Editing 40d:Workshop

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'''Workshops''' are where materials are processed by dwarves into more valuable or useful items.  Anything that is created, refined, cooked, altered, or decorated, or generally "produced" is processed at a workshop.  There are many different types of workshops, for different purposes and different finished products.  Just as they have specific products associated with them, they have specific [[labor]]s that are required by dwarves who build them or work there, and dwarves with more of the appropriate [[skill]] tend to produce higher [[quality]] objects*, and/or produce them faster.

Attention: '''dark green locations in the plan will be impassable ''' in the completed workshop, while passable locations will be a bright green.  Plans cannot be rotated, so it is important to ensure that the impassable squares do not block a door or otherwise cut off access to the workshop. The [[Jeweler's workshop|jeweler's workshop]] and [[Bowyer's workshop|bowyer's workshop]] block off a whole side of the workshop, and ''many'' block off one or more corner doors. ''Look at diagram in the main article on a specific workshop before walling your dwarves into a dead-end!''

Once the plan has been placed in a satisfactory location, you must have a [[dwarf]] with the appropriate [[labor]] enabled to build the workshop ({{k|v}}iew dwarf-{{k|p}}references-{{k|l}}abors).  For instance, to build a [[carpenter's workshop]], you must have a dwarf with the "[[Carpentry]]" labor enabled.  Some workshops (such as the [[furnace]]s) must first be designed by a dwarf with the [[architecture]] labor enabled.  To see what labor is needed to build a particular workshop, press {{key|q}} and move the cursor over its floor plan.

Once a workshop has been constructed, you will need to assign a queue of tasks at which the dwarves with that workshop's skill will henceforth toil.  To edit the queue, hit {{key|q}} and move the cursor over the workshop.  Jobs are completed in order from top to bottom; a job set to 'repeat' will be labeled {{Raw Tile|R|3:1}} in the list, and will be sent back to the bottom after it is done.  This allows you to set a workshop to do a series of tasks repeatedly.  The job labeled {{Raw Tile|A|2:1}}, if any, is the currently active project. Any jobs which have been manually suspended will be labeled {{Raw Tile|S|4:1}}.

Most jobs require materials. Any dwarf that starts a job in a workshop will automatically retrieve the necessary materials from the appropriate source (even if they don't have the appropriate [[hauling]] job set). Dwarves work more efficiently if the materials for their workshop are [[stockpile|stockpiled]] nearby.

Once you have assigned a manager, each workshop will have a profile menu ({{key|q}}-{{key|P}}) which allows you to specify which dwarves are allowed to use the workshop (either by name or by a range of [[skill]]s).  [[Lever]]s have identical profiles, allowing you to choose a specific dwarf to respond to an order to "Pull this Lever", which can be handy for a variety of purposes.

* [[Bowyer's workshop]]: Used to make [[bone]] or wooden [[crossbow]]s.

* [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]: Used to make a [[craft|number of items]] from a plethora of materials for trading purposes. Also useful to make [[bolt]]s cheaply from bone and wood.

* [[Fishery]]: Used to process raw [[fish]] and make them edible.

* [[Jeweler's workshop]]: Used to cut and encrust with [[gem]]s.

* [[Leather works]]: Used to make [[leather]] into [[armor]], [[clothes]] and other items, like [[container]]s.

** [[Quern]]: Same as above, but with muscle power instead of water- or [[windmill]]

* [[Still]]: Used to make [[alcohol]] drinks from [[plant]]s.

* [[Tanner's shop]]: Used to tan [[skin|raw hides]] into [[leather]].

Furnaces and forges are essentially workshops, except that they need some form of [[fuel]] ([[charcoal]] or [[coke]]) or [[magma]]) to operate.  Furnaces transform raw material ([[wood]], [[ore]] or [[sand]]) to either a [[bar]] or [[block]] (of [[glass]], [[metal]], [[fuel]], [[ash]] or [[potash]]). Forges turn metal bars into metal products, such as [[weapon]]s, [[armor]], [[furniture]] or [[craft]]s.  To build a furnace, open the {{key|b}}uild menu and select {{key|e}}.  Forges are under the normal workshop menu.

Since workshops are where much of your fortress's day-to-day work happens, it is important to plan them as carefully as you do your [[Bedroom Design|bedrooms]].  Workshop designs have a couple key considerations:

* Workshops should be as close as possible to the raw materials needed to do their job. The only dwarf who hauls the needed materials into the workshop is the one who works in it. Placing a [[stockpile]] with the corresponding materials right next to the workshop will save the precious time of your craftsdwarf by leaving the tedious material transportation to less qualified laborers.

* Certain (but not all) workshops should be lockable by forbidding the [[door]]s that lead into them.  This is important for making sure that specific material can be forced to be used for specific production orders ([[bauxite]] [[mechanism]]s for example, or [[native aluminum]] furniture for your nobles), or that the desired items get decorated with exactly what you want (you don't want rubies on a -mudstone table- while you have a ☼[[platinum]] statue☼ around). Also for locking away a dangerous dwarf in a failing [[strange mood]] so they won't hurt a useful worker.  Not all workshops are subject to being claimed by [[mood]]y dwarves, and not all workshops need be concerned with specific items - a [[farmer's workshop]], for instance, in both cases.

Specific design ideas are at [[Design_strategies#Workshop_Logistics|Design Strategies]].

As touched on above, some workshops should be lockable, with [[door]]s (or [[hatch]]es) that can be sealed to keep dwarves in or out, as the need arises.  This "need" could be a mood, the desire to work specific items, or simply forcing a specific dwarf to have no other option but to do the work you desire from them.  Some other workshops are prone to causing [[miasma]], and steps should be taken to prevent that from spreading to your fortress in general.  Still others never attract miasma-causing items, are never be claimed by a [[mood]]y dwarf, and rarely invite specialized materials (or at least materials that can be easily stockpiled inside a lockable room.  

| [[Bowyer's workshop]]<br />[[Carpenter's workshop]]<br />[[Clothier's shop]]<br />[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]] <br />[[Glass furnace]]¹<br />[[Jeweler's workshop]]<br />[[Leather works]]<br />[[Mason's workshop]]<br />[[Mechanic's workshop]]<br />[[Metalsmith's forge]]¹<br />[[Tanner's shop]] || [[Alchemist's laboratory]]²<br />[[Butcher's shop]]<br />[[Farmer's workshop]]²<br />[[Fishery]]<br />[[Kitchen]]<br />[[Millstone]]²<br />[[Quern]]²<br />[[Still]]²<br />[[Tanner's shop]] || [[Alchemist's laboratory]]²<br /> [[Ashery]]<br /> [[Dyer's shop]]<br /> [[Farmer's workshop]]²<br />[[Jeweler's workshop]]<br /> [[Kennel]]<br />[[Kiln]]¹<br />[[Loom]]<br />[[Millstone]]²<br />[[Quern]]²<br />[[Siege workshop]]<br />[[Smelter]]¹<br />[[Still]]²<br />[[Trade depot]]<br />[[Wood furnace]]

:2) These are low risk for miasma, but not zero.  [[chunk|Waste]] from [[butcher]]ing is the worst culprit, raw skins and unhauled [[prepared meal]]s are also common causes. Raw plants can certainly rot, but are slower to do so, so it would require that a project be started, abandoned (with the plant item left in the workshop), and then not cleaned up for the weeks it takes for plants or tallow to eventually rot.  So it is uncommon but not impossible for these to produce miasma unless occasionally serviced by haulers.

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