Furniture has a very important role to play inDwarf Fortress, as it is used to establish a variety of rooms and keep dwarves happy. While the process of creating and placing furniture is quite straightforward, some players may be confused about how to move pieces of furniture that they have put down. This guide is here to alleviate that confusion, and fans can find full details on moving furniture inDwarf Fortressin what follows.
Prior to providing those details, it is important to emphasize that while a piece of furniture can be moved to a new position after it has been placed, itcannot be rotated. Fortunately, the inability to rotate furniture should have little impact on actual gameplay, though it may still frustrate players that have a very specific vision for how theirrooms inDwarf Fortressshould look.
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Dwarf Fortress: How to Move Furniture
The first step toward moving a piece of furniture inDwarf Fortressis toclick on it. This action will bring up a menu that provides more details about the selected item, and players should direct their attention to thetop-right cornerof that menu. Fans ofsimulation video gameswill see an icon that looks like ahouse with a red strikethrough it in this position, and clicking on that icon will issue an order to have the piece of furniture removed.
After issuing the removal order, players must simply wait until a dwarf has a moment to address it. This will often manifest as the dwarf taking the item to a stockpile that is capable of holding furniture, and fans can simply select a new position for the item, by clicking on the placement icon at the bottom of the screen and then clicking on furniture, once that has occurred.
That said, dwarves will occasionally carry out a removal order and only move the selected furniture one or two squares away from its initial position. This phenomenon can lead to a bit of confusion, as it can make it difficult to know that an item is no longer fixed in place. Fortunately, free items generate a different type of menu when they are clicked, one that showcases the item’s weight and value, allowingDwarf Fortressplayersto quickly determine if a particular piece of furniture is ready to be moved.
One final thing to mention is that constructions likewalls and floors inDwarf Fortressare not considered pieces of furniture, and they are removed in a completely different way. Specifically, fans that want to move those types of items will need to issue a removal order through the digging orders menu. While that is not a particularly difficult thing to do, fans that try to approach constructions as they would approach furniture may be left quite frustrated.
