Editing 23a:Dwarven economy

==Economy changes==

==Economy changes==

* Dwarves start earning salaries according to what jobs they perform. How much each job will earn can be seen on the "wages" page of the manager screen ({{K|u}}-{{K|m}}-{{K|w}} or {{K|j}}-{{K|m}}-{{K|w}}). They use this money to pay their rent and to buy trinkets for themselves from [[shop]]s. Their happiness will increase every time they make a new acquisition.

* Dwarves start earning salaries according to what jobs they perform. How much each job will earn can be seen on the "wages" page of the manager screen ({{K|u}}-{{K|m}}-{{K|w}} or {{K|j}}-{{K|m}}-{{K|w}}). They use this money to pay their rent and to buy trinkets for themselves from [[shop]]s. Their happiness will increase every time they make a new acquisition.

** Standard soldiers (including Recruits) earn about 500☼ per season (paid in 20☼ increments), and Elite soldiers earn around 1000☼ (in 40☼ increments), regardless of whether or not they participate in any combat. This includes the Fortress Guard and Royal Guard.

** Standard soldiers (including Recruits) earn about 500☼ per season (paid in 20☼ increments), and Elite soldiers earn around 1000☼ (in 40☼ increments), regardless of whether or not they participate in any combat. This includes the Fortress Guard and Royal Guard.

* Bedrooms start charging [[rent]] according to their quality. Exceptions are barracks and Noble/Legendary assigned bedrooms. It also becomes impossible to assign bedrooms to non-Noble/Legendary dwarves.

* Bedrooms start charging [[rent]] according to their quality. Exceptions are barracks and Noble/Legendary assigned bedrooms. It also becomes impossible to assign bedrooms to non-Noble/Legendary dwarves.

** Dwarves claim coins similarly to how food tasked to eat is claimed. Large stacks automatically split, changing a stack of 500 coins owned by no one into one stack of 498 coins owned by no one and one stack of 2 coins owned by [[Main:Urist|Urist]] Borushdumat. If a dwarf has quarters and no other pending job, he will take the job "Store Owned Item" and bring his coins to his room. However, ownership of a dwarf's coins will end due to a declining account balance, which happens at least seasonally when rent is paid. Therefore, it is critical to keep item hauling up to date when the economy starts. Otherwise, magma forges will rapidly become [[clutter]]ed with small stacks of once-owned coins that were never picked up.

** Dwarves claim coins similarly to how food tasked to eat is claimed. Large stacks automatically split, changing a stack of 500 coins owned by no one into one stack of 498 coins owned by no one and one stack of 2 coins owned by [[Main:Urist|Urist]] Borushdumat. If a dwarf has quarters and no other pending job, he will take the job "Store Owned Item" and bring his coins to his room. However, ownership of a dwarf's coins will end due to a declining account balance, which happens at least seasonally when rent is paid. Therefore, it is critical to keep item hauling up to date when the economy starts. Otherwise, magma forges will rapidly become [[clutter]]ed with small stacks of once-owned coins that were never picked up.

** It's possible to avoid some of the trouble of loose coin stacks in your forge if you manage to keep ahead of demand. Mint as many gold/silver/copper coins as possible ahead of the bookkeeper's arrival; any coin stacks you have lying around when he comes will get split up but if you have enough to fulfill the bookkeeper's demands you should be able to continue minting without your stacks getting split right away. Once the [[Dungeon master]] arrives, you'll still have to worry about the platinum/electrum coins getting split up however. You should also be sure to designate coin stockpiles before the arrival of the bookkeeper so any splitting occurs outside the forges.

** It's possible to avoid some of the trouble of loose coin stacks in your forge if you manage to keep ahead of demand. Mint as many gold/silver/copper coins as possible ahead of the bookkeeper's arrival; any coin stacks you have lying around when he comes will get split up but if you have enough to fulfill the bookkeeper's demands you should be able to continue minting without your stacks getting split right away. Once the [[Dungeon master]] arrives, you'll still have to worry about the platinum/electrum coins getting split up however. You should also be sure to designate coin stockpiles before the arrival of the bookkeeper so any splitting occurs outside the forges.