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Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress is a tile based, real time strategy, city building, and adventure game for one player by Bay 12 Games Developers Zach and Tarn Adams.

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Goblins kidnapped a child, got caught in a cage. How can I strip him? [duplicate]

In Dwarf Fortress (Steam), the goblins are inside my fort, underground. I have three: its cage built in a prison, its cage in a dump pile, its cage built outside of a zone. I have used the zone dump ...
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Can I enclose a tomb with constructed walls in Dwarf Fortress?

I am trying to build tombs In between the second and third doors, the wall was removed to recover gems. I then constructed a wall via the build menu to replace it. This created 2 columns (the two O ...
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What do the face icon colours mean in Dwarf Fortress?

I'm trying to identify why my citizens are unhappy. I thought the various face colours (A, top of the above image) represented happiness. On the citizen's menu I sort by face colour (B) and one (Nish)...
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How do I identify the specific object to which no path can be found in Dwarf Fortress?

I have a number of <dwarf> cancels <job>: Could not find path announcements. For example, the job might be "load stone trap". When I recentre on the dwarf which produced this ...
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How to prevent water to leak through walls?

I have a stairwell surrounded by aquifer, and it's leaking in the level bellow: I need to prevent this from happening.
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How to duplicate/automate orders at a workshop?

I need to make 7 beds for my dwarfs, but I had to setup manually every order in the Carpenter's Workshop. It should be possible to duplicate order or setup a certain number of desired items after ...
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How to get rid of the fungus infestation that comes from the caverns in Dwarf Fortress

I unwittingly dug into the caverns and I immediately sealed it off: but I noticed that the fungus from the caverns started to spread at an alarming rate. Currently, everything is covered in floor ...
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Is it a problem if the wall portion of a bedroom overlaps with another one in Dwarf Fortress?

I've just recently learned that a bedroom should contain the walls too, but I only have a 1 tile wide wall between my bedrooms here: Is it a problem if these room designations overlap (like in my ...
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Outpost liasion simply won't go away. It has been years already!

Context: I've been visited once by my Outpost Liason. Nevermore any civilization traded with me. I just found the Merchant stuck on a place of my Fortress. I already broadened the way for it to go ...
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Hill Titan Pterosaur that breaths fire! How to kill this monster?

My Fortress has been randomly chosen to be the destiny of the attack of a flying Hill Titan that can throw fire: An enourmous hairy pterosaur. It has four long curving horns and it moves deliberately....
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