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40d:Moat
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Strictly speaking there are no moats in DF, but an accordingly placed channel that is filled with water or magma may well be considered one. It prevents the passage of any creature traveling on foot (swimmers will cross water, fliers will be able to cross both[Verify]). This is a simple technique to prevent a goblin siege from entering your fortress. However, in the winter water moats my freeze, allowing foot traffic across the ice. Thus consider an empty moat - they are just as impassable as filled moats (but don't look that nice). More menacing would be a channel filled with upright spike traps, although its unclear if this has any in-game effect.