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You are a lava dwarf, short humanoids from another world that have come through a strange portal in search of new lands, which happen to be [[Lavaland|a hellish inferno]]. The land is bountiful in resources and loot ripe for the taking, if you can deal with the locals that is.
You are a lava dwarf, one of many short humanoids from another world that have come through a strange portal in search of new lands, which unfortunately happen to be [[Lavaland|a hellish inferno]]. The land is, however, bountiful in resources and loot ripe for the taking. If you can deal with the locals, that is.


You are essentially a group of manlets with severe alcoholism, an urge to build forts, and toe the line of how far you can go with a reference. Use your blacksmithing gear to make better tools and build a fort, or die trying. Most likely the latter.
You are essentially a group of manlets with severe alcoholism, an urge to build forts, and an affinity for toeing the line of how far you can go with a reference. Use your blacksmithing gear to make better tools and build a fort, or die trying. Most likely the latter.


=For the underground=
=For the underground=
Your base of operations is small, starting with basic gear necessary to survive and build. Your livestock is scarce and fragile, so try not to have them end up dead.
Your base of operations is small, starting with the basic gear necessary to survive and build. Your livestock is scarce and fragile, so try not to have them end up dead.


Migrants come through the portal as you progress, adding onto your population or replacing lost members. Destruction of the portal will cease all future migrants and stagnant your fort's population. Protect the portal at all costs if you wish to see a future for your fortress in these lands.
Migrants will come through the portal as you progress, adding onto your population or replacing lost members. Destruction of the portal, however, will cause a cessation of all future migrants and stagnate your fort's population. Protect the portal at all costs if you wish to see a future for your fortress in these lands.


=You Aren't Alone=
=You Aren't Alone=
You are not alone in these lands, both locals and similar foreign groups exist with their own ideas in mind. From the [[Ashwalkers|Scale-Ears]], [[Shaft Miner|Tall-Men]], or the [[Ruins#Free_Golem_Ship|Walking Rocks]], how your fortress proceeds to deal with them is up to you. Starting mutual trade pacts and exchanging goods is probably not a bad idea, but where's the fun in that?
You are not alone in these lands; both locals and similar foreign groups exist with their own ideas in mind. From the [[Ashwalkers|Scale-Ears]], [[Shaft Miner|Tall-Men]], or the [[Ruins#Free_Golem_Ship|Walking Rocks]], how your fortress proceeds to deal with them is up to you. Starting mutual trade pacts and exchanging goods is probably not a bad idea, but where's the fun in that?


=The Wildlife=
=The Wildlife=
These hellish lands offer a number of horrible creatures that hate you almost as much as you hate elves. Their strengths and weaknesses should be something learned early on before finding out the hard way.
These hellish lands offer a number of horrible creatures that hate you almost as much as you hate elves. Their strengths and weaknesses should be something learned early on before finding out the hard way.


* Legions: An abomination of multiple being unified into one, it sends out its past victims to do its dirty-work. The mini-legions break easily under a good swing with your pick and leaves the shambling beast nearly defenseless. Aggressive tactics are advised when dealing with these creatures and you'll probably see to live another day.
* Legions: An abomination of multiple creatures unified into one, it sends out its past victims to do its dirty-work. The mini legions break easily under a good swing with your pick, leaving the shambling beast nearly defenceless. Aggressive tactics are advised when dealing with these creatures and you'll probably see to live another day.


* Watchers: Wispy bastards that shoot ice-cold stares, enough to chill even a seasoned dwarf to their very core. Attack in groups for assured victory.
* Watchers: Wispy bastards that shoot ice-cold stares, enough to chill even a seasoned dwarf to their very core. Attack in groups for assured victory.


* Goliaths: Lumbering beasts covered in a thick hide, although a quick-footed being could easily kite it. Watch for its tentacle grasp, as it will try to ground victims for an easier beat-down.
* Goliaths: Lumbering beasts covered in a thick hide, although a quick-footed being would be able to easily kite it. Watch for its tentacular grasp, as it will attempt to trap victims for an easier beat-down.


