Then build your walls in all but one space in the middle of a wall.
How do you build walls and roofs in dwarf fortress.
Z2 deconstruct the stair in the middle of that wall.
It s far easier and faster.
When trying to build walls in damp conditions such as when getting through an aquifer in a soil layer you need to make sure that the area to be built on and the area the dwarf needs to stand on to build from are at 1 7 or 0 7 when you set the order to build the wall.
The exception to this rule are items located under the c walls stairs floors sub menu.
Building walls in damp conditions.
Build a wall in that spot.
In that space build stairs going up.
You can also use t view items in buildings to look at the items currently stored within an individual building as well as which items were used to construct that particular building.
Now just build a second wall adjacent to this one and repeat.
Z2 finish your stairs and build your floor out to the edge of the walls.
Here how it works.
Z1 build your walls and stairs going up.
As explained on the digging page naturally occurring walls can be dug out using the d esignations d ig command or c h annel command.
I use internal scaffolding.
Natural walls can be designated for s moothing and e ngraving to improve the appearance and value of the wall.