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[Vhorthex]

Hey everyone,

Just curious if there was anybody who thought of making an elevator? When you have a very deep fortress it would be a great way for dwarves to shuttle between the depth of your fortress to the upper levels.

Would that even be possible?

Cheers!

[Julius Clonkus]

I think real elevators are not possible yet, but according to the dev page:

# Moving fortress sections (lifts, crushing traps, etc.)

It also mentions fans and other interesting things like rock grinders. I'll bet that once we get those things, people will abuse and weaponize them.

The closest thing to an elevator are, in my opinion, up/down stairs.

[forsaken1111]

Oh oh, a rock grinder that renders raw goblinite into food paste and usable metal ingots!

[Julius Clonkus]

Oh oh, a rock grinder that renders raw goblinite into food paste and usable metal ingots!

Will it blend? That is the question!

[Gearheart]

I think fans would be more suitable for blending.

Designate a pit to throw invaders through 10 giant spinning fans. Laugh at result.

[forsaken1111]

I think fans would be more suitable for blending.

Designate a pit to throw invaders through 10 giant spinning fans. Laugh at result.

And route the output into the grinder?

[Aramco]

I actually had an idea for how to make an elevator once, (it was a one shot type deal, and it would take about 5 minutes to set it up for a second go) but I doubt it would work. It involve a small room and booze(I don't remember the exact details). I decided it was the most ridiculous attempt at an elevator ever, and never tried it.

[Gearheart]

Designate a pit to throw invaders through 10 giant spinning fans. Laugh at result.

And route the output into the grinder?

BRILLIANT!

[Particleman]

They're called "stairs."

[Aramco]

They're called "stairs."

But stairs don't explode you and send you flying 50+ stories instantly like mine does!

[Jaxicat]

I've never tried this but I thought about using ramps to make a water slide.  Not exactly an elevator but if it works it could move dwarves and things down.

[Aramco]

I've never tried this but I thought about using ramps to make a water slide.  Not exactly an elevator but if it works it could move dwarves and things down.

Moving things Down is easy, it's moving things up that is difficult.

[arzzult]

I think fans would be more suitable for blending.

Designate a pit to throw invaders through 10 giant spinning fans. Laugh at result.

Hmm, I thought 10 masterwork cotton candy large serrated disks in a trap made with masterwork mechanism was what made a blender.

[Rumrusher]

maybe a pressure system that will use condense water that should instantly push the dwarf up in a 1 tile room with floors made of floodgates that open and close when the person on the right level, this might make installing these a Noble Item seeing how path finding would not consider standing on a flood gate that will shoot up someone to the top floor.