This is the largest and most comprehensive list of Dwarf Fortress stories on the internet. Enjoy.
All stories on DFStories.com (Categorized):
Legendary
- The Crimson Pyramid
- Bronzemurder
- Oilfurnace
- The Fable of Catten and the Eagle
- Âsax Masterjails, The Most Awesome Cave Swallowman Ever
- Carp
- The Hamlet of Tyranny
Adventure Mode
- A Fitting End
- My Encounter With a False God
- Adventure Mode in a Nutshell
- Boro Horrorgripped
- The Human and the Minotaur
- A Fluffy Victory
Fortress Mode
- Short and depressing story of Urist McUseless, the All Too Valiant clerk.
- First Time Playing, a Tidy Little Fort!
- The Hammer of Damocles
- The Crimson Pyramid
- The Story of Idenzatthud
- The Tale of Shit-Sack
- Anurushul Lathon. The Wonder-Realms of Myth
- Splatterwine: A Story of Bloodshed and History
- The Tomb of Horrors
- Learn from thy Misfortunes and Laugh
- Revenge
- An Icy Tomb
- Hotel California
- Legendary Burial Chambers
- Ringwild, Fortress of the Dead
- Priorities
- Bronzemurder
- Oilfurnace
- Why do Dwarves go Mad?
- Improvised Carpeting
- RustBeard the One-Armed
- An Indomitable Dwarf
- Loyalty
- The Fable of Catten and the Eagle
- A Letter to the King
- The Rise and Fall of Firetomb
- The psychotic dwarf who could (swim)
- The Mightiest Warrior of Razorcrowded
- The Quiver of the Gods
- They call me “Mad Hammer”
- Unexpected Altruism
- Âsax Masterjails, The Most Awesome Cave Swallowman Ever
- The Strange Case of Oddom Ulingmosus
- Poor Trade Relations
- Dwarfs of Note
- The Sock Mayor
- Roburky’s Dwarf Fortress Diary (Mirror)
- The fire-breathing hummingbird
- My Dwarves Chose the Best Embark Site Ever
- Pregnancy
- Stark Raving Mad
- One Stands Alone
- The story of the Enlightened Adventurer
- Hotfoot
- The catastrophe of Towerhill
- The Legend of the Ice Fisher
- Engravings
- Kobolds Have a New Terror In The Night.
- Obsessive Compulsive Dwarf-order
- The Fall of Simplewagons
- Xarathim’s despotic prodution orders
- Buckets
- The New Mayor of Quakesdives
- A Tale of Two Dwarves
- The Hidden Tower
- A Metal Dwarf Fortress
- Dwarf engraves pre-internet cat pictures
- The Tale of Sarvesh Merchanttrenches
- Zombie Whales
- Undergrotto: One Fort, A Dozen Megaprojects.
- My First Fortress
- The Dog Dwarves of Inktin
- A New Record
- Single Elk Bird > My Army
- 30 Levels Down | The Promised Land
- Sleepy the Dwarf
- Endok and the Gorillas
- Sociopathic Dwarves
- Dwarf has Made a Macabre Masterpiece!
- Food and Immigrants – A Wintertime Nightmare
- Atticspiral – The Basement Drive-thru Fortress
- My First Failed Mood
- The Stupidest Kobold | Helmbridge
- Helmbridge’s Population Control Chamber
Legends Mode
- A Fitting End
- My Encounter With a False God
- Adventure Mode in a Nutshell
- Boro Horrorgripped
- The Human and the Minotaur
- A Fluffy Victory
Fan Art
- Watch out for Strange Moods
- Tales From Dwarf Fortress
- Losing is Fun
- Casual vs. Hardcore vs. Dwarf Fortress
Scouredbridged Series
- Part 16: The Aftermath
- Part 15: Lava Rain
- Part 14: The Doomsday Bowl
- Part 13: JELL-O
- Part 12: Let that be a lesson to you all
- Part 11: The Barony
- Part 10: Alir Ilpiotir, Bronze Colossus
- Part 9: Wealth and Power!
- Part 8: I am a monster
- Part 7: Vomit and Loss
- Part 6: Revenge!
- Part 5: So I DO care about the founding seven
- Part 4: The Founding Seven
- Part 3: Kobolds
- Part 2: The Barrel Crisis
- Part 1: The Cowardly Mountainhome
All stories on DFStories.com (Chronological):
- Short and depressing story of Urist McUseless, the All Too Valiant clerk.
- Watch out for Strange Moods
- First Time Playing, a Tidy Little Fort!
- The Hammer of Damocles
- The Crimson Pyramid
- The Story of Idenzatthud
- The Tale of Shit-Sack
- Anurushul Lathon. The Wonder-Realms of Myth
- Splatterwine: A Story of Bloodshed and History
- The Tomb of Horrors
- Learn from thy Misfortunes and Laugh
- Revenge
- An Icy Tomb
- Hotel California
- Tales From Dwarf Fortress
- Legendary Burial Chambers
- Ringwild, Fortress of the Dead
- A Fitting End
- Priorities
- Bronzemurder
- Oilfurnace
- Why do Dwarves go Mad?
