Dwarf Fortress, Waterfall Fort! #1

[@Dewey_the_25U]

If you want more 'natural' looking mine shafts you can set it to auto mine pres and gems. I do it as a way to story tell, mining the ores and the gems has us building as the god/goddess of the mountain/mountain home intended!

[@mellowcorpsep6665]

thank you, ive played 80 hours since the steam release and had no idea about this

[@21506ash]

pog

[@chuckjones7092]

You might consider building a dam cross the top of the Waterfall or across the stream on the south side of the Island with some flood gates in it. this would allow you to have better control over water flow over the falls and in the moat. Like you could close the gate to build up the water in the mot and then reopen the gates to allow excess to flow. It might even help stop people from being swept away.

[@Thulzor]

41:45 They can walk in that brook. Pro: They won't drown. Con: Enemies can walk in.

[@esp-music]

Thanks for sprucing up the video so it's not just twitch gameplay. I dont care for chat callouts and subs in a YT video. The fact that I stuck strictly to gameplay and your excellent explanations is great!!

[@DragonGaming3316]

Really glad to see you are keeping on with dwarf fortress. It is a fantastic game, look forward to see how this one turns out. Strike the earth!

[@olesmokey3023]

Yes more please!

[@spiderchap1857]

If there's one thing I've learned in my limited time playing Dwarf Fortress, it's that dwarves absolutely LOVE falling into pits, falling off of cliffs, falling into water. You name it, they love falling into it or off of it. I had a guy fall into my moat and nearly drown, another guy manage to fall into a pit and get a grate built over him while I wasn't looking and another guy fell off a roof while he was building it...

[@celem1000]

While they can fall if they fail a climbing check all of the rest of those sound like dodges, which move the dwarf to a random tile. Leading cause of death and the basis for some very effective traps if you make the goblins do the dodging

[@frcid]

Once a whole caravan fell to the cliff of the waterfall, they like just arrived and commited suicide

[@JustXesh]

i think i literally cant sleep without having one of your vids playing in the background, please keep making vids so i can sleep

[@dang986]

i just had your vid playing then tuned in when u raised up the drawbridge, and noticed that there was still earth underneath the bridge. This mistake led to the destruction of the greatest fort I ever had, at the hands of a hydra lol. Basically the spot i spawned at had unicorns everywhere constantly spawning, so i became rich very fast and had many dwarves, a big fort, lots of food, weapons, and a nice army. The hydra came and I was prepared (or so i thought.) Running towards my fort while slaughtering one of my gatherers outside (rip) i raised up the drawbridge. It was then that I noticed I did not channel under the actual bridge itself. The hydra SMASHED thru the closed drawbridge and tore my 200+ fort down to 60 dwarves. My army fought hard and the fight ended in the large dining room and one of my original seven (now head doctor and leader of the military) was walking straight towards the hydra, who had tens of weapons and arrows lodged into him ,and only one or two heads left. Doctor Iteb approached the hydra for the conclusion to the battle, this was the end, and then my game crashed. Anyway, remember to mine out under your drawbridges

[@ti-lo5hy]

Felt like i was there myself

[@dang986]

@@ti-lo5hy I'm glad someone else got to enjoy the story :D thx for reading

[@LegitHarpyHunter]

​@@dang986do you post your stories anywhere so I can read them?

[@bleedgoat]

Loving the DF long form stuff. Super relaxing and entertaining

[@zukabazuka]

Things I learned while playing, have a specific seed pile and do not give it barrels and bins, it just cause trouble for for it. Same goes with arrows, the dwarfs have trouble finding them. Bins works great with ores and blocks. With rooms it is said that giving them a chest and a cabins seems to make dwarfs more happy. If you make a moot around your castle leave a 3 block wide area open so you can build a bridge over it and still have traders come in to the base. Around the edge of the map if the caravan spawn on a spot with a tree inside the 3x3 spot it will not spawn and will avoid bringing most of the stuff to your base. So building roads along the border seems to help keeping trees away.

[@McSwift0421]

Glad to find this, I think I'm about at the same point as you with my first fortress where I feel like I know the basics and can tell what is going on in the game. I'll probably play my current one until it collapses and then start one where I can have fun with the designs. EDIT: Also, expand those zones to cover the walls! It increases the value of the zone and room.

