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Drybreeze Dec 10, 2022 @ 1:54am
Basic Guide To Play for total DF newbie?
Judging by the other threads in here, I'm probably the most junior of any DF owner. I never played the original text version but I heard about it. I waited for this to be released for aaaagggeeessss on my wishlist, and bought it immediately on release. I love it, it is very in depth and rich, reminds me a lot of rimworld but far, far, FAR more in depth.

So now I'm scrambling around looking for great resources that must have been built up over the years to help guide a total newbie like me? Any suggestions guys n gals? Wiki? Something else? What's your go-to reference?
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Denny Crane Dec 10, 2022 @ 1:59am 
Official wiki is alway handy and there's a quick start handholding-guide too.
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Quickstart_guide
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McFuzz Dec 10, 2022 @ 2:01am 
There's no harm in getting in and getting your hands dirty.

Dig rooms, build furniture with workshops, brew beer, die tremendously. Repeat :D
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Noeat Dec 10, 2022 @ 2:03am 
i find this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEt87BikHzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykq-GmzquSo&ab_
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Testikles Dec 10, 2022 @ 2:13am 
Yeah, Nookrium is good. I also recommend Blind:

https://www.youtube.com/@BlindiRL/videos

and Quill18

https://www.youtube.com/@quill18/videos

For some excellent tutorial / beginner-friendly content.
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Drybreeze Dec 10, 2022 @ 3:51am 
Awesome! Thanks peeps! Will get stuck into them and see what's what. I have dug heaps, traded a bit, figured out basic zoning for cropping things around the base, built a tower around my stairs and a couple of small turrets, got barrels of food lined up. The game seems to progress very quickly. I have figured out how to browse inventory, but haven't got an industry going yet, so I assume things like picks will break and need to be made from metal, which I don't yet have. So lots learned, lots to learn, really enjoying it! Can totally understand how the text version was so popular for so long.

My current issue is not being able to figure out how to trap and or kill animals to get their hides. I have several tame ones, a butcher, and a tannery, but orders to kill animals just gets ignored...
Last edited by Drybreeze; Dec 10, 2022 @ 3:53am
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Wizard Dec 10, 2022 @ 3:53am 
Don’t forget das tactic

https://youtu.be/jZ6W90KcKlA
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Arson Dec 10, 2022 @ 3:57am 
If you want a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough of the beginnings of a fortress I recommend this guide:

https://df-walkthrough.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
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