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Timo

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:26pm

What is the goal in the game?

I'm not sure what exactly to do
I've finished all the tutorials and now I don't know what to do next.

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Originally posted by Hollowpoint:

Start out learning to survive, and after a few years, you'll die to some mistake or event. Start again. Make it further. Eventually, you'll have a self-sustaining fort doing whatever you want, and you'll need to set some goals for yourself. Some folks see how far they can dig and the FUN that comes with it. Some notice the physics in the game (as it operates anyway) and weaponize minecarts, or make death-match pits and let their dwarves be gladiators, or develop a system that drops an entire caravan into a magma pit. The game is, quite literally, endless. Many folks who are very good at the game will play a fort until so much data is involved that the game refuses to operate anymore; However, we don't know what to expect now that there's new systems that address the heart of that issue as well.

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Wanderer Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:27pm

Just try to keep alive and tell your own story

Zeek Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:28pm

It's a sandbox game, there is no story other than what you make of it. Similar to Rimworld if you've played that.

The goal is to just not have everyone die really.

Last edited by Zeek; Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:28pm

tcassat

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:28pm

There is no formal goal, you just keep exploring the mechanics and interacting with the events as it is a rich simulated world.

HyperFerret has Dwarf Fortress

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:29pm

It's a sandbox so you make your own goals. Generally, I would say to use each fort to learn a new mechanic such as farming, using pump stacks or making steel. Perhaps become a mountain home and have a king/queen move in.

KeT[PaiN]

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:29pm

Yeah it's open ended. So you kinda do your own thing like in minecraft.

Give yourself some challenges;
Don't close your fortress to the outside world.
Dig deep, open yourself to the caverns.
Etc

Hunter Bidens Pipe has Dwarf Fortress

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:29pm

fun

Aachen

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:31pm

!!FUN!!

Capt. Slappy has Dwarf Fortress

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:33pm

make a lasting empire that will stand the test of time and become the center in which all bearded bad ass-ed-ness flows from.

Mr. Shaggnificent has Dwarf Fortress

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:38pm

Dig deeper, so you get more materials, so you can have more dwarves, so you can dig deeper...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAVTwhsyOs

Rever

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:38pm

Beer. The next thing to do is get lots of beer, because dwarves love beer. Create a beer empire that Ansheuser-Busch would be jealous of.

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Enderthunder has Dwarf Fortress

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:38pm

time for FUN, hint, dig deeper, mass giant armies, get your units happy with art, create murdercontraptions with minecarts (you will lose a few dwarves)

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Yuubi

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:41pm

Do what you want

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Hanni

Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:48pm

The ultimate achievement for a Fortress is to die in a way so spectacular that future forts will write hyms about it and engrave the stories of your struggle on the walls for future generations.

Drowning your fortress in water is a good start, getting overrun by Were-Keas and Giant Zombie Hamsters is a nice mid-goal, while drowning your fortress in Lava because you tried to cleanse the fat of your overweight dwarves while fighting off the circus (if you don't know what it is do not look it up , massive Spoiler ) is viewed as most favorable death.

Be creative!

Last edited by Hanni; Dec 6, 2022 @ 12:49pm

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