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[Deboche]

One of my dwarves got a smithing mood and I didn't have a forge so I built one. He claimed it and now he's sketching pictures of bars and a quarry but he won't collect anything.

I don't have burrows, nothing's forbidden, stockpiles have no links and I have plenty of bars and stone.

Known bug? I'm pretty sure it's a weaponsmithing thing and I want it.

[Arx]

It might be worth getting dfhack and checking what particular materials he wants.

Is there anything that might be physically blocking him from collecting? Like if a caravan got attacked on the surface and your fort is currently locked down.

[Deboche]

Will dfhack work in this latest version? I thought when they wanted bars they just went for whatever was available rather than a specific metal.

Nothing blocking him, I don't even have walls up and the stockpiles full of bars and stone are 1 z-level above the workshop.

[Arx]

Dfhack does indeed work for this version.

In terms of bars, I think if they have a preference and that preference is on the map, they'll want it even if they can't get it. IIRC, if their preference is non-existent or not present on the map, they'll pick whatever is highest-value.

[Larix]

Check the dwarf's preferences. They may have a liking for a specific metal that you don't have in stock but actually made some time ago: pig iron and tin are classic examples - you can easily make some bars without keeping any in stock, because you only use them as intermediate step in steel and bronze production. Smithing moods absolutely require preferred metals (or adamantine) if the fort has already made any.

DFhack's showmood does display what the dwarf wants overall, but the added "what has the dwarf collected" indicators are unreliable; you must check for tasked (light blue [TSK] tag) i"t"ems in the workshop directly to verify.

[Deboche]

The guy likes gold, which I don't have and never had. I'm gonna try digging for it but it's a desperate attempt.

I can't get dfhack to install. I downloaded it from here: https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack and it says to replace sdl.dll but the zip file doesn't come with a sdl.dll file.

[Naryar]

Probably the dwarf wants gold.

Also is "a quarry" rock boulders or rock blocks ?

[Arx]

I think it's boulders. Blocks are, again I think,  something more obvious.

[Deboche]

I have both boulders and blocks.

Anyway, twice already I've tried this. I got 6 miners to start digging down. Found the second cave and shortly after the game crashed. So demoralizing...

[Deboche]

Ok I dug down until I found warm stone at -10 or something and no gold. Guess I better wall the guy in in case he goes bersek...

The crash was caused by building a wall next to a spore tree trunk.