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[Mythalinear]

I am trying to have my dwarves dig up into the next level but am at a loss for how to do this...

Designating Down Stairs or Up/Down Stairs makes the level below available to dig into, but Up Stairs and Up / Down Stairs don't do the same for the level above.

[NecroRebel]

Dig or construct up or up/down stairs, then dig down or up/down stairs directly above them. A tile doesn't have to be revealed to be mined into. Alternatively, dig ramps on your level, which will remove the floor and wall above as well. Ramps are a bit trickier to make usable, however, so make sure you understand how they work and how they don't work first.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Are you trying to dig, or make stairs in the level above?

[person012345]

"Up stairs" can either be dug into a wall iirc, or constructed as a construction (b-C). Once you've done that you can dig a down stairs or up/down stairs above the new up stairs and your dwarfs should have access.

[JTTCOTE1]

The fact that it is not revealed of couse makes it extremely risky. Digging up into an aquifer or cavern is not good.

[GreatWyrmGold]

You should get a warning before digging into aquifers, specifically the level below the aquifer flooding.

In general, it's good to know where the aquifers are.

[AutomataKittay]

You should get a warning before digging into aquifers, specifically the level below the aquifer flooding.

In general, it's good to know where the aquifers are.

I didn't get any warning when I started digging out the level below aquifer in a few fortresses and flooded myself, granted it was a stone layer, but still. Put walls around whatever you're using to drill through aquifer at least a level past where the water is so you don't accidentally dig out into water.

[rhesusmacabre]

Doors are always good around aquifers. If a section is flooded, it can be sealed off very quickly. A bit tough for anyone trapped inside, but hey.

[GreatWyrmGold]

You should get a warning before digging into aquifers, specifically the level below the aquifer flooding.

In general, it's good to know where the aquifers are.

I didn't get any warning when I started digging out the level below aquifer in a few fortresses and flooded myself, granted it was a stone layer, but still. Put walls around whatever you're using to drill through aquifer at least a level past where the water is so you don't accidentally dig out into water.

I thought you would have gotten a dam...ah, unrevealed.
Note that I said you'd be reminded of the aquifer with a flood. Did that not happen?

[AutomataKittay]

You should get a warning before digging into aquifers, specifically the level below the aquifer flooding.

In general, it's good to know where the aquifers are.

I didn't get any warning when I started digging out the level below aquifer in a few fortresses and flooded myself, granted it was a stone layer, but still. Put walls around whatever you're using to drill through aquifer at least a level past where the water is so you don't accidentally dig out into water.

I thought you would have gotten a dam...ah, unrevealed.
Note that I said you'd be reminded of the aquifer with a flood. Did that not happen?

Flooding certainly happened! And makes the whole place inaccessible with multi-z aquifers short of driving another shaft down. I always forget that the level below aquifer still leaks from ceiling even without damp warning. I keep having to remember to wall up one more z just in case