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Dwarves vs. Zombies was a Minecraft role-play mini game originally created by Robert Moran.
The game sets the player in an ancient dwarven civilization in which the remaining dwarves are to make their last stand against the coming hordes of monsters.

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Buffalo Wizards

warves vs. Zombies

Powerful Rampage, Of Course (P.R.O.C.)
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Gold Pool
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Dwarves
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Monsters
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Dwarven Shrine
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Game Progression
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Oil
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Quarry
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Building a Balanced Map
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Introduction[]

Dwarves vs. Zombies is a large scale role-playing game. At most 70 people can play in a single normal round. 50 people are required to start a round, but if the player requirement is not met, the game will require 5 less players every 10 minutes. Games with 45 or more players will spawn with 3 heroes, games that start with 35 players will spawn with 2 heroes, games with 25 players will start with 1 hero, and games under 25 players will have no heroes.

When the game begins, all players spawn as a dwarf and their task is to gather supplies, weapons, and fortify their keep in anticipation for the coming invasion. The dwarves will have one Minecraft day to prepare for the invasion. The ultimate goal of the dwarves is to defend their shrines from the oncoming hordes - however, they will inevitably fall. The hordes of monsters are endless, and the dwarves are few. Additionally, dwarves cannot respawn - once a dwarf is dead, he or she becomes a monster.

As night falls, roughly twenty percent of the dwarves will be randomly selected to die to a plague. The goal of the monsters is to destroy all the dwarven shrines. It is very difficult for most monsters to fight a dwarf in single combat - monsters must rely on numbers to overwhelm and destroy the dwarves. As more dwarves are killed, the ranks of the monsters will grow and the dwarves will be forced to retreat. Eventually, the monsters will overwhelm the first shrine, which will move their spawn up to that point, forcing the dwarves to retreat to the next shrine. This process repeats until the final shrine is reached, where the dwarves must fight to the end to defend their shrine. The game ends when all the dwarves are dead or all the dwarven shrines have been destroyed.

Remember, it is impossible for dwarves to win. The only goal for the dwarves is to protect their shrines as long as possible and kill as many monsters as they can.

As of January 2019, the Buffalo Wizards DvZ server has closed down. Marking the end of an era and the ending of one of the greatest minecraft legacies of all time. Rest in peace DvZ may you never be forgotten.

Several remakes have been made over time, most of which are centralized at this Discord: https://discord.gg/fpqC3Wu Each remake differs strongly from the others and it is recommended to research before joining one to know what era of DvZ the remake is trying to emulate.

Gameplay[]

Mechanics []

Armor (Mechanics)
Bows
Exact Damage Values [Changed in Summer Update]
Blacksmith Table
Sawmill
Quarry
Oil
Shrines
Shrine Gold
Powerful Rampage, of Course (P.R.O.C.)
Lobby Gold

Dwarves (Outdated - Needs Update)[]

Dwarven Weapons
- Melee Weapons
- Ranged Weapons

Dwarven Heroes and their Hero Items

Tools

Renewable Items
- Torch
- Mortar
- Wooden Planks
- Sticks
- Bowls
- Cobblestone
- Log
- Dwarven Armor
- Arrows

Consumable Items

Dwarven Loadouts []

Classes

Weapons
- Melee Weapons]
- Ranged Weapons

Health and Armor
- Healing Items
- Armor

Starting Item Upgrades

Passives
- Compass
- Safefall
- Darkvision
- Avenge

Super Jimmy []

Super Jimmy Titles
- Paladin
- Ranger
- Gravedigger
- Ancient

Non - Super Jimmy Titles
- Mason
- Bruce Jr

Hats
- Paladin Helmet
- Ancient Beard
- The Buccaneer
- Wolf Hunter Hat
- Goggles
- Dragon Warrior
- Dragon's Breath
- Nismas hat
- Sun Glasses
Game Master Mode
- Options

Monsters []

Basic Monster
- Zombie
Special Monsters
- Spiderling
- Iron Golem
- Venomburner (Removed)
- Wolverine
- Rat
- Ogre
- Skeleton
- Goblin
Doom Event Monsters
Monster Heroes
- Krungor
- Bopen
- Ogre Mage
Dragons
- Avirella
- Shendorman
- Crassel
- Yrvader
- Golestandt
- Vlarunga
- Daragor

Maps (Needs Map Information)[]

'Primary Rotation

Mount Willakers (2.0)
Deadbones Is Missing
Plains (BYOK)
Eastern Vale
Molten Grotto
Bellows

Secondary Rotation

Ancient Grove
The Archives
Dogekec Rebaked
Belly of the Beast
The Machine
Forgotten Mines
Molten Grotto

Game Master Mode Maps

Ancient Grove
The Archives
Astral Isles
Bellows
Belly of the Beast
Daragor's Lair
Dogekac Rebaked
Doom Rift
Forgotten Asylum
Forgotten Mines
Frosthold Canyon (Updated)
Glitterhelm Caverns
Grapevine Vale
Hergesnerv
The Machine
Mt. Willakers (2.0)
The Paladirnoom
Plains (BYOK)
Rainbow Land
Scorched Canyon
Sophanem
Tree of Eenoln
West Delphia

Tutorials (Please keep it factual and do not voice opinions on whether aspects of the game are bad or good) (Outdated - Needs Update)[]

General Tutorials
- Developing Your Dwarf (Outdated - Needs Update)
- DvZ Resource Pack
- Terminology
- Lobby

Dwarven Gameplay
- Building
  - Wall-Building
  - Resupplying and Repairing Defenses (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Inner Keep Defense
  - Dwarven Defenses
- Loadout Strategies
  - Classes
  - Custom Classes
  - Building and Crafting
  - Melee Weapons
  - Ranged Weapons
  - Healing Items
  - Armor
  - Other
- Combat Strategies
  - Getting/Maintaining a Powerful Rampage (PROC) (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Hero Tactics (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Dwarf vs Monster Tactics (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Surviving Dragon Events (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Dwarf Tactics
- Defense Strategies
  - Mana Conservation (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Conserving Gold (Outdated - Needs Update)
  - Defending a Shrine