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Stepladder

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Step ladders are tools used to collect fruit from trees. If a fruit-bearing tree has been friendzoned zoned for plant gathering, a dwarf will automatically fetch and place a ladder. They can be placed anywhere (don't need to lean on the trunk) and they allow the dwarf to grab fruit from two z-levels above ground. The dwarf doing the gathering will simply drop the fruit on the floor- he will not interrupt his work to haul it to a food stockpile. Any passing dwarf, meanwhile, will. A carpenter can make a ladder from wood, and a metalsmith from metal at their respective workshops.