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[MaGicBush]

This probably sounds stupid, but both buildings on the wiki say they grind things into flour, etc. So what is the difference between these two workshops exactly? What's funny is I have I played this game a lot, but never really used either building in my forts. I was just glancing over the workshops and figured I would try using some stuff I normally don't. Thanks for any help!

[bloop_bleep]

A quern is manually operated by dwarves. A millstone requires a power input of at least 10 to work. I think millstones grind stuff stuff faster than querns, but I'm not sure.

[MaGicBush]

Awesome thanks. It sounds like the quern is more for early game then.

[Fleeting Frames]

I think more for less production or power-carrying fort designs. Routing power to millstone is fun, though I've always used querns for library production so far (Not that a windmill atop library building isn't fitting). Don't know what the difference is, but it's small enough to not brother there for the handful of sheets the dwarves will be using.

[PatrikLundell]

As said, a quern is usually sufficient, but if you're into large volume grinding you may save some dwarf power by using the powered device.

[MaGicBush]

Ok thanks everyone!