How to Get Dwarves in Dwarf Fortress - Ultimate Guide

As we progress in a game it becomes necessary to carry out searches, let's see How to get dwarves in Dwarf Fortress.

Why get dwarves in Draft Fortess?

  Because these are practically the working hand in this game and they are the ones that allow us to expand our domain, there is more than one way to find them and whatever the way we will have to take care of applying it, sometimes it is possible to get several at once, other times nothing, but we must try because they are highly necessary.

How to get dwarves in Dwarf Fortress?

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Wait for the dwarf migrants to come: this is a first way to do it and it is that they often migrate automatically to our Fortress, they usually have abilities that are influenced by the operation of our Fortress, some migrants from our Fortress They have skills gaps and therefore waiting for others to arrive, allows us to have skills of:

 

•   Mining.
• Food production.
• Craft.

 

  It is good to keep in mind that the first two migratory waves are usually fixed and they come in number between 1 and 10 dwarves, it should be noted that this size is usually affected by the condition of the fortress, there are some conditions that can prevent them from coming home It is good to know that the wealth of the Fortress usually depends on the migratory dwarves, there are four variables that dictate the number of each migratory wave and they are:

 

•   The number of dwarves
• The invaders.
• The merchants.
• Animals that died or lived in the Fortress.

 

  Note: once the population has reached 200, no more migrants are usually received.

 

  Improve the dwarf fortress: this is another of the necessary mechanics to know How to get dwarves in Dwarf Fortress, making creations allows you to attract more dwarves, it is possible to build:

 

•   Beds.
• Bedrooms.
• Meeting rooms.
• taverns.
• Guild halls.
• temples.

 

  Note: it is necessary to take care of the leatherworking workshops to attract more dwarves, in addition to drawing different types of dwarves, among which may be:

 

•   musicians.
• Burglars.
• Nobles.
• Strange creatures.
• elves.
• goblins

 

  When reaching 200 dwarves it is not possible to get more, this means that the migrants will stop coming automatically, so expanding them implies that they have children, also, it is possible that there will be sieges and deaths in the Fortress, which makes it necessary fix reputation and improve Stronghold.

It is possible to move to another fort, to do so we must take into account that insane citizens usually migrate to another fortress and will remain insane, even zombies can accompany the new fort, if for some reason the Fortress is isolated, you can make it the last for civilization and in this case, we will have to start a new game.



Remember the Migrant Messages: once the migrants arrive we will get some messages and they are usually:

 

•   “A migrant has arrived” or “Migrants have arrived”: this is a normal Message.
• “Some migrants have arrived, despite the danger”: The dwarves still migrate despite many deaths.
• “Some migrants have decided to brave this terrifying place, knowing that it may be their grave”: Dwarves still migrate despite many deaths.
• “Immigrants were too nervous to make the trip this season”: No immigrants are coming this season. It often occurs during the winter.
• “Migrants refused to travel to such a dangerous fortress this season”: A large number of deaths, especially noble ones.
• "Nobody even considered making the trip to such a cursed deathtrap this season" - things went terribly wrong (too many deaths), and no dwarf will want to set foot in your Stronghold.

 

  This is all you need to know about how to get dwarves in Dwarf Fortress, so that you can apply the instructions given here and thus have the necessary population to expand the domain.