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Alcohol is the favored drink of {{L|dwarves}}; a dwarf will drink booze an average of four times per {{L|calendar|season}}, and without it they will soon become {{L|thought|unhappy}}. Thoughts imply that dwarves like to have some variety in what they drink.  Many dwarves have a {{L|preferences|favorite drink}}, selected at first randomly from all possible alcoholic beverages, but this might chance once dwarves have been exposed to other beverages. {{verify}}
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Alcohol is the favored drink of [[dwarves]]; a dwarf will drink booze an average of four times per [[calendar|season]], and without it they will soon become [[thought|unhappy]]. Thoughts imply that dwarves like to have some variety in what they drink.  Many dwarves have a [[preferences|favorite drink]], selected at first randomly from all possible alcoholic beverages, but this might change once dwarves have been exposed to other beverages. {{verify}}
  
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Note that setting booze on {{L|fire}} no longer causes it to explode (if it ever did). {{verify}}  However, exposing booze to high {{L|temperature}}s will cause it to boil away, plus the wooden {{L|barrel}}s it's in can catch fire and turn to {{L|ash}}.
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Note that setting booze on [[fire]] will ''not'' cause it to explode (nor has it ever done so) - however, exposing it to high [[temperature]]s '''will''' cause it to boil away (and the wooden [[barrel]]s themselves can also be set on fire).
  
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==Acquiring Alcohol for your Dwarves==
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==Acquiring alcohol for your dwarves==
 
There are three methods of acquiring alcohol, only two of which are available after embark.
 
There are three methods of acquiring alcohol, only two of which are available after embark.
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*At {{L|embark}}, alcohol may be purchased with embark points.
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*At [[embark]], alcohol may be purchased with embark points.
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*{{L|Trading|Traders}} that visit the fortress will often have alcohol of some sort to sell.
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*[[Trading|Traders]] that visit the fortress will often have alcohol of some sort to sell.
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*The third and most reliable method requires a {{L|brewer}}, a {{L|still}}, and a working {{L|farm plot}}. Most {{L|crops}} can be brewed into valuable alcohol.   
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*The third and most reliable method requires a [[brewer]], a [[still]], and a working [[farm plot]]. Most [[crops]] can be brewed into valuable alcohol.   
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**In a pinch you can also {{L|Plant gathering|gather plants}} and brew them at a {{L|still}} in the same way you would with {{L|crops}}.
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**In a pinch you can also [[Plant gathering|gather plants]] and brew them at a [[still]] in the same way you would with [[crops]].
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**Mead does not require any plants to be made, though it does require honey which is made through {{L|beekeeping industry|beekeeping}}.
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**Mead does not require any plants to be made, though it does require honey which is made through [[beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].
  
 
==Variety==
 
==Variety==
 
:''He has been tired of drinking the same old booze lately.''
 
:''He has been tired of drinking the same old booze lately.''
  
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Variety in booze keeps away unhappy thoughts, it also keeps dwarves drinking!
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Variety in booze keeps away unhappy thoughts.
  
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For example, if Urist McThirsty drinks nothing but dwarven ale, he'll get unhappy and will stop drinking ale. This might clarify:
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If a dwarf drinks the same old booze over and over, he will eventually get a bad thought from 'drinking the same old booze lately.', unless that dwarf has a preference for that type of booze.  A dwarf who likes a type of booze will never get tired of drinking it.
  
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<small>'''Urist McThirsty:''' Bah, why do we have only ale?<br />
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Lack of variety causes bad thoughts, but will never cause a dwarf to stop drinking. Even after years of drinking a booze they don't like, a dwarf will never prefer water or dying of thirst to drinking the same old booze.  You can therefore keep a fortress alive on only one type of booze so long as you have enough good thoughts to offset the bad thought from lack of booze variety.
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'''Urist McManager:''' Because we only have pig tails.<br />
 
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'''Urist McThirsty:''' By my beard, Armok and all that's dwarvenly, until I find some booze other than ale, I shall drink nought but water, even if that means slowing this fortress to a grinding halt and causing the death of everyone in it!<br />
 
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'''Urist McManager:''' ''(sotto voce)'' Armok's vomit-soaked beard! My entire species is insane.<br />
 
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'''Urist McThirsty:''' Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of these shattering masterpieces.</small>
 
  
 
==Consequences of a Sober Fortress==
 
==Consequences of a Sober Fortress==
  
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Any creature with the [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENCE] {{L|creature token|token}}, dwarves included, will suffer performance penalties as a result of being deprived of alcohol. This manifests as a loss of {{L|speed}} in almost every activity, including basic movement. For this reason, a steady supply of alcohol is highly recommended for any attempts at a productive fort (unless you're a cruel overlord).
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Any creature with the [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] [[creature token|token]], dwarves included, will suffer performance penalties as a result of being deprived of alcohol. This manifests as a loss of [[speed]] in almost every activity, including basic movement. For this reason, a steady supply of alcohol is highly recommended for any attempts at a productive fort (unless you're a cruel overlord).
  
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Dwarves will also wait longer before drinking from a non-alcoholic water source, resulting in negative [[thoughts]] from thirst.
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Dwarves will also wait longer before drinking from a non-alcoholic water source, resulting in negative [[thought]]s from thirst.
  
