Dwarf Fortress - Taming the Wilds // EP1

[@Rhadamant]

"I am not looking to be told how to play, I am fully aware I am new to the game and as I mention in this episode and in the credits I prefer to learn at my own pace. Please keep that in mind when making comments, thank you!" - The third paragraph of the video description and also said out loud in the outro.

[@TimeIsMine93]

Cool, i want to learn by watching someone else do it first😅 looks like you play rim world though, which is probably really helpful. Off to a great start

[@Rhadamant]

@@TimeIsMine93 Thank you! I hope it helps ya!

[@ChrisfrmOhio]

late to the game but can we get a seed or copy paste world info to use this map?

[@Rhadamant]

I don't have the save game anymore@@ChrisfrmOhio

[@keagandavidson4250]

Much respect for a man to reply to a comment about a year after the video was made.

[@SlastE]

I was a bit disappointed when I saw your comments in discord, stating that it's on your veto list, when I checked just after the steam release. Super happy you had a change of heart and I'm excited to watch/support this series and what's to come.

[@Rhadamant]

It was on my veto list because it didn't belong as a 'Viewers Choice' game, meaning it would have to be voted on each week. Instead it deserves its own slot!

[@kurtu5]

Good man. Let's show everyone the root of our love for colony management. The O.G. got a graphics update for Steam and inspired so many games, like Rimworld.

[@Rhadamant]

Oh indeed, Dwarf Fortress spawned a genre, for sure!

[@Bobbias]

@@Rhadamant hell, if not for DF, Minecraft wouldn't likely exist. So if argue that's at least 2 genres that can trace their origins back at least in part to DF.

[@aaronmartin8027]

Been following this game for what feels like decades. Anyone else remember when it was a strait 2D dig into the mountain side and you were always worried about loosing a dwarf to a river flood, frogman raid from the bottomless chasm or a siege by angry pachyderms? Or the relief you felt when you managed to hit just the right spot in the obsidian wall that DIDN'T cause the magma river to flood your fortress and kill that one particular dwarf you've been saving this whole time as a sacrifice for just this occasion? Still wish that some of the MORE fantastic elements in the world-gen were kept through the various iterations, but Dwarf Fortress will always have a spot on my hardrive.

[@Rhadamant]

Endless stories and endless worlds, this game has it all!

[@Hawk7886]

It's still a 2D game

[@casuallyblue3570]

@@Hawk7886 It used to not have z-levels

[@Kenjuudo]

@@casuallyblue3570 That's a long time ago though.

[@milanstevic8424]

@@casuallyblue3570 That was in pre-Minecraft times and it was known as Arnor something II (I forgot the title sry). No way anyone played it in that form. It came to global spotlight because Notch mentioned it as a major influence back in 2010 (along with Zachtronic's Infiniminer), and it already had Z-levels and an intro where a greedy dwarf unearths the entrance to Hell. You don't make such an intro for a game that doesn't go that deep.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

Fun fact about cinnabar: it's actually an ore for lead and occasionally asbestos, making it toxic in an unrefined or unpolished state. It also makes a very pretty red dye

[@Rhadamant]

Haha I actually knew that =]

[@The.Heart.Unceasing]

it's an ore for mercury, not lead (necroposting, me ? never.)

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

@@The.Heart.Unceasing Oh shit, you're right. Either way, don't handle it with bare hands

[@The.Heart.Unceasing]

ya, it's even worse :D@@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798

[@Bloodywolf11]

I knew this had to come sometime! I'm so excited for this series!

[@Rhadamant]

Enjoy!

[@the.martianrei3323]

Just wanted to say that this had been perfect for me to fall asleep to. I’m absolutely engaged for the whole series yet it’s so calm that it eases me to sleep gently. Thank you!

[@Rhadamant]

Welcome =]

[@neobbopper]

You always bring so much of your own creativity to the games that you play, looking forward to seeing what you accomplish!

[@Rhadamant]

Oh why thank you! I try to learn the game without just copy and pasting what others have done. As a result I am sure a lot of the times my solutions or methodologies aren't "meta" but at least they're unique!

[@leonardosoller8021]

I'm actually excited to see you play this, Brother. Puh-lease go into depth in DF because my favorite thing to do sometimes is play the games you play alongside you! Thank you so much!!

[@Rhadamant]

Noted, I plan on that!

[@clayspurlock6849]

@@Rhadamant Huzzah for Rhadamant bringing his expertise to Dwarf Fortress!

[@clayspurlock6849]

oops, didn't mean to @ you on this comment... Hopefully that's not an irritating thing? Maybe it's a good thing for all I know????? I am ignorant of how KZbin comments work

[@Rhadamant]

@@clayspurlock6849 Its totally fine, don't sweat it.

[@littleaya]

Oh my god, thank you so much for explaining stuff! I've been watching lots of folks but I do enjoy the way you break things down and explaining *why* you need such and such. I've been playing this and always end up in a bit of a mess so this was VERY helpful!

[@Rhadamant]

I'm so happy I could be helpful!

[@littleaya]

@@Rhadamant Yeah you helped me a ton! I had no idea why my drinks were depleting so fast and then I saw you talk about how they cook with wines/ales and such and I was like, OH NOW I SEE WHY!

[@DaWombatGaming]

Pumped to see this, this game is so daunting and your style of tutorial/lets play ought to help remedy the initial barrier to play

[@Rhadamant]

Its a very daunting game, but the motto of the game is that losing is fun and losing should be expected. There's crazy things that happen in DF, so just take failure as fun and you'll do alright!

[@Kenjuudo]

I've been subbed to you for a good while now and have come to recognize that I can expect nothing less than the quintessence of a well-prepared power gamed experience, exactly the way I like it. Love your approach to viewing video games as creative optimization problems.

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks! Its one of the only times I've ever been called a power gamer, but I suspect that's mostly because the term has aged and you're probably older much like myself =]

[@enesaytepe]

I had seen this series months ago and watched a bit of it. Now, it came to my mind again, but I couldn't remember the name of the channel, so I searched a lot but couldn't find it. Finally, I found it in my Google Activity history, and now I'm back here. 😄

[@Rhadamant]

Hey hey welcome back, Google history be praised!

[@tyronewhite918]

For new players, "sand" is farmable. It's usually the first underground layer below a vegetation abondant area and you can build farm plots on it. It's counter-intuitive, but I've seen a lot of people struggeling to find "soil" in the beginning. Also, a small tip, don't build your farm right at the entrance, dig some levels down and then make another way up to your farm, so it's more protected.

[@Rhadamant]

( I start farming sand like the next episode )

[@tyronewhite918]

@@Rhadamant Saw that, wasn't targeting you. More like newer people wondering how the hell they can farm.

[@littlepotato2741]

I've always heard so much about Dwarf Fortress, but I haven't played myself. I'm really looking forward to this series. Hope you have a good day.

[@Rhadamant]

I hope you have a good day too!

[@Zimmaster]

Oh! Im excited you're playing this game! It is my favorite! Been playing for like a decade now. Hope you have !!FUN!!

[@Rhadamant]

I'll have lots of !!FUN!!

[@pikkusieluinen]

I've done nothing but play Dwarf Fortress ever since the Steam release. The complexity and depth of the game just hits different. Really looking forward to watching this series!

[@Rhadamant]

What's your favorite feature of Dwarf Fortress? I know that's a broad question , but I am curious what you find the most endearing about the game.

[@Cormier66]

I'm absurdly excited to watch you play DF.

[@Rhadamant]

Ahh perfect!

[@TheDigdig66]

Build your fortresses vertically on many levels rather than horizontally on a few levels. 20 levels on the Z axis is the same as 20 squares on the horizontal axis, but in the first instance, a dwarf can access 20 levels of goodies in the same time it takes them to go 20 squares on one level which might only be one or two stockpiles. If you have a stockpile right below a workshop connected by a staircase, the items might only have to go 2-3 squares vs. across your whole base in a spread out design. This also saves a dwarf having to path all the way through your fortress every time an item is needed. Horizontally spread out fortresses will die to fps drop eventually. You should also designate high traffic areas to save some fps. Having a narrow tunnel entrance to your base isn't as important as you might think despite what almost every tutorial tells beginners. You can actually have as open an entrance as you want; you just have to wall it off with constructed walls which are always indestructible. Then you just need the drawbridge to finish off the wall and you're good. I used to do the narrow hallway entrance but now I go with wide open caverns where I'll put all my farm plots and related workshops which I'll wall off completely. Then I'll just do a short hallway to a 3x3 room which becomes my main up/down staircase that the fortress is build around. Another thing that will save you in the long run is walling off mined out areas you're not using anymore. The pathing code then has to look through fewer squares; it also cleans up your fortress. This is another advantage of vertical fortresses built around one or two main central stairways. The third suggestion is to take some time to make your rooms more interesting or unique. Add natural pillars (that can be smoothed and engraved) or nooks for statues and you'll save yourself a lot of malaise looking at a boring blocky fortress for hours. I work off a common design set where I plan out a stock blueprint of a few types of rooms in my head, then I use the same room design for every room of that type. I.e. my barracks always looks the same, the residential layer always looks the same, the stockpile/workshop layers always look the same: makes things a lot easier to identify when I'm flicking up and down Z levels. With dwarf residential rooms, all they need is a 1x3 containing a bed, cabinet, and door. Dwarves won't care about anything beyond this unless they are nobles. Later on you can swap out the old furniture for better-made copies to give the dwarves happy thoughts.

[@Rhadamant]

I appreciate you taking the time to explain these concepts to me, and I think its also important to note that a lot of the design I put into this series are PURELY for aesthetics, and I also make this clear and say it aloud in both the description of the video and I also verbalize it, it is also important for me to point out something you may have missed in the description, so here it is: "I am not looking to be told how to play, I am fully aware I am new to the game and as I mention in this episode and in the credits I prefer to learn at my own pace. Please keep that in mind when making comments, thank you!"

[@TheDigdig66]

@@Rhadamant Oof.

[@Rhadamant]

@@TheDigdig66 Don't worry I still read your tips because you took the time to write them =]

[@III-vg4dp]

Great! Saw you playing it on twitch and was looking forward to these uploads so I can learn and play along. Happy Holidays and soon to be new year. Thanks for the good stuff!

[@Rhadamant]

Happy holidays to you too, thanks for tuning in!

[@engrinis6344]

AND WE MINE,MINE,MINE! 'TILL THE MOURNING LIGHT! DIGGING CRAFTING CARRYING OUT THE ORE SMELTING AT THE FORGE!

[@Rhadamant]

DIG DIG DIG WITH ME!

[@capitalplayground]

Yess been waiting for this

[@Rhadamant]

Enjoy!

[@OffYourTopic]

Was wondering when you were gonna get to this

[@Rhadamant]

Here it is!

[@thepig-facedorc5257]

I’m pretty new to this and I have a few different perspectives to stuff said in the intro. Scare minerals doesn’t hurt trade - unless you mean it makes it too easy. I haven’t played on those other settings much so I’m not sure. But it definitely doesn’t hurt trade. I had to set the economy to hard mode just to help not get too wealthy too quickly. Aquifiers are also pretty useful. A little tedious sometimes but it’s not hard for a novice player to wall them up. And they provide water even really deep. Dig too deep too fast? The first thing I do is dig deep and then there’s a nice (but not too hard) challenge of getting the initial things setup nice and deep. It is a bit harder but it beats making a whole civilisation close to the surface and then relocating! Anyway … it’s all subjective. That’s the best thing about this game. There is no “right” way to do it. Just saying, even as a novice player I had no problems with the above. Well, no huge ones anyway. Some challenges. … oh yeah … you don’t need steel as a novice player. You don’t really even need metal! But copper is great. Steel is for really kicking butt. It’s not necessary. I played heaps with my whole militia decked out in bone and shell armour with traded weapons!

[@Rhadamant]

You are correct, there is no right way to play !

[@stonecoat_art]

Just started getting into this game, and I really enjoy your narration style and the way you explain your thoughts.

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks!

[@lukeharrison4817]

This is by far the best video I've seen yet about this game .

[@Rhadamant]

Wow dang! I'm new to the game but I try to do my homework, glad it was helpful!

[@RedScare360]

Just dove into DF this week, and this is the most helpful starter video I've seen so far. Thanks!

[@Rhadamant]

Wow! I'm glad its helpful! From one new player to another, good luck out there!

[@Erethakbe]

So many years asking for this one!!! I'm so proud of your Patreon supporters

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you so very much for your support, it truly helps! In preparing for complex games like Dwarf Fortress I have to spend dozens if not hundreds of hours preparing, so having people in my corner to make sure the bills get paid while I am doing copious homework helps a ton!

