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[Nicolai]

Hi,
I want to build a tower for my marksdwarves, but how do I build multiple levels?
Right now, i just have a 5x5 area, enclosed in walls, but I can't figure out how to build ontop of that.

[kotekzot]

Build stairs next to the wall? Scaffolding.

[khearn]

Build up stairs inside the walls, then build up/down stairs on top of them (on the second level). Then build floors on the second level, at least around the inside egde of the walls, so your dwarves can access the top of the first level walls to build. Then build 1x1 walls in the corners of the second level. Then build the rest of the second level walls. You want to build the corners first, or your dwarves won't be able to get to them to build them.

Then build up/down stairs on the third level over your stairs on the second level, and continue upward.

[Naros]

^^^

I much prefer just building rows of scaffolding ( 10x1 up/down stairs  ) on each level. Looks more likely as well, as it's just temporary scaffolding.

[Lectorog]

Alternatively, if you want every floor usable, build flooring around a central staircase. Scaffolding, in my opinion, is a big pain to take down.

By the way, towers don't help marksdwarves much. You'd be better off with a one- or two-z level wall with fortifications. Towers are cool though.

[FrankMcFuzz]

I build so that I'll never want to remove it.

Build one wall section next to the wall, and a ramp next to that. Then, on the next Z-level up, floor AAAAAAAAAALL the way around the wall squares by one space internally (towards the inside of the wall), and then wall on the wall.

It looks neat, and provides access if you want to make fortifications in the future. If you're doing a really small project, then go with the scaffolding.

[Girlinhat]

Towers actually hurt marksdwarves.  Their range seems to be roughly diamond shaped, with their max range being the level they're on, and every level up or down decreases their range by 1.  However, a tower on stilts is still a very good idea.

[FrankMcFuzz]

I have absolutely no theoretical proof to this, but it seems like gobbo marksmans occasionally have difficulty shooting up into fortifications. I only had one major vomit incident after roughly 12 years.

[Girlinhat]

All ranged weapons have trouble shooting through fortifications, whether up, down, or level.  At rank 11, they gain the capacity to shoot through fortifications at a distance, and at rank 15+ they can shoot through fortifications as if they weren't there.

[krenshala]

All assuming, of course, they can't just walk up to the fortification and shoot through it at point blank.   So, don't forget to channel out the tiles directly in front of "ground" level fortifications, or raise them up a level so the newb marksgobbos can't easily shoot back at you.