{TST|9}}
|Text
|-
|58 {{TST|:}}
| [[wild strawberry]]*, [[prickle berry]]*, [[fisher berry]]*, [[sun berry]]*, snowstorms
|-
|59 {{TST|;}}
| [[Workshop]]s (which ones?)
|-
|60 {{TST|<}}
| [[Stairs]] up
|-
|61 {{TST|=}}
| [[Stockpile]]s
*[[Chert]]*, [[Gneiss]]*, [[Sylvite]]*, [[Chromite]]*, [[Kaolinite]]*
|-
|62 {{TST|>}}
| [[Stairs]] down
|-
|63 {{TST|?}}
| "Task assigned" [[indicator]], looking for path
|-
|}

====Row 05 (064-079)====
{|
|-
|64 {{TST|@}}
| [[Sheriff]]#, berserk dwarf#, adventurer#, [[fortress guard]]#, [[royal guard]]#, dwarven [[merchant]]s#, [[caravan]] guards#
|-
|65 {{TST|A}}
| [[Alligator]]#, text
|-
|66 {{TST|B}}
| Bears#, text
|-
|67 {{TST|C}}
| [[Cow]]#, camels#, text
|-
|68 {{TST|D}}
| [[Dragon]]#, text
|-
|69 {{TST|E}}
| [[Elf]]#, [[elephant]]#, text
|-
|70 {{TST|F}}
| Text
|-
|71 {{TST|G}}
| Text
|-
|72 {{TST|H}}
| [[Horse]]#, text
|-
|73 {{TST|I}}
| [[Support]], text
|-
|74 {{TST|J}}
| Text
|-
|75 {{TST|K}}
| Text
|-
|76 {{TST|L}}
| [[Leopard]]#, text
|-
|77 {{TST|M}}
| [[Magma man]]#, [[mule]]#, [[muskox]]#, text
|-
|78 {{TST|N}}
| Text
|-
|79 {{TST|O}}
| [[Trade depot]] post, glass portal, detailed/constructed wall by itself, text, wall ends
|-
|}
====Row 06 (080-095)====
{|
|-
|80 {{TST|P}}
| Text
|-
|81 {{TST|Q}}
| Text
|-
|82 {{TST|R}}
| Text
|-
|83 {{TST|S}}
| [[Sasquatch]]#, [[giant desert scorpion]]#, [[Giant Cave Spider]]#, text
|-
|84 {{TST|T}}
| Text
|-
|85 {{TST|U}}
| [[Human]]#, [[Unicorn]]#, text
|-
|86 {{TST|V}}
| Text
|-
|87 {{TST|W}}
| Text
|-
|88 {{TST|X}}
| [[Bin]], stone [[floodgate]], shop post, building footprint, nausea/winded/stunned/unconscious/migrant [[indicator]], text, up/down stairs, keyboard cursor
|-
|89 {{TST|Y}}
| Text
|-
|90 {{TST|Z}}
| Sleep [[indicator]], text
|-
|91 {{TST|[}}
| [[Clothing]], [[armor]], item stack opening tag, text
|-
|92 {{TST|\}}
| Part of animation when two creatures or dwarves are on the same spot, [[Ballista]] tile
|-
|93 {{TST|]}}
| Floor tile in [[Workshop|workshops]] and [[furnace|furnaces]], item stack closing tag, text, clothing?, armor?
|-
|94 {{TST|^}}
| [[Trap]], [[Alabaster]]*
|-
|95 {{TST|_}}
| [[Channel]] [[designation]], text
|-
|}

====Row 07 (096-111)====
{|
|-
| 96 {{TST|`}}
| Rough floors, unexplored underground
*[[Dolomite]]*, [[Schist]]*, [[Alunite]]*, [[Rutile]]*
|-
| 97 {{TST|a}}
| [[Antman]]#, text
|-
| 98 {{TST|b}}
| [[Batman]]#, text
|-
| 99 {{TST|c}}
| [[Cat]]#, text
|-
|100 {{TST|d}}
| [[Dog]]#, text
|-
|101 {{TST|e}}
| Text
|-
|102 {{TST|f}}
| [[Frogman]]#, text
|-
|103 {{TST|g}}
| [[Goblin]]#, [[Mountain goat]]#, [[Gremlin]]#, [[Groundhog]]#, text
|-
|104 {{TST|h}}
| [[Harpy]]#, text
|-
|105 {{TST|i}}
| [[Fire imp]]#, text
|-
|106 {{TST|j}}
| Text
|-
|107 {{TST|k}}
| [[Kobold]]#, text
|-
|108 {{TST|l}}
| Text
|-
|109 {{TST|m}}
| [[Mandrill]]#, [[vermin|mussel]], text
|-
|110 {{TST|n}}
| Text
|-
|111 {{TST|o}}
| Well construction, bridge construction, text, [[millstone]] in action, floor tile in magma [[furnace|furnaces]]
|-
|}

