Dwarf Fortress - 13 Natural Biomes

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Dwarf Fortress - 13 Natural Biomes
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00:46 Badlands
01:38 Glacier
02:27 Grassland
03:11 Marsh
04:08 Mountain
05:00 Ocean
05:40 Rocky Wasteland
06:37 Sand Desert
07:39 Savana
08:29 Taiga
09:18 Temperate Forest
10:05 Tundra
10:50 Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forest

[@Attilat]

Could we get another video on the terrifying, haunted, etc. modifiers for the biomes?

[@magnus0017]

This, please! ^_^

[@DiveTheseClips]

Yep I second this

[@Iymarra]

This!

[@biofoot7874]

This please!

[@timfechner813]

Totally

[@hugoalvord2779]

You must be in a strange mood cus the craftsmanship on these vids is impeccable

[@zporkz]

Dude, you've put out a ton of content in the last few days. Great stuff. Absolutely appreciated.

[@hugoalvord2779]

Quern heating up cuz the grind never stops 🔥

[@arthurbarros5189]

ADVICE: GLASS IS ADDICTIVE. It starts with green glass and magma, and having fun with pots and everything being made promptly out of sand bags. It's practical! Soon you will want clear glass goblets, like we usually use in real life. Then suddenly you're clear cutting a jungle to make an Aztec pyramid of clear glass and neglecting all other industries. Your populace implores for more beds, but all logs become ash and then pearlash to fuel the evergrowing blue.

[@zoddmark5873]

Thanks for all these videos, they're a big help on refreshing my memory. A video you might be interested in making is one telling people how to edit the announcements file so that things like migrant waves and strange moods will pause the game. I've noticed that I'm not the only player that has been getting caught off guard by these events and even having artifacts made without knowing that a strange mood was happening. This seems like something Tarn will add in the future, like an announcement setting list where you can toggle pause and popups for any of the events but there's no telling when that might be. For those who don't know, in your DF folder for steam (or whatever itch uses) there is a text file called Announcements. Open it and you can customize whether the game pauses, a popup box happens and a few other things for any of the in game announcements like migrant waves, moods, attacks on your fort, etc.

[@schoolofschrock]

Really appreciate all the updated videos for the steam edition, super helpful.

[@Kc40k]

Dude you are PUMPING these out. It appears I’ll be back to this channel regularly

[@a.b.o.n1417]

I felt like you really brushed over the sea biome besides the aesthetic change, I was very interested to know what settling on the ocean was like, If it was viable to build underneath an ocean and if you had access to any cool things cuz of it

[@augustday9483]

Lots of opportunity for fishing, you have infinite water (although you have to desalinate it first), and there are sea monsters!

[@arthurbarros5189]

The only time I truly tried to do something in an ocean was an obsidian castle. At the time, I did not knew it's kinda traditional to try it. . Usually there are big saline aquifers, frequently heavy, in the layers under or in the vicinity of the ocean. Other than that, digging and building under it is normal. If the biome is temperate, it will probably become Ice during a portion of the year. If it's cold, mostly of the year. If it's freezing, it may be frozen all year, in practical terms becoming a glacier. . I did saw penguins in a frozen beach once. Quite sad you can't tame them, but they're still have some value multiplier.

[@XaviAndreu]

It's amazing, congratulations

[@craftmoon-vas]

Your videos are being really helpful, thanks a lot Blind!

[@GrindThisGame]

Great overview!

[@Sollandel]

Could you do a video on mechanics? basic traps or other cheeky shenanigans you can work, automate, or otherwise- both with natural resources and only crafted? I'm a complete rookie, so without looking stuff up I'm not even sure what KIND of traps you can make, or even what I could reasonably expect to work. Thanks for all the info you've been working on already, it's made the game far more enjoyable.

[@BlindiRL]

Getting there, There will be a brief break with only one new one tomorrow. I need to rest bunch more up over the weekend.

[@Sollandel]

@@BlindiRL Awesome! Thanks again for the effort mate!

[@Pilvenuga]

If Masterwork has taught me anything, expect everything from a volcano once mods are introduced. You will like them.

[@kapix91]

Please make a short video on storage, and the best usage of chests, bins, and barrels. And also one for tools like wheelbarrows and stools. Great video series, you are helping so much.

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

I'm hyped for the mods coming.

[@johndavis29209]

You're the MVP for the new release. Able to transition from classic to premium more enjoyably.

[@Iymarra]

Elephants? Oh no. Visions of Boatmurdered......

[@TheDreadmasst]

Another great tutorial, thank you.

[@ruhruh6861]

hi friend, i was trying to find a moist forest with joyous wild but its seems to be very rare so is there any way to increase the chances of it appearing, im creating a large worlds but no sucess for all, thanks.

[@lfwb]

Thx, BLIND!

[@karlshaner2453]

I have a temerate forest map with volcano, waterfall, big river...And all the critters are giants!

[@evanwilliams1839]

This is truly a Mangrove Swamp moment

[@_Patrick_]

Anyone know why my hunters won't hunt? They have a quiver, bolts and cross bow. Butcher station and are assigned to hunting. Played a full year 2 or 3 times without ever getting meat. I also never did see any wild animals roaming. "not sure if your supposed to" so maybe that's it? I have followed a hunter before when it says they are hunting and they just roam around and come back home.

