THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DWARF FORTRESS (2024) 

Fantastic guide! Couple extra tips for min-maxing your embark: - cave spider silk thread/cloth is cheaper than the pig tail stuff you get by default, so you can swap it out for easy points - the raw ingredients for most items are cheaper than the item, so get rid of the buckets, crutches etc. and bring more wood. The one exception are the starting tools and weapons so you can leap into action but that weaponsmith you specced can make higher quality items for your future armies

I've accrued like over a thousand hours in dorf fort since I was a wee lad in 2011 and I still love watching new player guides. Everyone focuses on different things and really reflects the creator's play style. This one's engaging, informative and pretty damn funny

Ain't no way we got dwarf fortress vtuber before gta 6

Also in hindsight, maybe Adil made an animal trap because he wants to do something about the snapping turtle problem? Or maybe it's because he was trapped like an animal under the constructed bridge? Lots to ponder~

This is some perfect timing. I was looking into playing Dwarf Fortress. Great video and hope to see more of them

Saw you getting some criticism in the comments so as a veteran of this game i want to say that your guide is one of the best ive seen for people trying to get into this game. Its well paced with no dead air, and its concise.

Bought the game a week ago, this video was a godsend to set up my fortress good and proper. Granted there's video tutorials that are basically an 8-week correspondence course that offer more in-depth information, but this is sufficient enough to get the ball rolling the right way without taking too much time to watch.

Thank you for making this guide. I wanted to get into DF for a while, but most of the tutorials are way too complicated, but you managed to balance important information, ease of understanding and humor. I feel way more confident on my way to become a true dwarf.

This guide is very concise and well-paced, I will use it for help when starting my next fort, thank you ⛏️

Great, brief video. Exactly what I was looking for + your accent, voice, demeanor are very pleasing.

As a beginner, I can say this video was awesome and useful to me ! It is very comprehensive yet fairly easy to understand. Thus far, I've been learning from the wiki quickstart guide but I wish I had stumbled across your channel before... Oh and the voice, it's simply relaxing :D Thanks for making this guide !

Wow great work on the guide! I just started learning DF and want to say your guide is one of the best I’ve come across. Good pace and very concise with just the right touch of comedy. Hope you keep it up as I’m sure your channel will grow.

Somehow you've made a guide that is tempting me to start playing. Don't even have the game yet lol

This video is both well made and fun to watch. You should continue this in a sort of series.

this helped me out a ton! thanks man excited to see what's to come next

with this voice... this man should voice documentaries that run at 11pm on the discovery channel

Awesome video, I've confidently gotten started and am having a great time, thank you so much!

Amazing guide! Very helpful for new players as someone that is interested in this game this is super helpful and easy to follow!! thank you ♥

I went to watch more of videos and was sorely disappointed that there was only one other one. Please keep up the good work as this video was wonderful

Thanks for making this! i dabble in DF once in a while and every time i do a look at a quick tutorial to get me back in the mood. Well done on it!

Loved the video. I am new to this game and honestly there is so much to do in it I am pretty lost but found your video gotta say great content.

Don't know why (or actually I do), but I love watching these guides- even after 1000~ hours of the game. I always seem to learn something / refresh on some forgotten topic; and also fun to see how other people enjoy the game. I would love to see more 💯 (or maybe even some DF stories? 😎)

There's an enormous distance between a guide and a Let's Play. Why would you not even attempt to explain anything you're pointing out, or anything about the underlying mechanics at all?

When preparing carefully, the game seems very generous with the amount of points you can use on adding items to your caravan. I must have added like 200 plump helmet seeds to my caravan. In hindsight, I’m betting they wanted me to swap out for more sturdier tools, or hell, even actual metal as opposed to copper.

Bought the game yesterday on steam and got 2.5 hours into it and was still super confused. This guide cleared up a lot of things for me. Thanks!

19:20 "it's off center, I'll flay myself later" -- that's me 200% 😂 glad to see I'm not the only mental

I'm a DF veteran but I always like a well done tutorial for new players Good job, have fun

Thank you this is perfect all the other guides I saw were either outdated or weirdly formatted!

Great tutorial. Great narration and the format is well put together. Exactly what this sort of game needs as a practical tutorial after you got the theory.

this guide reinforces the mistakes i make, i rush stuff..where you place temporary work areas then move them. *noted*

666th sub btw

i really like your video i hope you continue to make vids. you have a great voice and you describe things very well... need more please and ty

Good guide! You have a great natural cadence and voice for YT, I agree with another commenter in that!

I hope the game goes on sale soon. But I'll be totally overwhelmed lol

Wonderful guide! Would love to see more.

Well, this was not overwhelming at all. I’m sure I’m gonna remember everything!

Its being years since i played this game and didnt even remmenber how to dig or make a stockpile to begin whit it Thx buddy

Great content! Thank you!

Amazing video! Would love to see more.

Dear Algorithm..... BOOST THIS!

woah this blows all the other beginner guides out the water NICE

Subscribed. I like your style of play, and you're great at explaining stuff quickly. I'm definitely gonna adjust my start to include a lot of these steps. I'm pretty new to all this, but I realize I need to increase my difficulty by picking a more dangerous starting location

off topic comment..... at 0:42 when you mentioned to subscribe the subscribe button lit up all colorful. Weird and cool little feature. is this something you intentionally did?

a real in depth guide with lots of humor 10/10 would dwarf again :3

you make great videos :D

Now this is dwarf maxing

The random generation systems and various simulations that Dwarf Fortress runs get all the credit for being the big signature features of the game's engine but honestly the work order system is phenomenal, incredibly in depth and as much as it might seem intimidating, these days it's pretty easy to use. The game would be completely unmanageable after a few hours of playtime per fort without it, and it allows you to be in depth and organized so that everything runs like a complex clock or relaxed and spontaneous, just putting in work orders as the need for them arises, and both methods are at the very least viable.

Love this game. I just could never get past the graphics, so I’d always stop playing. Love the features and how deep it is. I just can’t get past the graphics at ALL. The static moving camera panning, the sprites moving statically (If y’all can understand what I mean by that.)

Oh, didn't know cats killed shit. Was wondering why my fortress had so many remains of small creatures all over it😂

"Comprehensive" + "Dwarf Fortress" = 30 minutes? This is going to be hilarious. Edit: not bad, but far from "comprehensive" or "ultimate". Poor newbies that think they know how to handle aquifers and ignore the heavy aquifer warning. For a start.

This vod is poggers! Did I say that right?

At 3:14 "Mind The Gap" London style :)

“Dwarf-pilled sigma” you say

Is that a metal cap that looks like a Stahlhelm in the thumbnail?

Wait, mind goblin??

Awesome video

i may be a bit skittle brained but this video was relatively to follow along with made my heart grow 2 times as big and my beard 2 inches longer

That was fast and intense! I hope I can wrap my mind around it all!

von i dont have the brain for all those information but i might buy this game because of you one day what did you do to me ?! (also metalfool sound like a fail band name sorry xd)

Very nice. Wantet to start again and get a small overview

When you said "Plump Helmets" i had a MASSIVE Panic Attack from the "Fortress Flashback" i had, when i very first started playing a year or so ago. LOL Oh man! that SUCKED!

this is a great video if, like me, you've dabbled but don't have a consistent start.

Nice Job, Nice Voice

essential guide to df. even for veterans

Intro looking good! Finally I will be able to play the game instead of perma resetting bases.

Blah blah blah youtube this guy is awesome go recommend him to other people

Song of syx blows this out of the water by far and it's still in development. Oof

good vid good editing too

I almost watched this but the anime and stickers are way to much

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DWARF FORTRESS where i have not learned anything signifcant

Yes

What is a mind-goblin?

keep uploading plz

Man. I hate subtitles I can't disable. So annoying!

Algorithmic!

I'm still scared to try it lol

Turn off your popping subtitles next time. YT has CC as a common feature now.

pausing at 10:40 to say Look at this coward, showing his knife-ears and mapping a 2 by 2 main stairway. 3 by 3 or get out. (jk play how you want as you said)

Solid guide. Zoomer memes were cringe but what can you do.

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What's with the anime vtuber crap? Edit: mighty good video, though!

what in the fuck is that annoying popping subtitling?

don't quit your day job lol

I see the anime avatar and stop watching

Dwarf Fortress: When you can say 'bitches and coke' in a video in perfect context and good faith 😂

Bought the game 2 days ago and this guide is amazing, singlehandedly made a unplayable mess enjoyable, now I'm just waiting for my wealth to build up so I can get migrants and I'll be on my way

DOS Rimworld.

yes

Ive tried to play the game several times but never really "got" it. This is very helpful to get me on track

Probably the best starting DF tutorial I ever seen on RU-vid!