Slaves to Armok: God of Blood, Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

The Manual: Building Tasks

How to Get Here

Press q from the main view.

Description

Here you can set up tasks at buildings, create rooms and set other building properties. You can also designate buildings for destruction here.

Standard Menu

Most buildings, including workshops, use a standard menu. Here you can create tasks, set their priority, cancel them, or set them to repeat. Any healthy unoccupied dwarf with the proper professions will perform these tasks.
Setting Professions

Other Menus

Many buildings have specialized menus:
Creating Rooms (Bed/Chair/Table/Coffin/Well/Target/Statue/Cage/Chain)
Stockpile Menu
Farm Plot Menu
Trade Depot Menu
Shop Menu
Lever Menu
Siege Engine Menu
Door Menu
Animal Trap Menu