Dwarf Fortress: How to Make Bedrooms
The first step toward making bedrooms is to determine a suitable layout for them, and a simple option is to mine a long hallway and have many small bedrooms extending from it. That said, while this layout will definitely be suitable at low populations, Dwarf Fortress players may find that it is taking their dwarves a very long time to reach the bedrooms at the end of a long hall. If that ultimately proves to be problematic, players may want to consider digging shorter hallways across multiple levels and connecting them by stairs, creating something like a multi-story apartment.
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With respect to the size of the rooms that players should connect to their hallways, 2x2 squares are perfectly suitable for bedrooms in Dwarf Fortress. After digging many rooms of this size, simulation video game fans are advised to use the smooth feature, which is accessed from the bar at the bottom of the screen, to improve them. While this step is not strictly required, players that care about aesthetics should get in the habit of smoothing their rooms.
Fans should now have numerous empty rooms that are ready to be turned into bedrooms, and the next step in the process is adding furniture to them. Specifically, players should put a bed, chest, and cabinet in every bedroom, and a door should be added to each of their entrances. For full clarity, these items can be constructed in a variety of workshops, including Carpenter’s and Stoneworker’s, and they are placed by clicking the build icon at the bottom of the screen. Notably, checking the box next to “keep building after placement” makes it easier to put down multiple pieces of furniture, and indie video game fans may want to try that when making these bedrooms.
Once all the furniture has been put into place, there is just one final thing that must be done: the bedrooms must be designated as bedroom zones. The easiest way to do this with multiple bedrooms is to click the zones icon at the bottom of the screen, click on bedroom, and then click on multi. Roguelike players can then simply click and drag over their bedrooms to apply the zone to all of them and then click Done in order to establish the bedrooms.
Dwarf Fortress is available on PC.
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