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[jaxler]

i want to know the most efficiant ways to start wacking up the money train. my fort has 60 somtin mil in money but i want to break 100 mil

[Quietust]

If you haven't started mining raw adamantine, start doing it (though be careful not to release the HFS), then use item-forbid and burrows to force all artifacts to use raw adamantine and/or adamantine wafers instead of mundant stones/metals. Adamantine artifacts are typically worth a few million apiece.

If you want to do it all at once, then use additional burrows trickery to generate an adamantine Planepacked.

[jaxler]

If you haven't started mining raw adamantine, start doing it (though be careful not to release the HFS), then use item-forbid and burrows to force all artifacts to use raw adamantine and/or adamantine wafers instead of mundant stones/metals. Adamantine artifacts are typically worth a few million apiece.

If you want to do it all at once, then use additional burrows trickery to generate an adamantine Planepacked.

i have started mineing but i want to know about other money packed industries

[Sphalerite]

Dwarven syrup roasts.  A masterwork dwarven syrup roast prepared by a legendary cook is worth an obscene amount.

Of course, once you get to that point, there's not much use for money.  It's not hard to produce enough valuable goods to buy out entire caravans every year, even if all you're doing is making rock mugs.  Then what?  If your goal is to accumulate valuable materials, you're going to be limited by the bottleneck of how much the traders can bring you each year.

[NecroRebel]

Metal statues and mechanisms are high-value, especially since you can place them afterwards to double their effective worth (their value is added both as created items and as architectural value). However, metal should probably be used on discs; they're worth more than mechanisms, and you can then build 10 of them and a mechanism into a weapon trap. Robes are the most valuable thing you can make out of cloth, though it might be better to make a robe then decorate it; fewer items, thus less FPS hit. Smoothing and engraving vast areas also creates a lot of wealth; engraving gem and ore veins in particular can add quite a bit.

Basically, if you want to up your created wealth, just do everything and don't overpay the caravans too much, since that gets rid of items. In any case, starting with high-value materials and making high-value things that you can build is probably your best bet.

[Tirion]

Dwarven syrup roasts.  A masterwork dwarven syrup roast prepared by a legendary cook is worth an obscene amount.

Of course, once you get to that point, there's not much use for money.  It's not hard to produce enough valuable goods to buy out entire caravans every year, even if all you're doing is making rock mugs.  Then what?  If your goal is to accumulate valuable materials, you're going to be limited by the bottleneck of how much the traders can bring you each year.

IIRC invaders, titans and megabeasts have wealth triggers. Architecture, etc wealth isn't good for much else than triggers and happiness in any case.

[Quietust]

Dwarven syrup roasts.  A masterwork dwarven syrup roast prepared by a legendary cook is worth an obscene amount.

Dwarven syrup roasts don't work anymore - at least one ingredient must be solid, and cooks will not use liquid ingredients unless no solid ingredients are remaining, so ridiculous amounts of micromanaging are necessary.

[AWellTrainedFerret]

Masterwork steel armor and weapons. Mine out the entire map and always request coal stones/bars from liaison to pad the amount available, then melt down anything that isn't masterwork. Once you have enough to fully equip your entire populace, it'll be worth tens of millions. Plus you have the added bonus of being able to defend yourself rather easily.

An obsidian farm will help because you can atom smash all other stone furniture and replace it all with masterwork obsidian.

And a parent civilization that has access to diamonds will help as well, since they don't have any limit on how many are available and can always trade 5-10 per caravan.

Artifacts made from obsidian, diamonds, steel, and expensive leather (my parent civilizations always have giant toad and giant olm available) are worth quite a bit and use replenish-able materials.

[Aachen]

.... Artifacts made from obsidian ....

In line with Quietust's statements regarding adamantine, using just about any ore stone is better than using obsidian, when one compares the DB values.

[Teneb]

Pave your whole fortress with silver/gold/platinum/aluminium/blue stuff. That should be enough.

[tj333]

I usually start engraving, encrusting, decorating, and sewing images into everything that can take it. Just stack more value onto every item,

[Sphalerite]

Dwarven syrup roasts.  A masterwork dwarven syrup roast prepared by a legendary cook is worth an obscene amount.

Dwarven syrup roasts don't work anymore - at least one ingredient must be solid, and cooks will not use liquid ingredients unless no solid ingredients are remaining, so ridiculous amounts of micromanaging are necessary.

I have stacks of dwarven syrup roasts that say you are wrong.  The first ingredient must be solid, but after that the cook will take the closest ingredient whether or not it is liquid.  Surround your kitchen with a stockpile that only takes dwarven syrup barrels (and make sure that there aren't any stockpiles elsewhere that take them) and you will produce plenty of dwarven syrup roasts without any further micromanagement.

[knutor]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Trap a giant silk spider or phantom spider, then move it to a cage, and then seal the room with a no pet door, release it with lever, then harvest its webs.  *shrug*

Sincerely,
Knutor

[Blue_Dwarf]

I have stacks of dwarven syrup roasts that say you are wrong.  The first ingredient must be solid, but after that the cook will take the closest ingredient whether or not it is liquid.  Surround your kitchen with a stockpile that only takes dwarven syrup barrels (and make sure that there aren't any stockpiles elsewhere that take them) and you will produce plenty of dwarven syrup roasts without any further micromanagement.

I've tried that, and my cook will still walk miles to the farthest stockpile to grab solid ingredients. What gives?

[Aachen]

Test: Forbid all solid foods. Claim one stack back. Observe results. Repeat test with two, three and four stacks of solid ingredients available. Set up kitchen and one each solid/liquid stuff stockpiles in a burrow. Repeat tests.

Not sure if it will help you, but it will quickly establish what behavior to expect regarding ingredient use. I expect that Quietust has good info, though.