My dwarves are getting lazy

dwarf-fortress

My dwarves are starting being lazy. How to know what's wrong with them (and cure it if there is a universally known reason for their laziness)?

EDIT: Sorry for my question being vague. I meant that there is still a number of unfinished tasks and many of my dwarves are idle doing nothing.

Best Answer

Dwarves aren't lazy. In fact, if they don't have something to do they'll get depressed. Dwarf Therapist is great for keeping track of what labors you have assigned to what dwarves. Did you just get a huge migration wave? The new dwarves will want to go to your meeting hall and talk to the other dwarves before they start working, so it may take a bit for that to get settled. If a dwarf is trapped somewhere (poorly thought out masonry is pretty common) he'll go idle until you free him.