====Row 08 (112-127)====
{|
|-
|112 {{TST|p}}
| Text
|-
|113 {{TST|q}}
| Text
|-
|114 {{TST|r}}
| [[Ratman]]#, text
|-
|115 {{TST|s}}
| [[Snakeman]]#, [[Slugman]]#, [[Snailman]]#, text
|-
|116 {{TST|t}}
| [[Troglodyte]]#, text
|-
|117 {{TST|u}}
| Text
|-
|118 {{TST|v}}
| Text
*[[Anhydrite]]*, [[Mica]]*
|-
|119 {{TST|w}}
| [[Wolf]]#, text
|-
|120 {{TST|x}}
| [[Saltpeter]]*, text
|-
|121 {{TST|y}}
| Text
|-
|122 {{TST|z}}
| Text
|-
|123 {{TST|{}}
| Forbidden opening tag
|-
|124 {{TST||}}
| [[Talc]]*, pipe sections, Part of animation when two creatures or dwarves are on the same spot
|-
|125 {{TST|}}}
| Forbidden closing tag
|-
|126 {{TST|~}}
| Unfinished rough stone [[road]], [[river]], [[magma]], [[flow]]s, dirt [[road]], [[farm plot]] under construction, [[sand]], furrowed soils
|-
|127 {{TST|⌂}}
| [[Animal trap]], low [[mountain]]s on world map, part of [[mechanic's workshop]]
|-
|}

====Row 09 (128-143)====
{|
|-
|128 {{TST|Ç}}
| [[Mechanism]]s
|-
|129 {{TST|ü}}
| Text
|-
|130 {{TST|é}}
| Text
|-
|131 {{TST|â}}
| Text
|-
|132 {{TST|ä}}
| Text
|-
|133 {{TST|à}}
| Text
|-
|134 {{TST|å}}
| Text
|-
|135 {{TST|ç}}
| [[Totem]]s
|-
|136 {{TST|ê}}
| Text
|-
|137 {{TST|ë}}
| Text
|-
|138 {{TST|è}}
| Text
|-
|139 {{TST|ï}}
| Text
|-
|140 {{TST|î}}
| Elven forest retreat
|-
|141 {{TST|ì}}
|
|-
|142 {{TST|Ä}}
|
|-
|143 {{TST|Å}}
| [[Idol]]s, text
|-
|}

====Row 10 (144-159)====
{|
|-
|144 {{TST|É}}
|
|-
|145 {{TST|æ}}
| [[Toy]]s
|-
|146 {{TST|Æ}}
| [[Coffer]]s, [[quiver]]s, [[backpack]]s
|-
|147 {{TST|ô}}
|
|-
|148 {{TST|ö}}
|
|-
|149 {{TST|ò}}
| Unactivated [[lever]]s, [[Stingray]]s#, text
|-
|150 {{TST|û}}
| [[Bucket]], text
|-
|151 {{TST|ù}}
|
|-
|152 {{TST|ÿ}}
| [[Valley herb]]*
|
|-
|153 {{TST|Ö}}
|
|-
|154 {{TST|Ü}}
|
|-
|155 {{TST|¢}}
| Closed [[hatch]]es
|-
|156 {{TST|£}}
| Many valuable metals* in veins, Other Features in Local embark map screen (when display is enabled)
|-
|157 {{TST|¥}}
| [[Cave lobster]]*
|-
|158 {{TST|₧}}
|
|-
|159 {{TST|ƒ}}
| [[Rope reed]]*
|
|-
|}

====Row 11 (160-175)====
{|
|-
|160 {{TST|á}}
|
|-
|161 {{TST|í}}
|
|-
|162 {{TST|ó}}
| Activated [[lever]]s, text
|-
|163 {{TST|ú}}
|
|-
|164 {{TST|ñ}}
|
|-
|165 {{TST|Ñ}}
|
|-
|166 {{TST|ª}}
|
|-
|167 {{TST|º}}
| [[Cloth]]
|-
|168 {{TST|¿}}
| [[Instrument]]
|-
|169 {{TST|⌐}}
| Withered [[plant]]s
|-
|170 {{TST|¬}}
|
|-
|171 {{TST|½}}
|
|-
|172 {{TST|¼}}
|
|-
|173 {{TST|¡}}
| [[Flask]], [[waterskin]]
|-
|174 {{TST|«}}
| Tail of [[Ballista arrow]] facing west, item with [[decoration]] tag
|-
|175 {{TST|»}}
| Tail of [[Ballista arrow]] facing east, item with [[decoration]] tag
|-
|}