=We Noble Few=
=We Noble Few=
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The Noble can use his Royal Scepter to designate Mandates. Click on a tile, and fill out the Mandate, to declare a mandate to all dwarves.
The Noble can use his Royal Scepter to designate Mandates. Click on a tile, and fill out the Mandate, to declare a mandate to all dwarves.


You can clear your mandate by using the scepter inhand, as you can only have 1 active mandate at a time.
Unfortunately, you can only have one Mandate active at a time. Use the Scepter inhand to remove the previous Mandate.


=Miasma And You=
=Miasma And You=
Your fortress is covered in dead bodies and everyone's throwing up and dying from it. What is it? Why are my dwarves dying? How do I clean this fortress up?
Your fortress is covered in dead bodies and everyone's throwing up and dying from it. What is it? Why is everyone dying? How can I stop this?


'''Miasma''' is a result of dead bodies and blood being left to rot in the hallways. It'll cause '''vomiting''', '''sickness''', and possibly '''death''' if your fortress isn't cleaned up.
'''Miasma''' is a result of dead bodies and blood being left to rot in the hallways. It'll cause '''vomiting''', '''sickness''', and possibly '''death''' if your fortress isn't cleaned up.


There's two ways to clean up the blood.
There're two ways to clean up the blood.


1. Smelt a Towercap Log and combine the resulting ashes with Water from the puddle. This will produce '''Soap''' you can use to clean.
1. Burn a Towercap Log in the Smelter and combine the resulting ashes with Water from a puddle in the fortress. This will produce '''Soap''' you can use to clean.


2. Produce a '''Broom''' with some wooden planks, and wet the broom with the puddle for cleaning.
2. Produce a '''Broom''' with some wooden planks, and wet the broom with the puddle in order to use it.


Bodies are more difficult to deal with.
Bodies are more difficult to deal with.


1. Move bodies out of the fortress off into a dumping ground far away, to avoid the miasma from stinking up your fortress.
1. Creating a "dumping ground" a long distance from the fort, and moving all bodies there will prevent the miasma from reaching your fortress.


2. Dispose of the bodies somehow, destroying them completely.
2. Destruction of the bodies, such as by gibbing, will prevent them from creating miasma.


3. Revive the corpses, as this will stop their rotting.
3. Revival of the corpses will cause them to cease to rot.


=Brewing Ale=
=Brewing Ale=
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[[File:still.png|32px]]
[[File:still.png|32px]]


This is the most important tool you have. To brew, follow these easy steps:
The still is the most important tool you have. To brew, follow these easy steps:


1. Use any number of grown items on the still.
1. Use any number of grown items on the still.
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4. Use the Hammer to get your result.
4. Use the Hammer to get your result.


Weapons generally require '''logs''' (not planks!), and armour generally requires leather (Obtainable from butchering animals, such as cats)


If it's a weapon, it likely needs Logs. NOT planks.
Open the Crafting Menu button, and navigate to the Blacksmithing category in order to craft an item, once you have all necessary components on you.
If it's armor, it likely needs Leather. Get this from butchering cats.
 
Open the Crafting Menu button, and navigate to the Blacksmithing category.
 
Craft your item after you have all the needed components on you!


==Tools of the Trade==
==Tools of the Trade==
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![[File:Blacksmithforge.png|32px]]<br>Forge
![[File:Blacksmithforge.png|32px]]<br>Forge
|Where all raw ores are smelted into their molten variants. Gives 75u of said ore, contents may be hot.
|Where all raw ores are smelted into their molten variants. Each ore melts into 75 units of metal; contents may be hot.
|-
|-
![[File:Blacksmithhammer.png|32px]]<br>Hammer
![[File:Blacksmithhammer.png|32px]]<br>Hammer
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The quality of your smithed gear will depend on what type of ore you used. Some are better than others at different things, so keep this list handy when looking to craft the best set of gear.
The quality of your smithed gear will depend on what type of ore you used. Some are better than others at different things, so keep this list handy when looking to craft the best set of gear.


