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If I come across any gems or metal while I'm mining, it bothers me to just leave them there. I'll mine them out now and put up some walls or something later.

I read about this somewhere on the forums, but for the life of me, I can't find it again. I think you had to make something of a material which will burn forever, then drop it in a body of water and it all evaporates. I ask because I want to make an undersea tower. So, what I would like to know is:

1. Does this still work?
2. What sort of items would work for this?
3. What's a good way of catching the thing on fire and then releasing it into the water, but without creating lots of obsidian or dooming my fortress (Not that I'm completely against creating an undersea obsidian tower, however, I would not be able to make windows like I intend to).

So if I am in an area where water is frozen year-round, and I mine some of the ice out, it won't respawn and insta-kill any dwarves using the area at the time?

Is your tanner busy? Try turning off all of his other labors. It's also possible he's doing a job which has no assigned labor, like collecting sand, sleeping, or eating. If he's collecting sand, suspend or cancel the "collect sand" jobs at your glass/magma furnaces.

Thanks =D

I'm still getting used to the game, so I'd rather not have a tantrum spiral just as things get rolling. I have yet to have a dwarf go insane unless it was from a failed mood, and it is not that difficult to prevent it thus far. So, for the moment, I suppose an occasional unhappy thought is ok.

I have a dwarf who's job it is to mil creatures, then make cheese, both on repeat. Then I noticed a dwarf who's favorite food is a type of milk. So, I was wondering, should I leave some milk or keep turning all of it into cheese?


Milk Creature   R
Make Cheese   R

or...

Milk Creature   R
Milk Creature   R
Make Cheese   R