Dwarf Fortress

So you dug yourself a nice staircase, yeah? And then oops, you deleted a piece of it and now you can’t get to the surface. Fear not! This step-by-step illustrated […]

If you’ve been playing ‘Classic’ Dwarf Fortress for years (decades?), you may find yourself a bit confused by the interface changes. This guide is an attempt to list the differences […]

This guide will teach you about the dangers of water, aquifers, and how to deal with them! Ultimate Guide to Aquifer Introduction You may have heard horror stories of greenbeards […]

Alert Options Guide I see several threads in here where people are asking about or complaining about certain alert statuses not pausing and popping up a notification. This is very […]

A brief guide with some of the more obtuse or easily missed functions of DF most helpful to beginners like me. Beginners Guide Intro The focus of this guide is […]

Tips to Levelling Dwarf Happiness In General Make sure they have mugs, decent clothes, aren’t stationed outside in the weather. Make sure you have alcohol. Make sure there’s no corpses […]

Tips to Farm Important Note Dwarven plants like plump helmets, cave wheat, and the like can’t be grown above-ground.

I have finals this week. But I have been playing this game for 4 years almost every day, so I want to give a few macro pointers for new people. […]

For the love of god I cannot fight my muscle memory. This is for the old school players, new players can ignore. TLDR; Swap interface.txt -It’s not perfect. Guide to […]

Collection of tips I’ve learned over the years for Dwarf Fortress. Tips and Tricks

A plain-speak guide for folks starting a new Dwarf Fortress. Guide to Basics World Generation Step one will be to create a world. The menu is all very straightforward here. […]

Short Guide to Seeds How-To For underground plants like plump helmets, you’ll need to rely on Dwarven traders. They’ll come in the autumn, a few months after your initial embark […]

When i downloaded DF and saw the cloud save icon in was excited thinking nice finally its gonna be easy to just continue my game from one device to the […]