Hotfix: Patch 53.02
Dwarf Fortress » Devlog
Release notes for 53.02 (November 4, 2025):
Here's some cleanup for the Siege Update to fix a few issues.
General updates
- Hospital patients and babies don't shut off the brains of people carrying them, again.
- Made siege engine operators leave their engines when not commanded to be there.
- Added practice fire mode for siege engines.
- Fixed a crash if world population is uncapped.
- Corrected minor issues with siege engine target selection and skill use.
- Stopped wagon goods from creating incorrect transparent pixels in wagon.
- Fixed typo with some plurals.
Files
dwarf_fortress_53_02_windows.zip 1,014 MB
Nov 04, 2025
dwarf_fortress_53_02_linux.tar.bz2 1,015 MB
Nov 04, 2025
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| Status | In development |
| Publisher | |
| Author | Kitfoxgames |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Tags | Endless, Fantasy, Procedural Generation |
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