How to make tall ceilings?

[unmerged(463648)]

I see a lot of people making these huge halls with really high ceilings. Do you basically have to dig up and then down in order to do this?

 

[Azzinoth104]

Yes, you haft to dig it. I recommend using bridges and plan your rooms

 

[Illanair]

Dorfs can dig one level above them as long as the tile below is empty - that is they cannot dig above a table before you move it temporarily.

If you need to dig ceilings taller than 2 floors I can only suggest you make a ladder/staircase to the top of the ceiling then dig down one floor at a time. The last one will be dug partly from above and below - dorfs shouldn't take damage from falling that one floor down.

 

[lordboy54]

Use the cheapest wood platform/bridges to elevate your position one block up, then just demolishing it when you're finished.

 

[Xerkis]

The best way is certainly from the top down. Its the fastest and easiest way. Using bridges and ladders can obviously be done - but its a real pain for bigger rooms. I've done it that way with 3 bridges and just leap-frog them down each row. (Because I just didn't want to spend the resource on more bridges). It ended up being a sort of mini game there for a bit trying to keep in sync with my Digger.

 

[City Builder]

Start from above and dig down instead of trying to dig up since we usually start somewhere around layer 8 or so.

And the key is to preplan your layout before you start digging as somebody else mentioned.

 

[retrox]

"These backward overdwellers'll never understand proper Dwarven architecture. It ain't nothin' magic to it: We don't dig the ceilings high, we dig the floors low."

-Elbir Burningbeard, First Master Architect, Falsten Stronghold

 

[Xerkis]

"These backward overdwellers'll never understand proper Dwarven architecture. It ain't nothin' magic to it: We don't dig the ceilings high, we dig the floors low."

-Elbir Burningbeard, First Master Architect, Falsten Stronghold

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