Expedition Item ShopArmed with a royal script for
100☼,
doubloons, or
db, you set out to buy vital supplies for your trip. You can only fit a certain amount on a free Cart, pulled by a complementary pack animal, which can only carry 2 Large items or equivalent smaller items, as well as what you have on your person or backpack.
After you are done, you will be given the remaining balance on your script in hard currency. It might be wise to keep some coins handy, you never know when an opportunity to use them will come up.
ItemsThe storeroom is watched by a huge dwarf, but he has no problem letting you in now that the scarab is gone. You'll need a good supply of food and drink to survive until the supply caravan in Autumn, and a variety of meals will keep everyone healthy and happy.
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Barrel of Mud Worm Paste 4☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
This dirt-coloured goo is high in proteins, fats and minerals. It tastes like death, however.
Barrel of Preserved Plump Helmets 8☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
These purple mushrooms are a vital staple, providing sustenance even when dried.
Barrel of Preserved Pit Worm Meat 15☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
This once-mighty subterranean 'predator' is now a pile of delicious and hearty steaks.
Barrel of Preserved Cave Crab 30☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
These elusive crustaceans have been stripped of their ability to pinch your fingers off. They have been cooked in their shells.
Barrel of Pure Water 4☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Plain water drawn from a pure underground source. Water has a wide variety of uses, including dying, forging, cooking, farming and medicine. It is usually easily obtained from ponds, rivers and rain, but can be contaminated or hazardous to collect.
Barrel of Dwarven Beer 10☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
A delicious and hearty drink favoured by economical dwarves.
Barrel of Dwarven Wine 10☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Rough and hard-hitting wine produced from Plump Helmets.
Barrel of Dwarven Rum 15☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Sweet and smooth drink obtained from Sweet Pods.
Barrel of Pure Alcohol 50☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Pure, high proof alcohol useful for preserving food and bodies and sanitising wounds. Drinking it risks death if not diluted.
Bag of Plump Helmet Spawn 20☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Plump Helmets are tasty mushrooms that take about three months to grow.
Bag of Cave Wheat Seeds 40☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Stringy, spore-producing ferns that can make delicious flours and beers. Six months.
Bag of Sweet Pod Seeds 40☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Sweet Pods are suger-filled subterranean plants that take about six months to grow.
Bag of Rock Nuts 40☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Quarry Bushes are subterranean plants with delicious leaves that take about six months to grow.
Bag of Brownstalk Spawn 20☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Brownstalks are useful fungi that can be made into thread, taking about three months to grow.
Bag of Lantern Spawn 20☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Miner's Lanterns are fanlike fungi that emit a slight yellow glow, acting like half-light lanterns if they take hold. They can also make a golden dye, and take about three months to grow.
Bag of Oilbrush Stems 20☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Oilbrush Fronds are shooting plants that have an unusual oil content. They are used for supplying oil for cooking, heat, and light. They take three months to grow, but cannot stand extreme cold.
Bag of Fungiwood Spawn 20☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Fungiwood is a common and popular fungus that can be grown easily as a timber. Every fortress worth noting has a dedicated area where these are grown, to be turned into furniture, charcoal and weapons.
The Logistics Depot is run by a grim supervisor. They refuse to discuss the fate of the previous one.
Tools 150☼ Large
The right tools for the right job. Each workshop must be built with the appropriate tools, though some basic jobs can be done outside a workshop as well. Though expensive, they are a vital resource for a young fort. Tools can be built on the site, using fittings and raw materials.
Carpentry Shop Required for shaping logs into beams, and creating wooden furniture, equipment and weapons.
Masonry Shop Required for shaping boulders into blocks, and creating stone furniture.
Brewery Required for distilling, brewing and fermenting alcoholic and dairy products.
Kitchen Required for cooking and preparing all manner of foods. Very basic cooking can be done outside of it.
Mill (Millstone not included) Required for processing plants into powders, pastes and syrups.
Forge (Anvil not included) Required for melting and shaping bars of metal into weapons, armour, furniture and trinkets.
Jeweler's Shop Required for cutting and setting gems, as well as creating large and small items from them.
