Navigate Dwarf Fortress's complex interface with ease. This guide covers common UI concepts, menu navigation, options, and essential screen elements for a smoother fortress management experience.
This guide provides an overview of the common user interface concepts in Dwarf Fortress, essential for new players to understand and navigate the game effectively. It covers key symbols, menu navigation, and the options menu to help you get started.
Contents
Common UI Concepts
About key symbols
Menu navigation and selection
Options menu
World Generation
Tutorial
Embark
Choosing a Good Site
Skills and Equipment
A Minimal Fortress
Getting your bearings
Controlling Your Dwarves
Labor and work details
Strike The Earth!
Additional miners
Delving Secure Lodgings
Room dimensions
Mining safety
Stockpiles
Stairways
Temporary Meeting Area
Refuse
Food
Farming
Emergency food sources
Plant gathering
Butchering
Building material
Woodcutting
Drinks
Pasture
Designing your first fortress
Workshops
"Where did I build that ___?"
Brewing
"Garbage" Dumping
Trading
Trade Depot
Producing for export
Trading
What to buy
Troubleshooting
Migrants
Bedrooms
Location
Layout
Building
Nobles and Administrators
Manager & Broker
Bookkeeper
Offices (Studies)
Furniture
Dining and Food Prep Area
Placing Furniture
Meeting Hall
Checking Supplies
Brewing and Cooking
Storage Space
Beyond a Minimal Fortress
Traps
Guard Animals
Drawbridge
Metal Industry
Wood Burning
Mining
Fuel
Forging
Gemcutting and Trinkets
Sticking to the Plan
Wealth and Invasion
Military
What Next?
Feedback
Common UI Concepts
Keeping Up
While the guide contains many links, you may still need to look something up. Refer to the Fortress Mode Reference Guide or use the wiki search function. Also, don't hesitate to ask for help if you can't find what you need.
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