I use paid-out veins as catacombs. If you're not planning to try and fit rooms into your previously mined-out copper and iron ore areas, just start putting coffins in the old mines. I figure for dorfs, life comes from the ore, so being returned to it in death is appropriate.
I use paid-out veins as catacombs. If you're not planning to try and fit rooms into your previously mined-out copper and iron ore areas, just start putting coffins in the old mines. I figure for dorfs, life comes from the ore, so being returned to it in death is appropriate.
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X wall, . hidden area, _ channel, + floor, ^ ramp up, D door, v ramp downThis is three levels, entrance in the middle, with ramps up and down to the other two. All levels have the chambers one on top of the other, but that can be varied depending on space and preference.
Here's what my current graveyard/catacombs looks like.... nothing too fancy:This is a very neat design. I approve of this. :)
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_____________That's usually enough for all the deaths in my forts. Pets get thrown into magma. Prevents the "decay" thought, I believe.
yeah, you deconstruct the old ones and bones get piled on the floor.
is there a way to put the dead dwarfes in new coffins?
Here's my current setup (after a caravan was recently ambushed):The double walls are a bit ugly but I'll fix that next time.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I Put notches in the walls of my Entrance Halls which are big open multi Z areas. If someone dies, they are taken to a level which represents their status, closer to the core are reserved for those of Legendary Achievements...
...or can you assign them a "tomb" after they're already dead and it'll bury them there from the corpse stockpile?You can't assign tombs after death. I assume he does it in advance.
I am curious about the layout of the rest of your fortress. Do you have pictures of it?The rest is mainly arranged on the vertical around the staircase, and is just a random mess, so doesn't look all that great. But my bedroom complex is kinda neat:
Those patterns are incredible... my square fortress is put to shame. What tileset is that, by the way?...or can you assign them a "tomb" after they're already dead and it'll bury them there from the corpse stockpile?You can't assign tombs after death. I assume he does it in advance.I am curious about the layout of the rest of your fortress. Do you have pictures of it?The rest is mainly arranged on the vertical around the staircase, and is just a random mess, so doesn't look all that great. But my bedroom complex is kinda neat:(The extra staircases are part of the plumbing.)Spoiler (click to show/hide)
This is my 'Forgotten Beast Reception Area' (under construction):Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Those patterns are incredible... my square fortress is put to shame.