Dwarf Fortress: A Beginners Guide & Tutorial [part 2]

[@Nookrium]

Here’s part 3, all about water: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fOY2h6gZWZY7s

[@patricktracy72]

Please keep going with this series! As someone who just got into dwarf fortress these guides are literal lifesavers and have gotten me very passionate about the game.

[@traylax8937]

I second this! :D

[@jojojor11]

I third this

[@jonp6840]

I fourth this!

[@Matti_Mattsen]

agreed, those are amazing and makes the game very enjoyable to me

[@twakka86]

Add me to the list!!

[@rik0904]

0:59 food, drink, plum-helmet 3:23 set up manager repeat task 5:21 work order from workshop 6:58 butcher part 1 8:22 archer squad 9:55 trading 17:29 leather work 19:10 archer part 2 21:45 fey mood 23:50 furnace, smelter,weapon smith 28:12 building claim 30:35 doctor part 1 35:58 bedroom part1 36:38 doctor part 2 38:43 bookkeeper/office. dude can you stay on topic for more then 3 min 42:56 doctor part 3 - soap 44:43 bedroom part 2 47:05 temple

[@tongpoo8985]

Mvp

[@bensharplesfilm]

Actual goat

[@Terdwillow]

much appreciated!

[@TilDrill]

still waiting for butcher part 2

[@TheShadowArtCom]

Additionally in the Kitchen menu you might want to prevent booze from being cooked. Because yeah, they'll make biscuits out of beer if you let them. Just dwarf things.

[@christianjensen544]

Mine keep making stews out of two types of drink and fruit from the forest xD my supply hasn't gone bad in years and I can only imagine how strong the stuff is now

[@Polygonlin]

OH MY GOD! NOW I KNOW WHERE ALL MY FUCKIN BEER IS GOING! PLUS I had some "Kea" or whatever Stealing my Biscuits, Weapons, all sorts of shit. i swear, my poor Dwarves go through more shit than real people do!

[@TTHJJD100]

@@Polygonlin kea, and naked mole dogs. Two of the most annoying shits.

[@matthewnorris5370]

How do you do that? I don't see a menu for it. Do you just assign it to a stockpile that doesn't have booze?

[@TTHJJD100]

@@matthewnorris5370 labor menu>kitchen you should have a list of stockpiled ingredients that they pick from. And whether or not they can cook with it.

[@snafu2350]

A relatively important part you skipped while trading: the liaison will also tell you of things he wants next year, so to maximise profitability take careful note of these items! It's usually easiest to buy/sell the whole bin if its contents are mostly tradeables: bins are quick to make & hence replace. CAVEAT: if you wish to trade with elves for eg exotic pets, be sure the bin & all of its contents are /not/ made from wood or wood-derived items such as eg anything smelted (which uses coal, which is ultimately derived from wood) Most of your starting lvl is peat, which is an excellent floor type for farming to maximise your crop yields! 15:17 Dwarves can learn from reading books; they're particularly useful for training up management, entertainment & social skills as well as the more esoteric stuff such as eg geometry for architects, mathematics for brokers, or the teaching skills. Eventually, if your teachers are skilled enough, they can write books themselves leading to an increase in your fort's reputation & fame (& hence increasing your noble's path to becoming the ruler of your whole civilisation), leading to more & better-skilled visitors' joining petitions 26:00 Artefact (ie strange-mood-produced) items can be made from anything, even materials that wouldn't normally be able to be used in the construction of that item. So you /can/ have eg a gold sword or similar produced by a moody dwarf; you just can't make it with regular orders

[@themadichib0d]

So what would be an example of an acceptable bin for the elves?

