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[L0master]

Can I encrust with artifact jems? Or only sell'em?

[rephikul]

Selling artifacts shouldnt be possible... For encrusting, maybe.

[Sphalerite]

You can neither encrust with or sell artifact gems.  They're as useless as any other kind of artifact craft.

[CapnUrist]

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

[celem]

You can also mod in little 'display case' rooms to show em off so they go into fortress wealth.

[Davichococat]

You can use them to make a window(I think. you CAN use gems to make windows('Y')but artifacts I dont know. please do some !!SCIENCE!!) and put it on a strategic location and the dwarves will see a awesome window. Maybe on the main corridors.

[jaxad0127]

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

Those look like floodgates. Floodgates are usable. You can also build them, which makes them more visible.

[L0master]

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

Did you place the gem using dump or stockpile?

You can use them to make a window(I think. you CAN use gems to make windows('Y')but artifacts I dont know. please do some !!SCIENCE!!) and put it on a strategic location and the dwarves will see a awesome window. Maybe on the main corridors.

I've just noticed that the gem is large and you can't do anything of large gems.

[CapnUrist]

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

Those look like floodgates. Floodgates are usable. You can also build them, which makes them more visible.

Those are not floodgates, they're bins that contain an ashen bracelet and a cougar bone spear. I tried getting the dwarves to remove the bins but they won't have it. The thing that looks like a chair is in fact a steel throne; I'm saving it for a decent purpose, as my mayors don't deserve it and my dining hall is beyond impressive enough. There's also a new emerald window one of my gem setters produced in there I'm also saving for a good purpose.

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

Did you place the gem using dump or stockpile?

You can use them to make a window(I think. you CAN use gems to make windows('Y')but artifacts I dont know. please do some !!SCIENCE!!) and put it on a strategic location and the dwarves will see a awesome window. Maybe on the main corridors.

I've just noticed that the gem is large and you can't do anything of large gems.

It's a custom stockpile with every quality-affected item category turned on and both core and base qualities restricted to artifact in each category. It would be bigger but that bit of floor was already there long before I decided to use it for this. I may dig a bigger one later.

[jaxad0127]

Artifact gems sit and look pretty, like most artifacts that aren't weapons, armor, or furniture. ON my latest (and longest lasting) fort I've made a "viewing chamber" for my useless artifacts that lets civilians see them regularly while keeping them out of the hands of thieves:

Those look like floodgates. Floodgates are usable. You can also build them, which makes them more visible.

Those are not floodgates, they're bins that contain an ashen bracelet and a cougar bone spear. I tried getting the dwarves to remove the bins but they won't have it. The thing that looks like a chair is in fact a steel throne; I'm saving it for a decent purpose, as my mayors don't deserve it and my dining hall is beyond impressive enough. There's also a new emerald window one of my gem setters produced in there I'm also saving for a good purpose.

Even setting max bin/barrel to 0?

[CapnUrist]

Yup. As well as dumping the bins. I figured it was just the way it was going to be.