[@TonyTheTerrible]

wow. ive watched prob 2 hrs of beginner videos and no one emphasizes how important embark is. thanks man!

[@Rhadamant]

My pleasure dude!

[@travisshallenberger9486]

2:27 Your history involves someone becoming the Absolute Puke of the Communion of Cankers. This is going to be a fun series.

[@Rhadamant]

Haha =P

[@andrewleonard8408]

Once you figure out aquifers you can make frozen fortresses in the far north. That's what I do. I prefer heavy aquifers with cold to frozen temperatures. I always try to embark with a heavy aquifer because it essentially makes your fortress siege proof if you tap it for your farms and wells. You can also make yourself a giant indoor lake for some safe(er) fishing.

[@Rhadamant]

Neat!

[@jobronckaers4810]

Thank you for the entertainment. I would love more DF video’s. Please

[@Rhadamant]

You're welcome Jo! More is coming!

[@Calhouned]

LETS GOOOOOO I’m so excited to watch you play this!!

[@Rhadamant]

Awesome!

[@oak1780]

great start! looking forward to more!

[@Rhadamant]

More to come!

[@TheDragonageorigins]

So excited to see you play this. Having played Rimworld and being a fresh DF player, it's gonna be fun seeing what crazy things pop up in your playthrough.

[@Rhadamant]

I've also purposefully not watched others play Dwarf Fortress. My knowledge comes almost entirely from personal experimentation and the wiki =]

[@str0matolite]

Just posting a thumbs up, enthusiastic to see a great micro management player vs. a legendarily micro-challenging game.

[@Rhadamant]

Oh boy! I hope I live up to expectations =]

[@nulltan]

New players, don't worry about light aquifers they're very easy to deal with. Settle in a calm/wilderness forest, lost of wood, lots of plants. If you can, favor a brook because your dwarves can walk through it. Also settle near your civ, you will want migrants and trade.

[@Rhadamant]

Digging in a light aquifer can be annoying for new players, but to each their own

[@Grovyle90]

I know I'm late, but I really like your beginner friendly playthrough. I've been playing DF for almost a year now, and I STILL consider myself a new player.

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you friend! I definitely would not call myself an expert, I have about 5000 hours in its spiritual successor, RimWorld, and I think for me at least I feel like I'm an expert around hour 1000 or so, but for Dwarf Fortress I only have 150 hours thereabouts

[@Revenant483]

Thanks for showcasing this game Rhadamant! I was curious about Dwarf Fortress. So far I like it.

[@Rhadamant]

No problem!

[@Revenant483]

@@Rhadamant =)

[@pjda0295]

Despite the graphics that came from the 90's (s) this game can become really complicated. I hope i enjoy this new series of yours. Waiting for battle brothers to win the next poll

[@Rhadamant]

Maybe BB will win next poll, we'll see =]

[@alphaspartan]

Battle brothers! Another really good one.

[@rungeon83]

I played this 5-6 years ago before steam of course, and still used a tileset and noobs etc but this tutorial is fantastic, I played the steam version and it took some adjusting, I do prefer it but man I miss a lot of things from classic... but I found not having the additional tools (spreadsheet like gameplay) I have to make more effort to click on my dwarf and read their personality, and with the colour guids for important information REGARDLESS of my stupid rant! Thank you for making this video, so many lucky players get a heads up and avoids some frustrations!

[@Rhadamant]

I'm glad this guide could help ya!

[@pharynx007]

for any new people to DF, technically, having your fort mostly vertical around a central staircase (2x2 or 3x3 of stairs) is the most efficient way to build your fort. spreading out on one Z-level does look cooler, but it is way slower for your dwarves to get around. also a lot more digging to dig hallways. you can wall off your traders post on the surface, and then just build everything straight down.

[@Rhadamant]

I get into a little theory later on about how a 'cube' is the best way to fit the most into a central area. I'm aware of how you can wall stuff off, its just not how I'm going

[@pharynx007]

@@Rhadamant yeah, it wasn't a criticism. Just meant that if you go for the central staircase, it is possible to build it on the surface and wall it off instead of doing a ramp thing. I've dug into the side of a mountain before, and put the trade depot in the mountain, with a gate to lock the fort, ande arrow slits along the hallway to the gate.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@pharynx007 but how cool is it compared to just a ramp down into the unknown depths?

