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0003066Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Haulingpublic2010-08-19 07:452012-03-23 08:30
notasian 
Dwarfu 
lowmajoralways
resolvedduplicate 
0.31.06 
 
0003066: Dwarfs wont take lye to barrel
The dwarfs wont take the lye to stockpile and put it in a barrel making it useless.
therefor im unable to make soap
make lye try to put in stockpile
lye
duplicate of 0001324resolved Toady One buckets full of water were used to produce lye 
Issue History
2010-08-19 07:45notasianNew Issue
2010-08-19 12:26DwarfuNote Added: 0011927
2010-08-19 12:26DwarfuTag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2010-08-22 16:43DuckyNote Added: 0012027
2010-08-23 08:21hyndisNote Added: 0012044
2010-08-27 09:17BeeskeeIssue Monitored: Beeskee
2010-09-17 08:02redditIssue Monitored: reddit
2010-09-19 04:03FalconNote Added: 0012810
2010-09-20 19:40troasTag Attached: lye
2010-09-20 19:41troasNote Added: 0012850
2010-09-20 19:42troasNote Edited: 0012850bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012850#r4992
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuTag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuNote Added: 0016140
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuRelationship addedduplicate of 0001236
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuStatusnew => resolved
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuResolutionopen => duplicate
2011-03-12 08:05DwarfuAssigned To => Dwarfu
2012-03-23 08:30FootkerchiefRelationship addedduplicate of 0001324
2012-03-23 08:30FootkerchiefRelationship deleted0001236

Notes
(0011927)
Dwarfu   
2010-08-19 12:26   
Is there water mixed in with the lye in the bucket?
(0012027)
Ducky   
2010-08-22 16:43   
Do you have enough barrels? From my experience lye is the absolute last thing that dwarfs will put in barrels.
(0012044)
hyndis   
2010-08-23 08:21   
I've noticed this as well in 31.12. If there is already water in the bucket the lye will seemingly be ignored, as the bucket will now contain a mixture of lye and water.

Once the bucket is like this dwarves ignore the bucket forever. I waited several years with about a dozen buckets full of mixed water and lye, and none of them were touched by any dwarf.

There is a workaround for this. You can order the buckets moved to the trade depot, and this will cause the contents of the bucket to spill onto the floor when a dwarf picks it up. Once you recover the bucket from the trade depot the bucket will be empty again, and you can then use it for anything you want once more.
(0012810)
Falcon   
2010-09-19 04:03   
I had this problem, but it resolved when I build another lye stockpile.

My dwarves took all of the lye buckets from the first stockpile and put them in a barrel in the second one.
(0012850)
troas   
2010-09-20 19:41   
(edited on: 2010-09-20 19:42)
This appears to be a duplicate of 0001236

(0016140)
Dwarfu   
2011-03-12 08:05   
I agree.