====Row 12 (176-191)====
{|
|-
|176 {{TST|░}}
| Partially dug rock, [[miasma]], [[cave-in]] dust, [[steam]], smoke, [[Fishery]] & Butcher's workshops, [[Jet]]*, [[Chalk]]*, [[Diorite]]*, various soils*
|-
|177 {{TST|▒}}
| Partially dug rock, [[miasma]], [[cave-in]] dust, [[steam]], smoke, side tiles for catapult, [[window]]
*[[Gabbro]]*, [[Obsidian]]*, various soils*
*Workshops (craftdwarf's, bowyer's, mason's, mechanic's, jeweler's, clothier's, [[kitchen]], and leather works)
|-
|178 {{TST|▓}}
| Partially dug rock, [[miasma]], [[cave-in]] dust, [[steam]], smoke, tannery, [[Wagon]] body, [[Marble]]*, [[Limestone]]*, [[Flint]]*, [[Granite]]*, various soils*
|-
|179 {{TST|│}}
| Overworld [[river]]s, [[well]] [[Restraint|chain/rope]], rotating [[axle]]s
|-
|180 {{TST|┤}}
| Overworld [[river]]s, top-right tile for [[Loom]], glumprong [[tree]]*
|-
|181 {{TST|╡}}
| Tree in winter, [[bridge]]s, [[catapult]] tile
|-
|182 {{TST|╢}}
|
|-
|183 {{TST|╖}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|184 {{TST|╕}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|185 {{TST|╣}}
| Smooth/constructed walls
|-
|186 {{TST|║}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, [[bridge]]s, wooden [[door]]s, center [[catapult]] tile, center [[Ballista]] tile, [[axle]]s
|-
|187 {{TST|╗}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges
|-
|188 {{TST|╝}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges
|-
|189 {{TST|╜}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|190 {{TST|╛}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|191 {{TST|┐}}
| Overworld [[river]]s
|-
|}

====Row 13 (192-207)====
{|
|-
|192 {{TST|└}}
| Overworld rivers/Roads
|-
|193 {{TST|┴}}
| Overworld rivers/Roads
|-
|194 {{TST|┬}}
| Overworld rivers/Roads
|-
|195 {{TST|├}}
| Overworld rivers/Roads, top-left tile for [[Loom]]
|-
|196 {{TST|─}}
| Overworld rivers/Roads, rotating [[axle]]s
|-
|197 {{TST|┼}}
| [[Door]]s, overworld rivers/Roads, floor [[Stone_detailing|detailing]]/[[engraving]] in progress
|-
|198 {{TST|╞}}
| Bridges, trees in winter, [[catapult]] tile
|-
|199 {{TST|╟}}
|
|-
|200 {{TST|╚}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges
|-
|201 {{TST|╔}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges
|-
|202 {{TST|╩}}
| Smooth/constructed walls
|-
|203 {{TST|╦}}
| Smooth/constructed walls
|-
|204 {{TST|╠}}
| Smooth/constructed walls
|-
|205 {{TST|═}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges, planted [[crop]]s, center [[catapult]] tile, center [[Ballista]] tile, [[axle]]s
|-
|206 {{TST|╬}}
| Smooth/constructed walls, bridges, [[fortification]]s, (flashing) wall [[Stone_detailing|detailing]]/[[engraving]]/fortifying in progress
|-
|207 {{TST|╧}}
| Tail of [[Ballista arrow]] facing north
|-
|}

====Row 14 (208-223)====
{|
|-
|208 {{TST|╨}}
| Bridges, [[catapult]] tile
|-
|209 {{TST|╤}}
| [[Table]], tail of [[Ballista arrow]] facing south
|-
|210 {{TST|╥}}
| [[Chair]]s, bridges, [[catapult]] tile, farmer's workshop bottom-middle tile
|-
|211 {{TST|╙}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|212 {{TST|╘}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|213 {{TST|╒}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|214 {{TST|╓}}
| Ends of smooth walls
|-
|215 {{TST|╫}}
| Wooden floodgates, bone floodgates, wall grates
|-
|216 {{TST|╪}}
| Metal doors
|-
|217 {{TST|┘}}
| Overworld [[river]]s
|-
|218 {{TST|┌}}
| Overworld rivers
|-
|219 {{TST|█}}
| Any solid color tile
|-
|220 {{TST|▄}}
| [[Siege engine]] parts, [[Ballista]] tile
|-
|221 {{TST|▌}}
| [[Ballista]] tile
|-
|222 {{TST|▐}}
| [[Ballista]] tile
|-
|223 {{TST|▀}}
| [[Ballista]] tile
|-
|}