[@snafu2350]

@@themadichib0d Anything made of rock (except jet: that's a wood derivative) or possibly gold/platinum nuggets (ie unrefined). Anything that's smelted is out, so that's almost all metals, coal ore(s), & ofc wood itself

[@themadichib0d]

@@snafu2350 Gotcha, last played DF like over a decade ago and returning with the steam release, so trying to learn everything all over again lol

[@jonaut5705]

@@themadichib0d actually i'm pretty sure you can sell them smelted goods, regardless of if they're made from charcoal or not

[@AJMcPanda]

One thing I learned about zoning is that if you're trying to raise the value of a zone by detailing walls you have to add the wall to the zone too. One of my dwarves wanted a decent study so I detailed the walls but the value wasn't going up, then I realized I only zoned the inside of the room and not the wall so it wasn't taking it into account. Then I zoned the wall and the value instantly rose up to Decent study.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Thank you for this tip!

[@geeko55]

This series is once again extremely helpful in taking my long trepidation about the game and the overall complexity and making it stick, and I've had two forts succumb to cave denizens and I was excited to get to start a third. Getting to the point where I'm dying from the game but not my own managing incompetence feels great!

[@AyesDyef]

I love how you realised that Uvash "looked a little different than before" because you had the wrong Dwarf selected earlier lol Loving the series, and can't wait to start my first Fortress after watching your vids

[@itsaUSBline]

These guides have convinced me to give the steam edition a go. I've been aware of Dwarf Fortress basically since the beginning, but it always looked so baffling, even knowing what I was looking at would've required lots of study and been a feat in itself. So I always wrote it off as an incredibly fascinating piece of interactive art but one that was far beyond my capability to even begin to fathom, much less play. So when I heard it was getting a steam edition with a proper visual tileset, mouse support, and more accessible UI, I was somewhat intrigued but still felt that the level of complexity in the game based on everything I've heard and seen of it would still be beyond me. But watching these, I gotta say, it just looks so damn cool, I have to give this a good honest try. Going to try and follow some of the tips in your guides as well as go through the in-game tutorials, and just try to take things slow at first, not worry too much about knowing everything. I'm actually kind of excited to try it out now. So ya know, thanks for the inspiration and all. If you feel like doing more tips and tricks videos or beginner guides like this, that would be really awesome too. One minor thing, you do talk a bit quickly and go over a lot of information fast sometimes, so maybe slow it down just a tiny bit, would make the guides a little easier to follow, but otherwise great content.

[@snafu2350]

Not going quite so fast may also help Nook with not missing crucial stuff as he's done in the first episode (& prolly will again!) :)

[@HonkeyKong55]

I'm in a similar boat, have you tried it by now?

[@Branpanman]

This was me, too. Now I love this game. Happy earth striking!

[@miker2882]

You should be on the payroll. You are good at this. You give detailed explanations that get right to the point instead of going off on wild tangents like many guides do. This is a huge help. Now how about aquifers?

[@CptSnarkyPants]

Avoid them until you’re really good at controlling water pressure via diagonal flow.

[@rbfishcs123]

@@CptSnarkyPants I recommend using an N+1 schematical design leveraging De' Louverns Theory. Make sure you use prime magma dump nozzles otherwise you will create an irriversable loop-lapse.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@rbfishcs123 To a first-timer like me, none of that makes any sense.

[@CapnCoCo1]

So with the work order, assuming things work the same as they do in the original game. The conditions are only for whether or not a job should restart. The work order will always make the amount specified in the order. So in your example, once you drop below 50 food, the work order will start for 75 food bringing you up to 125. Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure the work orders will not stop halfway through.

[@kash7456]

This is correct

[@Nookrium]

Yup, I think I explained that wrong. You're right

[@WordUser]

I was expecting to get stuck more while playing, but the game really does flow well and you don't really need things to be explained too much, very complicated systems yet simple to use and learn initially, loving it

[@felixberwanger2875]

Thanks for the great tutorial! I hope this series continues, as there is still a lot I am struggling with. Would be most interested in seeing more about: Fluid Mechanics (Aquifers/Magma) Good Mining Techniques Defences (Fortifications covering doors and maybe a few traps) Making these Videos is probably quite the effort, but if you find the time its very much appreciated.

