How do I get my dwarves to do stuff
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To get a dwarf to do something useful, you need 3 things to happen:
- A task which needs doing
- For instance, you could designate an area to be mined, or a wooden building to be destroyed.
- A dwarf with the appropriate labour enabled.
- For the above examples you would have to enable 'Mining' and 'Carpentry', respectively.
- A dwarf with the appropriate tool(s), if any.
- For the above examples you would need a 'Pick' and 'Nothing', respectively.
If you have those three things it is just a matter of time until a dwarf decides to complete the task (they might be busy doing other things first).
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