Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin | Sources: Bay 12 Games/Kitfox Games via Polygon
The source block has to be below the pump, so you need to channel out a block to gain access to water on the level below.Īt the front end of the pump, make sure there are walls - either natural or constructed - blocking the water from flowing back. Screw PumpsĪ Water Pump moves water from a source block, up one level, and then two blocks forward (you decide which direction when you build the pump). On those levels, you’ll have to stick to building walls.
Heads up that smoothing does not work on soil. Smoothing stone walls prevents them from generating water. Select Smoothing with m and highlight the walls. If the aquifer is in a stone layer - not a sand, clay, loam, or silt layer - you can instead choose to Smooth the walls (and the floor if you want) with v. (Remember, you can see how deep the water is numerically by hitting the f key.) If the water gets too deep, you’ll need to build a Screw Pump (below). Dig an extra block around whatever you’re mining through an aquifer and replace the edges with walls.Ĭonstruction can only take place on blocks with less than 2/7 water, so you’ll have to be quick about it. Only naturally generated blocks in an aquifer create water, so a constructed block - like a wall - is safe. Basically, building a pump allows you to drain enough water to do one of the other solutions. Two of them are simple and permanent (building Walls and Smoothing stone) and the other one (building Screw Pumps) takes a bit more work and is only temporary. Once you expose an aquifer, you have a few options for preventing the inevitable flooding. This means that an aquifer will only ever generate water one block deep, even if you dig through multiple levels of aquifer. This holds true even if you dump water in from above. (You can check a numerical measure of water depth by hitting f.) Functionally, what that means is that an aquifer layer will never flood the layer above it - it will never generate more than a 7/7 water depth. Absorbing waterīeyond generating water, aquifers also absorb water. Light aquifers generate water on a timeframe across in-game weeks and months, whereas heavy aquifers generate water every in-game minute (basically instantly). The difference between light and heavy aquifers comes down to how fast they produce water. Aquifers generate water orthogonally - to the north, south, east, or west only - from the source block. When you expose an aquifer block, it will start producing water on any open block nearby. A saturated block will have a water droplet icon over it, but only when you’re mining. You’ll be able to see where the damp stone is located any time you open the Mining menu (m). Check the block above it to figure out which it is. Image: Bay 12 Games/Kitfox Games via PolygonĪ damp stone alert just means that there’s water saturating the block your dwarves have just exposed - either there’s water above it (like a pond or a river) or it’s an aquifer. Damp stone is indicated with a water droplet while mining.
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With default settings, your game will also automatically pause so you can figure out how to deal with the problem. You’ll get an alert in the upper left, and any digging jobs that cross that damp stone will be cancelled - meaning you’ll have to re-designate those blocks for mining. While your dwarves are digging into the earth, they might encounter damp soil or stone. In this Dwarf Fortress aquifer guide, we’ll explain what aquifers are and then tell you how to deal with them. With a little knowledge and planning, building in an aquifer even has benefits - like a secure and indoor source of fresh water. The good news is that aquifers aren’t too hard to deal with, as long as you know what to do. Avoiding aquifers altogether, though, dramatically limits the available places for your fortresses. In our other guides, we told you to avoid aquifers, since flooding your fortress usually just leads to fun outcomes. Finding the perfect embark location in Dwarf Fortress can set you up for success or (immediate) failure. The first place you’ll run into them is while trying to select an embark location. Dwarf Fortress’ aquifers are underground layers of soil or stone that produce water.
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