Therefore, these items can't be used, or even selected, in workshop jobs, etc. NOTE: If you designate items for dumping, but forget to mark an active garbage dump, your dwarves will ignore the item until an active garbage dump is marked.ĭumped items are automatically marked as forbidden, preventing dwarves from touching them. It is advised to dump items into magma from a hole several z-levels up to avoid !!Dwarves!! running around the fortress. Dumping items into magma can be dangerous due to the magma mist generated when objects fall into magma. Otherwise a single tile (either a dump zone, or the ground below the open space) will hold any number of dumped objects. Items dumped into magma that are not magma safe will permanently disappear, which is useful for disposing of clutter and increasing FPS. However care must be taken to prevent dwarves and livestock from being struck by falling objects, perhaps with traffic designations and pastures.ĭwarves will not dump items that are in a tile marked "Above Ground" unless you allow them to ( o-> r-> o). Such garbage dumps can be a very efficient method of moving materials to the lower levels of your fortress. If a tile to the north and a tile to the west are the only tiles available, they will throw to the west. If a garbage dump is located next to multiple tiles of open space, they seem to prefer the one farthest to the northwest. If a garbage dump is located next to open space, dwarves will always stand on a garbage dump square when throwing into that open space, even if it could potentially be done more efficiently. They also have a preference for open space dumps. If a nearer zone becomes available after they have already started the job they will ignore it. Garbage dumps only accept items that have been marked for dumping, require dwarves to have refuse hauling labor enabled, and are subject to refuse standing orders ( o- r).ĭwarves usually throw dumped items in the nearest available garbage dump, although this is not an ironclad rule. In the case of built furniture and building components, this will have no immediate effect however, upon deconstruction the item will immediately be dropped on a nearby square by the dwarf hauling the item to await disposal in the nearest dump. NOTE: Bulk dumping designates all items on the tiles for dumping, even built furniture, the construction materials making up buildings, items inside containers, etc. Items can be marked for dumping either by using k- d (one item at a time), or d- b- d (bulk dumping). Each ground tile within that zone is considered a garbage dump tile thus, if you want to place a single-tile zone, place the zone onto a ground tile (optionally adjacent to a cliff or pit), not onto an open space. If a garbage zone is designated beside a cliff or hole (both natural or dwarf made) garbage will be thrown off/in the z-space. To place a garbage dump, create a zone ( i) on either a relatively empty plot of land or adjacent to a cliff face or hole and enable garbage dumping. 6 Dwarves won't dump no matter what I do.Garbage dump zones are useful for many things beyond garbage disposal they can create quantum stockpiles, transport materials to a job site, send items to the trade depot when no caravan is present, drop rocks on enemies below, and numerous other uses. If you tell your dwarves to Dump Items from a single block or an area, the dwarves will move all designated objects from those blocks to the Dump, including objects of value! Refuse stockpiles can be designated to accept specific type(s) of refuse, such as animal corpses or bones, and then are automatically filled by haulers whenever the items appear on the map.Garbage dumps are not the same as refuse stockpiles. The specifics are beyond human understanding however, dwarves are in fact capable of compressing an infinite amount of matter into only one tile, as long as it is specified as a garbage dump.) (The garbage dump may be inappropriately named, as it's more of a matter compression zone. Garbage dumps are activity zones in which dwarves will throw items marked for dumping. Garbage dumps are used most often for clearing out large areas of leftover stone - for instance, when constructing a stockpile.
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