Editing 23a:Labor

A [[dwarf]]'s '''labor''' preferences define the tasks that he or she will do, whether it is [[hauling]], [[mining]], [[farming]], [[hunting]], [[crafts|craftsworking]], erecting [[buildings]], or any of dozens of other tasks. For instance, a dwarf with the [[wood cutting]] labor enabled will cut down [[trees]] whenever trees are designated to be cut.   

The [[mining]] and [[wood cutting]] labors require the dwarf to pick up and wield a [[pick]] or [[battleaxe]], respectively. For this reason, a dwarf cannot be assigned to both mining and woodcutting at the same time.

Note that a labor is '''not''' a [[job]]. A job is the actual task of doing something, while a labor preference is simply whether a dwarf is allowed do the job or not. You can view a list of all current, queued, and suspended jobs on the {{k|j}}obs menu.  A list of what job each dwarf is currently performing is visible on the {{k|u}}nits menu.

All new arrivals at the fortress (including your initial seven dwarves) will have all the [[hauling]] jobs turned on by default, as well as several other labors if they have a specific profession.  The additional default labors for each profession are:

* [[Health care]]

* [[Stone hauling]]

* [[Wood hauling]]

* [[Item hauling]]

* [[Burial]]

* [[Food hauling]]

* [[Refuse hauling]]

* [[Furniture hauling]]

* [[Animal hauling]]

* [[Cleaning]]

* [[Mining]]

* [[Wood cutting]]

* [[Carpentry]]

* [[Crossbow-making]]

* [[Siege engineering]]

* [[Masonry]]

* [[Stone detailing]]

* [[Architecture]]

* [[Animal training]]

* [[Animal care]]

* [[Hunting]]

* [[Trapping]]

* [[Furnace operating]]

* [[Metalsmithing]]

* [[Jeweling]]

* [[Leatherworking]]

* [[Craftsworking]]

* [[Glassmaking]]

* [[Weaving]]

* [[Clothesmaking]]

* [[Fish cleaning]]

* [[Fishing]]

* [[Butchery]]

* [[Tanning]]

* [[Farming (fields)]]

* [[Dyeing]]

* [[Alchemy]]

* [[Ashery operating]]

* [[Milling]]

* [[Brewing]]

* [[Farming (workshop)]]

* [[Plant gathering]]

* [[Cooking]]

* [[Mechanics]]

* [[Siege operating]]

Each labor may have several sub-[[skill]]s associated with it, and may be needed to perform a variety of different tasks.  The following is a list of labors, their associated skills, and where those tasks will be performed:

| Miner || [[Mining]] || [[Miner]] ||  

*''designated walls, [[ore]] veins, or [[gem]] clusters''

* build [[channel]]s, [[well]]s, [[floodgate]]s

| - || [[Wood cutting]] || [[Wood cutter]] ||  

*''designated [[tree]]s''

| Carpenter || [[Carpentry]] || [[Carpenter]] ||  

*[[Carpenter's workshop]]

| Mason || [[Masonry]] || [[Mason]] ||

*[[Mason's workshop]]

*''[[stone]] and [[glass]] structure construction ([[bridge]]s, etc.)''

| Mason || [[Stone detailing]] || [[Engraver]] ||

| Trapper || [[Animal training]] || [[Animal trainer]] ||

*[[Kennel]]s

| Trapper || [[Animal care]] || [[Animal caretaker]] ||

| - || [[Health care]] || - ||

|rowspan="2"| Fisherdwarf ||rowspan="2"| [[Fish cleaning]] || [[Fish dissector]] ||rowspan="2"|

*[[Fishery]]

| [[Fish cleaner]]

| Farmer || [[Butchery]] || [[Butcher]] ||

*[[Butcher's shop]]

| Craftsdwarf || [[Leatherworking]] || [[Leatherworker]] ||

*[[Leather works]]

| Farmer || [[Tanning]] || [[Tanner]] ||

*[[Tanner's shop]]

| Farmer || [[Farming (fields)]] || [[Grower]] ||

*[[Farm plot]]

| Fisherdwarf || [[Fishing]] || [[Fisherdwarf]] ||

| Farmer || [[Dyeing]] || [[Dyer]] ||

*[[Dyer's shop]]

|rowspan="2"| Farmer ||rowspan="2"| [[Alchemy]] || [[Alchemist]] ||rowspan="2"|

*[[Alchemist's laboratory]]

| [[Soaper]]

| Metalsmith || [[Furnace operating]] || [[Furnace operator]] ||

*[[Smelter]]

