Editing 40d:Block

A '''Block''' is a material shaped into a block. [[Stone]] and [[wood]] can be shaped into blocks at the [[Mason's workshop]] or [[Carpenter's workshop]].  [[Glass]] blocks can be made at the [[Glass Furnace]], and [[metal]] blocks can be made at the [[forge]].

Blocks are required to make [[well]]s, [[pump]]s, and are used when constructing an [[ashery]]. They can also be used in place of raw stone or wood in [[roads]] and other major constructions (but not in items like [[craft]]s or [[furniture]]), but the difference is purely in the value. A pillar made out of normal stones is called a rough pillar.

Blocks, unlike raw stone or wood, can stack in [[bin]]s in [[bar]]/block [[stockpile]]s.

A block has a [[Item value|value]] of 5 times the multiplier for the material it is made out of. A block made out of pine wood (multiplier of 1☼) has a value of 5☼. A block made out of [[obsidian]] (multiplier of 3☼) has a value of 15☼. Blocks do not have [[quality]] levels.

Blocks are sometimes used as materials during [[strange mood]]s.

It is possible to turn blocks back into stone.  You'll need blocks in a bin (preferably metal) that is exposed to lava.  Each blocks object will become a molten object of the same stone type, and because it is in the bin, won't be subsumed into the lava.  After it cools down, each object will have reverted to the base stone type.  Metal bins will not risk destruction by the lava.  Note that this does result in having stone in bins, a state of affairs that isn't normally possible.

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+A '''Block''' is a material shaped into a block. [[Stone]] and [[wood]] can be shaped into blocks at the [[Mason's workshop]] or [[Carpenter's workshop]].  [[Glass]] blocks can be made at the [[Glass Furnace]], and [[metal]] blocks can be made at the [[forge]].
-:''For area blocks of 48x48 tiles on a game map, see [[Region]].''
-:''For "blocking" in combat, see [[Armor]].''
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+Blocks are required to make [[well]]s, [[pump]]s, and are used when constructing an [[ashery]]. They can also be used in place of raw stone or wood in [[roads]] and other major constructions (but not in items like [[craft]]s or [[furniture]]), but the difference is purely in the value. A pillar made out of normal stones is called a rough pillar.
-A '''block''' is a sub-type of building material. [[Stone]] and [[wood]] can be shaped into blocks at a [[mason's workshop]] or [[carpenter's workshop]].  [[Glass]] can be formed as blocks at a [[glass furnace]], and [[metal]] blocks can be made at a [[forge]] from a single metal [[bar]] (or, in the case of [[adamantine]], from '''four''' wafers).
-A single block is required in order to build a [[well]], [[screw pump]], or [[ashery]]. Blocks can also be used in place of raw stone or wood in [[road]]s, [[bridge]]s, and other major [[construction]]s (but not in items like [[craft]]s or [[furniture]]), but the difference is purely in the value. A pillar made out of normal stone is called a rough pillar.
 Blocks, unlike raw stone or wood, can stack in [[bin]]s in [[bar]]/block [[stockpile]]s.
-Blocks have a [[Value#Items with material but without quality|base value]] of 5, compared to the raw material value of 3 for stone, wood or glass; metal bars already have a base value of 5. Blocks do not have [[quality]] levels.
+A block has a [[Item value|value]] of 5 times the multiplier for the material it is made out of. A block made out of pine wood (multiplier of 1☼) has a value of 5☼. A block made out of [[obsidian]] (multiplier of 3☼) has a value of 15☼. Blocks do not have [[quality]] levels.
-Stone blocks are sometimes used as materials during [[strange mood]]s.
+Blocks are sometimes used as materials during [[strange mood]]s.
-Blocks of [[flux]] '''cannot''' be used for making [[pig iron]] or [[steel]], nor can blocks of [[ore]] be [[smelter|smelted]] into metal.
+It is possible to turn blocks back into stone.  You'll need blocks in a bin (preferably metal) that is exposed to lava.  Each blocks object will become a molten object of the same stone type, and because it is in the bin, won't be subsumed into the lava.  After it cools down, each object will have reverted to the base stone type.  Metal bins will not risk destruction by the lava.  Note that this does result in having stone in bins, a state of affairs that isn't normally possible.
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