Dwarf Fortress

[h3]Before you buy this, let me paraphrase and/or copy from the wiki, the armor mechanic and how to equip your dwarves:[/h3] [b]In order for a dwarf to equip an item, the following conditions must be met:[/b] - Armor must be equipped in the order of the layers given. determines if they are eligible to wear the item in question (perhaps the body part is missing/severed); The layers are 'under', 'over', 'armor', and 'cover'. - must start with the lowest layer first, continuing to the next layer when no other items of that layer need to be equipped; - checks if the item is shaped [S] and will only equip the item if no other shaped items are equipped on that body part; - considers the item with the lowest permit value first. If two items share the same permit value, the highest-size item would be equipped first; - checks if the total size of items on each body part the current item would cover (excluding the current item's size) is less than or equal to the current item's permit level. - in case of an Armor layer item, also checks whether its own size + permit value is greater than the total size of items already on the body part. - in case of any non-Cover item, checks whether the total size of items in the same layer including the current item is less than the smallest permit value among these items. [i]The uniform can consist of each of the layers mentioned. But not all items can be worn together. The item layer is not given in the item description in the game. [u]You will have to check the wiki to confirm layers.[/u] It is common to see a dwarf equip pants with no undergarments due to this restriction, even when an undergarment is available. Not having a particular layer or correct armor type will leave your dwarf susceptible to damage, so be sure to look through all 15 types of chest armor (for example), and their material variants to correctly choose. There are 21 different body parts to protect. To effectively use the armor, dwarves must train and have a place to work as armored dwarves, so you will have to also create zones and buildings for this. A fully trained dwarf can move at twice the speed of an untrained one. Be aware that combat speed and movement are two different mechanics not covered here. Also be aware that different races have different armor requirements, and dwarves cannot wear human armor.[/i] [b]To set custom made armor for your dwarves, and effectively use it:[/b] 1. Create a squad by opening up the squad menu. 2. Assign a leader to that squad from among your dwarves. 3. Create a uniform using the "equip" button. 4. Choose what armor pieces you would like for the uniform for each layer for the head, arms, legs, feet, hands, and head, using the rules and guidelines mentioned above. 5. Assign the armor to your squad as a uniform and let the dwarves self-equip. 6. Ensure your dwarves have the correct PERMIT value, otherwise they will be over-encumbered and unable to attack. See #Layer_Size.2C_Permit.2C_and_layering_armor on the wiki for more details. 7. Set a training area using the 'zone' function to specify a barracks for the gear, and another zone for training, and assign those dwarves to the area. See the full details here: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Armor [h3]If this armor mechanic alone interests you, then enjoy the game! Every single system in the game is more in-depth and detailed than this, and is intriguing in it's own right.[/h3] [h3]Otherwise, if you aren't reading all that, definitely look elsewhere.[/h3]

An inspiring project. Playing Dwarf Fortress is an exercise in logic, creativity, passion and frustration. Character oozes out of every pore, it is entirely unapologetically the thing that it is. It has inspired me to create art about it, write essays on it, and play for thousands of hours. It's a piece of art that invites you to build a sandcastle using the little menaces that will ultimately bring it down on their heads.

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Ui is unintuitive and clunky. Clicking 10 times to build something isn't fun, build->workbench->farming->carpetner->select material. The game really incentivizes you to use keyboard shortcuts, because the alternative is painful. Having to google, because I couldn't understand how to change the squad equipment. You need to open squad menu, then press some button without a text, then finally change the equipment when the game doesn't show you any hints or dwarf weapon skills. The simplest actions which could be done in a single window require going through a couple of them. Having no standards regarding good UX in a UI heavy game is a huge mistake. Camera is awful, you can only move it by tiles, and I found no reason why they couldn't make it smooth like in any other top-down game. The game has nice ambient, but that's it. Dwarfs working, mining, building etc. produce no sound, the game is really quite. I get that it was an ASCII terminal game played with the keyboard and the devs spent most of their time designing the gameplay, but it's 2026 and the game isn't that cheap either. Losing is fun, but the things I've described aren't. If you want a similar experience just play Rimworld.

I had a surplus of stray cats that would refuse to adopt my dwarves so i built a cat cafe by overlapping my cat pasture with a tavern and now my dorfs are steadily getting cats to like them more and become pet cats 10/10

In a complex game like this, even a few things not working can block entire industries. I've spent hours trying to get rock jugs to reach the (cat powered) honey press, while the entire ale chain was blocked. Turns out, if your jugs end up in bins in a stockpile, they are stuck. This game is awesome, but only a few bugs can cost your run. And then you spend hours trying to sidestep those bugs, instead of playing. This was not the *FUN* I was hoping for.