Learn to do this regularly-new creatures will frequently migrate onto your map and then off again to be replaced by others.Ĭonsider arming up and thinning out any predictable threats. Before you unpause a new game for the first time, hit units, and switch to the 'Others' tab to see what's sharing your map. A sudden wildlife attack can quickly cripple or destroy an unprepared fortress. The obvious threats aside, some creatures with benign natures, names, or descriptions can be surprisingly deadly. Goblins aren't the only creatures that want you dead.

Various common things can cause the death of a fortress. 1.3.5 Inability to mine ('Diggor Mortis')Īutopsy, or why your fortress died.1.3.4.2 Too Much Water (aka 'Flooding accidents').If you're looking for more ways to lose horribly test yourself, try either the mega construction or the Challenges articles. When you lose, you can always reclaim fortress, or go visit it in adventurer mode. However, this wiki serves as an excellent place to speed up the learning process. Dwarf Fortress has a steep learning curve (often referred to as a 'cliff'), and part of the process (and fun!) is discovering things for yourself. Most new players will lose their first few forts sooner rather than later when you lose a fortress, don't feel like you don't understand the game. The only ones that don't, tend to be very conservative and very boring-and what fun is that? Thus, DF = losing ∧ DF = fun ⇒ losing = fun, and that's okay! It's a game philosophy, so embrace it, own it, and have fun with it! There is no internal end point, single goal, final Easter egg or 'You Win!' announcement in Dwarf Fortress, therefore, eventually, almost every fortress will fall. Losing is fun! Either way, it keeps you busy. There are three constants in life: death, taxes and losing in Dwarf Fortress.

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