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Dinos are coming June 25th! 🦖 Dwarf Fortress Dev Update
We're back and excited to announce that the Dino Update will be arriving June 25th! Featuring: 100 dinos and extinct creatures, including baby and dinomen versions Dinos can be used for war, as a pet or as food 5 new se…
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Patch 53.14
Patch Notes 53.14: This small patch fixes a crash to do with the changes to announcements from last time.
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Diplomacy Improvements + 20th Anniversary 🙌 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.13
Hey Urists, We’ve got another patch/community news hybrid post today! There’s lots on the go right now as we prepare for a packed summer of news and updates. The artists are finishing up dinos and continuing with the ar…
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Myth & Magic news + Quality of life update 🧙♂️ Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.12
Hey everyone, We’ve got a jam-packed update today with a big quality of life patch along with a new Tarn Time video with news about Magic (the update), Magic (the cards) and another surprise! You’ll just have to watch a…
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Food fixes, AMA, community spotlight and more! 🍖 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.11
Hey Urists, Alexandra here with with today’s patch and a bunch of community news! We've got an AMA on r/dwarffortress, some support for creating your own Dwarf Fortress gatherings and some cool stuff from the community.…
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Aquatic portraits, Naked dwarf fix and more 🐠 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.10
This is a tiny small release to fix the freeze issue and the naked dwarves. Release notes for 53.10: This patch fixes a freeze and a display error in some creature lists. We also added the final aquatic portraits. Gener…
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Portrait Update + other fixes 🐶 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.09
We heard your feedback about the portraits and updated a bunch of them that were feeling inconsistent with the tone of the game. I'm still getting a hang of making art direction decisions and wasn't as careful as I shou…
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Hotfix: Patch 53.08
Here's a little patch to clean up some issues that sprang up (broken deconstruction speeds, broken work detail scrollbar.) I've also tried to adjust the new material-based dwarf dig speeds to be faster overall - there h…
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Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.07 🏹 What’s next for Sieges? + New animal portraits
Hey Urists, This is our last Dwarf Fortress update for the year and we have patch 53.07, a list of the upcoming major features and a winter Tarn Time video. Release notes for 53.07: Here's another patch for the Siege Up…
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Siege Fixes and New Song 🎶 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.06
Release notes for 53.06: Continuing to add improvements to the Siege Update. Some sources of siege freezes/lag are gone, and the invaders should be a bit smarter with more active rams. Some new graphics tweaks, and a ne…
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Hotfix: Patch 53.05
Release notes for 53.05: General updates Fixed crash with animal domestication status sorting. Fixed happiness sorting.
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Scary Ogres, Siege Fixes + Fangamer Update 🗡 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.04
Hey Urists, Here's a bigger patch for siege mode and a handful of general fixes. We've also had two hotfixes go live for immediate siege mode fixes, which you can read about here for patch 53.02 and 53.03. We've also go…
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Hotfix: Patch 53.03
Release notes for 53.03: Here are some more fixes for the Siege Update. Fixed crash when loading certain historical figures from the disk. Fixed an occasional crash when doing multi-stage construction. Fixed issue where…
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Hotfix: Patch 53.02
Release notes for 53.02: Here's some cleanup for the Siege Update to fix a few issues. General updates Hospital patients and babies don't shut off the brains of people carrying them, again. Made siege engine operators l…
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The Siege Update is Out Now! 🏹
Attention Urists! The Siege Update is available now! This update completely revamps the way enemies invade your fort, empowering them to dig, build bridges, and overcome old standby defences like water or lava. Invaders…
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Siege Update Release Date 🏹
Hey Urists! It’s Alexandra here with exciting news about Siege update. You won’t have to wait very long because it will be releasing onto the main branch November 3rd! Watch the release date trailer showcasing some of t…
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