I've got a fortress circling the death drain. Half the population managed to thirst themselves to death despite a non-zero quantity of booze available, and matters only got worse when the legendary miners started tantrum-ing. (My poor mason still alternates clutching at the stump of his right hand and his still-open guts, which now trail 2 tiles behind him like a horrifying tail of viscera)
I'm ready to abandon and reclaim, but I've excavated a ton of stone and gems, and for the gems at least, I'd prefer they weren't all scattered upon my return (less hauling jobs, at least). I know that heavier things, i.e., the lead bins I've been making, are less likely to move around, but the problem is that the majority of my bins are made of some sort of wood.
How do I get my dwarves to move the gems from the wooden bins to the lead ones?
Best Answer
Dump the wooden bins with the gems in them, then reclaim only the gems within the bins, not the bins themselves. At that point, your dwarves should pick the gems out of the wood bins and put them in the stockpiles full of lead bins.