Crafter's Shop Required for creating small handicrafts out of bone, wood, and stone.
Butcher Required for cleanly killing animals, harvesting the hide, flesh, bones and other products, and preparing the hide for leatherworking.
Loom Required for weaving and dying cloth and silk.
Furnace Required for smelting ore, burning wood into charcoal, disposing of rubbish and cremating bodies into ash.
Tailor Required for cutting, sewing and braiding cloth, silk and leather and producing clothing and other products.
Surgery Slab Required for professional treatment of wounds and the preparation of bodies.
Chemistry Lab Required for the production of hazardous chemicals used in industry.
Expedition Tent 300☼ Large
A crude cloth shelter, capable of protecting seven dwarves from sun, snow, rain or wind.
Expedition Bedding 100☼ (7)Small
A bundle of seven pieces of blankets and cushions, used for sleeping comfortably on the ground or beds.
Expedition Furniture 150☼ (9)Medium
A collection of two wooden tables and seven seats, suitable for the group to eat or work with.
Rope 10☼ per yard Small
A thickly braided cord of cloth fibres. Could support a decent weight before snapping, but still vulnerable to flame.
Chain 50☼ per yard Small
Forged metal links that are invulnerable to fire and magma, and can hold a great deal of weight.
Anvil 200☼ Large
A massive, solid piece of metal used for bashing other metals into shape. Required for any sort of forgework.
Bin of Mechanisms 50☼ Medium, (5)Small
A bundle of interlocking metal pulleys, gears, widgets and myriad other components. To make anything very advanced you would need a chain or rope to connect between components.
Bin of Metal Fittings 50☼ Medium, (5)Small
A collection of braces, bolts, screws, hinges and other items needed for aassembling a huge variety of finished goods, from beds to crossbows. Items can be crafted without them, but they are often inferior.
Bin of Wooden Fittings 30☼ Medium, (5)Small
A collection of lightweight stocks, handles, frames and shafts for assembling a number of finished goods, including swords and plows. Items can be crafted without them, but they are often inferior.
Bin of Soft Fittings 20☼ Medium, (5)Small
A collection of durable leather and cloth straps, pads, harnesses and cords for assembling items, from armour to fishing rods. Items can be crafted without them, but they are often inferior.
Bin of Pages 25☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Thin, permeable pages, the ideal medium for making records. Consisting of processed cloth, wood or skin, they are vital for keeping a fortress running smoothly, expressing abstract ideas and communicating with the rest of the world.
Climbing Gear 50☼ Medium
Ensures a safe journey across unstable or vertical terrain. Best used with a rope.
Lantern 10☼ Small
A fragile metal and glass item, used for lighting a dark area. Can be worn on the belt. Consumes one unit of oil per 12 hours.
Oil Vial 15☼ Small, (4)Tiny
Contains four units of oil in a cheap green glass vial. Oil can be obtained from plants and animals.
Bag of Bandages 10☼ Medium, (5)Small
A collection of bandages that can be used for stopping bleeding infection.
Bag of Soap 50☼ Medium, (5)Small
A valuable cleaning product, useful for removing blood, dirt and vomit. Dwarves, wounds and surfaces can be cleaned to prevent illness.
Waterskin 15☼ Small Container
A leather bladder that can be filled with four drinks worth of water or alcohol. A dwarf can carry up to four on their belt.
Backpack 50☼ Medium Container
A leather pack with adjustable straps that allows a Dwarf to easily carry up to 20 tiny items such as meals or crafts, 5 small items, or 1 medium item, such as a piece of furniture, barrel, bin, spare weapon or corpse. Three can be placed on a pack animal.
Cart 150☼ Large
A wooden frame with two wheels. A Dwarf can use it to carry 120 tiny items, 30 small, 6 medium, or 2 large items like a tree trunk or stone boulder. A pack animal can be attached, greatly improving the efficiency.
Barrel 2☼ Medium Container
A plain, wooden barrel for storing provisions in for long periods. It's empty, unfortunately. Maybe you need spares?
