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What is a Stone Carver in Dwarf Fortress

What is a Stone Carver exactly?

Dwarf Fortress is a multifaceted Swiss army knife of a simulation game. There are tens of hundreds of system layered on top of one another, working effortlessly to create the most ambitious video game of all time. It’s taken Tarn and Zack Adams, the brothers who are developing the game, a whopping 26 years to develop Dwarf Fortress and there’s no end in sight. If you’re a player of the game, there’s bound to be a time recently where you have wanted to describe Dwarf Fortress to a friend and your brain almost melts with the amount of info that instantly is available to you. So why not start with explaining the most basic class, the Stone Carver?

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Who is the Stone Carver?

In Dwarf Fortress the Stone Carver is the skill that is associated with the Stone Carving job. They are responsible for creating furniture, doors and other things out of stone via the stone worker’s workshop. They make doors, tables and chairs. All of these things you need immediately in the game. So when you’re trying to describe the game to your friend, just tell them about the cool jobs that the Stone Carver can do and how much they’re needed for the development of the fort and the future of your fortress! Understanding the small intricacies of the game are what allows you to build up to seeing the bigger picture of the game.


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Obsessed with grinding, always playing some game you've never heard of. I am a huge MMORPG, Gacha and farming simulator fan. If I'm not grinding something in one of the many games I play (Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft, Runescape, Epic Seven etc) I can be found working on my novel, reading, watching anime or hanging out with my three dogs.