Dwarf fortress

This page is dedicated to Dwarf Fortress, an incredible simulation game where you have to build your own fortress. The learning curve is very steep but the universe is very rich and detailed.

Reference

• Dwarf Fortress on Bay 12 Games
• Dwarf Fortress Wiki, a must-visit place
  • Ascii Tilesets reference
  • Ascii Status Icon reference
• The complete and utter newbie tutorial for DF

Tilesets:

• Mayday's graphic tileset, a fan's tileset that greatly eases the gameplay
• Phoebius' tileset

3D visualizers:

• Stonesense
• Overseer

Utilities:

• Dwarf Therapist, a mandatory utility that simplify considerably the management of dwarf's profession (Linux version)

Install

• DF Wiki - Installation
  • Newbie / full package Utility:Lazy_Newb_Pack:
  • Linux: Enay's LinuxLNP

Recommended solution is to install complete software package like the Lazy Newb Pack.

Tips and tricks

• Unconscious wounded dwarf ignored by hospital and doctors
  I had a wounded dwarf in his bedroom that required healthcare, but was ignored by the doctors. To solve this, I assigned an hospital zone on his room, de-assigned the bedroom and removed (claim back) his bed. At that time, the doctors came and brought him to the hospital.
  See also bug tracker entry for more information and tricks.

• Animals starving to death.
  Grazing animals must be assigned to a pasture zone, otherwise they won't eat and starve to death.

• Dump materials easily. In Look mode (k or left-click), move cursor to an object on the map. Press d to dump the object. When done, a letter D appears next to the object in the list. If the square contains multiple object, make sure you select the correct one with -+.

• Hide object. In look mode, select an object, then press h. There will be a letter H next to the hidden object, and object will disappear from the map.

Hacks

AZERTY keyboard bindings

Edit file data/init/interface.txt [1]:

diff --git a/df_linux/data/init/interface.txt b/df_linux/data/init/interface.txt
index efe4622..9246a35 100644
--- a/df_linux/data/init/interface.txt
+++ b/df_linux/data/init/interface.txt
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@
 [BIND:SETUP_LOCAL_Y_MUP:REPEAT_SLOW]
 [KEY:u]
 [BIND:SETUP_LOCAL_Y_MDOWN:REPEAT_SLOW]
-[KEY:m]
+[KEY:,]
 [BIND:SETUP_LOCAL_X_MUP:REPEAT_SLOW]
 [KEY:k]
 [BIND:SETUP_LOCAL_X_MDOWN:REPEAT_SLOW]
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@
 [BIND:BUILDING_DIM_Y_UP:REPEAT_NOT]
 [KEY:u]
 [BIND:BUILDING_DIM_Y_DOWN:REPEAT_NOT]
-[KEY:m]
+[KEY:,]
 [BIND:BUILDING_DIM_X_UP:REPEAT_NOT]
 [KEY:k]
 [BIND:BUILDING_DIM_X_DOWN:REPEAT_NOT]

First game (after long time)

Vocabulary

DFHack / Dwarf Therapist have different terminology. I take here DFHack as reference:

Digram	Profession	Labor
En	Engraver	Stone Detailing
He	Herbalist	Plant Gathering