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[anon4551]

So I know what burrows are and what they do - basically.
I know how to define them, add citizens to them and use them with the military system.


But what I don't know is how to assign a single civilian to a single burrow.
All I read about the "add citizens to burrow" is that it lets me choose which citizens should be restricted to said burrow - there wasn't really a lot of documentation I could find.
From what I experienced/observed this function seems to do nothing. 


Let me clarify:
I define a burrow, a metalsmith's forge including nearby stockpiles in which the needed materials are stored.
I add my weaponsmith to this burrow using said function.
- Then there are two possible scenarios:
1.) I do not activate this burrow using the alerts menu: metalsmith does what he wants, wanders 45 z-levels below ground to store item in stockpile - seems to have no effect
2.) I do activate the burrow in the alerts menu: all my dwarves (even though only my weaponsmith was assigned/added to this burrow) rush to said burrow, stay there and do nothing else


Is this even possible?
If yes, what am I doing wrong? 


Edit: Oh god, sorry. Wrong forum section...

[Cyntrox]

In my experience, simply assigning a dwarf to a burrow (without activating it via alerts) will work, sometimes. That's what you want, anyways.