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[lionrt60]

Well, all I'm wondering is if there is any way to find out what materials they want in any more detail than stone or wood etc. I have a Dorf who has drawn a Picture of a Quarry and Bars of Metal I assume that what he wants are materials I have stockpiled/have access to but I'm not sure which ones HELP xP

[EBannion]

The short answer is no, there's no way to get more details.

The wiki has translations of each of the things they might want, but here're the relevant ones:

A picture of a quarry means stone blocks, not just stones. Masons make them in masonry workshops.

Bars of metal usually means any kind of metal, but if the moody dwarf likes a particular metal (on their thoughts screen) they might want just that kind. Try to smelt at least one bar of as many metals as you can (or buy them off caravans) just in case someone gets picky with a mood.

[lionrt60]

Thanks

But according to this Stone/Metal blocks have a different description :/

[EBannion]

Oh, look at that. Whoops.

Been a while since I had a secretive mood - they're the rarest (well, besides fell but that has some... specialized requirements.)

[Quietust]

Been a while since I had a secretive mood - they're the rarest (well, besides fell but that has some... specialized requirements.)

They aren't rare - Fey, Secretive, and Possessed all occur at equal frequencies (unless the dwarf is unhappy, in which case it's a 50/50 chance for Fell or Macabre).

[EBannion]

Wow, I'm wrong a lot.

In my defense, probability seems to have thrown me for a loop here. My current fort has 12 artifacts and I've had zero secretive moods.

[i2amroy]

Bars of metal usually means any kind of metal, but if the moody dwarf likes a particular metal (on their thoughts screen) they might want just that kind. Try to smelt at least one bar of as many metals as you can (or buy them off caravans) just in case someone gets picky with a mood.

A note here, but dwarves should only require their specific type of metal if you have ever smelted any bars of it. Thus a viable strategy is to only smelt bars that you can mass-produce, and never create any of the rarer types of bars so that dwarves never request them.

[enizer]

i think the issue here is metal preference, DFhack "showmood" has cleared that up for me a few times, recently, a moody dwarf in my fort wanted bismuth for his project, and i already used all i had to make bismuth bronze..

similarly i have also seen(using DFhack "showmood") reveal that metal bar requests mean specifically copper, tin, and lay pewter, so i suspect it could be any metal you had at some point and you already used up for something

about 80% of the time the dwarf just wants "metal" though, i think you just have one of those oddballs that loves metals like tin, and is hoping you didn't use all the tin in a "make bronze (r)" job

[KroganElite]

Bars of metal usually means any kind of metal, but if the moody dwarf likes a particular metal (on their thoughts screen) they might want just that kind. Try to smelt at least one bar of as many metals as you can (or buy them off caravans) just in case someone gets picky with a mood.

A note here, but dwarves should only require their specific type of metal if you have ever smelted any bars of it. Thus a viable strategy is to only smelt bars that you can mass-produce, and never create any of the rarer types of bars so that dwarves never request them.

What if I bought the bar?

[i2amroy]

Bars of metal usually means any kind of metal, but if the moody dwarf likes a particular metal (on their thoughts screen) they might want just that kind. Try to smelt at least one bar of as many metals as you can (or buy them off caravans) just in case someone gets picky with a mood.

A note here, but dwarves should only require their specific type of metal if you have ever smelted any bars of it. Thus a viable strategy is to only smelt bars that you can mass-produce, and never create any of the rarer types of bars so that dwarves never request them.

What if I bought the bar?

According to the wiki this only occurs for smelted bars, not for those purchased from the caravan. Personally I haven't experienced this, so I'm unable to confirm or deny the wiki's statement.