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'''Wells''' are structures that serve as [[water]] sources for your dwarves. Dwarves will drink from wells if there is no [[alcohol]] to be found in your fortress, and your dwarves would rather drink from a well than from a [[river]] or pond. Wells may be constructed as long as the well has a clear vertical pathway to a water source, i.e. an aquifer, an underground reservoir, an aboveground water source (if you built the well inside a house that's above water), or an underground river, brook, stream, or lake.
 
'''Wells''' are structures that serve as [[water]] sources for your dwarves. Dwarves will drink from wells if there is no [[alcohol]] to be found in your fortress, and your dwarves would rather drink from a well than from a [[river]] or pond. Wells may be constructed as long as the well has a clear vertical pathway to a water source, i.e. an aquifer, an underground reservoir, an aboveground water source (if you built the well inside a house that's above water), or an underground river, brook, stream, or lake.
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When constructing a well, it is important to consider [[water pressure]] to avoid flooding your fortress by accident.
  
 
Using the well will take a small amount of water from the channel below, so it will eventually dry up if not replenished. Wells generate a happy [[thought]] from dwarves who use them, a deep well shaft contributes to the building quality, as well as the materials used in the construction.
 
Using the well will take a small amount of water from the channel below, so it will eventually dry up if not replenished. Wells generate a happy [[thought]] from dwarves who use them, a deep well shaft contributes to the building quality, as well as the materials used in the construction.

Revision as of 21:18, 10 February 2008

Wells must be built over the water. Though they can be many levels higher than the water.

Wells are structures that serve as water sources for your dwarves. Dwarves will drink from wells if there is no alcohol to be found in your fortress, and your dwarves would rather drink from a well than from a river or pond. Wells may be constructed as long as the well has a clear vertical pathway to a water source, i.e. an aquifer, an underground reservoir, an aboveground water source (if you built the well inside a house that's above water), or an underground river, brook, stream, or lake.

When constructing a well, it is important to consider water pressure to avoid flooding your fortress by accident.

Using the well will take a small amount of water from the channel below, so it will eventually dry up if not replenished. Wells generate a happy thought from dwarves who use them, a deep well shaft contributes to the building quality, as well as the materials used in the construction.

Construction

To build a well, press the b key, followed by the l key.

The required materials for building a well are: