What is the objective? or rather, what should be done?

[Arawn]

Hello

Hello,

I'm starting to understand the game better and better and it's cool but I can't seem to set any goals.

I have done
-Make rooms for my dwarves
-an underground well
-To make culture
-Build all the workshops
-Fishing

But I don't really know what else to do? I have the impression that the game is very rich but I don't know what to do?

[Fletch]

Its open ended, so you can do whatever you want. I would suggest your next step is to have a Trade Depot (need to have path at least 3 tiles wide for reachability by the caravans), and start exporting crafted wealth to the folks that show up. The game will start "opening up" for you once you do that. More population and/or more wealth in your fort, the more "FUN" that will be coming your way.

[The Trashman]

Have you looked through the information and guides in the game? They're in the question mark icon by the minimap. There's one in there called Goals which suggests some things you can do. I'd recommend checking out the other guides, they'll give you other ideas of things you can do

[McFuzz]

There's a few goalposts.
1) Establish a barony. Become rich, large and famous enough to be awarded holdings.
2) Keep getting richer, eventually, the King of your civ arrives. I usually consider this the 'goal' of a successful fortress.
3) Keep going. The King, once happy, gives you a message of what he wants you to do next or someone will just come in here and spoil all the lategame content lol

Eventually your fort will be either unstoppable, or will be stopped by something incredibly silly lol.

There's tons of systems to experiment with. Once you have a self-sustaining fort, you can try messing with them. Something to put in the toolbelt for next time.

[Deviant]

You really need to set your own goals, not unlike Minecraft. Building projects, fort defense strategies, testing new ways to burn all the fat off a dwarf but still allow them to survive afterwards... the list is endless, but it's what you find fun.

[Tarithel]

There is a plan to add specific missions for the fortress:
It is not the next development expected however, I think a form of it needs prioritized
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Fortress Starting Scenarios

Framework
Expand framework of law, custom, rights, property and status as needed to provide a variety of scenarios
Foundation of laws, both natural and supernatural
Explicit standing of different citizens vs. civilization authorities
Possible expansion of religious and family concepts to provide sufficient scenarios
Starting scenarios
Various possiblities that guide or govern fortress activity: frontier settlement, religious site, prison colony, mining company, military citadel, roadside inn, secondary/future palace of the monarch
Drastic changes to migrants based on starting scenario
Caravans/diplomatic relationships based on starting scenario
Reclaim mechanics should be folded into this
Generalize starting scenario relationships to every site foundation

https://bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html

[derpenstein]

Originally posted by Arawn:

Hello

Hello,

I'm starting to understand the game better and better and it's cool but I can't seem to set any goals.

I have done
-Make rooms for my dwarves
-an underground well
-To make culture
-Build all the workshops
-Fishing

But I don't really know what else to do? I have the impression that the game is very rich but I don't know what to do?

You've built all the workshops, but does this mean you have all of the industries working? You've got clothing, dye, papermaking? Smelting and smithing? Glass making, and cermaics? Do you have a tavern, an inn, and a library? Does every deity have a temple with engravings, statues, instruments, and altars? Have you explored the caverns, or used magma? Have you sent out a raid to attack some goblins, or steal from the elves? Have you captured any animals, trained them and bred them for your leather and meat industry? Do you have a hospital? Does it have soap?

just some things you can do.

[Arawn]

I'll look on the game help what I can do :)

[Japanese Schoolgirl]

Go old-school and flood your fortress with cats?

[Hamiltonz_1291]

Build a 'carbonite' chamber. trust me. You'll need it later.

In this context carbonite means covering a floor with at least 1-2 layers deep of lava (max layers would be 7) and then dumping water on it. Anything still living after the lava hit them would become encased in obsidian.

Playing with water can produce lots of FUN.
Playing with lava WILL produce lots of !!FUN!!.

Playing with both, priceless.

[JacketAU]

So basically there isn't one, thanks everyone

[Deviant]

Originally posted by JacketAU:

So basically there isn't one, thanks everyone

You played 140 hours of Fallout 76

[Lexyvil]

A good thing you can do is look for Megaprojects on DF wiki, it gives an idea in what you can do with your fortresses to influence your world.

[AmesNFire]

Originally posted by Deviant:

Originally posted by JacketAU:

So basically there isn't one, thanks everyone

You played 140 hours of Fallout 76

They're just a troll here to complain about politics and DF being 'boring'.

Yet they play the most boring game of a series that makes fun of imperialism, war, and ideological extremists.

[JacketAU]

Originally posted by AmesNFire:

Originally posted by Deviant:

You played 140 hours of Fallout 76

They're just a troll here to complain about politics and DF being 'boring'.

Yet they play the most boring game of a series that makes fun of imperialism, war, and ideological extremists.

I'm Australian I could care less about politics friend

[JacketAU]

Also last time I played 76 was June 2021, that's such a deep dive into my bio that I'm impressed honestly lol