[@Bobbias]

@@SonsOfLorgar a ramp can also be great for defense. You can either line the ramp with traps, or have fortifications lining the side where your dwarfs can take pot shots at invaders as they make their way down the ramp. Or you can get way more creative and dump a bunch of lava on the invaders then drain it out once they're dead :)

[@da_SpiffR]

Looking forward to watching the rest of the series, subbed and liked!

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks!

[@gtbkts]

Thank you for the awesome video and new series!!

[@Rhadamant]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Fallout3131]

This is awesome!!!! I was waiting for this series not gonna lie, lol!

[@Rhadamant]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@sparrowhawk3422]

I found it funny that at 39:30 when you’re talking about building dorm rooms and how nobody likes to be disturbed when they are sleeping, you wake ur dog up and they’re like “really dude?”Lol

[@Rhadamant]

HAHAHA .. yeah ... woops.

[@facekickr]

Straight in from The Vault to this!! Let's get it!!

[@Rhadamant]

Yeehaw! Enjoy Facekickr

[@8urcookie]

I stepped away for a few minutes and came back when you said "What you want to go is go into labour....." and for a second, I thought I already missed an entire pregnancy

[@Rhadamant]

Hahaha nope, but I get the concern =]

[@loadtoad]

Wow, you surely are a grand planner! I love how much care that you put into all your games; at least it seems that way to me. Do you know what a Dwarf's favorite treat is? Cinnibar Buns! NOM NOM NOM RIBBIT!!! 🐸

[@Rhadamant]

Oh yum eating heavy stone as a treat, are you sure you're not a rock troll? LOL

[@loadtoad]

@@Rhadamant Just call me "Rock Biter", but that's a Neverending Story for another time. RIBBIT!!!

[@sicor94]

Hell yes, time to strike the earth and write a comment for the algorithm, good Luck and dont forget to be wary of horses!

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks for the comment! Strike hard and true!

[@AvenDonn]

Wake up bro, Z levels mod just dropped Really looking forward to watching this

[@Rhadamant]

Haha z to the max!

[@vurruckt]

Been waiting for this since DF was announced on steam

[@Rhadamant]

Here it is! I hope you enjoy =]

[@Nozong]

Whoa, Kenny Powers?! Lol just kidding but you do look and sound like the guy from Eastbound and Down which is awesome. Anyway just picked up the game and looking forward to this series to kinda guide me through and enrich the experience. Cheers👍👍

[@Rhadamant]

Its so odd that you think I look like Danny McBride, but hey whatever you say!

[@СергейШ-ч9т]

Light Aquifer very easy to dig thru. Just need some stockpile with logs or blocks (dwarfs carry faster then raw rock pieces) near carving stairs. Then dig one aquifer layer with stair, dig one next tile on each straight side of border tile of stairs, like for 1x1 stair dig 1 tile north 1 east 1 south 1 west and then fill all of them with wall, so you get 3x3 straight cross with stair at center without water leaking. Now you can dig lower layer. Same for 2x2 stair and so on. Heavy aquifer much harder to dig thru, but light very easy.

[@Rhadamant]

For a brand new player I still stand by the 'light aquifers might not be worth your trouble'

[@СергейШ-ч9т]

@@Rhadamant so many good embark spots have light aquifer and to dig thru needed most basic operations - digging and constructing walls.

[@Rhadamant]

@@СергейШ-ч9т The thing is, there is literally infinite embark spots because you can make infinite worlds so you can just pick whatever is most perfect and reroll if it isn't.

[@mringasa1848]

What I've been waiting for! Time to see if this is going in my library or not. - This one have a lot of Twitch integration? Watched a couple of your series that had me laughing hard watching the stuff your viewers were "gifting" you with on Rimworld. Fantastic content there.

[@Rhadamant]

There's no built in integration into DF, so it won't have that for better or for worse

[@hugues573]

voice of support !

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks!

[@Oroberus]

5:32 Fundamentals: - Dig into the side of a mountain - Construct a drawbridge closing into the side of the mountain - Construct a lever - Link the lever to the drawbridge - Pull the lever after everyone is inside - You won, you're safe Pro tip for your inventory management, especially regarding wood: Do not cut just ALL wood (except to piss of elves). Concentrate one one particular kind of wood to use for crafting and burn every other type to charcoal

[@Rhadamant]

👍

[@TheNickman007]

Hahaha I was only thinking yesterday “I hope Rhadamant starts a Dwarf Fortress series soon” and BOOOM…. Merry Christmas to me!

