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[Don Blake]

Okay, so I have a secretive dwarf, claimed a metalcrafter's shop, and is drawing pictures of 'a quarry' 'stacked leather' and 'shining bars of metal' which I take to mean he wants tanned hides, stone, and bars of metal.  All of which I have.

Which begs the question, why is he just sitting there instead of going out and getting them.  I know sometimes a dwarf will want spider silk cloth instead of plant fiber and not mention it- is it possible the dwarf wants a particular kind of metal?

[rufio]

Maybe he wants stone blocks, instead of just stone?

[Malicus]

is it possible the dwarf wants a particular kind of metal?

Yes, so it's probably exactly this.  Check the dwarf's preferences for a metal preference.

[beekay]

There are very few situations in which a dwarf will only use one type of metal - he probably needs stone blocks, as was said.

[Malicus]

No, if he needed blocks, he'd be sketching "square blocks", or so the wiki says.

[beekay]

...true. Huh. That is strange, then. In that case I suppose the type of the metal could be the holdup. I've never heard of that being a problem before you find the blue stuff, though.

[Don Blake]

His only metal preference is for silver, and smelting some of that didn't tempt him to leave his workshop.

I hope he's not demanding a specific stone according to his preferences, because I haven't got any pitchblende.

Edit:  Never mind- he snuck out while I wasn't looking and gathered everything.  Guess it was the silver.

[andrewas]

Use 'T' to check the contents of his workshop - if he's started gathering a material he will want to use more of the same.

[bmaczero]

I'm nearly 100% that moody dwarves do not require specific metals.

My guess is that you didn't have enough metal for him, and smelting the silver provided enough for him to finish.

[Wulf]

Check to see if the workshop's clogged, if it is it'll say <CLT> by the name in the q menu. Moody dorfs usually won't work in a cluttered shop.

[Kanil]

I'm nearly 100% that moody dwarves do not require specific metals.

My guess is that you didn't have enough metal for him, and smelting the silver provided enough for him to finish.

Moody dwarves will demand a certain metal, if it's one of their likes. This I know. If he needs multiple bars, they will all have to be that metal. Had a dwarf make a ring out of three bars of aluminum, once. Wasteful bastard.

I think any dwarf with a metal like will always demand it when he makes an artifact (assuming the artifact requires metal, it might not.) It's also possible that only some metals can be demanded, I never experimented with this very closely.