- Losing is Fun
- Improvised Carpeting
- RustBeard the One-Armed
- An Indomitable Dwarf
- Loyalty
- The Fable of Catten and the Eagle
- A Letter to the King
- The Rise and Fall of Firetomb
- The psychotic dwarf who could (swim)
- The Mightiest Warrior of Razorcrowded
- The Quiver of the Gods
- They call me “Mad Hammer”
- Unexpected Altruism
- Âsax Masterjails, The Most Awesome Cave Swallowman Ever
- The Strange Case of Oddom Ulingmosus
- Poor Trade Relations
- Dwarfs of Note
- The Sock Mayor
- My Encounter With a False God
- Roburky’s Dwarf Fortress Diary (Mirror)
- The fire-breathing hummingbird
- My Dwarves Chose the Best Embark Site Ever
- Pregnancy
- Carp
- Casual vs. Hardcore vs. Dwarf Fortress
- Stark Raving Mad
- Adventure Mode in a Nutshell
- Boro Horrorgripped
- One Stands Alone
- The story of the Enlightened Adventurer
- Hotfoot
- The catastrophe of Towerhill
- The Legend of the Ice Fisher
- The Tale of Ingish Pillarspeak
- Engravings
- Kobolds Have a New Terror In The Night.
- Obsessive Compulsive Dwarf-order
- The Fall of Simplewagons
- Xarathim’s despotic prodution orders
- Buckets
- The Legend of Tholtig Cryptbrain
- The New Mayor of Quakesdives
- A Tale of Two Dwarves
- The Hidden Tower
- A Metal Dwarf Fortress
- Dwarf engraves pre-internet cat pictures
- The Tale of Sarvesh Merchanttrenches
- Part 16: The Aftermath
- Part 15: Lava Rain
- Zombie Whales
- Part 14: The Doomsday Bowl
- Part 13: JELL-O
- Undergrotto: One Fort, A Dozen Megaprojects.
- Part 12: Let that be a lesson to you all
- Part 11: The Barony
- My First Fortress
- Part 10: Alir Ilpiotir, Bronze Colossus
- The Dog Dwarves of Inktin
- A New Record
- Part 9: Wealth and Power!
- Single Elk Bird > My Army
- The Human and the Minotaur
- 30 Levels Down | The Promised Land
- Sleepy the Dwarf
- Endok and the Gorillas
- Part 8: I am a monster
- Sociopathic Dwarves
- A Fluffy Victory
- Dwarf has Made a Macabre Masterpiece!
- Food and Immigrants – A Wintertime Nightmare
- Atticspiral – The Basement Drive-thru Fortress
- The Hamlet of Tyranny
- Part 7: Vomit and Loss
- Part 6: Revenge!
- Part 5: So I DO care about the founding seven
- Part 4: The Founding Seven
- Part 3: Kobolds
- My First Failed Mood
- The Stupidest Kobold | Helmbridge
- Helmbridge’s Population Control Chamber
- Part 2: The Barrel Crisis
- Part 1: The Cowardly Mountainhome
All stories hosted on other websites:
STORY LIST: The Hall of Legends
This is a list of all the best stories posted on the Bay 12 forums, which includes other sources. Many of these are very long – it would take months to read them all.
Highlights from The Hall of Legends:
Boatmurdered
Possibly the greatest Dwarf Fortress story of all time. A succession fortress with murderous elephants, hilarious storytelling, and a terrifyingly deadly mega-weapon. A key piece of history, and a must-read for all Dwarf Fortress players. The entire saga can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Nist Akath
Another one of the greatest Dwarf Fortress stories ever told, on par with Boatmurdered – though much longer. Set against a frozen wasteland.
The Dwarf Computer
One of the greatest mega-projects ever completed. A fully functional, Turing-complete calculator built within Dwarf Fortress, powered by water, magma, and Dwarves. Monstrously impractical, incredibly slow, and completely amazing.
One Dwarf Against the World
The story of a single dwarf’s struggle to create and defend a fortress for one. This story popularized the name “Urist” as a stereotypical dwarf name.
Bravemule / Matul Remrit
A huge, fully illustrated tale – a collaboration between a writer, editor, artist, and musician. Each month is told in the diary of a different dwarf.
A succession fortress with unbelievable insanity and massive bloodshed.
Syrupleaf
The sequel to Headshoots – just as good.
Spearbreakers
The fan sequel to Syrupleaf.
Decent stories not listed elsewhere:
One man’s hilarious attempts to find out whether ballistae can be fired at whales. What other game allows you to even try this?
Glazedcoast
A funny story of a fortress set in a haunted wilderness.
Non-story links:
Chasing the elusive Mermaid
In this forum thread, the Dwarf Fortress community casually discusses the best ways to commit mass genocide against Merpeople, in order to harvest their valuable bones. Very dwarfy, and hysterical, depending on your sense of humor.
Tarn Adams, the programmer, was so disturbed by this thread that he lowered the value of Merpeople bones in the next game update.
The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress
A New York Times article written about Tarn Adams, and the game he plans on spending his life creating.