[@Rhadamant]

Merry Dwarfmass to you!

[@Kindlesmith70]

Aquifer isn't just underground water. It's moist ground blocks that infinitely produce water in surrounding tiles. 2 layers of wall will stop the water flow, or you can just mine the tile out to stop it from producing water. An aquifer will continue producing water for the Z level it is on until full. If water is lost or used it will refill again until that Z level is full. Digging will be immediately halted if you find a block is an aquifer block. this can cause issues if you are trying to make stairs upwards (see at end of comment) Sometimes you can luck out and not have them intrusive, and other times you can run into multiples on various Z levels. They are awesome for a constant functioning well, or creating moats/pools. This video was inadequate at explaining how much of a pain aquifers can be. That is the distinction to be made from actual water underground which you almost always will have in caves. What will happen is your dwarves will make a stair that is level with the Z level, which prevents the construction of an up stair. Trying to resume this means you will need to craft a stair, but you can't craft a stair case going up if there is floor above it. This issue does not exist in the original game (non-steam version).

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you for the clarification

[@Kindlesmith70]

@@Rhadamant Just realized that my comment could sound patronizing, or negative in some way. That wasn't my intention at all.

[@eugenec1733]

Glad to see another beginner series starting.

[@Rhadamant]

Aye aye ! Good luck to me =]

[@orlondok]

Heh ... Just wanted to mention how extra cool that opening screen looks ... describes DF in a very cool way ...

[@Rhadamant]

Why thank you!

[@bitmapadv]

@rhada I know I'm not the best of your viewers with my snarky comments and constant complains, but I wish you happy holidays dude. For what it's worth I have only 3 (three) gaming channels subscribed and you are one of them. Keep doing of what you are doing, you have a real talent for this.

[@Rhadamant]

Don't worry I can handle the snark, happy holidays to you too

[@ThegeekdomofgoreBlogspot]

Will you be digging into the lore of your civilization during this playthrough. Love your videos. Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year to come

[@Rhadamant]

What do you mean exactly? Happy holidays to you too!

[@ThegeekdomofgoreBlogspot]

@@Rhadamant for instance you may get a migrant that has a rich history. Will you use the legends mode to look into that dwarves history. The game keeps track of things like that

[@Rhadamant]

@@ThegeekdomofgoreBlogspot This series, as stated at the start, is going to be Fortress focused

[@Bobbias]

@@Rhadamant it wouldn't make for good video content, but you could use it to deep dive into some of the events and characters surrounding your fortress off camera. It's useful for things like "what's the story of the dwarf necromancer hanging out in that tower nearby?" Or "why is the king of the human civilization a Cyclops?"

[@Rhadamant]

@@Bobbias When there are people of note I'll dive a little

[@pooker1208]

You forgot to mention the greatest threat to a fortress, the dwarves themselves. Oh the forts I have lost.

[@Rhadamant]

Haha yes

[@Bobbias]

There is a planning mode now for mining. Beside the priority options you can swap designations from active to blueprint mode and back.

[@Rhadamant]

Aye!

[@gahmivolka]

holy crap I been waiting for the day to see you play this!

[@Rhadamant]

Aye, here it is!

[@TankwartTuk]

I've been waiting for this!! :))

[@Rhadamant]

More to come!

[@McWeird93]

So excited for these series!

[@Rhadamant]

Awesome, I am as well!

[@TheCosmicDrama]

Yessssss, Rhadamant is on Dwarf Fortress!

[@Rhadamant]

I'm excited too!

[@sagebarnes6235]

I just finished up this series, it's too bad that it was abandoned. Just going to refresh my mind with some starting tips and start my own game!

[@Rhadamant]

I hope you have a wonderful time embarking on a new adventure!

[@MrFred-sm9nw]

This is really good, eagar for part 2!

[@Rhadamant]

Awesome, its coming in 1.5 hours!

[@deathbagel]

Woohoo! DF! I hope you eventually have multiple fortresses going like you do with Rimworld because DF is WAY better than Rimworld (I do like them both though, but I've been playing DF for literal decades so it's hard to surpass it.)

[@Rhadamant]

Who knows!

