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Afraid for water shortages ( dehydrated dorfs ) i try to build early a well
The dorfs can also drink water with a bucket.

Should the watercompsumption sufficient by hauling water ? ( my guess is that is the case)
Inside the fortress is a well safer
Only nearest watersource is outside a pool of 16 x 12= 192  cubic meter water
 

• Is this pool enough for filling a everlasting filled reservoir for a well
• Construction of downpipe to reservoir, crate  ( floodgate not needed : the fortress can not be flooded by water ? )
  

I think i first mine out a reservoir from 10x4x4 ( l x w xh ) under the well one z level lower under the floor.. 

Although it's not the case here, there is another reason for dorfs dying of thirst: trying to use mugs while not being able to use them because of having lost the ability to grasp. In these cases they'll sit on top of the barrel trying to use the mug, so they're not moving around. If you manage to strip them of the mug and have forbidden all other mugs in the fortress they'll be able to drink directly from the barrel.

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If the dorfs are unable to use their arms for using the mug for drinking, then nothing happen
So they do have a disability to their arms ? ..strange
 

Those thirsty dwarves: is it that there  is a shortage off barrels ? , because  they will drink each from one barrel.
They must be able to pick a barrel from a food stockpile with settings are set for drinks 
That's my idea (approach)

Right now i am also facing "thirsty dorfs"in the fortress and probably i will lose it
Also extra water helps with buckets , that counts also in relieving their thirst

Brew job from plants and a brewer are also needed ... lol
Therefore i am focussing now on a construction of a well too.

How much water contribute to the thirst need of a dorf in comparison with alcoholic drinks?
 

Trivial maybe, but did not found a answer on it.
In a workshop i do see noted a 0 ..also the 0 is placed behind a order.
What could that be?

Let me guess : outdated, on , no Carpenter , no ?

Quote from: janamdo on March 27, 2020, 03:14:53 am

Don't know yet what marble has to offer against the other 3 iron ores (flux stones) : hematite, magnitite and limonite

To be clear:
Iron ores are hematite, magnitite, and limonite.
Flux stones are marble, calcite, dolomite, chalk, and limestone.

Flux and iron are both needed to produce steel, alongside refined coal.

Marble has a nice value for the products it makes, so that might be part of it.

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Good to clarify this from you , flux stones are not iron ores.
 

Personally, I think any advantage to having marble not showing as flux is vastly outweighed by not having marble as flux.  I'd rather have tons of marble.

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Don't know yet what marble has to offer against the other 3 iron ores (flux stones) : hematite, magnitite and limonite
There are more applications of using marble probably?
When there is a pre-embark screen i try to predict at forehand where the chance is to find marble
The same fore the other iron ores in what biome or surrounding ?

 
 

You raid sites, not civilizations. You don't just send out a squad and say "harass the first elves you meet" (although potentially that might be interesting, send out a team to build a bandit camp and harass the neighbours by themselves).

Just pick some place close to you.

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Yes,that is also a way of doing this mission goals
I found now: in circles spotting around my fortress , but there is a chance to miss a target and i just send two naked dwarfs (brrr) to two civilizaton habitations.

Note: i am now playing a earlier saved fortress what is destroyed and that is a good startpoint to get more in the gamemechanics.
Now i can myself  completetely concntrating on trading. ( to get a stronger military )   

Well, i try to send a someone to a elven civilization, but how to find on the (h) Holdings and tribute screen?
I take the surrounding spots, but no elven civilization

Can't  do this structured , because it are too much spots  and go from left to right. .tile columns.its too much asked
The status icon of the elven civ is not to find too with this tileset
I am stuck now.