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[PotatoMuncher]

Could some one suggest a place for an obsidian farm please?
Also, I don't know how to pump it up z levels.

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5502-riddlestaff

[Shad0wyone]

First, put it somewhere in between the cave river and vent, or anywhere where it's convenient.
Second, use screw pumps.

[PotatoMuncher]

I know how to use a screw pump, but I don't know how you can pump it upwards, as in toward the surface.

[Shad0wyone]

See the pumping up multiple levels section.

[PotatoMuncher]

Thanks. Will l have lava leak all over my pump operator? or will I need to use wind mills for this one?

[kefkakrazy]

It's possible to pump lava with a screw pump operator, but I wouldn't recommend it-it's MUCH more advisable to go with machine power, and pretty much required if you have to go up multiple levels.

[PotatoMuncher]

ok. thanks. I will start to make a verticle pump, as soon as I can get enough wind mills.

[WJLIII3]

ok. thanks. I will start to make a verticle pump, as soon as I can get enough wind mills.

Use water wheels instead, they're more efficient, not subject to wind speed, and you can make massive quantities of them. I, personally, channel a water tunnel under my fort using the water from the river, 4 wide, dumping into the chasm, with grates at either end, and then fill it with water wheels. I've had as many as 130 water wheels, which may sound a bit ridiculous, but trust me, I needed all of them.

[PotatoMuncher]

Thanks. Will I need to make a water wheel for every z level I do?

[Raphite1]

You can use the wiki to figure out how many waterwheels or windmills you'll need.

http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Power