It should be noted that a higher value is better in every case but digging speed, where lower is faster.
It should be noted that a higher value is better in every case but digging time, where a lower number indicates faster digging.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#FFFFDD;" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:orange;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" style="background-color:orange;" width=200|Item
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Sharpness
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Sharpness
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Blunt
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Blunt
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Digging Speed
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:orange;" |Digging Time
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![[File:Ironore.png|32px]]<br>Iron
![[File:Ironore.png|32px]]<br>Iron
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=Actually Crafting Stuff=
=Actually Crafting Stuff=
You got your tools, filled molds, ect? Good. Now we can get to actually crafting the good stuff.
You got your tools, filled molds, etc.? Good. Now we can get to actually crafting the good stuff.


==Tools==
==Tools==
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![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]]<br>Pickaxe
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]]<br>Pickaxe
|A dwarf's trusted tool for chiseling out the foundations for a grand fortress, you should never go anywhere without one!
|A dwarf's trusted tool for chiseling out the foundations for a grand fortress, you should never go anywhere without one!
|Due to its pointed edge for digging out rock, it also gains a 1.25 modifier on armor penetration, based on the material's base penetration.
|Due to its pointed tip for digging out rock, it also gains a 1.25 modifier on armor penetration, based on the material's base penetration.
|[[File:Pickaxehead.png|32px]]<br>1 Pickaxe Head<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
|[[File:Pickaxehead.png|32px]]<br>1 Pickaxe Head<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
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![[File:Claymore.png|32px]]<br>Broadsword
![[File:Claymore.png|32px]]<br>Broadsword
|A standard broadsword, good for stabbing or slicing either way!
|A standard broadsword, good for stabbing. Or slicing, either way!
|Gains a 2.0 modifier on top of the base material's attack value. Use a material that adds the SHARPNESS value for dismemberment ahoy!
|Gains a 2.0 modifier on top of the base material's attack value. Use a material that adds the SHARPNESS value for dismemberment ahoy!
|[[File:Bladetop.png|32px]]<br>1 Blade<br>[[File:Leather.png|32px]]<br>1 Leather<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
|[[File:Bladetop.png|32px]]<br>1 Blade<br>[[File:Leather.png|32px]]<br>1 Leather<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
|-
|-
![[File:Sledgehammer.png|32px]]<br>Warhammer
![[File:Sledgehammer.png|32px]]<br>Warhammer
|Good for swinging around and smashing skulls, requires two hands for full effect.
|Good for swinging around and smashing skulls; should be held in two hands for full effect.
|Gains a 4.0 modifier to its base damage if a material marked as BLUNT is used to craft it and wielded, or 2.0 modifier unwielded. Also applies a 3.0 modifier to a base material's armor penetration all-together, making it extremely useful for bypassing armor almost entirely with ores like gold or silver.
|Gains a 4.0 modifier to its base damage if a material marked as BLUNT is used to craft it and wielded, or 2.0 modifier unwielded. Also applies a 3.0 modifier to a base material's armor penetration at all times, making it extremely useful for bypassing armor almost entirely with ores like gold or silver.
|[[File:Blacksmithhammerhead.png|32px]]<br>1 Hammer Head<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
|[[File:Blacksmithhammerhead.png|32px]]<br>1 Hammer Head<br>[[File:Towercap.png|32px]]<br>1 Log<br>[[File:Anvil.png|32px]]<br>Anvil
|-
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Revision as of 00:51, 30 May 2017

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Lava Dwarf
Access: N/A
Additional Access: N/A
Difficulty: Hard
Supervisors: God of Blood (not to be confused with that other Blood God.)
Duties: Build a fort, drink obscene amounts of alcohol, protect the portal.
Guides: This is the guide
Quote: "comical dwarf-related reference here"


You are a lava dwarf, one of many short humanoids from another world that have come through a strange portal in search of new lands, which unfortunately happen to be a hellish inferno. The land is, however, bountiful in resources and loot ripe for the taking. If you can deal with the locals, that is.