====Row 15 (224-239)====
{|
|-
|224 {{TST|α}}
| [[Fish]]*, top-center [[fishery]] tile, [[meat]]
|-
|225 {{TST|ß}}
| [[Leather]]
|-
|226 {{TST|Γ}}
| [[Weight]] symbol, candlenut [[tree]]*, mango tree*, rubber tree*, cacao tree*, palm tree*, kapok tree*
|-
|227 {{TST|π}}
| [[Cabinet]], [[goblin|dark fortress]]es
|-
|228 {{TST|Σ}}
| [[Trap component]]
|-
|229 {{TST|σ}}
| [[Anvil]], metalsmith's and magma forge bottom-middle tile
|-
|230 {{TST|µ}}
| [[Plant]]s*(which?), [[crown]], [[ruins]] on world map
|-
|231 {{TST|τ}}
| [[Tree]] sapling, [[pig tail]]*, [[cave wheat]]*, [[longland grass]]*, [[rat weed]]*, [[hide root]]*, [[muck root]]*, [[blade weed]]*, [[sliver barb]]*
|-
|232 {{TST|Φ}}
| [[sweet pod]]*, [[bloated tuber]]*, [[kobold bulb]]*
|-
|233 {{TST|Θ}}
| [[Bed]]s, [[Puddingstone]]*
|-
|234 {{TST|Ω}}
| [[Statue]]s, dwarven cities on map, [[fish|sea nettle jellyfish]]*
|-
|235 {{TST|δ}}
| [[Earring]]s, [[kennel]] tile
|-
|236 {{TST|∞}}
| [[Boulder]], dry [[brook]], middle-right [[butcher's shop]] tile, [[Andesite]]*, [[Conglomerate]]*
|-
|237 {{TST|φ}}
| [[Thread]], [[loom]] bottom left tile, farmer's workshop bottom right tile
|-
|238 {{TST|ε}}
| [[Bowyer's workshop]] middle-right tile
|-
|239 {{TST|∩}}
| [[Hills]] on world map
|-
|}

====Row 16 (240-255)====
{|
|-
|240 {{TST|≡}}
| [[metal|Bar]]s, excellent [[quality]] symbol, [[zone]]s, metal/glass [[floodgate]]s, floor [[bars]]
|-
|241 {{TST|±}}
| Unfinished [[road]]
|-
|242 {{TST|≥}}
| Debris (spent ammo, ballista bolts, and catapult stones), [[ash|ashes]]
|-
|243 {{TST|≤}}
| Debris (spent ammo, ballista bolts, and catapult stones), [[ash|ashes]]
|-
|244 {{TST|⌠}}
| Willow [[tree]]*
|-
|245 {{TST|⌡}}
|
|-
|246 {{TST|÷}}
| [[Barrel]], [[screw pump]], upper left tile of [[still]] (works well as barrel), Mudstone*, Serpentine*
|-
|247 {{TST|≈}}
| Rough stone [[road]] or [[bridge]], [[water]], [[river]], [[lava]], glob, [[fat]], [[tallow]], [[farm plot]], furrowed soil, [[vomit]], [[blood]] pools, others?
|-
|248 {{TST|°}}
| [[Ring]], sea foam
|-
|249 {{TST|∙}}
| [[Vermin]]*, terrain at lower elevation
|-
|250 {{TST|·}}
| [[Seed]]s, micro-vermin, distant indoors terrain$ (changed by the 'chasm' option in init.txt)
|-
|251 {{TST|√}}
| [[Weapon rack]]s, [[badlands]] in main map, check mark (selecting production materials, confirmed items on manager window)
|-
|252 {{TST|ⁿ}}
| [[Savanna]] in main map
|-
|253 {{TST|²}}
| Body parts, [[chunk]]s, vermin corpses, [[bone]], [[shell]], [[skin]]s, [[skull]]s
|-
|254 {{TST|■}}
| [[Block]]s, trees at lower elevation
|-
|255 {{TST| }}
| No use?
|}

== List of text characters ==
Changes to these may make text look strange or be difficult to understand.

* " ! ( ) _ + , - . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 / [ ]
* A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
* 32 (Space); ↑ ↓ → ← [Bridge direction indicators]

=== Alphabets ===
Accented characters are used for names.

Dwarvish: íèîïéóúûôöùòêìëàáåäâabcdefghiklmnorstuvz

Elvish: íèéóúÿùòìçabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwyz

Human: ñáabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxz

Goblin: ûôöêëäåâabdeghklmnoprstuxz

== No known use ==
These are ideal for using to change tiles in the raw data or init.txt.
* ◙ ♪ ↕ ↔ ₧ ª ¬ ½ ¼ ╢ ╟ ⌡ 255



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