[@Nookrium]

I think I'll need to do another, covering things like bridges, cisterns, wells, etc. Oh yeah, I probably need to spend a lot more time covering military...

[@felixberwanger2875]

@@Nookrium That would be awesome! Really looking forward to the next one then :)

[@kanenufc873]

As a newcomer to this game, this games depth is utterly insane... Ive restarted so many times because of new things popping up, love this game so far!

[@littleobearr1611]

You explain things so well. Not too complicated or too simple. Please keep this series going!

[@hooch7700]

I don’t even have plans of playing this, I’m just enjoying watching you explain this game.

[@gobitzgames3704]

Pleaaaase keep going with this. It is SOOOOO helpful. Games like this have such a massive barrier to "the good stuff" in its learning curve. People like you help SOOO much with that. Please keep it goingggg :)

[@InViSiB0B]

Absolutely cackled when they unveiled the statue, and it was a golden statue of lizards. I love this game, thank you for making it easier for us newbies to get into it!

[@coco_rthritis6462]

I was thinking about buying the game during the first video and halfway through this one I have decided I will. I remember way back in like 2013-14 when I was 11 or 12 I found out about DF from YT, I think it was a top 10 most difficult games type vid or something lol. I wanted to play it but my pathetic laptop couldn't handle it, along with it being so daunting of course. When I saw that it was announced for Steam (I think from Vinesauce Joel) I was so excited. Now nearly a decade later I will finally play it, thank you for the tutorials.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Well, first time ever playing by following your tutorial and the ingame one. Things are pretty laid-back in my fortress so far except for the random possessions that keep happening. Two adults have been possessed and they ended up going berserk and had to be put down. One's severed head was buried along with her corpse and the other had to have her severed leg buried with her. Two children have become possessed and keep making what appear to be legendary scepters. The scepters are hard to locate, though, so I'm not sure of their craft quality, but they are ornate from what I can tell. And the dogs just won't stop having puppies! Thanks for this tutorial series, it's extremely helpful!

[@TheGlock30owner]

I prefer 3x3 stairs with the center being a regular floor. I place artifacts in the center space to help keep dwarves in a good mood.

[@Nookrium]

That’s a really good idea.

[@grakusgg6059]

I've played Gnomoria, RimWorld, ONI, etc. Dwarf fortress has always been a little bit out of my reach for complexity. This guide has been EXTREMELY helpful to get started. Thank you very much, and I'm looking forward to the next videos in the series.

[@BurntToastGhost]

You're killing it with these guides, man. I tried Dwarf Fortress a couple years ago and was easily overwhelmed. Just got it on steam last night and these guides are exceedingly helpful.

[@Hamun002]

thank you for your work on this, it probably feels very simple but trust me you're saving dwarves here!

[@kdarling810]

Thanks for this series. It's made my first go at Dwarf Fortress a lot more "fun" and I love the red tail hawk that's constantly screeching

[@Eliotthib]

I would just like to say thank you. I didn't learn as much as I hoped from both video's but the plump helmet being eaten was wiping me out over and over. I rarely watch "educational" video game stuff but I was truly suffering. :o/ Thank you so much!

[@Joseph_Allan]

The learning curve in this game is crazy

[@absolutelyheretical7132]

Absolutely love these guides, you've convinced me to buy the game where I was a bit concerned it would be too difficult. Hope to see more of these as they make the game more accessible :)

[@_ExTitus]

I was slaughtered by an undead warrior group before I made it to autumn. They slaughtered everyone quickly and without mercy. Well except for one elderly dwarf lady. She returned from gathering herbs to see a battle group occupying the upper layers of the mines. She was ran down by the undead crossbowman soon after

[@shinychrome8183]

Thank you for this series! As you said in the previous video, not everyone can just read a FAQ and get into it -- keep up the great work!

