Craftsdwarf's workshop

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Craftsdwarf's Workshop

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Job Requirement
Craftsworking
Construction
Materials	Jobs
1 of Block Stone Wood	No Special Profession
Materials Used
Bone Leather Plant fibre cloth Shell Silk Skull Stone Wood
Goods Created
Rock crafts Wood crafts Rock short swords Wood bolts Bone bolts Bone decorations Shell decorations Totems Plant fiber cloth crafts Silk crafts Shell crafts Bone crafts Leather crafts Bone armor Shell armor Adamantine strands

A Craftsdwarf's workshop is a workshop for any dwarves who can make stone, bone or shell crafts. It can also be used to make a few things that aren't strictly crafts, such as shell armor and bone crossbow bolts.

Craftsworking includes several different skills:

• Bone carving
• Stonecrafting
• Woodcrafting
• Leatherworking

Contents 1 Uses for crafts 1.1 Armor 1.2 Bolts 1.3 Crafts 1.4 Weapons

[edit] Uses for crafts

[edit] Armor

Bone and shell, like all non-metal materials, has 50% of the standard protection of iron when used to create armor. While poor in protection value, it's still a good start for protecting a dwarven military before metalsmithing is established. Bone and shell armor is usually preferable over leather armor, as even though it has the same protection value, leather can be used for leather-exclusive goods such as backpacks and quivers, or more generally for bags or leather clothing. Making bone and shell armor can be an effective way to meet certain nobles' mandates if metal armor production is difficult.

[edit] Bolts

Bone and wood bolts for crossbows can be made at a Craftdwarf's workshop and can be inexpensive and plentiful. Dwarves will not use metal bolts to practice, they prefer bone and wooden bolts instead.

[edit] Crafts

General crafts, such as idols, scepters, mugs, etc. are only good as trade items. It is a good idea to include a Craftsdwarf with both Bone carving and Stonecrafting in your beginning party, so you can start producing ammunition and getting rid of those massive piles of rocks. A few bins of well-made trade goods are usually sufficient to buy any vital supplies from the first caravan to arrive at your fortress.

[edit] Weapons

You can create stone short swords at the craftsdwarf's workshop.

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