Such occurrences should be uncommon, as it requires the tile below.

May 30, News: February 4, Dwarf Fortress Talk #28 has been posted. News: January 28, Dwarf Fortress has been released.

News: November 21, A new Threetoe story has been posted. Forum Guidelines. Trees can be cut down by dwarves to produce wood. It is enough to designate only one trunk tile for cutting to chop down the whole tree it belongs to. Any trunk tile will do, even those that are above ground, or even a single tile of a multi-tile trunk. As a result, it's impossible to"prune" trees by chopping down only parts of them.

BUT now, despite having an axe sitting in a weapon bin, and lots of designated trees waiting to be cut, and several idle dwarves with wood-cutting enabled as a labour, nobody is cutting wood.

Immigrant diplomats currently do not conduct meetings or otherwise perform diplomacy, though they do have room requirements equivalent to an outpost liaison and may issue demands.

I've used up my last log, and my fortress needs barrels, bins, beds. Not to mention the huge gap that remains in my protective stockade.

Jul 24, A quick guide to cutting down trees in Dwarf Fortress. Cutting down trees requires a battle axe. Once a tree has been cut down, a log will be produced, which can be hauled away by a dwarf with the wood hauling labor enabled. Note that saplings cannot be cut down; only mature trees can be designated. While primarily used above ground, this designation can be used underground if an underground forest is created.

To designate an area for cutting down trees. I had told dwarves to cut down trees in an area a good distance away from my base, across a river. After doing so they left the wood lying about where the trees had been, despite the fact that my wood stockpile was empty. I even tried creating another stockpile nearby to see if they brought the wood. 16 votes, 12 comments.

I embarked to an resourceless mountain - no water and trees, so i started digging to find a cave for trees ands shrooms. i. It is a well-known fact among the dwarf nobility that many seemingly-rude interruptions and delays such as sleep, drinking, deconstructing of walls, etc., that occur on a regular basis during the conduction of diplomatic meetings with elves actually serve one simple purpose: to stretch the period of time when the old tree-cutting agreement is no longer in force, but the new agreement is not yet signed.