[@HansLemurson]

I'm sure somebody has already mentioned this, but you can designate digging plans as "Blueprints" which can be marked but not be dug out.

[@Rhadamant]

Yup I'm aware!

[@HansLemurson]

@@Rhadamant I figured you would be. Hopefully people will be able to read this comment and forestall further pestering.

[@chaotickreg7024]

I'm binging all the df playthroughs like I'm searching for scientific breakthroughs. Everybody is catching up on their knowledge but there are still some hidden secrets that I haven't seen covered yet.

[@Rhadamant]

The depth of the secrets go as deep as the mountain I am afraid

[@jamesderbutler]

Actually, not bringing an anvil can be pretty smart to free up points for other important things! If you set out to do some crafts (or just overproduce and sell food) to the first dwarven caravan, you'll easily be able to afford one or two as well as other necessities. Yes, that means no metalwork until autumn, but usually you won't need metal wespons before then anyways. Just secure your fortress with bridges and cage traps and you're good! :) except they have changed major things for the steam version that's my usual go to. And if you don't feel secure not having a military early on, use crossbows, they (and bolts) cam be made out of wood. Please don't take this as being told how to play though, it's meant as a tip for your next embark :) Looking very much forward to how you conquer the complexity of this game.

[@Rhadamant]

I am suggesting that if you're brand new to Dwarf Fortress don't go messing with things, just embark default. Knowing nothing means you can't make informed decisions about preparing carefully or what to bring, just play.

[@catfoodbob1]

a almost definite run killer is a Giant Kea Stealing your anvil

[@Rhadamant]

=P

[@Blu3Bomb3r]

Been looking for a new series since the Steam version dropped. Can't wait to see what you uncover.

[@Rhadamant]

Awesome, sorry it took me a minute to get this going

[@ScorpiusZA.]

To quote Warcraft 3 (I think). "Dwarfs Ready".

[@Rhadamant]

Weerk weerk

[@DonmenDragon]

Goodluck from a fellow DF player.

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you!

[@ayrnovem9028]

Hey, that was surprisingly fun too watch. I've played some earlier iterations of DF but never truly got into fortress building. (in fact, I've spent more time experimenting with world generation and tinkering with different creatures in the game files, rather then actually making a fortress). Will likely tune in for more. Btw: how about using tools that allow you to have an isometric view of your fortress and the lands around it? I don't think you can functionally integrate them into the playing process, but even having a visualization tool to check now and then is nice. It would really help the audience to better understand what they are looking at, IMO.

[@Rhadamant]

This is a vanilla series, no such tools exist without mods, right?

[@ayrnovem9028]

​@@Rhadamant I wouldn't call them mods. Rather, they are 3rd party quality-of-life interface applications. You can switch them on, make some pretty screenshots, and go back to vanilla if you prefer it that way. After checking out the forums, looks like DFHack is in the process of being updated to the current version of DF. And Stonesense (which is the most sensible 3d visualize tool) runs on the basis of the DFHack package. Will likely take a couple months.

[@Rhadamant]

@@ayrnovem9028 So they're not currently updated for the steam version anyway?

[@ayrnovem9028]

@@Rhadamant Yes, that's correct.

[@Rhadamant]

@@ayrnovem9028 Well then there's nothing for me to do, hooray!

[@mortaljokes]

Beware the giant birds!

[@Rhadamant]

Cackawww!

[@TyphonV]

Been bumbling through my first fortress for the last few days so I'm really interested in your take on it. You're certainly a lot more organised than I am 😄

[@Rhadamant]

Well at least I try to be I guess =]

[@MajinStrach]

Started myself about a week ago, maybe explaining the map generation and how to use it a little would help new people to DF. I have done a huge video watching week while messing about

[@Rhadamant]

I don't know too much about map generation, sorry

[@kylepettis4571]

Going old school with the 3 wide ramp haven’t seen that outside of ascii.

[@Rhadamant]

Nothing I do is informed by what others do because I have no idea how other people play Dwarf Fortress. I've never played until like a week or two ago and I'm entirely self taught by DF wiki and the in game tutorials (plus trial and error playing). In this way whatever is 'meta' is something that means absolutely nothing to me. I realize in the case of a trade depot one obvious solution is to leave it on the surface and wall it in rather than accommodate a ramp for it, but I don't like the aesthetics of that. The people who accompany the trade caravans reference the splendor of your fortress so having them stand outside in the dirt makes little sense.

