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[JakeTamber]

So, I made a fort. Dug some stuff out, killed some groundhogs. Good times.

Oh, wait, we're out of booze. It is probably a good idea to make it, right?

So, off to the wikia. I gather some plants (D and P), and make a plot for them. The dwarf does stuff to the plot, I pick the seeds, then... what? Am I missing something or did I do something wrong? There seems to be no indication anything is happening.

[Musashi]

Have you built a still and designated a brewer to, well, brew the plants?

[Ephemeriis]

To make booze you first need plants to brew.  You can grow these yourself, or you can gather them from the countryside, or you can buy them from a caravan.

Then you need a still, which is built under the workshops menu.

Then you need some empty barrels to put the booze in.

Then you need to order the still to brew drinks, and you need a dwarf with the right labor enabled to actually go do the brewing at the still.

Assuming that you have a plant which can be brewed, an empty barrel, and a dwarf who can do the brewing - you'll see a barrel of booze produced and hauled away.

[Sphalerite]

When you use the gather plants command (d, p) your dwarves gather plants.  To plant a plot you need seeds, not plants, so you need to make those plants into seeds.  To yield seeds the plants need to be brewed at a still, or eaten raw by a dwarf, or processed at a farmer's workshop, depending on what type of plant.  Those actions will yield seeds, which can then be planted in a farm plot to make more plants.  Do not cook the plants, this will destroy the seeds.

[AngleWyrm]

So, off to the wikia. I gather some plants (D and P), and make a plot for them. The dwarf does stuff to the plot, I pick the seeds, then... what? Am I missing something or did I do something wrong? There seems to be no indication anything is happening.

You have to plant the seeds. Q)uerry the plot, and select a season and then select a plant to plant during that season. Then select the next season, and a plant for it, and so on until you have all four seasons scheduled for planting. Then the dwarves with Growing labor enabled will go and plant your seeds.

[gtmattz]

...did I do something wrong?...

Yeah....


Sounds to me like you did not follow a tutorial.

[Smackinjuice]

Yes follow that tutorial, it may be old but teaches good gameplay; download it's dwarf fotress file that's on the site; it comes with the map you will be using in the tutorial.  and has a pre-set graphics pack.

though when you move up to 31.18 there are LOAD of new stuff, infact i would skip the military tutorial/ and note in the new version you need underground mud; otherwise just farm above ground and build walls around it.

also to build a still, press B then L,  but you will need a carpenter for barrels.  for that press B, then w, then C.

remember the first week of playing this game is nothing but learning; but after the first week an a few fallen fortress you will be having a blast.

[slothen]

if you gathered some plants already you can just brew them directly

[petebull]

if you gathered some plants already you can just brew them directly

... you have to brew them to gain seeds for the sowing