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Dwarf Fortress Rooms & Industries for 42.04
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Dwarf Fortress Rooms & Industries

This is a list of rooms and industries that you will be building in Dwarf Fortress v42.xx. Use it to help plan your fortress, get some ideas, or figure out what should go in your stockpiles.

Primary Industries

Food

Indoor Storage: Raw plants, Prepared meals Outdoor Storage: Unrotten Corpses, Raw meat, Raw fish (May cause miasma if raw meat spoils)

  • Kitchen
  • Butcher's Workshop (Outdoors preferably)
  • Tanner's Workshop (Keep near your butcher to make leather afterwards. Thanks /u/seutje)
  • Fisher's Workshop (Outdoors preferably)
  • Designated Fishing Zone

Drinks

Storage: Raw Plants, Booze

  • Still
  • Well
  • Designated drinking zone

Farm

Storage: Seeds, Plant Thread, Raw Plants

  • Farm Plots
  • Farmer's Workshop
  • Loom
  • Quern / Millstone
  • Screw Press (Oil, Honey, Paper Slurry - Requires jugs)

Wood

  • Carpenter's Workshop
  • Craftsdwarf Workshop (Wood Crafts)
  • Bowyer

Stone

  • Mason Workshop
  • Craftsdwarf Workshop (Stone Crafts)
  • Mechanic's Workshop

Metal

Storage: Metal Ore, Metal Bars, Charcoal, Lignite/Bituminous Coal, Flux Stone

  • Metalsmith's Forge
  • Wood Burner
  • Smeltery

Other Crafts

Storage: Leather, Bones, Shells, Cloth, Wool, Gems, Cut Gems

  • Craftsdwarf Workshop (Bone/Shell/Etc Crafts)
  • Leather worker
  • Bones
  • Clothier's Workshop
  • Jeweler's Workshop (Cut gems)

Glass

Storage: Wood, Potash, Pearlash, Quartz/Rock Crystal, Sand Bags, Glass

  • Wood Burner
  • Ashery
  • Kiln
  • Glass Furnace
  • Jeweler's Workshop (Cut glass)
  • STONE| Crystal Glass (Quartz Rock Crystal)
  • WOOD | Clear Glass (Potash > Pearlash)
  • SAND | Green Glass (Designate sand zone, Collect at Glass Furnace into empty bag)

Optional/Specific Industries

You may want to dedicate an area for these industries, but they are also covered by primary industries and are optional.

Ceramics: Produce Clay at a Kiln.

Fuel Industry: Burn wood into Charcoal, or Lignite and Bituminous Coal into Coke.

Soap Industry: Butcher, Kitchen (or Millstone/Screw Press) and Wood Furnace, Ashery

Textile Industry: Plant fiber, Wool, Silk, Tailer, Loom

Paper Industry: Papyrus OR Cloth Plant (Paper) OR Leather, Calcite/Chalk/Limestone/Marble (Parchment). Workshops vary.

Constructions

  • Peasant Quarters

    Beds, Optional storage container (Cabinets, Coffers, etc)

  • Trade Depot

    Requires 3-wide access to edge of the map. Shift+D to see depot access.

  • Hospital

    • Designated as a zone.

    • Stockpiles are optional if you include storage containers such as cabinets.

    • Items:

      • Soap (Cleaning)
      • Thread (Suturing)
      • Crutches
      • Gypsum Plaster OR splints

    • Buildings:

      • Beds
      • Tables
      • Traction Benches

  • Barracks

    • One of: Bed, Armor Stand, OR Weapon Rack (used to designate the barracks)
    • Multiple beds for squads set to sleep in barracks
    • Cabinets/Chests (to store squad/individual equipment)
    • Archery Targets
    • Ammo Stockpile

  • Dining Room

    • Tables
    • Chairs

  • Tavern

    • Tables, Chairs, Storage containers, Goblets

    • Bedrooms assigned as "Rented Rooms". Does not have to be within the zone.

    • Alcohol Stockpile for the tavern keep

    • Dance floor (an unobstructed rectangluar space)

  • Library

    • Bookcases to store scrolls/books

    • Boxes and Bags to store writing material

    • Tables and chairs

    • Designate scholars/scribes as needed

    • See paper industry

  • Temple

    • Storage containers

    • Musical instruments

    • Dance floor (an unobstructed rectangluar space)

  • Jail/Prison

  • Kennel

  • Mausoleum

  • Well

Noble Constructions

Bookkeeper

  • Meager Office

Sheriff/Captain of the Guard

  • Quarters
  • Dining Room
  • Office
  • 1 Chest, Cabinet, Weapon Rack, Armor Stand

Mayor

  • Decent Quarters
  • Decent Dining Room
  • Decent Office
  • 2 Chests
  • 1 Cabinet, Weapon Rack, Armor Stand

General

  • Quarters
  • Dining Room
  • Decent Office
  • Grave
  • 2 Chests
  • 1 Cabinet
  • 3 Weapon Racks, Armor Stands

Baron/Count/Duke (You may have multiple!)

  • Decent/Great/Grand Quarters
  • Decent/Great/Grand Dining Room
  • Decent/Great/Grand Office
  • Tomb/Mausoleum/Grand Mausoleum
  • 2/3/5 Chests
  • 1/2/3 Cabinet, Weapon Rack, Armor Stand

Outpost Liason

  • Great Bedroom
  • Great Dining Room
  • Throne Room
  • 3 Chests
  • 2 Cabinets, Weapon Racks, Armor Stands

Monarch (King or Queen)

  • Royal Bedroom
  • Royal Dining Room
  • Royal Throne Room
  • Royal Mausoleum
  • 10 Chests
  • 5 Cabinets, Weapon Racks, Armor Stands

Military Structures

  • Moat

  • Lava Moat

  • Guard Towers (Squad Station)

  • Wall (Squad Route)

  • Draw Bridge (And lever)

  • Weapon/Cage Traps

  • Catapults

  • Ballista (Bugged, does non-lethal damage. Do not use)

Military Uniforms

Heavily Armored Solider

This is the optimal uniform without using foreign items. It is quite expensive, and is best reserved for adventure mode or your best combat dwarves.

  • Armor: Metal Breastplate, 3x Metal Mail shirts, 6x Cloaks
  • Legs: 2x Trousers, Metal Greaves
  • Head: Metal Helm, 6x Hoods
  • Hands: Metal Gaunlets, Mittens
  • Feet: Socks, Metal High Boots
  • Replace Clothing ON

Armored Soldier

A reasonable suit of armor which might include bone equipment or leather when metal is not available.

  • Armor: Shirt, Breastplate
  • Legs: Trousers, Greaves
  • Head: Helm, Hood
  • Hands: Gauntlets, Mittens
  • Feet: Socks, High Boots
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