The doors are listed in order of distance. Select which type of door to put there, and press Enter.If it says 'needs door', that means that the door you made is in the process of being stored in your furniture stockpile and that no other door is available: you have to wait a bit.Move the cursor to precisely where you want the door to be, and press Enter.Once the door is finished, then go to the space you want to build the door and press " build".
The higher the Dwarf's mason skill, the faster the door will be built (it will also be of better quality). You need at least one dwarf with the Masonry labor enabled.
The function build is not only used for building workshops and the like, but also for placing items like beds, tables and chairs in your fortress. A few unusual types of furniture are made elsewhere, like mechanisms, traction benches, siege engine parts and ammo, or glass furniture.įurniture is produced at a workshop through its q (view building) menu. For example, beds can only be made of wood. Some furniture can only be made from certain materials. You can also make furniture out of metal at a Metalsmith's forge, but this consumes more valuable and potentially rare materials. When starting a fortress, most furniture will usually be made in your Mason's workshop and Carpenter's workshop, depending on the materials used. Dwarves get good thoughts when admiring high- quality furniture. All furniture has a practical use in your fortress, though it is sometimes limited to looking nice (like statues). 6 List of furniture, siege ammo, and other items used in buildingsįurniture can be created at a variety of workshops.Stone bookcases are built at a Craftsdwarf's workshop and not at a Mason's workshop. Several furniture items have additional functions, like buckets (transporting water) and barrels (containing booze and food).Īn important exception to the above is bins, whose sole (but much-needed) purpose is to increase the capacity of stockpiles, reducing clutter and hauling.īookcases are another exception. can be "built" from the b menu (and thus be placed in your fortress), including most "proper" furniture like beds, tables, and chairs, but also windows, millstones and coffins, among others (including gem windows).įor completeness, and to further complicate matters, there are also a few items that are made from the furniture submenu of the metalsmith's forge, but don't go in a furniture stockpile:.is part of a building (mostly workshops, but also e.g.a building or construction can be made of: ( querns, grates, mechanisms.).Elaborating from that, furniture is something that The most blunt definition is "anything that goes on a furniture pile". The game definition of furniture differs somewhat from what one might expect, or is used to from the real world.