Dwarf Eats Mountain Guide

Use this guide hub when you know the problem but not the exact page. Start with the thing that is slowing the run right now: early damage, ore hauling, missing unlocks, mithril, artifacts, prestige timing, special mountains, or late-game scaling.

Start Here

If You Need	Read This	What It Answers
A first-run plan	Beginner Guide	What to buy first, when to add Runners, when to open dens, and how to avoid wasting early gold.
A faster reset loop	Fast Progression	How to move through PP loops, damage branches, hauling, mithril walls, and timed checks faster.
Prestige timing	When to Prestige	Why the first clean reset target is usually 14-15 PP and what to buy after the reset.
A missing upgrade or building	Unlock Order and Hidden Unlocks	Requirements for Manufactorum, Bulldozers, Alchemy, Ritual Power, Flamelord's Wrath, C.L.U.S.T.E.R.P.I.C.K., and other hidden chains.
The strongest build	Best Builds	Mathematical build paths for early speed, den farming, fire build scaling, artillery, mithril, and late-game hybrid scaling.
A ranked priority list	Mathematical Tier List	Which systems, prestige choices, and artifacts solve the most repeated bottlenecks.
A demolition plan	Demolition Build Guide	Optimal Demodwarf order, TNT math, Big Bomb odds, Powder Hall breakpoints, and when to pivot.
Scientist decisions	Scientists Guide	When Scientists are worth buying, how they unlock Alchemy, Powder Hall, Nuclear Research, discounts, and laser scaling.
Runner math	Runners Guide	How much hauling matters, why underfunding runners can backfire, and how to keep ore from being reclaimed.

By Search Problem

Search / Problem	Best Page	Direct Answer
dwarf eats mountain unlocks	Unlock Order and Hidden Unlocks	Most hidden systems require a prestige purchase, a worker count, or a tier in a different chain.
dwarf eats mountain ruby key	Ruby Key	Keep Ruby Key with Sapphire Key and Emerald Key for the Triple Seal Gate and Great World Spire route.
dwarf eats mountain flamelord	Flamelord's Wrath	Requires Flamelords prestige, 6 Flamers, and 5 Runesmiths; use it after fire fields, max stacks, cooldown, and projectile count are already supported.
dwarf eats mountain powder hall	Powder Hall	Requires Powder Hall prestige and 4 Scientists; unlocks advanced demolition, runner, and artillery bridge upgrades.
dwarf eats mountain nuclear research	Nuclear Research	Requires its prestige unlock, Powder Hall 4, 3 Great Cannons, and 7 Scientists before the artillery/nuke path opens.
dwarf eats mountain artifacts	Best Artifacts	Required gate artifacts beat short-term stats when the Great World Spire path is the goal.
dwarf eats mountain mithril	How to Get Mithril	Mithril comes from damage progress, dens, spelunking, luck, artifacts, and prestige support.

Main Guide Categories

Category	Guides	Use Them For
Progression	Beginner Guide · Fast Progression · When to Prestige · Late Game Ascension	Run flow, reset timing, and long-term account progress.
Builds	Best Builds · Tier List · Best Buildings · Best Upgrades	Choosing a damage route and deciding what to buy next.
Systems	Runners Guide · Scientists Guide · Demolition Build Guide · Ore and Gold Farming	Specific mechanics that decide whether a run actually converts damage into progress.
Artifacts and gates	Best Artifacts · Artifact Sources and Missing Relics · Great World Spire Checklist · Bosses and Special Mountains	Artifact choices, missing relics, keys, special mountains, and spire blockers.
Reference help	Common Questions · Unlock Order · How to Get Mithril · Dens and Artifacts · Calamities Guide · Mountain Leveling	Quick answers and formula-backed reference pages.

If You Are Stuck

Symptom	Likely Fix
Mountains are not dying fast enough.	Pick one supported damage line from Best Builds instead of spreading gold across every new building.
Ore piles up or disappears.	Read Runners Guide and fix runner capacity, speed, dodge, Maw pull, or machines before buying more damage.
Mithril is blocking everything.	Use How to Get Mithril and add dens, mithril-luck, Spelunkers, and Forge support.
An upgrade is missing.	Use Unlock Order and Hidden Unlocks first; the blocker is often prestige, Scientists, Runesmiths, Powder Hall, or another tier chain.
The spire says 7/8 artifacts.	Use Great World Spire Checklist and check the Alchemy/Philosopher's Stone path before grinding random artifacts.