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[[File:map_legend_preview.png|right]]''Dwarf Fortress'' uses [[tileset]]s and [[Graphics|sprite graphics]] to draw the game, including maps. This '''map legend''' explains what the [[character table|characters]] and [[color]]s represent in the pre-start embark (or [[adventure mode|adventure]]) map. This article covers both ASCII tiles and graphic sprites.
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''Dwarf Fortress'' uses [[tileset]]s and [[Graphics|sprite graphics]] to draw the game, including maps. This '''map legend''' explains what the [[character table|characters]] and [[color]]s represent in the pre-start embark (or [[adventure mode|adventure]]) map.
  
 
== Tile colors ==
 
== Tile colors ==
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:ocean_deep_evilsav.png]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:ocean_deep_evilsav.png]]
 
|}
 
|}
:<small>*Unlike ASCII mode, brooks and rivers will appear the same in good, neutral and evil biomes.</small>
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:<small>*Unlike ASCII mode, brooks and rivers will appear the same ingood, neutral and evil biomes.</small>
  
 
== Terrain feature key ==
 
== Terrain feature key ==
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|}
 
|}
  
== Site key (ASCII and graphics) ==
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== Site key (graphics) ==
 
{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;" class=wikitable class=sortable
 
{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;" class=wikitable class=sortable
|- style="background:#CCC;text-align:center;"
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|- style="background:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;"
 
!|'''Tile'''
 
!|'''Tile'''
 
!|'''Sprite'''
 
!|'''Sprite'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| {{Raw Tile|Π|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|Π|5:0:1}}
 
| {{Raw Tile|Π|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|Π|5:0:1}}
| [[File:Icon site dark fortress b.png]] [[File:Icon site dark fortress 1.png]] [[File:Icon_site_dark_fortress_3.png]]
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| [[File:Icon site dark fortress b.png]] [[File:Icon site dark fortress 1.png]]
 
| [[Dark fortress]]
 
| [[Dark fortress]]
 
| Goblins (and potentially a special creature)
 
| Goblins (and potentially a special creature)
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|-
 
|-
 
| {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|μ|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|5:0:1}}
 
| {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|7:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|μ|0:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|μ|5:0:1}}
| [[File:icon_site_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_dwarf.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle3.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small2.png]]<br>[[File:icon_village_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_village_ruin2.png]]
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| [[File:icon_site_ruin1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_dwarf.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle2.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_castle3.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small1.png]] [[File:icon_site_ruin_small2.png]]
 
| [[Ruin|Ruins]]
 
| [[Ruin|Ruins]]
 
|
 
|
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|-
 
|-
 
| {{Raw Tile|Å|7:0:0}}  
 
| {{Raw Tile|Å|7:0:0}}  
| [[File:Icon site shrine titan.png]] [[File:icon_site_fort2.png]]
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| [[File:Icon site shrine titan.png]]
 
| [[Shrine (megabeast)|Shrine]]
 
| [[Shrine (megabeast)|Shrine]]
 
| Megabeast
 
| Megabeast
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|-
 
|-
 
| {{Raw Tile|I|5:0:0}}  
 
| {{Raw Tile|I|5:0:0}}  
| [[File:Icon site necrotower.png]]
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| [[File:Icon site necrotower.png]] [[File:icon_site_necrotower_2.png]]
 
| [[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]]
 
| [[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]]
 
| Necromancer(s) and undead
 
| Necromancer(s) and undead
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| [[Vault]]
 
| [[Vault]]
 
| Special creatures
 
| Special creatures
|}
 
 
== Drawn site key (graphics) ==
 
This is how sites and landscapes appear on the map when they are out of range and/or undiscovered.
 
 
{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#261a11;border:1px #AAA solid;color:white" class=wikitable class=sortable
 
|- style="background:#8c6344;text-align:center;"
 
!|'''Sprite'''
 
!|'''Name'''
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_grassland.png]]
 
| Grassland
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_water.png]]
 
| Water
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_forest_conifer.png]]
 
| Conifer Forest
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_forest_broadleaf.png]]
 
| Broadleaf Forest
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_hills.png]]
 
| Hills
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_mountains.png]]
 
| Mountains
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_marsh.png]]
 
| Marsh
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_glacier.png]]
 
| Glacier
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_site.png]]
 
| Site
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_desert_rock.png]]
 
| Desert Rock
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_desert_badlands.png]]
 
| Desert Badlands
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_desert_sand.png]]
 
| Desert Sand
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_roads.png]]
 
| Roads
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_rivers.png]]
 
| Rivers
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_labyrinth.png]]
 
| Labyrinth
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_shrine.png]]
 
| Shrine
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_lair.png]]
 
| Lair
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_cave.png]]
 
| Cave
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_mountain_home.png]]
 
| Mountain Home
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_hillocks.png]]
 
| Hillocks
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_fortress.png]]
 
| Fortress
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_mountain_ruin.png]]
 
| Mountain Ruin
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_dark_fortress.png]]
 
| Dark Fortress
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_dark_pits.png]]
 
| Dark Pits
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_evil_ruin.png]]
 
| Evil Ruin
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_home_tree.png]]
 
| Home Tree
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_forest_retreat.png]]
 
| Forest Retreat
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_forest_ruin.png]]
 
| Forest Ruin
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_castle_ruin.png]]
 
| Castle Ruin
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_necrotower.png]]
 
| Necromancer Tower
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_fort.png]]
 
| Fort
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_monastery.png]]
 
| Monastery
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_castle.png]]
 
| Castle
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_vault.png]]
 
| Vault
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_tomb.png]]
 
| Tomb
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_city.png]]
 
| City
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_town.png]]
 
| Town
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_city_ruin.png]]
 
| City Ruin
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_village1.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village2.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village3.png]] [[File:icon_drawn_village4.png]]
 
| Village
 
|-
 
| [[File:icon_drawn_village_ruin.png]]
 
| Village Ruin
 
|-
 
 
|}
 
|}
  

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