[@Temporary_Friend]

You're a dwarf fortress

[@fuji1299]

He's a dwarf fortress

[@Trollensky]

oh my god you killed him

[@Leldy]

The real dwarf fortress was the friends we made along the way

[@willisverynice]

Mentally

[@Dontgiveoutmyemailyoutrash]

No you. Gottem.

[@spaceman7019]

37:05 So much emotion, I jumped out of my seat in shock

[@preecey18]

Oh AA, you are the sound of my bedtime. I fall asleep most nights listening to you dulcet tones. Keep up the good work.

[@ConstructiveInterference656]

I wish I was half as dedicated to my 2023 resolutions as amphibian is to misting his dwarfs

[@That__Guy]

I have this game on my list for so long and I believe that it's in fact my dream game, but I am afraid to go down this rabbit hole, because I have a family to take care off and I don't want "daddy is playing dwarf fortress" to become synonymous with "he's out buying milk"

[@vesperflute9030]

We're playing at the same "beginner to intermediate" level, and I love to see these videos so keep them coming

[@Matt-y8l]

Dude, ty. You can smooth rocks on top of the surface. I didn't know this. I don't know why I would do this yet but just learning stuff in DF feels wonderful. Hoping you also cover why you smooth rocks on surface. TY for the great videos!

[@Devculp]

That silky radio voice has been helping my sleep for weeks now

[@maverickstclare3756]

1:56:00 melancholy - probably the guy who's engravings you are destroying by resizing the room (I'm not joking)

[@mycorner967]

yessssss he has struck the earth brothers and sisters! the smooth voice has come to the moutnainhomesssssss

[@SuperExplosivegames]

Yesss! Love it! If youre enjoying it would love to see you keep playing! Joyous wilds are a fun embark!

[@TemplarX2001]

There are youtubers whom you watch on 2x speed in the background without thinking and then there are men like this for which you set aside the time in your day to actually enjoy :)

[@Fr_Dae]

Your Unic Stonecutter was smoothing out the walls of your meeting room when the waterfall caused her to fall, so technically you are responsible for her death, she was just following orders.

[@westernbrumby]

Damn use to play this as a kid, steam version looks great

[@Snazzydaps]

When she fell, she was partially drunk and euphoric with an interest in the performance made by the bard, Pretty sure she was dancing and fell off, Completely messed up her arms and legs though

[@Xogrim1]

The waterfall is a good idea, but there are quite a few ways you can do it easier. A Mist Generator is extremely simple to make. Just build larger scale and it'll work very similar to this video.

[@jonathany1240]

1:30:59 DRG fandom woke the fuck up after this one

[@averyrussell411]

ROCK. AND. STONE!

[@evilbob840]

1:14:36 barrels make no difference, food in a food stockpile doesn't rot. An exploit that can be done is if a trader gets killed on the way to or from your fort and they were carrying a bunch of food, you can put a one tile food stockpile on their corpse. That will give you time to clear out the hostiles and recover the food on your own schedule.

[@Hallgrenoid]

38:53 "Oh my god I forgot how smart I am" * heavy breathing*

[@SollowP]

I honestly can't wait for a 'proper' episode involving Dorf Fort.

[@jamestomlin5525]

Love seeing more folks getting into dorf fort, good times there are

[@rocket_hops]

these are like little lets plays with chat i love it

[@strangething77]

You're gonna wish you had some doors you can lock, once the goblins show up.

[@HaruEb]

you're an advanced beginner now, a stage almost nobody ever leaves lol

[@elry3026]

Thank you for the wonderful content! Enjoying watching you play dwarf fortress 👍

[@mikoajdziewulski2681]

Welp, it's my third try to watch this entire vid and not fall asleep to it, wish me luck brothers

[@mikoajdziewulski2681]

I have failed miserably

[@LordRaine]

It's difficult to tell if you noticed, or if it was something being done automatically, but just to state it clearly: the primary benefit of ordering a carpenterdwarf or a stonecutter to turn logs and boulders into stone blocks and wooden blocks is that you get four blocks per raw material. Since most constructions that use wood or stone, including floors and walls, can use either a block or the raw material, this functionally quadruples your building blocks. I say this as somebody who hates boulders and tends to funnel them into construction projects: having a cutter or carpenter making blocks is vital, because it gives you enough of any given substance that you can color coordinate your builds. Blocks are also much faster for dwarves to haul than boulders, which means not only do you have more stuff to create your above-ground castle or keep with, but it will get built faster, too. It would have been possible to make the top floor out of only one or two colors, if you had used the primary rock from your mineshafts, designated the dwarves to build with that alone, and ordered the stonecutter to convert all of those boulders into stone blocks.

