- v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
- Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
v0.31:Bar
| This article is about an older version of DF. |
- For built horizontal and vertical bars, see Template:L.
Bars
A bar is a sub-type of building material (interchangeable with a Template:L for that purpose), and is the base individual unit of Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, and tallow Template:L. All Template:Ls are created as bars at a Template:L, whether processed from Template:Ls, Template:Led with other metals, or Template:Led down from existing metal items.
With the exception of non-Template:L materials, all bars are as durable as others - a wall made from bars of ash, charcoal or soap will last as long one made from bars of Template:L.
Most bars are not an end-product, but are then used to produce something else:
Bar of... Use Template:L makes Template:L or Template:L Template:L powering standard Template:Ls, Template:Ls, Template:Ls, and Template:Ls,
and for making Template:L and Template:LTemplate:L Template:Ling Template:L needed ingredient for clear or crystal Template:L Template:L used as Template:L, makes Template:L Template:L Template:L
All types of bars can also be used to build Template:Ls, Template:Ls, Template:Ls, and other Template:Ls, as well as built as Template:L. (Be aware that some purposes suggest the use of Template:L materials.) However, different bars require different Template:Ls to use in such construction projects - Template:Ling for metal bars and Template:Lry for all others (including bars of soap).
"Bars" of Template:L metal are referred to as "wafers", but when used as building material they function the same as any other bars.
Bar unit weirdness
Each bar is made of 150 dimensionless units. The primary purpose of this is so that bars of Template:L can be used multiple times before being used up. However, this will sometimes cause baffling error messages like "Dwarf cancels make steel bar: needs 150 iron bars". Bug:63