Create a subterranean empire and mine for the most valuable metals of all. Use nearby rivers to catch fish, irrigate crops, provide fresh water, and/or to provide power with a water wheel.Build homes, storage centers, barrels, beds, fires and much more. Cut down trees and use the lumber for a variety of purposes.No dwarf can function without alcohol for very long. Make sure to keep the stills topped off with booze.All dwarves have unique name, attributes and behavioral patterns.Keep in mind what resources and dangers will be present.Īre you familiar with the dwarves of Middle Earth, Warhammer or Faerûn? Dwarf Fortress allows you to recreate those civilizations and a whole lot more with its incredibly flexible empire-building tools. Pick a spot on the map where your civilization will be built.Look at a sprawling world with mountains, rivers, lakes, fields and forests.Determine their names, attributes, starting inventories and known skills. This will determine how advanced the existing civilizations will be at the start, among other things. Decide how many years of history you want to generate at the beginning.Set the map size, mineral density, number of civilizations present, monster populations, and so on.

Procedurally generate a world to your specifications.Before you can begin digging your tunnels and mining for adamantine ore, you'll first need to create a world for your dwarves to settle in. Dwarf Fortress is a sandbox game right from the very start.

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