User:Calite/Gloss Guide - Revision history

Silverwing235: Case fixing/italics (yeah, its kind of a new rule recently, OSIH)

2019-11-24T21:56:28Z

Case fixing/italics (yeah, its kind of a new rule recently, OSIH)

35.191.8.81: /* Valuable */

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Valuable

Calite: /* Food */

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Food

Calite: /* Things That Upset Dwarves */

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Things That Upset Dwarves

Calite: /* Safety */

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Safety

Calite: /* Additional */

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Additional

Calite: /* Core */

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Core

Calite: /* Drinks */

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Drinks

Calite: /* Drinks */

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Drinks

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Safety: collapse subbullets

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-This guide hopefully helps one get into dwarf fortress and get a fort going without imposing any particular way to play. The notes below don't tell you how to carry out actions within the game, instead they give you an overview of DF's crucial elements.
+This guide hopefully helps one get into ''Dwarf Fortress'' and get a fort going without imposing any particular way to play. The notes below don't tell you how to carry out actions within the game, instead they give you an overview of DF's crucial elements.
 ==Prior Consideration==
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 **You will want to decide the layout of your fortress before digging/building randomly
 *Open-Mindedness
-**Whether it's because dwarf fortress often does impossible and absurd things, or because there's a better way to accomplish your goals, you need to be willing to learn new rules and new ways of thinking.
+**Whether it's because ''Dwarf Fortress'' often does impossible and absurd things, or because there's a better way to accomplish your goals, you need to be willing to learn new rules and new ways of thinking.
 This may seem like work, but a game that requires a lot of thinking is very rewarding in the long run.
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 ==Warm-Ups==
 *Play some [[adventurer mode]].
-**It's very different from Dwarf Fortress, but at least gets you used to the default tileset and the complexity of the game.
+**It's very different from ''Dwarf Fortress'', but at least gets you used to the default tileset and the complexity of the game.
 *Don't be afraid of the wiki
 **Read about anything in the game you don't understand or are confused about.
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 ==Mining & Construction==
-A large part of dwarf fortress is reshaping your environment to fit your needs.
+A large part of ''Dwarf Fortress'' is reshaping your environment to fit your needs.
 ===Mining===
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 ===Crafting===
-At a craftdwarves' workshop, one can turn various resources into crafts, or improve existing items with raw resources.
+At a craftsdwarves' workshop, one can turn various resources into crafts, or improve existing items with raw resources.
 Most products of crafting are only useful for trading, but improving existing and useful items can improve dwarves' mood.

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 *[[Obsidian]]
 **Similar to Glass
-*[[Adamantium]]
+*[[Adamantine]]
 **The most valuable substance known to dwarfkind.

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 *[[Fishing]]
-**Very simple, requires only one dwarf assigned to fish, a [[fishery]], and one dwarf assigned to fish cleaning.
+** Very simple, requires only one dwarf assigned to fish, a [[fishery]], and one dwarf assigned to fish cleaning.
-**The stability of this source of food depends on how much [[water]] you have, how many dwarves you need to feed, and luck (sometimes it seems like none of your water sources have fish, sometimes it seems like they never end)
+** The stability of this source of food depends on how much [[water]] is on the map, how many dwarves you need to feed, and luck (sometimes it seems like none of your water sources have fish, sometimes it seems like they never end)
 **Fishing requires no oversight or extra resources after you have the fishery, it may not be the best choice for a main food source but it is a great source of extra food, and some things that can be caught (such as turtles) drop shells or bones, which are useful.

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 **This also makes them slower!
 *Lack of Food
-*Fighting
+**They will starve to death if they don't get enough.
-**Usually caused by other dwarves being upset
+*In-Fighting
-*Melancholy, Insane, or Berserk Dwarves
+**Most often caused by another dwarf's tantrum.
-**Caused by failed moods or being upset
+*Seeing melancholy, insane, or berserk dwarves
 *[[Vermin]]
 **Common in areas that are not sealed off well
 *Dwarves they dislike
 *Lack of food/alcohol variety

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 **Vampires: Difficult to catch, can do a lot of damage overtime, and can take out an entire fortress if they berserk
 **[[Hidden Fun Stuff]]: There are things worse than other civilizations
 *Passive Defense

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 ===Additional===
 *[[Clay]]
 **About as useful as wood or stone, but a bit more involved to produce

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 These two will normally be most of your backbone early on
 *[[Wood]]
-**Wood is important for most forts because barrels, buckets, and bins can only be made from wood or metal(which weighs much more), and beds can only be made of wood. It's also useful in construction
+**Barrels, buckets, and bins can only be made of wood or metal. As metal is rarer and heavier, wood is almost always preferable.
 *[[Stone]]
 **Often the most abundant and most used resource, stone is useful for construction and crafts.

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 *Dwarves are '''alcohol-dependent'''
 **Lack of alcohol will make a dwarf work and move slower; on a large scale, this can bring a fortress to a virtual halt
-*Dwarves don't want to drink the same thing forever, and will become upset if they must.
+**Dwarves don't want to drink the same thing forever, and will become upset if they must.
 *'''An injured dwarf cannot drink alcohol'''
 **They must have water, or they will die.

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 ===Safety===
 There are way too many facets of safety, so I'll just gloss over it:
 *Passive Defense
-**Traps are your best friends
+**Traps are your best friends. Some creatures are sneaky and avoid traps very well.
 *Active Defense
-**Army
+**Army: A well trained, well equipped, well managed army will take care of almost all potential assailants before they cause problems
-***A well trained, well equipped, well managed army will take care of almost all potential assailants before they cause problems
+**Animals: Some domestic animals attack enemies, and all can see them and alert others of them
 ===Happiness===