You are essentially a group of manlets with severe alcoholism, an urge to build forts, and an affinity for toeing the line of how far you can go with a reference. Use your blacksmithing gear to make better tools and build a fort, or die trying. Most likely the latter.

For the underground

Your base of operations is small, starting with the basic gear necessary to survive and build. Your livestock is scarce and fragile, so try not to have them end up dead.

Migrants will come through the portal as you progress, adding onto your population or replacing lost members. Destruction of the portal, however, will cause a cessation of all future migrants and stagnate your fort's population. Protect the portal at all costs if you wish to see a future for your fortress in these lands.

You Aren't Alone

You are not alone in these lands; both locals and similar foreign groups exist with their own ideas in mind. From the Scale-Ears, Tall-Men, or the Walking Rocks, how your fortress proceeds to deal with them is up to you. Starting mutual trade pacts and exchanging goods is probably not a bad idea, but where's the fun in that?

The Wildlife

These hellish lands offer a number of horrible creatures that hate you almost as much as you hate elves. Their strengths and weaknesses should be something learned early on before finding out the hard way.

  • Legions: An abomination of multiple creatures unified into one, it sends out its past victims to do its dirty-work. The mini legions break easily under a good swing with your pick, leaving the shambling beast nearly defenceless. Aggressive tactics are advised when dealing with these creatures and you'll probably see to live another day.
  • Watchers: Wispy bastards that shoot ice-cold stares, enough to chill even a seasoned dwarf to their very core. Attack in groups for assured victory.
  • Goliaths: Lumbering beasts covered in a thick hide, although a quick-footed being would be able to easily kite it. Watch for its tentacular grasp, as it will attempt to trap victims for an easier beat-down.

We Noble Few

Your fortress starts with a cape, crown, and Royal Scepter, for whoever feels like becoming your fortress's Noble.

The Noble can use his Royal Scepter to designate Mandates. Click on a tile, and fill out the Mandate, to declare a mandate to all dwarves.

Unfortunately, you can only have one Mandate active at a time. Use the Scepter inhand to remove the previous Mandate.

Miasma And You

Your fortress is covered in dead bodies and everyone's throwing up and dying from it. What is it? Why is everyone dying? How can I stop this?

Miasma is a result of dead bodies and blood being left to rot in the hallways. It'll cause vomiting, sickness, and possibly death if your fortress isn't cleaned up.

There're two ways to clean up the blood.

1. Burn a Towercap Log in the Smelter and combine the resulting ashes with Water from a puddle in the fortress. This will produce Soap you can use to clean.

2. Produce a Broom with some wooden planks, and wet the broom with the puddle in order to use it.

Bodies are more difficult to deal with.

1. Creating a "dumping ground" a long distance from the fort, and moving all bodies there will prevent the miasma from reaching your fortress.

2. Destruction of the bodies, such as by gibbing, will prevent them from creating miasma.

3. Revival of the corpses will cause them to cease to rot.

Brewing Ale

The art of brewing a good mug of ale is the most important skill any Dwarf must learn. You need ale to survive, and will die without it.

The still is the most important tool you have. To brew, follow these easy steps:

1. Use any number of grown items on the still.

2. Use the still with an empty hand. Drink up!

Brewing lets you acquire more seeds and fulfill your need for booze.

Ale brewed will inherit the effects of reagents inside the plants. Experiment!

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing is a sacred art to any self-respecting dwarf, accepting only the finest and high-quality craftsmanship when it comes to equipment. Learn the tools and ores that come along with the trade and maybe you'll build a true fortress in these troubled lands.

To perform this act, the process goes as following:

1. Melt an ore with the Smelter

2. Pour the ore into a Mold made from Clay.

3. Put mold on Anvil.

4. Use the Hammer to get your result.

Weapons generally require logs (not planks!), and armour generally requires leather (Obtainable from butchering animals, such as cats)

Open the Crafting Menu button, and navigate to the Blacksmithing category in order to craft an item, once you have all necessary components on you.

Tools of the Trade

These are your tools, learn them well and keep them safe from prying outsiders. You will need these to build better weapons and armor.

