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Tracking Dwarfs and Jobs
Dwarf Fortress

Tracking Dwarfs and Jobs

Learn how to track dwarfs and manage jobs effectively in Dwarf Fortress with this comprehensive guide. Master your fortress's economy and labor assignments.

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Learn how to track dwarfs and manage jobs effectively in Dwarf Fortress with this comprehensive guide. Master your fortress's economy and labor assignments.

This guide provides an overview of managing your dwarf workforce and their assigned jobs within Dwarf Fortress. It covers essential concepts for a functional fortress.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Common UI Concepts: Understand key symbols, menu navigation, and the options menu.
  2. 2
    World Generation: Learn how to generate a world for your fortress.
  3. 3
    Tutorial: A step-by-step introduction to the game mechanics.
  4. 4
    Embark: Prepare for your journey by choosing a good site and selecting skills and equipment.
  5. 5
    A Minimal Fortress: Establish the basics of your fortress, including controlling dwarves, mining, creating lodgings, setting up stockpiles, and managing refuse, food, building materials, and drinks.
  6. 6
    Getting your bearings
  7. 7
    Controlling Your Dwarves
    • Labor and work details
  8. 8
    Strike The Earth!
    • Additional miners
  9. 9
    Delving Secure Lodgings
    • Room dimensions
  10. 10
    Mining safety
  11. 11
    Stockpiles
  12. 12
    Stairways
  13. 13
    Temporary Meeting Area
  14. 14
    Refuse
  15. 15
    Food
    • Farming
  16. 16
    Emergency food sources
    • Plant gathering
  17. 17
    Butchering
  18. 18
    Building material
    • Woodcutting
  19. 19
    Drinks
  20. 20
    Pasture
  21. 21
    Designing your first fortress
  22. 22
    Workshops
    • "Where did I build that ____?"
  23. 23
    Brewing
  24. 24
    "Garbage" Dumping
  25. 25
    Trading
    • Trade Depot
  26. 26
    Producing for export
  27. 27
    Trading
  28. 28
    What to buy
  29. 29
    Troubleshooting
  30. 30
    Migrants
  31. 31
    Bedrooms
    • Location
  32. 32
    Layout
  33. 33
    Building
  34. 34
    Nobles and Administrators
    • Manager & Broker
  35. 35
    Bookkeeper
  36. 36
    Offices (Studies)
  37. 37
    Furniture
  38. 38
    Dining and Food Prep Area
  39. 39
    Placing Furniture
  40. 40
    Meeting Hall
  41. 41
    Checking Supplies
  42. 42
    Brewing and Cooking
  43. 43
    Storage Space
  44. 44
    Beyond a Minimal Fortress: Expand your fortress with traps, guard animals, drawbridges, the metal industry, gemcutting, and managing wealth and invasions.
  45. 45
    Traps
  46. 46
    Guard Animals
  47. 47
    Drawbridge
  48. 48
    Metal Industry
    • Wood Burning
  49. 49
    Mining
  50. 50
    Fuel
  51. 51
    Forging
  52. 52
    Gemcutting and Trinkets
  53. 53
    Sticking to the Plan
  54. 54
    Wealth and Invasion
  55. 55
    Military: Organize and manage your military forces.
  56. 56
    What Next?: Explore further possibilities after establishing a basic fortress.
  57. 57
    Feedback: Provide input on the guide.
Tips
  • Remember that losing is part of the fun and a learning opportunity in Dwarf Fortress.
  • Use the Fortress Mode Reference Guide or the wiki search function for additional help.
  • Don't hesitate to ask for help if you encounter issues.

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