[@seppeljordan]

The manager needs an office to work as soon as you get to a fortress population of at least 20. Each task to craft bolts will craft 25 at once (i think). You tasked your dwarf to craft 2500 bolts.

[@HumanitysRose]

This was so helpful! I had a shrine that I just could not get to be a Temple. Instruments and statues would not raise it above 1000 for me. Now I know I just needed more valuable pieces in there. Thank you!

[@JamesRichardsPlays]

I have been playing Dorfortress for some time now. I dabbled a bit until one day I ran across your reeeeally old tutorials. You and captain duck. I then played more heavily since, learning more on my own. I stopped playing about a year ago, just not as interested as much and playing other games. I usually watch your videos for new games to play. I am happy you are doing new tutorials on the Steam version! A nice refresher for me, but helpful to the newbies who are more apt to play with the polished tile-set.

[@GermXTracks]

You keep apologizing for taking so long to make these videos but I absolutely love every second of them. Thank you for your hard work. Strike the Earth!

[@SittingDuc]

Refuse piles, miasma, traps. Guard doggo near the doors to spot thieves. Can't wait for the nobles to arrive :) Tutorial fort indeed

[@imminentsurvival]

This man kind of sounds like Will Hines and that's very comforting to me

[@dienand_]

Got annoyed scavenging through wikis and articles while playing so I decided to look up a beginners video. These help a lot thanks!

[@Ilovemyfamilyandfriends-z3o]

I was thinking about restarting since I didn’t have a river but thank god you explained to to stop my dwarves from cooking plump helmets

[@Nookrium]

Sorry about that, I really should have mentioned that in the first one

[@ToothpasteJuiceBox]

If only there was some sort of search function right above the inventory to find those sweet, sweet plump helmets hella fast ;) Keep up the great work!

[@JuJuTehVlogger]

really appreciate these videos dude, did not know where to start until I watched these

[@Aniotolos]

best guide i found so far i feel like i now have a basic understanding and can enjoy the game. Thanks! Please Continue.

[@yourseatatthetable]

The thing moves along pretty fast so I am having trouble finding where you talk about setting Plump Helmets so that they're not cooked. Need those seeds.

[@prestonh.2771]

So quick and easy thing I found to set up for the traders the first year? Cut and set the jewels in the figurines you make if you have the time, I ended up with almost 9000 worth of goods thanks to that in the first year, though I got lucky in that a migrant came who was a decent jewel crafter

[@thefleens]

This was so incredibly helpful. As part of the stream bandwagon playing for the first time this was an essential guide!

[@olekosanke2616]

wait how are you getting food again? Didn't you disable the kitchen from making food from the muskrooms because you'll lose the seeds? If I remeber correctly you're only making alcohol (or someting drinkable at least) from the mushrooms you planted because that way you'll keep the seeds for the field, but how are you getting food again? some one explain please I don't want to search for it again in the video. But great video btw. love it

[@josehtcm]

Yes please, keep going with this serie!! Un saludo desde España, (greetings from Spain!) This game is double dificult for non English speaking people. Thanks a lot!!

[@damiens4601]

I wouldnt mind if you continued this series its really helpfull and I think theres way more to learn ^^ . Like how to make a drawbridge ?? Also is there a way to get info in game about all the objects ? Like if you find hematite how do you know what it is and what it does, is it heavy ? Is it pretty ? Etc

[@Mitchellstien]

You're very calming to watch!

[@soulcrysoulcry2283]

Wow!! Why haven't I played this wonderful gem before?!!

[@demianlopez9740]

Please, keep going, i want to learn more about Farming / Animals / Fishing

[@Polygonlin]

NOTE: *YOU NEED TO GO INTO SEEDS AND SET PLUMP HELMET SPAWN AS NOT FOR COOKING AS WELL* i just had like, 3 or 4 really nice Dwarves die from Dehydration, due to making Plump Helmets Not for Eating, but the SPAWN WAS A-OK! thus i ran into a.... Beer Shortage... which as you know, is Deadly to a Dwarf lol..