Item Description

Anvil
The base needed for hammering filled molds. Try not to hit with the hammer without a mold too many times.

Forge
Where all raw ores are smelted into their molten variants. Each ore melts into 75 units of metal; contents may be hot.

Hammer
Used to break open filled molds on an anvil. Makes a decent weapon in a pinch!

Mold
A basic mold used for shaping molten ore, crafted out of clay. Several variants of these molds for different weapon/tool designs.

Ore Stats

The quality of your smithed gear will depend on what type of ore you used. Some are better than others at different things, so keep this list handy when looking to craft the best set of gear.

It should be noted that a higher value is better in every case but digging time, where a lower number indicates faster digging.

Item Description Attack Force Armor Penetration Sharpness Blunt Digging Time

Iron
The most basic material, abundant and decent for mass-equipping dwarves with basic swords and armor. 15 0 FALSE FALSE 40

Plasma
Slightly rarer than iron, it makes a decent pickaxe. Hitting people with a tool made of plasma adds additional fire-stacks if they're already on fire. Fun! 10 0 FALSE FALSE 25

Gold
Shiny and soft, it doesn't hit hard but it works fairly well at bypassing armor. 10 35 FALSE FALSE 30

Uranium
Dense and radioactive, it makes a good beating stick but not much else. 5 5 FALSE TRUE 30

Silver
Gold's lesser cousin, sharing similar attributes to a lesser extent. 7 25 FALSE FALSE 35

Diamond
Sharp and shiny, it makes a good broadsword or pickaxe alike. 15 25 TRUE FALSE 8

Adamantine
Raw Adamantine! Praise the miners! 20 40 TRUE FALSE 3

Creative Smithing

Why stop at the normal ores? With dwarven engineering and a touch of -fun-, any reagent can be used as a base for weapons and armor! When attacking with a smithed item, it calls upon a reagent's TOUCH reaction as well as a normal attack, meaning some reagents can make up for their sub-par damage in other interesting ways! Chlorine Trifluoride broadswords and Plasma armor? Sure, why not! Experiment with different reagents for interesting results!

Actually Crafting Stuff

You got your tools, filled molds, etc.? Good. Now we can get to actually crafting the good stuff.

Tools

Standard tools for assorted manual labor.

Item Description Special Attribute Required Materials

Pickaxe
A dwarf's trusted tool for chiseling out the foundations for a grand fortress, you should never go anywhere without one! Due to its pointed tip for digging out rock, it also gains a 1.25 modifier on armor penetration, based on the material's base penetration.
1 Pickaxe Head

1 Log

Anvil

Shovel
Good for digging up the ground faster than a pickaxe, although that's really about it. Gains a 1.25 modifier to its base damage if a material marked as BLUNT is used to craft it. Adds a .5 modifier to the base material's dig speed. Gotta dig FAST.
1 Shovel Head

1 Log

Anvil

Weapons

Your standard weapons of war, great for keeping the pesky locals out of the fort.

Item Description Special Attribute Required Materials

Broadsword
A standard broadsword, good for stabbing. Or slicing, either way! Gains a 2.0 modifier on top of the base material's attack value. Use a material that adds the SHARPNESS value for dismemberment ahoy!
1 Blade

1 Leather

1 Log

Anvil

Warhammer
Good for swinging around and smashing skulls; should be held in two hands for full effect. Gains a 4.0 modifier to its base damage if a material marked as BLUNT is used to craft it and wielded, or 2.0 modifier unwielded. Also applies a 3.0 modifier to a base material's armor penetration at all times, making it extremely useful for bypassing armor almost entirely with ores like gold or silver.
1 Hammer Head

1 Log

Anvil

Armor

Good for protecting yourself from tantrums or wildlife.

Item Description Special Attribute Required Materials

Chestplate
Basic chestplate, capable of protecting a dwarf's torso and arms. Armor value based on base material's damage.
1 Armor Plating

4 Leather

Anvil

Helmet
A protective helmet to keep your head covered. Armor value based on base material's damage.
1 Helmet Plating

2 Leather

Anvil