[@Laddeus]

You can turn off 'compress save' in the option for faster saves!

[@SmokeandSpirit]

Not even a ruler mod, but if they made the grid lines thicker or vary in color every fifth grid space, It would make gauging space and distance so much easier.

[@guyfromdubai]

Or they could put an x and y number at the corner of the cursor to indicate the current dimensions of the zone/dig area underneath

[@maxtomgeek2238]

Thx AA for the soothing content and your marvelous voice

[@frenstcht]

Open waterfalls are a great feature. And then a roc shows up.

[@pigger1010]

1:31:00 did I hear a Rock and Stone?!

[@25290117]

Rock and Stone, to the bones

[@harryfarrar1540]

Everybody gansta until someone who can comprehend Dwarf Fortress walks in

[@earth9651]

Those unfortunate souls didn't fall out of the tavern, they fell off the top of the waterfall. A dwarf can survive falling a couple z-levels just fine, so really no need for safety measures inside the tavern.

[@rocket_hops]

midnight stoner idea, have a barracks at the top level, and they would be like the outer defenders, skilled more in surface warefare, and then like youre inner city guard deep below for if enemies get past your first layer

[@amadonbeanz9631]

I haven't opened KZbin on this laptop in days, this just popped up in the background whilst I was playing learn to fly three and I thought I was going mad.

[@Penultimeat]

Keep doing more of these please

[@wyattfeatherstone834]

WHEN HE WAS LIKE AHH DONT HATE ME FOR THIS STOCKPILE, it gets worse than that. Live your best life my boi. theres no wrong way to play, feel you on that rimworld lag.

[@tacoboy2218]

The youtube profile pic sums up how I feel everyday

[@Iceveins280]

Crazy ambitious but you could split the river to the east to fill your other side of the moat & make bridges so people can cross. This will ensure good water flow & that enemies can only attack via that one direction. When you make your palisades it'll allow you to put marksmen dwarfs on one side only.

[@wilhelmschilling3105]

i love dwarf fortress!

[@harveyflippers9531]

Praise be to Armok for this masterwork craft

[@Nico-YrRy]

I loves when ambigous amphibian said "it's dwarf fortess time" and dwarf fortessed all over the goblins

[@dB_Cooper_Music]

Bars near hospitals do great business so great planning on placement there.

[@scisher3294]

@50:58 He does, in fact, got that “big *duck energy”.

[@flotnar2512]

BE CAREFUL WITH MOAT CHANNELING What tends to happen is if you have a lot of channel orders next to each other you end up with dwarves digging under each other and a lot of drownings. If you do it make sure to do it bit by bit. Centre of the river first - then towards the edges

[@gespachotingtongdeluxe9917]

1:08:49 Twig and berries stockpile lmao

[@zacharyhutchison4006]

Be careful with waterfall maps in savage tiles. I had an expedition go south QUICKLY when some agitated giant cockroaches showed up and threw all my dwarves into the ravine. Also, for REALLY dramatic waterfall maps, try to find a spot where 2 tributaries join a main river on the same side. It's best if they all merge on the same tile imo but that is incredibly rare from what I've seen. I found one that had a natural (almost)tower of stone jutting into a lake with a ravine on one side (and a mid level waterfall entering the lake) and only a thin strip of land giving access to the map border. The moat was a simple matter of connecting the upper river to the middle river's ravine (new waterfall!) and it was cheap and easy to wall behind that. I ended up deleting it and I still regret it now that I know how truly rare it was.

[@kylelondon2103]

My dad wants to play games love what you do

[@derekcheater]

I'm glad your learning, I can only image the content you could create on the main

[@rosehogenson1398]

my favorite game dwarf fortress... played by one of my favorite youtubers :D

[@duo60692]

made made it 2 hours into the other dwarf fortress video before i figured out that it wasnt this one lol.

[@archapmangcmg]

Dwarf Fortress - Don't question it!

