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[Sutremaine]

13.  Does leather armor wear?  How about leather cloaks/hoods/etc?

For leather, armour items may be helms, boots, leggings (I'm pretty sure), and specifically "leather armor". Anything else is a clothing item.

[RAKninja]

13.  Does leather armor wear?  How about leather cloaks/hoods/etc?

For leather, armour items may be helms, boots, leggings (I'm pretty sure), and specifically "leather armor". Anything else is a clothing item.

i'm not sure, but i think i remember seeing wear on my leggings, at least.  traded a bunch of junk away last night, and wasent really paying attention.

[Greiger]

3.  Can I count on dwarves with cleaning enabled to keep that area clean?

Nobody seemed to mention yet that dwarves will not clean any areas that are aboveground.  Underground is a low priority, but aboveground won't be cleaned at all.


I'm also of the belief that leather armor, and helms won't wear.  Leggings also shouldn't because they have the raw tags that prevent it, but I never paid much attention either.

Those leather items CAN technically still wear from other damage though, like exceeding heat tolerances and stuff.  Just not from normal use like regular clothing items do.  And heat damage is exceedingly rare without the involvement of dragons and fire imps and such, so it's usually not an issue.

[Turnoverman]

Can artifact doors be destroyed by a building destroyer?

I have a dog bone door artifact. Made of nothing but dog bone, there's only the free decoration that comes with it too.

It's worth 2400 and as such, is basically worthless.

From what I've read, nothing can destroy artifacts (not even being a !!lignite floor grate!! for decades on end), so if I put that door somewhere would building destroyers just stare at it forever, failing miserably to do anything to it while the traps they just stepped on recharge and hit them again? (Instead of cage traps like a normal building destroyer trap, because that would be funnier)

[FuzzyZergling]

I don't believe so, but even if they can then it would just deconstruct.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

From what I've read, nothing can destroy artifacts (not even being a !!lignite floor grate!! for decades on end), so if I put that door somewhere would building destroyers just stare at it forever, failing miserably to do anything to it while the traps they just stepped on recharge and hit them again? (Instead of cage traps like a normal building destroyer trap, because that would be funnier)

I've actually just done some testing with this.  With an artifact hatch, actually.

I placed the artifact hatch right outside my entrance-- it didn't actually cover any kind of hole or stairway, I just wanted to see how building destroyers would interact with it.  A giantess came, and all of my dwarves were inside.  She pathed up to the hatch cover (actually, 2 tiles away, rather than adjacent) and stood there, despite the fact that my front doors were open.  The hatch was undamaged, and never deconstructed.  She stood at the hatch cover until I sent out a militia, at which point she started chasing the militia, rather than caring about the hatch door.  So yeah, artifact furniture makes perfect building destroyer bait.  Not sure what would happen if nearby squares were spiked, though.

[GreatWyrmGold]

9.  Do !!lignite floor grates!! eventually burn away?

No. They lack a melting point, which is the key feature for burning away IIRC.

14.  Do I need to queue two mitten jobs and two boot jobs per armored dwarf?

I don't think so.

[Khris]

How do I assign a squad to defend burrows? Is the only way to do this via the schedule? Because, I want my soldiers to train normally, but if an enemy enters that burrow I want them to defend it, meaning I'd have to give them two orders per month, which doesn't seem to be possible (is it?): train and defend burrow.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

Yeah, they can't do both at once.

You can give them an alert status, making it a simple matter for you to switch them from training to defend, but you still have to keep your eyes open that way.

Another option is to train them where you want them to defend.  Soldiers on training duty will engage invaders that they run into.

[Kay12]

How do I assign a squad to defend burrows? Is the only way to do this via the schedule? Because, I want my soldiers to train normally, but if an enemy enters that burrow I want them to defend it, meaning I'd have to give them two orders per month, which doesn't seem to be possible (is it?): train and defend burrow.

I think it's 'm'ilitary -> 'a'lerts screen.

[Kay12]

I'm not exactly good on Dwarven Geology. I've mined about ~100 tiles from six levels now and I've only found chert, granite and limestone (that's two good mass building stones and flux, yay). No metals. Relying on goblinite won't be a problem, but I'd like to know what are my chances of finding ores - is my entire site likely to be full of plain rock?

[Nil Eyeglazed]

It depends.  It's possible.  Typically, when you choose a site to embark to, it will let you know if there is shallow ore, deep ore, or both.  If you've only gone 6 z-levels down, then you would only have had the chance to discover shallow ore.

Rock changes greatly, depending more on your depth than on your position on the x,y plane.  Dig deeper, young dwarf!

[Kay12]

It didn't say ore at all. According to the Wiki, it'll display only the top 8 layers. So maybe I should dig deeper to find some. I think I'll do well with goblinite, though, and my crutch industry is booming.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

It'll display the first 8 layers of stone/soil.  In my experience, deep ore lies deeper than 8 layers.  Of course, that was with a different version.

I suspect that if it didn't say shallow ore or deep ore, that you may be on an oreless map.  Nevertheless, you are correct: should goblins exist, that doesn't mean you have to play without steel!

Best of luck on a challenging embark.

[Kay12]

Shouldn't be challenging at all otherwise. The resources are really abundant - more wood than I'd need and lots of rock for building. I have abundant trade goods waiting to be traded for metals next Autumn, and my Goblinite extractor is nearly finished. So I'm set up fairly well despite the lack of metals (near surface, at least).

Oh, is there a way to view import/export agreements after signed?