How do I FILL barrels?

[zachareeh]

SInce yal don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥ read.

[AlP]

You can't fill barrels with drinks, the amount of drinks in it depends on the stack size of the plant you brewed.

A stack of 1 plump helmet = a barrel with 5 drinks. A stack of 5 plump helmets = a barrel of 25 drinks.

[db48x]

Dwarves won’t mix vintages. They will put multiple different cheeses into the same barrel, or fruit, or prepared meals, but not drinks. You’ll just have to try to get them to finish off some of those drinks.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Clarification: I know how to brew drinks, that's not what I'm asking.

How do I get my dwarves to actually FILL the barrels?

I have a huge stockpile filled wall-to-wall with almost-empty barrels.

Can't brew without empties so I tell my manager to tell my dwarves to make barrels when we don't have empties, but then the brewers just start a new barrel as soon as they have an empty...

Barrels and/or Large Pots are a component of Brewing Drinks at the Still.

So, it's not like the Dorf is brewing drinks and then takes the drinks over to a barrel in the Drink Stockpile - They take the Barrel that now has brewed drinks in it to the Stockpile.

Batch size is dependent on drink type and, IIRC, the Brewer's skill. Or, the stack size received, which is depedent on the skill of the one who gathered/farmed/picked it?

The same is happening with bins, So I feel like there's something I'm missing that will solve both? I guess what I'm looking for is an intermediate-level inventory management tutorial.

Due to all the new players (like myself) google is inundated with "babby's first mountain home" type of help, so google is definitely not my friend here.

Check the bins&barrels wiki and associated entries. No, it may not make a lot of sense, but at least you'll pick up a few words you can look up, like I did. :)

https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Using_bins_and_barrels

[zachareeh]

Originally posted by AlP:

You can't fill barrels with drinks, the amount of drinks in it depends on the stack size of the plant you brewed.

A stack of 1 plump helmet = a barrel with 5 drinks. A stack of 5 plump helmets = a barrel of 25 drinks.

So then how do I make them only use full stacks? I have plenty of plants around but I keep ending up with barrels of 5 drink. I must be missing something. Again, I am successfully brewing. I'm not that bad (read the actual question and then give a full answer if you're even going to bother ♥♥♥♥ I hate asking steam anything it's so tedious)

[Kujila]

can water only be drawn in buckets then? and not added to barrels? That seems to be my experience thus far

[zachareeh]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Clarification: I know how to brew drinks, that's not what I'm asking.

How do I get my dwarves to actually FILL the barrels?

I have a huge stockpile filled wall-to-wall with almost-empty barrels.

Can't brew without empties so I tell my manager to tell my dwarves to make barrels when we don't have empties, but then the brewers just start a new barrel as soon as they have an empty...

Barrels and/or Large Pots are a component of Brewing Drinks at the Still.

So, it's not like the Dorf is brewing drinks and then takes the drinks over to a barrel in the Drink Stockpile - They take the Barrel that now has brewed drinks in it to the Stockpile.

Batch size is dependent on drink type and, IIRC, the Brewer's skill. Or, the stack size received, which is depedent on the skill of the one who gathered/farmed/picked it?

The same is happening with bins, So I feel like there's something I'm missing that will solve both? I guess what I'm looking for is an intermediate-level inventory management tutorial.

Due to all the new players (like myself) google is inundated with "babby's first mountain home" type of help, so google is definitely not my friend here.

Check the bins&barrels wiki and associated entries. No, it may not make a lot of sense, but at least you'll pick up a few words you can look up, like I did. :)

https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Using_bins_and_barrels

Are you a bot? I said I googled and your answer was google.

[zachareeh]

Originally posted by Kujila:

can water only be drawn in buckets then? and not added to barrels? That seems to be my experience thus far

If you don't know don't bloat the thread, make your own thread.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Originally posted by Morkonan:

Barrels and/or Large Pots are a component of Brewing Drinks at the Still.

So, it's not like the Dorf is brewing drinks and then takes the drinks over to a barrel in the Drink Stockpile - They take the Barrel that now has brewed drinks in it to the Stockpile.

Batch size is dependent on drink type and, IIRC, the Brewer's skill. Or, the stack size received, which is depedent on the skill of the one who gathered/farmed/picked it?



