# Dwarf Fortress Update 51.09: Forbidden Coffins now unusable

- Product: Dwarf Fortress (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dwarf-fortress)
- Vendor: Bay 12 Games
- Date: 2025-04-02
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/547857372725379366
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dwarf-fortress/releases/2025-04-02-update-51.09-forbidden-coffins-now-unusable

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- **fixed** — Stop dwarves from using forbidden and uncompleted coffins for burial
- **fixed** — Stop greyed out "everybody does this" for mining/hunting/chopping labors from being pressable
- **fixed** — Stop Mining, Woodcutting, Hunting from being able to be assigned to the same dwarf
- **fixed** — Stop reclaimed/unretired forts with magma features from having magma overflows
- **fixed** — Stop unretired forts from being marked as capitals
- **fixed** — Reordering manager work orders no longer causes display issues in workshop view sheet
- **added** — Pressure plates can now be set to include zero depth for water/magma
- **fixed** — Made squad scrollbar responsive to clicks
- **fixed** — Fixed custom difficulty settings for irritation in the embark screen
- **fixed** — Random improvements are no longer applied instantly to fort-made crafts
- **fixed** — Fixed typo on squad equipment assignment screen
- **fixed** — Adventure mode now respects manual disabling of sound in init file
- **fixed** — Fixed pathing overflow errors in very large and/or twisty forts

Hey Urists!

We are back from GDC with an update for Fortress and Adventure Mode. Next we'll be starting work on sieges, while also keeping a pace of regular fixes and improvements.

##### Tarn Time Spring 2025 Edition

In case you missed it, we also have a seasonal update video from Tarn. He goes over the last few months of updates as well as lua, the upcoming siege and site building updates. [Watch on Youtube:](https://youtu.be/zw_-jdN8zcA)

##### Patch Notes for 51.09

Fortress Mode

-      Stopped dwarves from using forbidden and uncompleted coffins for burial

-      Stopped greyed out "everybody does this" for mining/hunting/chopping labors from being pressable

-      Stopped Mining, Woodcutting, Hunting from being able to be assigned to the same dwarf

-      Stopped reclaimed/unretired forts with magma features from having magma overflows

-      Stopped unretired forts from being marked as capitals

-      Reordering manager work orders no longer causes display issues in workshop view sheet

-      Can now set pressure plates to include zero depth for water/magma

-      Made squad scrollbar responsive to clicks

-      Fixed custom difficulty settings for irritation in the embark screen

-      Random improvements are no longer applied instantly to fort-made crafts

-      Fixed typo on squad equipment assignment screen

Adventure Mode

-  Made adventure mode respect manual disabling of sound in init file

General Updates

-  Fixed pathing overflow errors in very large and/or twisty forts

-Alexandra