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drawf_irons

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Quick question about toys and instruments
« on: November 07, 2008, 09:14:45 pm »

I am given to believe that at higher levels, a craftsdwarf will create up to three things per piece of material. Are these three objects always the same? That is, will a dwarf produce a trumpet, a flute, and a piccolo from one piece of rock or will it always be three trumpets or three piccolos?
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E-mouse

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Re: Quick question about toys and instruments
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2008, 09:18:51 pm »

I'm pretty sure they vary - upon checking overcluttered craft shops, I tend to see a sloppy mix of items, not blocks of 3 of the same sort.

Yeah mandates are a pain.
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Re: Quick question about toys and instruments
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2008, 07:00:33 pm »

Mugs always come out 3 at a time, every time.

Crafts come out with 1 - 4 random craft types, afaik it's totally random and not linked to skill at all.

toys and instruments are always 1 per, every time.

This applies to metal as well as stone, so make mugs for maximum value (i.e using metal bars) and just make toys to get rid of excess stones (or dump them in a pit, that works too).

Edit: flasks come out 3 at a time every time as well, and have the same value as mugs so you can use them to mix it up a bit if you are bored with just mugs. However, flasks can only be made from metal. Vials work just like flasks, but are made from only glass.
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