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[varangian]

Urist McSecretive snagged a craftdwarf's workshop and swiftly grabbed some ore and gems. According to the wiki her sketches of stacked cloth, skeletons and stacked leather indicated a need for thread, bones and leather. The fortress had plenty of bones available and bins full of leather but I slaughtered a couple of my (many) surplus donkeys, which she liked for their stubbornness, to be on the safe side. Of thread I had [41] and couldn't produce any more until the next harvest. I thought this should be enough but Urist just sulked in the workshop before going insane.

If I interpreted the information given out correctly the next thing Urist wanted was the thread and only 1 unit was need. Now it's fairly obvious what 1 unit's worth of rock is, it's a rock, but is a unit of thread the same as thread[1] or is there a minimum quantity needed to satisfy the needs of a moody dwarf? Urist had no particular preferences when it came to cloth so I assume it was the amount that was the problem, so if I knew what that was I could make sure I always had sufficient in stock for next time.How

[bcd1024]

Urist wanted cloth, not thread. They never want thread. Also, cloth could mean silk or plant fiber, you should always have both.

[varangian]

The wiki says such sketches indicate a need for cloth or thread. I discounted the former as there were many bins full of assorted cloth available that I'd acquired in trade, thread was the only thing I had limited supplies of.

[Osmosis Jones]

Urist wanted cloth, not thread. They never want thread. Also, cloth could mean silk or plant fiber, you should always have both.

Wrong. They can and will request thread. You are correct about the need for both silk and plant fiber though.