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King in the Mountain Wiki & Guide
Gather in the Forest. Build the hall. Prepare the next descent.
Follow the full Demo loop—from your first food and upgrades to connected workshops, pickaxes, packed torches and deeper mine floors.
Find your next stepUpdated 2026-10-31 · Mixed versions
Start the loop
From the first trip to the first mineKeep the hall producing
Production handbook →Check the affected recipe before adding another building. Missing inputs, downstream demand and full output stockpiles need different fixes.
Prepare the descent
Expedition handbook →Choose the party before packing equipment. Mine trips begin at floor 1; collect what you need, then mark the blue arrow when you are ready to descend.
ControlsUse the Demo's pause, camera movement and dig-priority controls, then distinguish Tunnel mode from normal building selection.Mine PreparationChoose mine pickaxes and dwarf count, pack torches and other equipment with +/- and reselect gear if you change the squad size.Mine DepthsEvery mine expedition starts at floor 1. Find the blue arrow to descend, watch light and recognize the Demo's displayed floor 3 boundary.
Know what you are packing
Search the Wiki →TorchesMake torches at the Woodworker and pack them for a mine expedition. The pictured basic torch adds 10 seconds of light in the 28 October Demo recording.Copper PickaxeForge a Copper Pickaxe at the Blacksmith after smelting copper bars. The dated Demo row gives +1 damage, +1 dwarf and digging to floor 3.
Demo & release reference
Use the right version of the advice.
The current named Demo is 0.90. The browser build has been removed; the official download supports Windows and Linux. The full release is planned for 6 November 2026.
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