Check the bins&barrels wiki and associated entries. No, it may not make a lot of sense, but at least you'll pick up a few words you can look up, like I did. :)

https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Using_bins_and_barrels

Are you a bot? I said I googled and your answer was google.

I just answered you as best as I could. No, I am not a bot. :)

[Dervish]

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Originally posted by Morkonan:

I just answered you as best as I could. No, I am not a bot. :)

You have some real bot energy. You really copy pasted ♥♥♥♥ I just read when I googled. You're an actual tool.

Pro Tip : Don't be an ass to someone trying to help you... kinda puts others off from wanting to help

[kheftel]

Originally posted by Dervish:

Originally posted by zachareeh:

You have some real bot energy. You really copy pasted ♥♥♥♥ I just read when I googled. You're an actual tool.

Pro Tip : Don't be an ass to someone trying to help you... kinda puts others off from wanting to help

Srsly. Was gonna answer, decided nope when I saw OP's attitude.

[db48x]

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Originally posted by AlP:

You can't fill barrels with drinks, the amount of drinks in it depends on the stack size of the plant you brewed.

A stack of 1 plump helmet = a barrel with 5 drinks. A stack of 5 plump helmets = a barrel of 25 drinks.

So then how do I make them only use full stacks? I have plenty of plants around but I keep ending up with barrels of 5 drink. I must be missing something. Again, I am successfully brewing. I'm not that bad (read the actual question and then give a full answer if you're even going to bother ♥♥♥♥ I hate asking steam anything it's so tedious)

The stack size of a plant or fruit depends mostly upon the growing skill of the planter who planted it. So to really use your barrels efficiently you need to train up your farmers, and you will also want to use fertilizer if you can. One way to do this is to go into your standing orders and change it from “All dwarves harvest” to “Only harvesters harvest” each time they harvest something it will boost their growing skill, and by specializing one or two dwarves in the task you can ensure that they level up as fast as possible.

With max skill and fertilizer you can harvest stacks of 9 plants at a time, which makes for stacks of 45 drink after brewing.

But note that putting your drinks into too few barrels is a bad idea as well, because when a dwarf goes to drink something they will reserve the whole barrel until they are done. No other dwarf can drink from it until that one dwarf is finished. With a large fortress you want to be prepared for two or three dozen dwarves to be drinking at the same time. Taverns can help a lot here, because a dwarf in a well–stocked tavern will be served drinks by a Tavernkeeper. The Tavernkeeper(s) will reserve the barrels too, but all they need to do is fill a goblet so they can serve the thirsty dwarf. That’s a faster job and so each barrel will tend to be reserved for a much shorter time.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by zachareeh:

Originally posted by Morkonan:

I just answered you as best as I could. No, I am not a bot. :)

You have some real bot energy. You really copy pasted ♥♥♥♥ I just read when I googled. You're an actual tool.

I wrote that word for word, myself.

I have never once plagiarized anything, ever.

And, please, do the rest of creation a favor and do not procreate. Thanks in advance.

PS: Don't you know that Google "spider's" cruise forums all the time and update the search engine frequently. Don't you know that Google is going to to track you and knows that someone in your region, likely down to a few hundred IP addresses, has been on the Steam DF forums and is now searching for information about the game? Get lost. Really. You're making accusations in ignorance and are being a real jerk about it.

[db48x]

Originally posted by Dervish:

Originally posted by zachareeh:

You have some real bot energy. You really copy pasted ♥♥♥♥ I just read when I googled. You're an actual tool.

Pro Tip : Don't be an ass to someone trying to help you... kinda puts others off from wanting to help

Agreed. Calling people names is pretty childish at best, but it’s worse when someone is honestly trying to help. That wiki article really does have a lot of information in it.

[Dufflebags]

Reporting OP for being insufferably rude.

Why are you so nasty to people trying to help you?

[Philtre]

Originally posted by Kujila:

can water only be drawn in buckets then? and not added to barrels? That seems to be my experience thus far

Water requires buckets, yes. They won't put water in barrels, only milk and beverages produced by a brewing operation (as well as various non-beverage liquids, and solid foods).