[@GaryWRNY]

These are super helpful thank you. I got things up and running but then had a were monitor attack. He was easily slain but I forgot what Were means and now all my leaders and the children are now dead. But I'm attracting humans who want to join for "soldiering". So heroes are abound I guess. Thanks again

[@eggwhites4983]

On my first year of my second fort, was able to buy almost the entire trade caravan bc I made so many shell crafts.

[@teekith3373]

Thanks for this series! Just started playing at a friend's recommendation and I am on my first play through. The first dwarven death at my fort was a child. I quickly squaded up five archers and started looking for the 'thing', while I set the rest of my occupants to build a halls of the dead. The only thing my archers found was my legendary inscriber outside. Which to me was very very odd. Then a bit later some of my live stock were being killed, but this time I was notified that it was an agitated yak doing the fighting. I rush my squad over.. Bam! Just my inscriber chilling out at the crime scene. Didn't that guy make a useless legendary mug from coal? Now this!! Wereyak! There is just no other reasonable explanation.

[@rottenroadkill3311]

So I watched your first guide shortly after launch and it was fantastic for a beginner, save the whole seeds thing, I did end up cooking all my plump helmet spawn... but I think I've aged though enough that I'm ready to dig deeper into managing my dwarves, so I'm excited to watch the rest of this series!

[@Nookrium]

In addition to that, go to the drinks tab and make sure they’re not cooking the booze also!

[@acidkiss]

I still didn’t get how to put stuff inside chests :/ loving your DF tutorials! Keep it going, plz!

[@SeikenFreak]

Definitely need to keep making these. There are SO many things that are not explained in the game, and the wiki or other guides are tricky because it's the old version, thus visual explanations from those is like looking at Matrix code scrolling by lol I've got about 50+ dwarfs in my current setup, after FINALLY being able to build a aqua duct/reservoir/well because my fortresses kept dehydrating. Now I'm just completely overwhelmed trying to meet their needs and it feels like no one wants to do anything promptly except mine. So many work orders and tasks that no one seems to get around to. And yes, I do have the manager + office setup. They actually just elected a Mayor so now I have to build a big, nice throne/quarters area for him. I have zero military/training/weapons or anything setup. There's just so much to do that I can't seem to get caught up!

[@Nookrium]

Keep the booze flowing, there shouldn't be any dehydration as long as you keep the brewer running. Also, for the first few forts I would try to focus on specific parts and forget the rest. It can get pretty overwhelming so it's best to just focus on a few areas (sustaining food/drinks/seeds for instance)

[@SeikenFreak]

@@Nookrium Wheres the fun in that?! 😆 But yea, at least for the military, I just meant anyone who can fight. Just had my first monster show up: An Ettin! I panicked, because I haven't fought anything real yet, but I got a few people together and wow.. The Mayor lead the charge and reading it was like the scene with Achilles in Troy! He dodged every single attack and just kept poking away with his spear hahaha Anyway, I've just built a nice Barracks area. I can't go any deeper for now because of an aquifer. Just started making iron etc. So many questions about everything.

[@Ocelot56]

It would be cool if you also made this tutorial series into a full playthrough with this world :) Whatever a full playthrough might entail.

[@KingDudeness]

Would love to see a Combat tutorial, this has been super helpful so far thank you for all the tips

[@Glare108]

Great series, Nook!! Very Helpful indeed!

[@asdfasdfas2381]

easy to follow and fun to watch. great videos Nookrium. keep it up!

[@crypticTmesis]

I don't mind you going over the time limit. It's very interesting and informative.