Cloth Bag 2☼ Medium Container
A sturdy woven sack suitable for storing loose objects like grains and powders.
Glass Vial 2☼ Small Container
A cheap, warped green glass container that can hold four units of liquid, but can't be held on a belt. Useful for materials not suitable for barrels.
Bucket 5☼ Small Container
A useful tool that can be used to carry four units of liquid, and be used in a well. Also useful for storing water and other liquids during manufacturing processes.
The Armoury is full of glittering goods. The arsenal master is one-armed, one-eyed, and half-faced. You try not to stare at him, but it's so hard to resist...
Pickaxe (2H) 30☼ Medium
Applies maximum force on a tiny point, letting it crack stone and impale enemies. Not very good on dirt, and the massive heft makes it difficult to use against a moving target. Wooden shaft with metal head.
Shovel (2H) 30☼ Medium
A scoop on a stick, excellent for digging in loam, sand and clay and preparing ground for farming. You'd look silly trying to fight with this.
Plow (2H) 150☼ Medium
A large harness and frame that uses a blade to break the earth and plant seeds. Requires two dwarves or a pack animal to pull.
Fishing Rod (2H) 30☼ Medium
A stout rod with a line and hook, all you need for catching those floating meals. Don't even think of using this as a weapon.
Hatchet 30☼ Small
A small hand axe suitable for cutting down trees, but unwieldy for enemies.
Saw (2H) 150☼ Medium
An unwieldy, two dwarf tool used for cutting down trees with great efficiency.
Dagger 30☼ Small
A cheap, light weapon. Good for assassinations and civilian defense.
Whip 30☼ Small
Very difficult to cause serious wounds with, but causes extreme pain. Often used for keeping slaves and animals under control.
Battle Axe 80☼ Small
Suitable for cutting trees, but the true purpose is cleaving skulls.
Shortsword 80☼ Small
A good-sized blade that can be slashed from behind a shield.
Warhammer 80☼ Small
An oversized hammer that can transmit damage through armour, or punch holes with a spike.
Mace 80☼ Small
A flanged club that crushes armour with weight and can tear through material with its flanges.
Spear 80☼ Small
A short spear that you can use with a shield, and still keep enemies at range.
Scourge 80☼ Small
A heavy metal-barbed whip that can shred through flesh and light armour, but not very effective against heavy armour.
Quarterstaff (2H) 30☼ Medium
It makes for a good walking stick or pacification device, often used in brawls and disagreements.
Great Axe (2H) 120☼ Medium
A massive axe born to cut enemies in twain. Every time you cut a tree down with it, a weaponsmith cries.
Broadsword (2H) 120☼ Medium
A longer, thicker blade with an extended handgrip for two-handed swinging.
Maul (2H) 120☼ Medium
A huge sledge, capable of crushing any enemy.
Heavy Pick(2H) 120☼ Medium
An extra-large pickaxe that has been modified for more effective use in combat, though it's worse at mining. It's favoured by military engineers for its versatility.
Morning Star (2H) 120☼ Medium
A large, spiked mace, capable of annihilating enemies.
Halfpike (2H) 120☼ Medium
A longer polearm, sacrificing the shield for greater reach that dissuades or skewers attackers. The biggest polearm that a Dwarf can reliably use in combat.
Pike (2H) 160☼ Medium
A full-length polearm, suitable only for extensive phalanx formations.
Heavy Crossbow (2H) 100☼ Medium
A powerful, slow-firing weapon capable of penetrating armour and flesh with ease.
Repeating Crossbow (2H) 100☼ Medium
A specialised crossbow that sacrifices accuracy and power for being able to rapidly fire multiple bolts in sequence.
Quiver of 20 Bolts 20☼ Small, (4)Tiny
Bolts, or quarrels are munitions used by crossbows. A quiver can hold four bundles of five bolts. Four quivers can be worn on the belt.
4 Throwing Knives 30☼ (4)Tiny
Well-balanced, fine knives that can be hurled at targets. They come in sets of four.
Buckler 40☼ Small
A relatively small shield that can only stop an arrow by luck, but allows the user to more effectively counter melee attacks.
