Last time on Get into Dwarf Fortress, we downloaded Dwarf Fortress. This time, we’re going to set up our first embark. But first, we need to create the universe.
Start up Dwarf Fortress. On Windows, run Dwarf Fortress.exe, and on Linux or Mac OS, run the ./df script.
Press Enter to open the simple world generator. There’s also an advanced world generator, but we don’t need that right now.
That said, I’m going to use this first post to explain what I want to do with this series. First and foremost, I want this tutorial to be a living document. If something changes in Dwarf Fortress that invalidates one of my posts, I’m going to come back and fix it. If there’s something people ask me to explain in the comments, I’m going to consider writing a post explaining that.
Most importantly, however, I’m going to be very careful with this tutorial not to alienate new players by giving them way too much information at once. Each post is going to have a specific topic and won’t deviate from it.
This series was last updated for Dwarf Fortress version 0.44.12. I’m only writing that version number once for the whole series, because when a new version comes out, I’m updating everything, not just individual articles.