[@JasonOakley]

Thanks! I'm enjoying watching these. Tried my first game and after 5 hours everyone got wiped out with undead attackers XD

[@drunkengaming4782]

Didn't even no there was a part 2 etc, best tutorial on youtube

[@zonty2362]

Thank you for helping obtain a better grasp of the game

[@mr.h1661]

I didn't know about the demands by clicking the workshop and my dwarf completely lost it! Took off all of his cloths and starting to wondering in the bar babbling stuff. He died short after. D: And that's how I lost my expedition leader on one of my previous forts. xD The one I have right now is a complete chaos! D: And I lost almost all my military forces on the first siege. So, I believe I will start a new one.

[@DarkWolper]

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorials of yours. I love that you just ecplain the absolut nessesary to survive and leave us still the option to discorver everything. Take my sub and grow like the plump helmets in my fortress

[@MauroC74]

very helpful tutorial... I'm not new to the "original" DF but I'm not a veteran, anyeay I was a little confused with Steam edition because of "muscle memory"... just a reminder: when trading you forgot to show the use of the "search" feature on top, very useful to filter the loooong list

[@crachalify]

Thanks for the help getting going and hope to see more from you. Tips and additional adventures.

[@christiandoherty7937]

I wasn't expecting a part 2! hell yeah

[@bretts3046]

Great series please continue! If I had one request it would be how to set up defensive positions for your fortress. I saw there are fortifications and draw bridges with pits under them but haven't quite figured out the placing of them.

[@low-resghul8306]

Coming from like a thousand hours in Rimworld I feel like I need to re-learn a looot of stuff to make sure I dont make a ton of mistakes, so thank you so much for the tutorial 😊 I guess just 1 thing that I’m left wondering: do food and drinks rot/go bad? I would assume not, since there aren’t freezers of any sort, unless there’s another way of preserving food I’m not aware of.

[@chaddaifouche536]

Given there is specification of "unrotten" tallow, "unrotten" meals and so on, I expect that food goes bad. I don't have a clue yet as to how you can preserve it longer though.

[@Tinil0]

They can, but there are easy ways to avoid it. As long as your food is in a stockpile and not outside, it should be good forever...unless you get a vermin infestation. Vermin can and will rot your food if ignored.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

It's so nice not having to deal with fridges or carbon monoxide to keep food fresh.

[@austinblake4079]

Fo some reason, wood bolts are super easy to craft and I can craft so damn many of them, and most stacks of 25 sell for 1000. Not sure if it's a bug or what but yeah, I just started out and every time the trader comes I can buy him out completely

[@franciscoignaciopetrone5679]

This videos are a great help for us coming back to DF after many.. MANY years!

[@goglegaming6437]

Quick heads up that the way you showed how to keep a set amount of charcoal was a little iffy Yours is set up so that if there's less than 10 they'll make 20 more, which let's the stockpile fluctuate pretty hard between 5~30

[@PvtJoker-fs1ue]

I believe when it comes to the work orders you tell them the number of times you want to make a thing, not the number of the thing you want them to make. For instance if you tell them to brew from plants 75 if less than 50 they'll try brewing 75 barrels resulting in at least 375 booze I think. Same thing with meals or cups or bolts, or anything that makes more than one per craft. I'm still trying to figure this out so I could honestly be wrong but it might be worth looking at

[@Nookrium]

You’re right, I said it wrong here

[@Wizirdi]

Thanks for the tutorials! Wanted to play for years, I love RimWorld so I get the gist of it, but these are a great help

[@Doom_master1122]

Slightly confused. perhaps I missed something. Turning off cooking on the plump helms. Wouldn't that stop my food source? I realize hunting is later, but I meant, in the moment, wouldnt that stop food from being able to be made?

[@pyrotaurus5670]

thanks Nook for the guide!

[@Myhayv]

I'd be down for more dwarf videos.

[@Aezarius]

Good Job. Hope to see more. Been eagerly awaiting the steam release, hope to see if its as good as I suspect it will be. Keep up the good work.

[@Morkftw]

Amazing video series! Thanks a lot! I'd really love to watch more of these!