Heater 40☼ Small
An average-sized shield that provides a good balance between blocking missiles and deflecting strikes.
Tower 60☼ Medium
A large, cumbersome shield, good for blocking missile attacks. Unless used in tight formations as part of a shield wall, its weight makes it less than effective in melee.
Pavise 60☼ Large
A mobile barrier placed on the ground and hidden behind, excellent for blocking missile attacks while defending a position or firing missiles back. A melee attacker can simply step around it or knock it over, making it nigh-useless.
Clothes 50☼ (7)Small
You're already wearing one of these. Consists of a sturdy cloth hat, shoes, handwraps, pants/skirt and tunic. Also includes your utility belt, which contains slots for holding items, slinging weapons, and contains most of the miscellaneous tools needed for non-workshop jobs. Provides no protection from attacks, but can has some effect against extreme temperatures. Can be worn under any other armours, or double-layered with another set of clothes for better protection.
Leather Armour 100☼ (7)Small
Consists of a padded leather cap, boots, gloves, pants and jacket. Provides mild protection from most attacks, with good protection from blunt and gore attacks. Provides good protection against extreme temperatures. Can be worn underneath another layer of medium or heavy armour. Very simple to make.
Studded Armour 180☼ (7)Small
Consists of thick layered leather combined with small metal plates riveted and sewn into place. Provides some protection to slashing and piercing, with good protection from blunt attacks. Provides good protection against extreme temperatures. Can be worn underneath another layer of medium or heavy armour.
Scale Armour 200☼ (2)Medium (5)Small
Consists of a scaled cap, boots, gloves, leggings and vest. Provides good protection from slashing, some from crushing but little from piercing attacks. Can be worn underneath another layer of heavy armour. Moderately easy and cheap to make.
Chain Armour 250☼ (2)Medium (5)Small
Consists of a linked chain coif, chausses, mitons, leggings and vest. Provides good protection from slashing and piercing but is terrible against crushing attacks. Can be worn underneath another layer of heavy armour. Very hard to make.
Plated Chain Armour 350☼ (2)Medium (5)Small
Consists of combined plate and chain helmet, boots, gauntlets, greaves and chest harness. Provides good protection from all attacks, with worse protection to blunt attacks. Not as challenging to craft as full plate.
Plate Armour 400☼ (2)Medium (5)Small
Consists of a plate helmet, boots, gauntlets, greaves and chest harness. Provides excellent protection from all attacks, with worse protection to blunt attacks. Extremely challenging to craft.
Ballista and Ten Bolts 550☼ (One only!) Huge, (10)Large
A torsion-powered weapon that can impale several creatures, blow a tree apart, or tear a hole in a wall (or any combination thereof). The huge size makes it usable only after being assembled on the spot, usually for defending or assaulting a fortification. You're not sure why the Arsenal dwarf is trying to unload it on you. He offers to throw in ten iron-headed ballista bolts for free, and even organise a second wagon to carry it all. Very suspicious.
The Stockpile is supervised by a grim-faced forgemaster who cannot tolerate interruptions. You're interrupting him.
Granite Block 5☼ Medium
A large, regular piece of masonry cut from a large, irregular boulder. It might grow up to be a bridge or castle some day. The forgemaster is incredulous at the idea of hauling a rock all the way to the site, but you could really use a level surface to use your tools on. Stone blocks can be carved out of a boulder at a workshop by a miner or a mason. In addition, blocks are easier to move, store, and work with.
Tower Cap Beam 10☼ Medium
Solid, light, and dependable timber carved from a log. Beams can be used as a level surface in workshops. Beams can be cut from logs at a workshop by woodcutters and carpenters. In addition, beams are easier to work in manufacturing and are easier to move.
Vial of Limepowder 20☼ Small, (4) Tiny
A concentrated extract from stones such as marble, limestone, chalk and calcite. Very useful in a variety of industrial processes.
Bag of Sand 10☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
A lot of glass-quality sand. You're paying mostly for the bag.
Bag of Clay 10☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
A lot of ceramic-quality clay. It's as common as dirt.
