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[Black13]

Hey Everyone,

So I tried a quick search of the forums but didn't find a quick answer to my question:

What is the optimal way to build stairways?  I remember reading somewhere that several z levels of up/down stairs are bad and should be made into a set of up stairs and another set of down.  Can anyone shed some light on how best to build multiple z level spanning stairs?  What layout do you use in your forts and why?  Thanks!

[NightlinerSGS]

I'm actually using a main stairway, up/down stairs all the way except for top and bottom of course.

Thats bad if there is some fighting next to them and somone dodges on them. That unlucky dwarf will fall all the way down.

However, if they get to my central staircase, something went terribly wrong in the first place...

[elf-fondling human]

On the other hand, if you build a dodge-trap around the staircase, anything that even thinks of invading without trapavoid had best be in it for the long-fall

[Tevish Szat]

I'm pretty much in Nightliner's boat: if there's fighting at my stairs, I'm already having more ‼Fun‼ than some dwarf dodging down them can provide.  I use up/down stairs, either a 1x1 stariwell surrounded by a dug out landing to be a 3x3 room, or more recently a 3x3 column of stairs to reduce log jams.  Not sure what that would be bad for that up stairs next to down stairs would improve.  Traffic? more stairs handles that, and u/d stairs are a little less hassle to mass-designate imo.

[cdrcjsn]

Use Floor Hatches over all stairs.  It doesn't impact their utility, but it does save dwarves from falling 20 floors...plus you can lock floors down if you ever need it.

[peri609667]

Use Floor Hatches over all stairs.  It doesn't impact their utility, but it does save dwarves from falling 20 floors...plus you can lock floors down if you ever need it.

You are indeed wise, sir. +1.

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