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[em1LL]

Hi all!

Can I somehow prevent dwarves from using economic stones such as limestones in mason's workshops?

Thanks in advance.

[MonkeyHead]

Yes, in lots of ways. Either forbid it en-masse using the stocks menu, or turn it from green to red in the z-stones menu. You could also disallow limestone from stockpiles that feed masonry workshops.

[Thisfox]

absolute best method: Put the Masons Workshop in the centre of a large stone stockpile without the economic stones enabled at all, and far far away from the limestone level, instead of near the limestone.

Also there's a stones column in the {z} menu which I think relates to economic stones. I don't bother with it, I use the mason workshop location method.

[paldin]

If you have a stockpile that allows certain items, then your dwarfs will insist that you don't have any of those items until they're placed on an appropriate stockpile. If you don't have a stockpile that allows those items, then your dwarfs will use any material laying on the ground nearby. To add to Thisfox's advice, put a small (ie 1x1) stockpile on the other side of the map for your economic stone, so that all of the economic stone nearby will be unusable until taken across the map, and therefore no longer the closest stone to grab.

I would suggest the z-stones menu method though. It's map wide and guaranteed. If you run out of non-econ stone, then your masons will walk across the map to use your econ stone otherwise. You could also designate (with 'q') a nearby stockpile to 'g'ive to your masonry workshop. It'll refuse to use any other stockpile or loose stone after that (and the stockpile will refuse to allow any other workshop to use its inventory unless you 'g'ive to another too).

[em1LL]

Thanks a lot, guys!

[StagnantSoul]

I'd use a feeder stockpile that only accepts other stones, no clay, economic, or metal ore. Limestone is useful for stone crafters.