Bag of Lantern Dye 50☼ Medium, (20)Tiny
Fine golden powder that can be used to dye cloth or leather, making it much prettier and somewhat more valuable.
Bin of Brownstalk Thread10☼ Medium, (5)Small
A roll of dull, peasant-looking thread. It's useful enough, but you won't win any prizes with it. It can be used for anything from sealing wounds to making clothes.
Bin of Mountain Goat Leather 10☼ Medium, (5)Small
Tough, durable and slightly fashionable tanned hide. Comes with fur. Making someone into a hat is the finest compliment.
Bin of Rough Flawless Jet 20☼ Medium, (5)Small
This barely counts as a gemstone, but it might be good for practicing on before you try a diamond.
Bin of of Coal 10☼ Medium, (5)Small
You're no furnace operator (unless you are), but one of these lumps should provide smelting heat for about three hours of forge operation.
Bin of of Slag 5☼ Medium, (5)Small
Furnace run-off from other processes. You couldn't possibly use this for anything except re-smelting it in hopes of finding trace metals.
Bin of Copper Bars 30☼ Medium, (5)Small
A softer element, copper can be used to make equipment in an emergency but its true value is in the wide variety of alloys it can form, including Bronze.
Bin of Elemental Iron Bars 20☼ Medium, (5)Small
This common, basic element isn't very good on its own, but with a bit of forging you could get something more useful.
Bin of Forged Iron Bars 40☼ Medium, (5)Small
The core metal of any respectable civilisation, forged iron is useful for almost any manufacturing purpose due to its well-rounded attributes.
Bin of Steel Bars 120☼ Medium, (5)Small
The best metal for making something practical out of, though it is prohibitively expensive.
Bin of Silver Bars 50☼ Medium, (5)Small
Heavy, valuable and pretty much useless. It's good for decorations though.
Bin of Gold Bars 100☼ Medium, (5)Small
A solid, super-heavy prism of pure wealth. You're not sure why you would take them, but it's exceptionally pretty.
The Stables and Kennels are being maintained by a dwarf who looks much relieved now that his cursed unicorn has been sold.
Puppy 50☼ Small
A puppy looks back at you, silently promising to be your best friend. It could grow up big and strong.
Kitten 50☼ Small
You look into their deep, liquid eyes. Can you resist the siren call of cuddles and cute shennanigans? The darkness rushes up to embrace you...
Chicken 60☼ Small
This bird looks at you cock-eyed. You're sure that you could bite its whole head off. There's only enough meat on a chicken for a couple of meals, but if you keep them alive you're getting a constant supply of eggs. They won't wander off, and will eat almost anything.
Purring Maggot 80☼ Small
It looks like a sock stuffed with cream cheese, and that's kind of what it is. Keeping it around for the 'milk' that it produces might be a good idea.
Cow 350☼ Huge
Its haunting moos entrance you. You have never seen so much meat! And think of the cheese! It would have to be kept in a vulnerable outdoor pen and eat grass, however.
Cave Scarab 350☼ Large
This huge beetle scuttles back and forth in its pen. They don't have as much meat as a cow, nor can they be milked, but they will happily live in a squalid cave and eat any unwanted debris.
Glow Scarab 350☼ Large
This slightly smaller beetle is in a corner, watching you. It does not blink. Does it know? They have even less meat, but they emit a glow of light. Even better, if they die in violent combat they explode and coat everything nearby in corrosive chemicals.
Iron Golem 550☼ (Sold!)
A humanoid taller than a dwarf and twice as metal. Normally they're exhorbitantly expensive, but a combination of royal discount and broken merchandise should make it somewhat affordable. It could carry a load, smash an enemy and perform other simple tasks, but it wouldn't take much to cease function completely. You could smelt it down, or make a statue garden?
Unicorn 550☼ (Sold!)
You don't know why there is a unicorn here. You've never even seen one before. The stablemaster looks uncomfortable and avoids your quetions. It's pretty cheap, but there is most likely a horrible, horrible secret behind it. Worst case scenario it's just a horse, right?
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