# Dwarf Fortress beginner guides

> Where to start: what to do first, what to ignore, and the mistakes worth skipping. Player-made Dwarf Fortress guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/dwarf-fortress/beginners. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=beginner&game=Dwarf+Fortress.

## Guides, most read first

- [Dwarf Fortress: Beginner-to-Advanced Guide](https://qna.gg/g/dwarf-fortress-beginner-to-advanced-guide-cc2eaa54.md), by Qloud: A practical guide to the Steam edition of Dwarf Fortress: picking an embark, your first year's build order, food and drink, industry chains, keeping dwarves happy, defense, and the threats that end most forts, plus…