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Alcohol withdrawal appears in the dwarf's thoughts and preferences as "starting to work slowly due to its scarcity" after 3 months, "really wants a drink" after 6 months, "has gone without a drink for far, far too long" after 9 months, and finally can't even remember the last time he/she had some" after an entire year.
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Alcohol withdrawal appears in the dwarf's thoughts and preferences as "starting to work slowly due to its scarcity" after 3 months, "really wants a drink" after 6 months, "has gone without a drink for far, far too long" after 9 months, and finally "can't even remember the last time he/she had some" after an entire year.
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While dwarves rely on alcohol from the moment they are born, creatures of ''any'' race who are exposed to enough combat to become fully hardened ("doesn't really care about anything anymore") will also become alcoholics.
  
 
== Types of Alcohol ==
 
== Types of Alcohol ==
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Pig tail}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Plump helmet]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Pig tail]]
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Ale
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Ale
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Cave wheat}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Cave wheat]]
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Beer
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Beer
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Sweet pod}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Sweet pod]]
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Rum
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Rum
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Plump helmet}}
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Dwarven Wine
 
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="10%"|Beverage Value
 
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="10%"|Beverage Value
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Sun berry}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Muck root]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Sunshine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Swamp Whiskey
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|5
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Whip vine}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Bloated tuber]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Whip Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Tuber Beer
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|3
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Rope reed}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Prickle berry]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|River Spirits
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Prickle Berry Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Fisher berry}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Wild strawberry]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Fisher Berry Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Strawberry Wine
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Longland grass}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Longland grass]]
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Longland Beer
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Longland Beer
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Wild strawberry}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Rat weed]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Strawberry Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Sewer Brew
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Fisher berry]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Fisher Berry Wine
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Bloated tuber}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Rope reed]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Tuber Beer
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|River Spirits
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|2
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Prickle berry}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Sliver barb]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Prickle Berry Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Gutter Cruor
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Rat weed}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Sun berry]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Sewer Brew
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Sunshine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|5
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Sliver barb}}
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Whip vine]]
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Gutter Cruor
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Whip Wine
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|3
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Muck root}}
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Swamp Whiskey
 
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{{Category|Drinks}}
 
{{Category|Drinks}}
 
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|[[Honey]]
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Mead
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|Mead
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"|1
 
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Alcohol is the favored drink of dwarves; a dwarf will drink booze an average of four times per season, and without it they will soon become unhappy. Thoughts imply that dwarves like to have some variety in what they drink. Many dwarves have a favorite drink, selected at first randomly from all possible alcoholic beverages, but this might change once dwarves have been exposed to other beverages. [Verify]

Note that setting booze on fire will not cause it to explode (nor has it ever done so) - however, exposing it to high temperatures will cause it to boil away (and the wooden barrels themselves can also be set on fire).

Acquiring alcohol for your dwarves[edit]

There are three methods of acquiring alcohol, only two of which are available after embark.

  • At embark, alcohol may be purchased with embark points.
  • Traders that visit the fortress will often have alcohol of some sort to sell.
  • The third and most reliable method requires a brewer, a still, and a working farm plot. Most crops can be brewed into valuable alcohol.
    • In a pinch you can also gather plants and brew them at a still in the same way you would with crops.
    • Mead does not require any plants to be made, though it does require honey which is made through beekeeping.

Variety[edit]

He has been tired of drinking the same old booze lately.

Variety in booze keeps away unhappy thoughts.

If a dwarf drinks the same old booze over and over, he will eventually get a bad thought from 'drinking the same old booze lately.', unless that dwarf has a preference for that type of booze. A dwarf who likes a type of booze will never get tired of drinking it.

Lack of variety causes bad thoughts, but will never cause a dwarf to stop drinking. Even after years of drinking a booze they don't like, a dwarf will never prefer water or dying of thirst to drinking the same old booze. You can therefore keep a fortress alive on only one type of booze so long as you have enough good thoughts to offset the bad thought from lack of booze variety.

Consequences of a Sober Fortress[edit]

Any creature with the [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] token, dwarves included, will suffer performance penalties as a result of being deprived of alcohol. This manifests as a loss of speed in almost every activity, including basic movement. For this reason, a steady supply of alcohol is highly recommended for any attempts at a productive fort (unless you're a cruel overlord).

Dwarves will also wait longer before drinking from a non-alcoholic water source, resulting in negative thoughts from thirst.

Alcohol withdrawal appears in the dwarf's thoughts and preferences as "starting to work slowly due to its scarcity" after 3 months, "really wants a drink" after 6 months, "has gone without a drink for far, far too long" after 9 months, and finally "can't even remember the last time he/she had some" after an entire year.

While dwarves rely on alcohol from the moment they are born, creatures of any race who are exposed to enough combat to become fully hardened ("doesn't really care about anything anymore") will also become alcoholics.

Types of Alcohol[edit]

Plant-based[edit]

Grown inside[edit]

Ingredient Beverage Produced Beverage Value
Plump helmet Dwarven Wine 2
Pig tail Dwarven Ale 2
Cave wheat Dwarven Beer 2
Sweet pod Dwarven Rum 2

Grown Outside[edit]

Ingredient Beverage Produced Beverage Value
Muck root Swamp Whiskey 1
Bloated tuber Tuber Beer 2
Prickle berry Prickle Berry Wine 1
Wild strawberry Strawberry Wine 2
Longland grass Longland Beer 2
Rat weed Sewer Brew 1
Fisher berry Fisher Berry Wine 2
Rope reed River Spirits 2
Sliver barb Gutter Cruor 1
Sun berry Sunshine 5
Whip vine Whip Wine 3

Animal-based[edit]

Ingredient Beverage Produced Beverage Value
Honey Mead 1
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