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My plump helmet spawn (seeds) keep running out. Is this normal? (self.dwarffortress)
submitted 9 months ago by FatTony to c/[email protected]
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Title really says it all. I am a new player. Every time I try starting a fortress and I get to an underlying cave.

I start a farming plot. Set them to plant plump helmets only for all seasons. I make sure they (my dwarves) don't use the spawn as cooking material. And still they seem to be harvesting them without getting any new or extra seeds back in return.

What gives? Am I forgetting something here?

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[โ€“] Deckweiss 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

afaik there are two options of why that is happening

  1. per default seeds will be used for cooking. You need to toggle that off in the kitchen settings.

  2. to get new seeds from your grown crop you need to brew alcohol from the plum helmets (and not use them for meals, but that should be off by default). So you should set up a brewer with the task of making alcohol from plum helmets.

correct me if I am wrong

[โ€“] FatTony 14 points 9 months ago

It's working. On behalf of all my dwarves I say thank you! ๐Ÿ˜