[@RichardWalker-f2r]

Dwarves don’t like rain but they like mist on them? 😂

[@johnmichael64]

1:53:07 There is a song by the blueman group called 'shake your euphemism' that is mostly just a bunch of different ways to say Rump.

[@zobblewobble1770]

Can confirm, they did that song the the time I saw them in person (and they got the whole audience dancing to it)

[@ivegotavandetta]

i wish i was on the stream at this point, im so tilted. DONT HAVE WOOD AND STONE IN YOUR MAINSTOCKPILE. USE THE CUSTOM. xD Make different storage areas for those, also make them smaller because things wont get done due to "Storing item in stockpile" tasks. for some reason i find they get prioritized over other tasks! EDIT: Im only an hour into it I don't know if AA changes this or not xD

[@MisogynyMan]

Dwarf Fortress always looks so cool. Then I try it and ragequit over the terrible everything in 10 minutes or less.

[@MisogynyMan]

This new steam version looks amazing. Gonna give it a try.

[@Bronimin]

The new version being 100% mouse dependent sucks sometimes, all the hotkeys suck and you have to mouse over them to see the key you need to press

[@MisogynyMan]

@@Bronimin I'm learning to live with it. Don't like how far the camera jumps when I move it. And the game still doesn't explain much. Like the crafter workshop had a trillion recipes that I have no understanding off. Some of the words I never even saw before.

[@thalaseamyst3934]

Last time I've heard about this is that I heard the creator made the fish too hardcore.

[@mr.h1661]

Awesooooome! I wanted u to play DF again! :D Let's gooooooooo!!!

[@schwaulen]

The list for material used in a construction is sorted by distance. Your hospital is missing a table I think, in legacy they needed that for operations iirc. Maybe that's why the dwarf died there, but I'm not sure in what condition they need surgery.

[@JimSteinbrecher]

58:20 - with that condition, if you ever have more than 2000 seeds, theyll completely stop making drinks. is that really what you want?

[@jkominar]

Any chance you'd be willing to share the world seed and location details? Would love to follow along with your adventures and play a similar fortress!

[@joncorcoran7081]

49:40 sky is soup confirmed

[@robilotte11]

i really would recommend lowering the mineral density if its on everything or high. the other ones are more fun, when you have 1 or 2 metals, and not EVERYHING, also gives trade more use. it was the average df experience before the update when they made default the easiest, which makes sense, but its also not so fun

[@svennyblaze]

I enjoy your content.

[@meisawesome12695]

Dat me 😁 26:56

[@wigger69]

aa- hotkey everything because i dont want to scroll through the levels all the time. also aa- scrolls though the levels all the time and never uses the hotkeys :)

[@joncorcoran7081]

1:15:00 btw do you know just how much text is being saved? you should see a save file that has compression disabled lol

[@MrYoyojuan]

1:30:58 ROCK AND STONE!

[@trashee973]

i'm into the planning

[@Defiantcrab]

How did you get the letters of the hot keys to appear in the menus? Thanks! Great content

[@galacsinhajto]

I think it's a mod on the steam workshop.

[@sergeantcraphead]

Thank you for watching, T'would be a shame if you didn't... Just joking -A amphibian

[@flopus7]

Dorf fort!

[@redcaptain4835]

1:30:59 For Karl!

[@valdimarinn]

Blood for the Blood God

[@SideBit]

Aren't wheel "barrows" actually "barrels?" A barrow is a burial ground

[@rekjaboi]

1:30:56 Did someone say... Rock and Stone?

[@vesperflute9030]

Where is all the water going (on the right side of the map I mean), does it just "keep flowing" if you dig until the end of the map?

[@ericpildner7593]

Did I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?????

[@lukeblake91]

Do you have the seed and coordinates perchance?

[@ianjarrett9375]

I don't know why but every time i autoplay to one of your videos i keep thinking you're etalyx

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

wooooo

[@therealquade]

are we gonna get a non VOD video of dorf fort?

[@andrzejklein7846]

...A MINE!

[@mbanana23456]

Somehow I never kne you had vods.

[@Magziesfuntime]

I thought they added a Planning tool in the Steam version?

[@galacsinhajto]

Yep there is planning tool also the macros

[@brody7714]

Wait! What is the difference between rock, and stone?

[@maverickstclare3756]

No waterwheel !

[@wifoutteef]

Wow is it possible to get a seed of this map?