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[mattdps2]

do i need to designate my well as a drinking source or will the dwarfs drink automatically ?

[Phreck]

Just hit the 'q' button and select it like you would a workshop and set a size of the room for it.  Then they will drink from it, throw parties around it, and clean themselves from it.

[mattdps2]

well i have a well in my barracks and i dont want that to be a meeting hall is there any way to get them to use it without overlapping rooms?

[gtmattz]

well i have a well in my barracks and i dont want that to be a meeting hall is there any way to get them to use it without overlapping rooms?

They wont use it as a meeting area unless you designate it as one, as for overlapping rooms, I usually put wells in little 3x3 rooms off to the side of whatever area I am putting them with to avoid that problem.

[AncientEnemy]

to answer your question: as long as the well is functional (if you hit 'q' and hover over it and it says ACTIVE), your dwarves will use it automatically.

[mattdps2]

thank you for answering my question 

[Shiv]

Uhm...so is there a reason a well would deconstruct itself?

I've built 6 wells so far, 3 at a time, and all 6 have deconstructed.  There are buzzards on the map, which can evidently destroy (wooden) doors, so maybe they're destroying the well too?  Problem is there's no message for it.  Anything else that could cause them to spontaneously deconstruct?

[DarthCloakedDwarf]

Uhm...so is there a reason a well would deconstruct itself?

I've built 6 wells so far, 3 at a time, and all 6 have deconstructed.  There are buzzards on the map, which can evidently destroy (wooden) doors, so maybe they're destroying the well too?  Problem is there's no message for it.  Anything else that could cause them to spontaneously deconstruct?

Any critter with [BUILDING_DESTROYER] will deconstruct your wells.

Also, I've seen it happen that when water on the Z-level directly below a well freezes, the well deconstructs.

[Shiv]

Also, I've seen it happen that when water on the Z-level directly below a well freezes, the well deconstructs.

Ah, this must be it.  I was thinking the buzzards were doing it without giving me a message, but I am in a cold biome, so that makes more sense (well, as much sense as DF can).

[VerdantSF]

Also, I've seen it happen that when water on the Z-level directly below a well freezes, the well deconstructs.

Ah, this must be it.  I was thinking the buzzards were doing it without giving me a message, but I am in a cold biome, so that makes more sense (well, as much sense as DF can).

Odd, I'm now on a very cold biome, too.  But even when the river is frozen over, the water connecting to my two wells is still free-flowing.

[Quatch]

underground water shouldn't freeze.

[SlipshodDorf]

underground water shouldn't freeze.

This. I'm not entirely sure about it since i haven't done it in a while, but i think if you build an enclosure over & around the well, it should keep it from freezing over too. Someone feel free to correct me if i'm wrong in this case

[Deathworks]

Hi!

underground water shouldn't freeze.

This. I'm not entirely sure about it since i haven't done it in a while, but i think if you build an enclosure over & around the well, it should keep it from freezing over too. Someone feel free to correct me if i'm wrong in this case

From bitter experience in the previous versions (40d, I think), at least back then, built enclosures will not prevent the well from freezing. The well has to be created in a subterranean room that has never been exposed to sunlight.

Deathworks

[Jancarius]

How far can a well pull water up from?  I was thinking about making an internal well in case of sieges or other events cutting off my access to the local above ground rivers and ponds, but I think my choices in creating it currently involve either diverting part of the river to under my fortress or drilling a well to the cavernous underground lake I discovered directly in the path of my main mining shaft.

[Deathworks]

Hi!

I haven't made a well in 31 yet, but in the previous version (with fewer z-levels available), I usually dug wells about 10 z-levels deep. On the forums, I have also seen people reporting much greater depths (I think about 40 z-levels).

However, note that getting water from a well is not instantaneous. Instead, you get to see a nice animation of how the bucket descends and rises. So, the deeper your well, the longer it actually takes to get water from it. But this should rarely be problematic (unless you have a surface well getting water literally from hell, I guess :) :) :) ).

Deathworks