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• DF2014:Name
  ...ture that receives a name becomes a [[historical figure]], which means the game will keep track of it as it loads (and offloads) the world. ...re limited solely to nouns. A creature's first name is never translated in-game, unlike all other names. The second name is a compound of two words in the
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• DF2014:Aqueduct
  ...queduct''' is any set of elements that carries [[water]] or [[magma]] (the game's two types of fluids) from one location to another. Using a combination of ...ntuitive ways, it is generally a good idea to familiarize oneself with its mechanics before undertaking any large project, lest [[flood]]ing occurs.
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• DF2014:Claim
  ...conflict ensues, and the player has the opportunity to take a role in both game modes. {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Experience
  In Adventure mode the game reports exact experience. However, in Fortress mode, a dwarf's exact amount :::::‡ These levels are not shown in-game, but they do have an effect. An ordinary legendary dwarf produces a signifi
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• DF2014:Faction
  ...ng arena]], each creature created can be tied to a faction (referred to in-game as a "side"). Creatures will be friendly to other creatures within their fa ...you don't want them to be hostile to your adventurer, you should start the game as an [[outsider]] with no link to existing entities, or assume the identit
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• DF2014:Wear
  ...ry game tick; a burning item will be totally consumed after exactly 322560 game ticks (which, at 1200 ticks per day, takes 9 months and 16.8 days)). {{category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Path
  ...o reach point B. This path is not always the quickest path - in fact, in a game with as complicated and ever-changing an environment as ''Dwarf Fortress'', {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Dwarven atom smasher
  Atom-smashing an item will delete it from the game entirely, though some "soft" references might remain (mainly for owned item [[Category:DF2014:Game mechanics]]
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• DF2014:Scholar
  ...nown, be dejected that they could not further the field of research. Exact mechanics can be found on [[Topic#Discovering Topics]]. ...cs and discoveries involved currently have [[Book#Literary_Forms|little in-game effect]], but will be expanded upon at a later date.
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• DF2014:Petition
  ...hey may be more abstract. In both cases, a blinking 'P' will appear on the game screen, indicating that one is pending and awaiting review by the player. I {{Category|Game mechanics}}{{Category|Fortress mode}}
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• DF2014:Important advice
  ...identally kill the entire fortress while playing around with the different mechanics. * If your game is running slowly, learn how to [[Maximizing framerate|maximize your framer
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• DF2014:Slade
  ...'9.348 times as dense as platinum'', and thus the heaviest material in the game. ...d. When a dwarf descends through an opening in the Eerie Glowing Pits, the game seems to generate new stone layers in the unrevealed area below. These gene
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• DF2014:Jump
  ...edly will sometimes jump, though this is difficult to observe in a running game. This has implications for [[Defense guide|fortress defense]]. One-tile moa {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Mouse control
  ...ortress'' is primarily keyboard-controlled, there are certain areas in the game that have '''mouse control'''. These are, however, rather rare, and theref [[Category:DF2014:Game mechanics]]
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• DF2014:Bridge
  ...ing it to a trigger with [[mechanism]]s - this requires a dwarf with the [[mechanics]] labor activated. Once the trigger (either a lever or pressure plate) is i ...roying", we mean dwarves, foes, and items will entirely disappear from the game, a rare event which led to the creation of the term [[dwarven atom smasher]
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• DF2014:Account
  ...pany|companies]], [[guild]]s, etc.) or [[historical figure]]. Although the game doesn't (yet) have a proper [[economy]], the account system gives some targ {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Gait
  In the vanilla game, gait templates are specified as [[creature variation token|creature variat {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Surrender
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• DF2014:Caste
  {{Category|Game mechanics}}
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• DF2014:Release information/0.47.01
  ...hem or not. To satisfy the temple petitions, you must assign a priest (the game will remind you with an announcement when your temple is ready for one, aft ...new intermediate [[Noble|positions]] (mostly without new [[Position token|mechanics]]) in entities ([[Unit type token#MESSENGER|chamberlains]] etc.)
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