[@Nookrium]

KZbin does a bad job of showing the next part but I have 5 all together, here’s the next part: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fOY2h6gZWZY7s

[@brigbrizz]

Love the videos Nook! Thanks again for putting these together!

[@LimeyLassen]

You: I commission a golden statue Dwarf: I commemorate this lizard

[@alpenjon]

Awesome series

[@ngastakvakis4425]

I would like to give my feedback and tell you that I think these tutorials would be a lot more valuable if they were easy to digest, easy to browse and if they were segmented neatly. As they are right now, I find them to be easy to lose focus on, and search for that 1 info I've heard while doing chores.

[@Ola_liker_polet]

You can filter out stuff in the top search field, "figurines" and you will not need to click every figurine

[@llllIIIlIll]

Thanks for new people like me this is very helpful

[@ush2177]

Could you do a short tutorial on how to properly and safely dig out a large cavern. I want to create a grand entry way into my fortress that goes up at least 3 levels and has balconies around the edge but I'm not sure how to go about it.

[@Nookrium]

Easiest way? dig out the top level, then "channel" down that whole area. That will give you a 2 z-level room

[@ush2177]

@@Nookrium cool thanks. I’m building a huge gate at the front carved into the mountain now. I’m about half way done it’s 11 z levels high 10 blocks wide and I have cut in curves and shelf’s into it. I placed statues on the shelves should look pretty cool is stonesense ever get realised for this version of the game

[@mattgreen2350]

can you time stamp some of these things, very helpful but would be easier if I have to come back and find something. Thanks for the vid

[@linuxgirl_]

So if you shouldn't cook plump helmets, how do you set up a sustainable farming system for food? Is there anything that has seeds that don't disappear when used for cooking? With a game known for depth, you would think these dwarves could save a few seeds from their plants before throwing them on the fire.

[@Nookrium]

You can set up a couple fields of something like sweet pods for a cooked food source. If you have a good fishing spot and a butcher though you probably won’t need to plant for enough food.

[@iand6541]

Thanks for the video!

[@carstenhansen5757]

This seems like an excel sheet game so far. :)

[@henryD9363]

Yes, an immensity of inventory management. Seems like you could hire some managers to do this unending detail work.

[@Eckendenker]

Where does your water supply come from? My animals keep dehydrating and I try my best to build cisterns.

[@Nookrium]

Make sure you're animals are pastured. As long as they have a big enough area (with grass) they'll be fine. This goes for most larger farm animals, dogs, cats, chickens, etc can all do without being in a pasture

[@Eckendenker]

@@Nookrium I figured I shouldn't start in a region that freezes over from autumn to spring :D

[@adinfinitum5398]

Thank you for the series. Could you please cover the worldmap activity, lever mechanisms, caverns, guildes, raids, war, all a bit advanced stuff

[@Nookrium]

It'll take a bit to get there since a lot of that is a bit more advanced. I'm trying to keep things from getting too overwhelming for new folks. However, I know they're long videos but my streamed fort: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYjbnH-hh8eMmpY covers all of that. Even getting into a war and attempting to conquer and occupy a goblin fort (on part 3)

[@adinfinitum5398]

@@Nookrium Thank you. I'll definitely check that out. You doing a great job with this content btw)

[@jojojor11]

If I 2x2 stair down and then want to get rid of those stairs; how do I get rid of the stairs? I remove but it only removes the stairs going up.

[@Nookrium]

If you've dug stairs down the only way to "remove" them is to place a floor over them. Or hatch if you still want to use them but have them lockable.

[@lukec5228]

Thank you for this please keep making them if you have the time :)

[@TheVillainCity]

Thanks for these videos, they are very helpful.

[@christaylor1357]

Thank you so much for these videos

[@patrickrudiger8762]

There is one thing i dont understand: If i do not allow plump helmet to be eaten, what is then the food actually used? I thought the farm is for both food and drink? If not: Is the butcher alone then providing the food or how comes one doesnt run out of food despite not using the only thing one plants as food?