Is it time to move onto your next fortress ?
Dwarf Fortress is a profoundly complex biz , and building your perfect dwarven stronghold can take days , if not hebdomad . But sometimes , you desire to begin fresh with novel ideas and a better reason . So how do you start a new fortress in Dwarf Fortress ?
How to restart in Dwarf Fortress
First , you ’ll need a human race to create your fort in . Dwarf Fortress existence can only have one dynamic fortress at a prison term . As a result , you ’ll need to either generate a newfangled public or end one of your late fortress . To do the latter you may either recede or abandon your existing fort in the world . This is done by loading the save of the fort you desire to end , pressingESC , and then selecting eitherRetire the fortress ( for the time being)orAbandon the fort to break .
What does Retire a fortress mean in Dwarf Fortress?
Retiring a fort in Dwarf Fortress means yielding control of the fortress and having it run as an AI - controlled fortress in the desktop of the overall reality . The fortress will continue to subsist but will also face challenges and potential fire . you may also , in possibility , interact with it from your raw fortress , institutionalise maraud and encroachment to it . A retired fort will keep its inhabitants , produced goods , furnishing , and anything else . It can be unretired if there is n’t another active fortress save .
How to unretire a Fortress
To unretire a fort , head to the Embark screen and pressRor tick theReclaim / unretirebutton . From here you ’ll be give a list of abandoned and retired fortresses . choose your retired fort to start back again . You wo n’t be give any embark options , you ’ll just jump back into your fortress . However , do n’t gestate everything to be on the button as you leave it .
What does Abandon a Fortress mean in Dwarf Fortress?
Abandoned a fortress is effectively the “ give up ” button of Dwarf Fortress . This is n’t anything to be ashamed of . Some fortress are n’t worth saving . There ’s no breaker point await while goblins spend the next few month hunting down every last midget or while a Forgotten Beast eats every last kitten . abandon a fortress offloads any come through dwarves , who will return back to their original civilisation . It also scatters your items . You ’ll be capable to act again in the world , but if you domesticate this fortress , you ’ll need to do so withnew dwarf .
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Can I get back fortresses I abandoned in Dwarf Fortress?
you may regenerate abandon fortresses by heading to theEmbarkscreen and pressingRor clicking theReclaim / unretire button . However , enemy who might have taken over your fort will rest . Some of your former inhabitant might be there , although they wo n’t necessarily be friendly .
You ’ll have to practice the reclaim command as detail will be forbid . This option is not for the faint of hearted . Often you ’ll need several waves of reclamations to light up out a fortress that ’s been overrun . However , one of the great thing about Dwarf Fortress is that the world is persistent , and nothing is truly over .
You could do up a fortress nearby , amass an army , and broadcast them to look into or assault the abandoned fort . This has a hazard to bring in out any filthy animal who might still be there , plus it can return your newfangled fortress some great loot !
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