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Author Topic: Does anyone know how much a dwarf needs to eat?  (Read 1094 times)

chaoticag

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Does anyone know how much a dwarf needs to eat?
« on: May 13, 2008, 07:51:00 pm »

For planning purposes, I want to know how much food an average dwarf needs. Right now, my entire fortress is hauling an es load of objects because I reclaimed. I just want to know if I can survive untill they are done or if I have to turn of hauling for key dwarves.
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Sevrun

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Re: Does anyone know how much a dwarf needs to eat?
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 08:27:00 pm »

A lotta people will say turn off hauling for key dwarves anyway, but in answer to yer question they seem to need to drink twice a sleep cycle and eat once.  I think they only eat one meal at that time (each obviously.)
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Re: Does anyone know how much a dwarf needs to eat?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 01:30:00 am »

I think they'll eat six times a year, but dwarves don't sleep nearly that much.  Drinking is a little over twice that much.

Roughly one meal every other month...  No wonder they're that short.