*[[Magma smelter]]

*[[Kiln]]

*[[Magma kiln]]

| Farmer || [[Wood burning]] || [[Wood burner]] ||

*[[Wood furnace]]

|rowspan="2"| Farmer ||rowspan="2"| [[Ashery operating]] || [[Lye maker]] ||rowspan="2"|

*[[Ashery]]

| [[Potash maker]]

|rowspan="4"| Metalsmith ||rowspan="4"| [[Metalsmithing]] || [[Weaponsmith]] ||rowspan="4"|

*[[Metalsmith's forge]]

*[[Magma forge]]

*''[[metal]] structure construction''

| [[Armorsmith]]

| [[Metalsmith]]

| [[Metal crafter]]

|rowspan="2"| Jeweler ||rowspan="2"| [[Jeweling]] || [[Gem cutter]] ||rowspan="2"|

* [[Jeweler's workshop]]

| [[Jeweler]]

|rowspan="3"| Craftsdwarf ||rowspan="3"| [[Craftsworking]] || [[Bone carver]] ||rowspan="3"|

*[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]

| [[Stone crafter]]

| [[Wood crafter]]

| Craftsdwarf || [[Glassmaking]] || [[Glassmaker]] ||

*[[Glass furnace]]

*[[Magma glass furnace]]

| Carpenter || [[Siege engineering]] || [[Engineer]] ||

*[[Siege workshop]]

| - || [[Siege operating]] || [[Operator]] ||

*[[Ballista]] or [[Catapult]]

| Mechanic || [[Mechanics]] || [[Mechanic]] ||

*[[Mechanic's workshop]]

| Carpenter || [[Crossbow-making]] || [[Bowyer]] ||

*[[Bowyer's workshop]]

| Craftsdwarf || [[Weaving]] || [[Weaver]] ||

*[[Loom]]

| Craftsdwarf || [[Clothesmaking]] || [[Clothes maker]] ||

*[[Clothes maker's shop]]

| Farmer || [[Milling]] || [[Miller]] ||

*[[Mill]]

|rowspan="2"| Trapper ||rowspan="2"| [[Hunting]] || [[Ambusher]] ||rowspan="2"|

| Farmer || [[Brewing]] || [[Brewer]] ||

*[[Still]]

| Farmer || [[Plant gathering]] || [[Herbalist]] ||

*''designated [[shrub]]s''

|rowspan="3"| Farmer ||rowspan="3"| [[Farming (workshop)]] || [[Thresher]] ||rowspan="3"|

*[[Farmer's workshop]]

| [[Cheese maker]]

| [[Milker]]

| Farmer || [[Cooking]] || [[Cook]] ||

*[[Kitchen]]

|rowspan="2"| Trapper ||rowspan="2"| [[Trapping]] || [[Trapper]] ||

| [[Animal dissector]] ||

*[[Butcher's shop]]

| - || [[Stone hauling]] || - ||

*Stone/Ore [[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Wood hauling]] || - ||

*Wood [[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Item hauling]] || - ||

*[[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Burial]] || - ||

*Graveyard [[Stockpile]]

*[[Coffin]]

| - || [[Food hauling]] || - ||

*Food [[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Refuse hauling]] || - ||

*Refuse [[Stockpile]]

*[[Chasm]]

| - || [[Furniture hauling]] || - ||

*Furniture [[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Animal hauling]] || - ||

*Animal [[Stockpile]]

| - || [[Cleaning]] || - ||

| - || [[Architecture]] || [[Building designer]] ||

*''[[road]] construction''

*''[[bridge]] construction''

*''[[furnace]] construction''

