Stone jobs

[Seryntas]

Classic DF veteran here. Looks like we went from mason, engraver, stone crafter to...all of those, plus something called "stonecutter" and something called "stone carver"? Anyone make heads or tails of it yet? I brought a good mason, but it looks like she's getting "stone carver" for making doors in the "stoneworker's workshop" which seems to be the new edition of the classic mason's workshop.

[Nettlesprout]

I know, it confused me too. At first I tghoyught it was a bug, but it is not.

Apparently these are the distinctions:

Mason - builds buildings
Engraver - engraves stone
Stone carver: smooths stone
Stone Cutter: all items at mason's bench
Stone Crafter: all stone items at crafter bench.


No idea why they felt it was necessary to break them all up into separate skills, but oh well.

[Strifeboy]

Any other new things or changes?

[Sorkkimus]

Originally posted by Nettlesprout:

I know, it confused me too. At first I tghoyught it was a bug, but it is not.

Apparently these are the distinctions:

Mason - builds buildings
Engraver - engraves stone
Stone carver: smooths stone
Stone Cutter: all items at mason's bench
Stone Crafter: all stone items at crafter bench.


No idea why they felt it was necessary to break them all up into separate skills, but oh well.

Thanks a ton! I will keep this list on a text file to check time and time again. Otherwise I will keep forgetting which means which since it really isn't obvious at all. I was already at a point of yelling obscenities to my mason for smoothing floors instead of making stone blocks.

[deatheven13]

I was looking for architect and couldn't find it so it being masonry makes sense. They really need to just put all the individual jobs in the labor tab so you don't have to custom make jobs to keep every hoople headed fumble fingers out of your workshops. Or keep your pissing legendary miner out of the fishery.

[Strifeboy]

Originally posted by Nettlesprout:

I know, it confused me too. At first I tghoyught it was a bug, but it is not.

Apparently these are the distinctions:

Mason - builds buildings
Engraver - engraves stone
Stone carver: smooths stone
Stone Cutter: all items at mason's bench
Stone Crafter: all stone items at crafter bench.


No idea why they felt it was necessary to break them all up into separate skills, but oh well.

Wheres the mason bench? Also stone carver is stoneworkers. and stonecutters smooth stone.

[Vilhatarn]

Have tested further with various labor restrictions, I think the building construction restrictions are a little buggy. Different buildings key off of Carpentry or Masonry or nothing at all, and anyone will build constructions e.g. walls, fortifications, traps. Furniture placement is consistently done by Haulers only. I'm not into advanced mechanisms yet so unsure on that front.

Mason: build bridges and furnaces and ???
Stone Carver: makes items (except blocks) at Stoneworkers
Stone Cutter: smooths walls and makes blocks at Stoneworkers
Engraver: decorates walls
Stone Crafter: all stone items at Crafters.

So...what does Mason even really do??

[Nettlesprout]

Originally posted by Strifeboy:

Wheres the mason bench? Also stone carver is stoneworkers. and stonecutters smooth stone.

Actually I think it is called the Stoneworker workbench now, sorry. It was another of the names that changed.

[Nettlesprout]

Originally posted by Vilhatarn:

Have tested further with various labor restrictions, I think the building construction restrictions are a little buggy. Different buildings key off of Carpentry or Masonry or nothing at all, and anyone will build constructions e.g. walls, fortifications, traps. Furniture placement is consistently done by Haulers only. I'm not into advanced mechanisms yet so unsure on that front.

Mason: build bridges and furnaces and ???
Stone Carver: makes items (except blocks) at Stoneworkers
Stone Cutter: smooths walls and makes blocks at Stoneworkers
Engraver: decorates walls
Stone Crafter: all stone items at Crafters.

So...what does Mason even really do??

Does this make Stone Carver way more important now than mason, who is largely more of an architect now, in the modern sense of the word?

[Vilhatarn]

That's my takeaway? Stone Carver gets you high quality stone furniture and faster build on doors, grates, etc. Probably pairs well with Stone Cutter early, so that you have a dedicated dwarf for tasks at the Stoneworks.