Dwarf Fortress Wiki, "Mining"

Cite as: Dwarf Fortress Wiki, "Mining"
Original: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Mining
sha256: f10359b41d30cbf3497c89e60495d1a41406d67282fbaefdd0a3d613ba52114a
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20261010230811/https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Mining
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: GFDL & MIT, per the wiki's copyright page
Credit: The community wiki's page on mining: the mining labor and picks, walls and floors, and how the mine, channel and ramp designations cut the three-dimensional map.
Notes: T1 for digging mechanics; the page's banner names v53.16.

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The wiki, describing version 53.16, divides each layer of the three-dimensional map into a wall part and a floor part. Mining removes the wall and leaves the floor; channelling removes the floor too, opening the tile to the layer above, and turns a wall below into an upward ramp.	`Understanding digging`	Wiki