What to Do if Your Dwarf has a Fell Mood in Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Fortress is the legendary game of creating a Mountain home from the rocky ground up. You will have to cater to your dwarves’ needs and make sure they are happy. You do not want unhappy dwarves under no circumstances, the chances of one falling into a fell mood is too risky. Or, is it worth it? Here is what to do if you dwarf hasa fell mood in Dwarf Fortress.

How to deal with fell moods in Dwarf Fortress

What is a fell mood?

In Dwarf Fortress, a fell mood is not a great thing. An alert in the top corner will announce that a dwarf has adopted a fell mood. You can recentre the camera on the poor dwarf.

Dwarves only go into fell moods if they are unhappy. It is a slim chance, but a chance nonetheless. If a dwarf falls into a fell mood, then they will go up to the closest dwarf and instantly kill them before taking whatever materials they need to a butcher’s or tanner’s workshop.

They will claim the workshop and it will be unavailable until they have constructed an artifact out of their victim’s bones or leather. Strangely, they will become a legendary craftsdwarf.

Due to the price being so small, merely one dwarf, many players see fell moods as great. Naturally, there is a chance that an important dwarf will be slaughtered, but most likely an average dwarf will be chosen. So for the cost of one dwarf, you have gained one legendary craftsdwarf and an artefact.

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How to prevent fell moods

If you want to prevent this, then simply keep your dwarves happy. There is no getting a dwarf out of a fell mood when one has fallen. They will complete their task and then feel better. If, for some reason, the dwarf cannot access a workshop, then they will go insane and die.

You can keep happiness up through having good supply and access to drink, water, and food. You will also want good quality bedrooms and social locations to keep their happiness high.

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