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I’m currently in the phase of trying to figure out DF. Many hours of tinkering and reading has led me to digging tunnels and deep underground but I just get stu

I’m currently in the phase of trying to figure out DF. Many hours of tinkering and reading has led me to digging tunnels and deep underground but I just get stuck trying to assign jobs and set up rooms and burrows. It’s very difficult. I WISH that they would make an interactive tutorial. That would significantly reduce the friction of onboarding new players. Apparently the steam version has one or is adding one. In my mind, this should have been a high ticket feature worked on and added years ago.

bombcar 4y ago
* Learn the basics with in-game tutorials The steam version has added tutorials in-game for the first time. In the past many people used "guides" or such, but unless you started with the exact same seed/location, you'd often have to figure out things as you went. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/getting-started-with/9781449339791/ https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/getting-started-with/97... was a decently well done guide for it's time.
dvzk 4y ago
Burrows are not something you need as a beginner unless you're doing something unusual. It's best to forget about the feature. For jobs, press (u)nits -> (z)oom -> (p)references -> (l)abors on your dwarves and adjust their professions, then queue up tasks at workshops.