/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress General

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Previous Thread: >Download the basic game here. Current version is Dwarf Fortress 0.43.05
bay12games.com/dwarves/

>Official forums:
bay12forums.com/smf/index.php

>Find a bug? Don't tell us! Tell Toady! Complaining in the thread will accomplish nothing.
bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt

>Have a question? Check the wiki first:
dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_Page

>Fireden archived threads:
boards.fireden.net/vg/search/subject/Dwarf Fortress/

>Dwarf Therapist (Standalone is out of date, use Starter Pack for 43.05):
bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122968.0
github.com/splintermind/Dwarf-Therapist/releases/

>DFHack:
bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139553.0
github.com/DFHack/dfhack/releases

>Starter Pack:
bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126076.0
dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=7622

>More DF stuff:
pastebin.com/AnsHjQ40
Modanon's Mods: dffd.bay12games.com/who.php?id=3558

>Dwarf Fortress General IRC chat:
en.irc2go.com/webchat/?net=freenode&room=dwarffortress
(to connect yourself: webchat.freenode.net #dwarffortress)

>A bunch of guides to various parts of fort-based living:
imgur.com/a/nGyRF#0

>Video tutorials:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrdUj1adIBD-vgUodaaxebcdqQ4oEWtg
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD1A3FE72C0DCAC66 (Dated, but good)

>Text tutorials:
dwarffortresswiki.org/DF2014:Tutorials
members.iinet.net.au/~morty/Getting_Started_with_Dwarf_Fortress.pdf

>This pasta:
pastebin.com/iAduXzjn

Strike the earth!

fat kobold butts

but why is there still no update

You have only yourself to blame user.

where do you keep your livestock to prevent them from getting obliterated when there's an invasion?

underground since they eat moss like it's grass

For grazers, I build an enclosed room on the surface that's only accessible from below so nothing can get in there from outside my fortress. I usually put non-grazers in rooms near my farm / kitchen levels.

right in front of the main entrance. this way, they'll serve as a meatshield during werebeast attacks. during other attacks and sieges, you can just temporarily inactivate the pasture, and they will move inside to the meeting areas.

Winter has arrived, and so my last season as Overseer draws to a close. It is my hope that I have overall given my people a better, more secure fortress, and ultimately a more prosperous, comfortable place to live.
However, I shall endeavor to maintain my workload, and shall not take it easy even as my reign ends. The first order of business is to jump start the steel and metal industry, which will be our greatest defense against beasts and greenskins, not to mention the vile undead which lie not far.

For steel, we require iron, pig iron, coke and flux. We have a plentiful amount of all but the flux stone, so it is imperative that we mine as much of the marble as possible. Thankfully, the layer here seems to contain no shortage of the valuable stone, and as long as it endures we shall have our steel.