[@arthurbarros5189]

Tundras have three kinds berries and polar bears. That is enough for me.

[@hahayes5164]

Looking forward to a light aquifer tutorial, my first fortress is going decent, just really wanna get into the caverns but need to get through the aquifer first

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Either wait until winter and do it safe(if your area reaches freezing temps) or mine straight through as fast as you can then make a largeish room under the staircase. Then you can smooth stone that leaks or replace any non smoothable materials with walls. There is basically no risk of drowning but a dwarf will not work in water over 2/7

[@marcbennett9232]

This may not be what your looking for but my advice for a light aquifer is if you are going down into one just dig a small area maybe 5 x 5 then build walls. Then just expand one side at a time. If you are digging a hallway and come across one go slowly and build the walls as you go. Light aquifers are fairly slow and forgiving. They can still be dangerous though and you just need to get practice with them.

[@DanielCoffey67]

Blind - please could you consider a Short video on the Labor - Standing Orders and Labor - Kitchen tabs? I am seeing quite a few new folks on the Discord saying they have no Plump Helmet Spawn for brewing and it is because they have cooked it all. There are other folks asking why certain workshops are doing things such as looming cloth because they don't know about the Standing orders.

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

I have 150 dwarfs and 4000 food and 400 drink but my dwarfs aren't getting any plump helmets, I have bought them several times from traders and I have three farms with skilled farmers yet I only get a very small harvest then they are gone and I rely on caravan for drink, I have disabled eating them in the options aswell only drinkable

[@mrlustig3134]

abit late to the party but i got one quesiton: im currently in a normal biome but im about to create 200 vampires, can the land im in change biome type while im playing?

[@BlindiRL]

No. That is planned though.

[@marcbennett9232]

Useful video! Quick question for anyone who knows, can you drain lava off the map like a river?

[@arthurbarros5189]

Probably yes, But I have never tried it myself.

[@flabort]

Blind, I need your help. Some of the mechanics for figuring out who's a vampire have changed, and I am not sure if I've got the right guy, and I can't figure out how to work the intelligence screen in the Justice menu - I see there's a report, but I can't read it.

[@sir_duckington1245]

really nice your making all the Steam Dwarf fortress videos :)

[@angelovestieri9013]

@Blind, volcano actually can erupt. At least in classic. Happened to me few weeks ago. I have footage, not on yt tho

[@anotherelvis]

Wow, you are on a roll.

[@Jimverse_]

I immediately went for a volcano when I got premium, for some reason I'd never tried one before.

[@yourikhan4425]

I didn't recognize mine. Grass, wood, water, sand, never cold enough to freeze. I'll have to check what the game says.

[@iskyled94]

I'm getting Capt. Duck nostalgia flashbacks 😭

[@BlindiRL]

He's been streaming recently. kzbin.info and uploading.

[@clickthecreeper9463]

the funny thing is, you only need one tile of sand to get infinite glass. Same goes for clay.

[@BlindiRL]

Yep! and I lost 4 dorfs today due to lacking sand D:

[@lilzp9106]

Sooooo…out of every temperate biome I’ve ever embarked never snowed. I always go into the border of cold and temperature but it never snows and it kinda pisses me off :(

[@BlindiRL]

You need the cold tag in temp to get snow.

[@ripsterhipster5948]

You are a madman

[@arthurbarros5189]

Blind sounds a little like a seller, showcasing biomes like that.

[@gogor8017]

Can you make a video about animals? About how to tame or breed them?

[@flankymerc1405]

how do you deal with under ground water?

[@Mrkubikx]

Pump it out or pump lava on it so it turns to stone

[@milkwalker766]

could you do a video on magma forges

[@gobby1953]

Can you make short tutorial about making metal for weapons? I'm tired of having a militia full of wrestlers taking on cave crocodiles for 35 days straight.

[@PhiltheMoko]

Bump

[@SnatiLitli]

can you show the underworld?

[@frcid]

I have a question for the kind people who play df. If you settle in a island, are you isolated from the world? Thanks

[@Draguling]

Which vikings lived in the taiga? Lmao

[@user-iu6sd8su3e]

I need help feeding 200 dwarves

[@joshuaturnquist5538]

Easiest way; plump helmets. Ban them from cooking so you don't run out of seeds, they grow quickly and in every season. One or two 10x10 farm plots make a sustainable crop for any Fort, though your dwarves will eventually get bored of eating only them, so have a few smaller farms, fruit gathering, fishing, or hunting for a little diversity.

[@acediadekay3793]

@@joshuaturnquist5538 Yes, plump helmets is the most beginner friendly mushroom. Also remember to build a fishery if you are relying on fish, since dwarfs don't eat raw fish.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Consider keeping some animals, extending crops and permanent farmers and fishing can provide a lot of food short term but will often eventually run out.

[@mendozakoby]

If you keep animals, you can set a monthly production order to milk them, and maybe a few orders to make cheese as well You can also try nest boxes with egg-laying animals to farm eggs, with the added benefit that egg layers like chickens don't need to graze