Dwarf Fortress – The Abbey of Death

5 years with Dwarf Fortress and my first fortress is doing OK. The “Abbey of Death” is built into a muddy hill.

Level 0 – The surface, with fortifications for fighting off Goblin attacks. I thought the ballista would be able to shoot down a Z-level, but I have been informed that it cannot. Built about 4 years after settlement.

Level 1 – The main fortress and surrounding countryside, industries on the right. Channels and bridges made this year.

Level 2– The Dwarf social level. The first place where I struck stone, hence the stone industries and first quarry on the right. On the top left of this zone you can see my emergency water system, which runs down 5 levels (to below where water can freeze) and is controlled by a set of three fail-safe floodgates.

Assorted Screenshots:

Ground Hog Slaughter – Ground hogs kept coming out of the ground and disrupting my cowardly wood cutters. I dispatched a squad of soldiers to slaughter them, who surrounded the hole with dogs and then shot the groundhogs from the surface. There was so much blood it pooled upward.

Blooper! – Female dwarf miner has her baby while mining, and loses the baby in the rocks.

Diagram – Brainstorming diagram for the emergency water system.

Status – Overview of the fortress.