Dwarf Fortress Magma Safe Anvil (2024)

FAQs

Is iron magma safe in a dwarf fortress? ›

If you have iron ores, just set them as non-economic stones for a sec in that same Stone Use screen; they are magma safe.

We will use Fortifications to keep out the magma creatures and channel from above to safely flood the intake pool. Dig an up stair below the pump stack staircase and then mine out one of the flatter sections to the north, leaving a two-tile wide wall between you and the magma pool.

All glass is magma safe. Most gems aren't.

Obsidian is magma-safe, moderately valuable, and looks cool. Edit: It is relatively heavy though, so not ideal for rock pots.

It basically only gets hard if you settle on tough biomes like evil, savage or cold or with necromancers but even that can be easily managed once you know how to deal with it. Or if you are unlucky you could have some early random dragon or demon visitor or cave inhabitants you can't deal with in your embark.

Even a well trained but poorly equipped dwarf with a high kinesthetic sense can do well in battle. But yeah, iron or steel works best. That's magnetite, hematite, or limonite ores.

In the game, magma temperature is exactly 12000 °U. Constructions of any material can never melt or burn. Non-constructed ice walls/floors/ramps/stairs will melt if exposed to sufficient heat.

You need multiple breaches and/or pumps. The further down you want to go, the more drainage you need. Volcanoes will refill over time, akin to an ocean or lake biome, and they will always refill to their topmost level. It has been that way for some time, even prior to v.

Volcanoes do not erupt during normal game play. There is this odd exception where they erupt when you unretire an old fortress with a volcano or magma pool, but I'm not even sure if that is intentional behaviour. Originally posted by Bralbaard: Volcanoes do not erupt during normal game play.

Finding magma-safe materials

The Dwarf Fortress wiki is quite confusing when it comes to magma-safe screw pumps: In order to safely pump magma, you must use magma-safe materials, though magma-unsafe metals have been observed to be safe unless the open tile is going to be submerged in magma.

Can you melt ice for water in Dwarf Fortress? ›

If you can get a tile of magma near a tile of ice, the ice will melt into a tile of water. The tricky part is keeping the water and magma from combining into obsidian, and getting the water from where it starts (which will be a spot that will freeze again) to somewhere warm enough to keep it liquid.

Sand is used in the production of green and clear glass items at a glass furnace (crystal glass items require rock crystal in its place). To collect sand, simply issue the task "Collect Sand" at a glass furnace.

Originally posted by Vivisectus: I avoided this by creating a pool of magma off the main magma pool area, fed by a channel. Then I blocked off the channel with a magna-safe wall grate so the crabs and such cant get in. That way you dont get them in the magma forges.

Spoilermetal is, of course, the best for armor and edged weapons. Silver is the best for blunt weapons. Steel is the all around good choice.

if you are facing a cavern with red/purple coloured groth, then its the lowest and then indeed beneath that is the magma-sea. but if you dont facing that then just dig deeper. also there is an extra-pop up if you reach the magma sea...

Depends on the quality of the iron. Poor quality iron is often inferior, but of course actual steel is much better. Bronze can take a great edge but is a a bit softer and can get edge damage in battle/usage quicker. However bronze does have one big benefit over iron/steel, repairability.

Steel is the best armor you'll get until you find certain very rare metal/other stuffs. It's very good.

Angels, and their variants, are the absolute strongest creatures in the game, acting as the "final bosses" of the game if playing in "Adventure Mode".

For most weapons and armor, steel is a professional level for most dwarven militias.