[@treb760]

Am I the only one who likes light aquifers? They are super easy to deal with and mean that you don't need to use surface water or dig to the caverns too early.

[@Rhadamant]

Nope you're not the only one who likes them

[@treb760]

@@Rhadamant hehe. By the way, nice work on the video. Some great info. I might need to pass it along to folk that I convince to play.

[@keamu8580]

Good job, Rhadamant!

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you

[@arimunic]

Just found out about the steam release and immediately wondered if you were going to make a series and of course you did! Very interested to see more df content from you. Was watching some other 'tubers but none of them have the ability to tell a good story with the game like you do in rimworld. Hoping it will transfer well back to the OG.

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you for the compliment. I'm still rough and learning Dwarf Fortress but once I know the ropes I feel like I'll be able to tell good stories!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Regarding minor temples/shrines, would it create synergies to build temples near the various workshops to gods corresponding to the work of those workshops?

[@Rhadamant]

As far as I am aware there's no synergy to be had for the placement of temples except to make sure it doesn't take too long to travel there ( like don't make a dwarf have to go in a pilgrimage to get there )

[@brynnplant]

Hope you get hours of good times out of this great game!

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you Brynn! I hope so too

[@Whatever4690]

Prefer sparse minerals as it just feels more realistic and there is still more than enough ore. Things i would like to see changed - Bins are buggy and just everything is kind of mixed in though with careful stockpiling and planning that might be fixable. Merchants getting stuck forcing you to break your own tradestation. Wildlife spawns when last wave is killed at least on surface which kind of means clearing the area isn't possible it shouldn't be automatic. You can build silly and not have a collapse supports should be needed more. Combat messages not saving at last place you looked forcing you to read entire history again to find the point you last looked. Cages are OP " Oo scary music a giant appeared" and is now easily trapped in a cage. Too many forgotten beasts i must have about 4 of them in the caverns below and they won't leave. I would of put in not being able to set amount of products made but then i discovered the purpose of the manager.

[@Rhadamant]

Thanks for the starter tips and sharing your personal preferences

[@parkerault2607]

Correction: good environments are NOT safer if you have high savagery. My current fort is on such a tile and every time my dwarfs go outside to collect wood they get gored by agitated unicorns, and picked up and dropped in the river by agitated cardinal men. It's like an active warzone up there.

[@Rhadamant]

Yup, the difficulty varies a lot

[@thekaijuforge6961]

Question do you think you might do a mod of this where it's a goblin Fortress

[@Rhadamant]

I have no idea

[@Greycrescent]

THANK YOU!

[@Rhadamant]

You're welcome!

[@clayspurlock6849]

Commenting to support

[@Rhadamant]

Thank you Clay

[@_Morri_]

This seems like such a fun game. It's a pity I have very bad spatial awareness, and I have a hard time visualizing what you mean with the bridges and how/where to put them in for it to work.

[@Rhadamant]

At the start of next stream ( episode 7 ) I'll give a slow tour to help you!

[@_Morri_]

@@Rhadamant Thank you! I'll check it out!

[@Luredreier]

34:06 Yeah, I got a werezebra in my base... And no one got any skills related to medicine anymore... And they're starting to spiral out of controll mentally.... A bit of a pity really, because I have like 300 alcohol, 1 000 prepared food, bins and bins of finished gem encrusted goods, etc, etc, etc.

[@Rhadamant]

You have a very well stockpiled crypt

[@Luredreier]

@@Rhadamant Yep, pretty much... I'd only adventure mode was enabled...

[@ippothedestroyer]

We really need dwarf therapist.

[@Rhadamant]

This series is purposefully mod-free. If you're new to the channel every new game I play is always 100% vanilla with no exceptions. Mixing mods into a series needlessly confuses people who are new to the game because it becomes unclear what is vanilla mechanics and what is modded mechanics.

[@mac-gyver1152]

Dwarf's mine mining needs trees dwarf cut trees elves don't like this Elves try to make dwarfs stop Dwarf's hates elf's lol Great video 👍🏻 and God bless 🙏

[@Rhadamant]

Good summary

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video

[@Rhadamant]

You bet

[@Wolfineer_]

Reference for series art? It's gorgeous

[@Rhadamant]

It was AI generated by MidjourneyAI and then touched up by me