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[DragonOfWar900]

So i was looking around the outside of my fortress and i found this:


It's the trapdoor looking thing.

It seems that this object contains quite a lot of stuff. And my dwarves sometimes go up there and store items in that place. What is that and how do i remove it. I tried claiming all of the items but it didn't seem to work. I tried using Designate>Remove construction/Reove Designation, Set Building Task/Pref (It didn't highlight the object), all without success.

[Bradders]

Well, what is on that tile?  Did you examine it with (k), (q) and (t)?  Is it an (i) dump zone forgotten about?  Needs more info's.

[RattyB]

Do you know what graphics set you are using?
It may help.

[Loci]

It looks like you've toggled "garbage dump" on an activity zone on a z-level above. Dwarves will automatically chuck items marked for dumping off an edge when they can, leading to a pile like that down below. Disable "garbage dump" on your pasture/plant gathering/etc. zone and your dwarves should stop tossing stuff in the pile.

[DragonOfWar900]

Well, what is on that tile?  Did you examine it with (k), (q) and (t)?  Is it an (i) dump zone forgotten about?  Needs more info's.

I examinated the thing using k and there was Cloth and leather bins, a toy, 3 crutches, a quiver, a sand bag, 2 barrels, a plump helmet spawn bag, cabbage seeds bag, an iron anvil, a whip vine seeds bag, a backpack, a chest and bells. All of which are not marked as "Dump". I've used (i) and there wasn't a garbage dump zone.

Do you know what graphics set you are using?
It may help.

I'm using Pheobus

It looks like you've toggled "garbage dump" on an activity zone on a z-level above. Dwarves will automatically chuck items marked for dumping off an edge when they can, leading to a pile like that down below. Disable "garbage dump" on your pasture/plant gathering/etc. zone and your dwarves should stop tossing stuff in the pile.

From what I know, I've never setted a "garbage dump" as an activity zone, as it's, for me, a " complication more to worry about". And i haven't found a zone were i accidentally setted as a garbage dump.  Plus, none of the items there are marked as "Dump".

[kontako]

I've also had situations where dwarfs store objects in strange places...

In one strange scenario, one had claimed a skeleton as their property and stored it in a cabinet in their bedroom!

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Don't ask me why.

It could be that a caravan had broken and dropped all its items on that spot. It's happened to me in the past, a wagon had rotted (or something) and dumped its load; or potentially a merchant got spooked and dropped stuff.
Were the items forbidden on that spot when you found them? if so, this could be the explanation. Check your missing units page for a missing wagon.

[Fleeting Frames]

Have you ever produced or obtained chest or bells, actually? They usually indeed show up mostly by caravans.

[Libash_Thunderhead]

Definitely caravan drops.

[Loci]

Definitely caravan drops.

Have you ever seen a caravan bring a hatch cover? While it's certainly possible that the caravan dropped those other items somewhere, if dwarves are "storing items" in this particular spot then it isn't likely to be a caravan drop.

From what I know, I've never setted a "garbage dump" as an activity zone, as it's, for me, a " complication more to worry about". And i haven't found a zone were i accidentally setted as a garbage dump.  Plus, none of the items there are marked as "Dump".

They wouldn't be marked "dump" after dwarves dumped them; they would be forbidden.

Anyway, you can upload a save to DFFD ( http://dffd.bay12games.com/ ) and someone will take a look at it.

[Blue_Dwarf]

Are the dwarves actually storing items in there, or storing items they take from there?