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World Generation Settings
Dwarf Fortress

World Generation Settings

Learn how to configure Dwarf Fortress world generation settings to create unique and challenging worlds for your fortresses. This guide covers essential parameters and options.

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Learn how to configure Dwarf Fortress world generation settings to create unique and challenging worlds for your fortresses. This guide covers essential parameters and options.

This guide section is part of the Dwarf Fortress Quickstart Guide and focuses on World Generation. It assumes the reader is new to the game and wants to jump in head-first.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Common UI Concepts
    • About key symbols
  2. 2
    Menu navigation and selection
  3. 3
    Options menu
  4. 4
    World Generation
  5. 5
    Tutorial
  6. 6
    Embark
    • Choosing a Good Site
  7. 7
    Skills and Equipment
  8. 8
    A Minimal Fortress
    • Getting your bearings
  9. 9
    Controlling Your Dwarves
    • Labor and work details
  10. 10
    Strike The Earth!
    • Additional miners
  11. 11
    Delving Secure Lodgings
    • Room dimensions
  12. 12
    Mining safety
  13. 13
    Stockpiles
  14. 14
    Stairways
  15. 15
    Temporary Meeting Area
  16. 16
    Refuse
  17. 17
    Food
    • Farming
  18. 18
    Emergency food sources
    • Plant gathering
  19. 19
    Butchering
  20. 20
    Building material
    • Woodcutting
  21. 21
    Drinks
  22. 22
    Pasture
  23. 23
    Designing your first fortress
  24. 24
    Workshops
    • "Where did I build that ____?"
  25. 25
    Brewing
  26. 26
    "Garbage" Dumping
  27. 27
    Trading
    • Trade Depot
  28. 28
    Producing for export
  29. 29
    Trading
  30. 30
    What to buy
  31. 31
    Troubleshooting
  32. 32
    Migrants
  33. 33
    Bedrooms
    • Location
  34. 34
    Layout
  35. 35
    Building
  36. 36
    Nobles and Administrators
    • Manager & Broker
  37. 37
    Bookkeeper
  38. 38
    Offices (Studies)
  39. 39
    Furniture
  40. 40
    Dining and Food Prep Area
  41. 41
    Placing Furniture
  42. 42
    Meeting Hall
  43. 43
    Checking Supplies
  44. 44
    Brewing and Cooking
  45. 45
    Storage Space
  46. 46
    Beyond a Minimal Fortress
    • Traps
  47. 47
    Guard Animals
  48. 48
    Drawbridge
  49. 49
    Metal Industry
    • Wood Burning
  50. 50
    Mining
  51. 51
    Fuel
  52. 52
    Forging
  53. 53
    Gemcutting and Trinkets
  54. 54
    Sticking to the Plan
  55. 55
    Wealth and Invasion
  56. 56
    Military
  57. 57
    What Next?
  58. 58
    Feedback
Tips
  • Always remember that losing is fun! Be prepared to lose a few fortresses before you get all the way through this guide.
  • Losing means that next time, you'll remember how you lost. Dwarf Fortress uses the principle of learning from one's mistakes.
  • The game is huge, complex, and totally open-ended. The goal is to build a sustainable fortress.
  • A flowchart showing the typical sequence of actions for starting a new fort is available but not necessary to understand the guide.
  • Refer to the Fortress Mode Reference Guide or use the wiki search function if you need to look something up.
  • Don't hesitate to ask for help if you can't figure something out.

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