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[Pumble]

Hello everyone.

I have only recently returned to the wonderful world of Dwarf Fortress, and I have heard something quite interesting. Talk of 'taverns'.

So I ask, what are these taverns? Do you build them? Can you visit them? If you have one, do creatures from across the lands come to drink your cheap watered down ale?

[Shonai_Dweller]

Hello everyone.

I have only recently returned to the wonderful world of Dwarf Fortress, and I have heard something quite interesting. Talk of 'taverns'.

So I ask, what are these taverns? Do you build them? Can you visit them? If you have one, do creatures from across the lands come to drink your cheap watered down ale?

Taverns are places for dorfs to socialise (because they need to socialise these days). You build them just like dining rooms - but with the added bonus that you can add lots of zones and assign them all as the same tavern. Big sprawling taverns. 'tis good.

You can visit them as an adventurer. Buy drinks, get into fights! Drink too much. Die. 'tis not so good.

Yes, creatures from all over come to socialise or entertain others. Dance troupes of goblins from the dark pits have even been known to turn up (naked).

[CaptainArchmage]

You designate a dining room preferably make it a meeting hall, and then assign location by hitting the "l" key when the dining room is selected. At least you need a table, and that's it. Technically you can just designate a meeting zone and assign it too without having a table. It helps, however, to place a chest in the dining room or another location, and of course have seating arrangements.

You also need empty floor space for events to take place in the tavern, such as dances and performances. Any tavern can be visited if it is accessible in adventure mode, and they attract visitors of any intelligent race.

[askovdk]

Also, a huge benefit of a tavern is that:
  some (most?) of the visitors will petition for permanent stay in your fort
+ some visitors are soldiers
+ permanent residents can be assigned to military squads
= you can have a 'foreign legion' of trained professionals almost for free