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Dwarf Fortress => DF Gameplay Questions => Topic started by: RustyDusty on August 10, 2016, 10:13:31 pm
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I don't know how to satisfy this, and almost all of my dwarves are annoyed at this.
I probably won't even pay to much attention to it once I do know how to solve it, but just not knowing is what's more aggravating.
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Crafts. Dwarves will claim them sometimes after hauling.
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Crafts. Dwarves will claim them sometimes after hauling.
Is there a limit to how much they'll take? If so then I can make 2 stockpiles for crafts to give and take from each other, but if they'll just keep claiming them then I won't have trade goods.
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Is there a limit to how much they'll take?
I think they take only when they need to. I'm not sure if there's a limit, but they don't seem to ever store them in their rooms. You could end up with a few dwarves struggling beneath a mountain of held jewelry several years down the road.
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They do occasionally drop trade junk in their rooms.
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Would this work?
Stop fort activity for a while. Give everyone the haul item job. Make 3 craft stockpiles set to take from each other and let the dorfs do the rest.
Huh, wasn't theft punished with death on dwarven society?
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Your proposal should work.
Laying claims to communal resources according to "need" isn't theft, just as clothing replacement, eating, or drinking isn't theft. If a dorf took another dorf's named weapon it would almost be theft, but not quite, as DF currently doesn't really have private property. "Owned" items are as close as you get, currently, and dorfs don't take those.