*''[[well]] construction''

| Craftsdwarf || [[Adamantine extraction]] || [[Adamantine extractor]] ||

*[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]

|rowspan="2"| - ||rowspan="3"| [[Adamantine working]] || [[Adamantine weaver]] ||

*[[Loom]]

| [[Adamantine smelter]] ||

*[[Magma smelter]]

| Metalsmith || [[Adamantine worker]] ||

*[[Metalsmith's forge]]

*[[Magma forge]]

[[Soldiers]] (including those in the [[Royal guard]] and [[Fortress guard]]) will not work at all: they will either stand at their station (if on duty) or, if standing down, wander around a lot, usually spending a lot of time [[sparring]] in the [[barracks]] (if you have built any) or shooting at [[archery target]]s (if they are armed with a [[crossbow]]).  Soldiers will grow progressively unhappier if they remain on duty for too long.

[[Noble]]s and [[child]]ren cannot be assigned any labors, although there are a small number of jobs they will do.  These jobs may be performed by any available dwarf (except soldiers), although nobles and children are usually idle, so they often do take them before other dwarves do:

* [[Harvest]] Plants (if you have "All Dwarves Harvest" set on the ['''o''']rders menu)

* Pull a [[Lever]]

* Move Item to [[Trade depot]]

* Move Item to [[Shop]]

* Confine animals to (or release them from) [[cage]]s/[[restraint]]s

* Clean Trap (when a [[Trap#Weapon traps|weapon trap]] has a creature stuck in it)

* Fill a [[Pond]]

Periodically enabling "All Dwarves Harvest" for a few seconds (if you normally keep it disabled) is a good way to put nobles to work, especially when you have a backlog of unharvested [[crops]] which are threatening to wither.

Often dwarves will not work at all.  They must periodically sleep, eat, and drink, and will sometimes go "On Break".  If you do not supply them with [[alcohol]], they will go on break far more often.   

If you have built any [[sculpture garden]]s, [[meeting hall]]s, or [[zoo]]s, dwarves may occasionally "Attend Party" and meet with other partygoing dwarves in these rooms.  Whether this is done in place of being "On Break" is not known. Regardless, a party can be ended by "free"-ing the room at the Set Building Tasks screen ("q"); The dwarves are reset to "No Job" and resume work.

*Job-related materials are unavailable or unreachable (this is usually [[announcements|announced]])

*One or another material is set to be "ignored" on the [[orders]] screen

*A backlog of unperformed [[hauling]] tasks, causing all items to be inaccessible

*All relevant jobs being in [[suspend]]ed status; suspended jobs must always be restarted manually

*"Check Chest" jobs are generated when there is a [[container]] or [[cabinet]] installed in an unassigned room.

*"Pickup Equipment" is tasked whenever they are exchanging worn-out clothing for new items, have been assigned new [[weapons]] or [[armor]] or need a [[pick]] or [[battle axe]] for mining and wood cutting jobs.

*"Store Owned Item" occurs when dwarves have both an object they [[ownership|own]] (such as [[coins]] or discarded shoes) and a room to store it in.

*"Go Shopping" occurs when a dwarf needs a new piece of clothing post [[dwarven economy|economy]].  Sometimes they will also just feel like buying a new trinket.  Requires a [[shop]].

Dwarves may spontaneously go into [[strange mood]]s.

Dwarves may become [[Melancholy]], [[Berserk]], or [[Insane]].  This is usually the outcome of a "failed" strange mood, and is never curable.

Very Unhappy or Miserable dwarves will often [[tantrum]].  This can be caused by the destruction of one of a dwarf's [[masterpiece]]s.

Severely [[wounds|injured]] dwarves (with 'red' or 'yellow' injuries) will usually go to their beds to "Rest", where they will stay until their wounds recover.  However, if their wounds are causing them pain or otherwise preventing them from sleeping, they may show "No Job", or sometimes they will get out of bed and tantrum instead.  Dwarves with the [[Health care]] labor turned on will bring them water in a [[bucket]] to keep them from dehydrating and food to keep them from starvation.