Quern

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Quern

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Job Requirement
Milling
Construction
Materials	Jobs
Quern	Milling
Materials Used
Blade weed Cave wheat Dimple cup Hide root Longland grass Sliver barb Sweet pod Whip vine
Goods Created
Dwarven wheat flour Dwarven sugar Longland flour Whip vine flour Dimple dye Emerald dye Redroot dye Sliver dye

A quern is used to grind up certain plants to make flour and dye. Unlike a millstone, it does not require a power source, using dwarven labor instead. That said, it is slower to produce the milled product unless the miller is moderately strong.

Milling produces seeds from the plants.

Before you can build the quern workshop, you must first build a quern (as in the furniture) at a Mason's workshop.

It is currently unknown whether, like the screw pump, long use will tire the dwarf using it.

Workshops & Furnaces
Workshops	Alchemist - Ashery - Bowyer - Butcher - Carpenter - Clothier - Craftsdwarf - Dyer - Farmer - Fishery - Jeweler - Kitchen - Leather works - Loom - Magma forge - Mason - Mechanic - Metalsmith's forge - Millstone - Quern - Siege - Still - Tanner
Furnaces	Glass furnace - Kiln - Magma glass furnace - Magma kiln - Magma smelter - Smelter - Wood furnace
Related Articles	Clutter - Kennel - Shop - Trade depot