How did the Dwarves feed their Armies and People? | Lord of the Rings Lore | Middle-Earth

How did the Dwarves of Middle-Earth feed their armies and people? Could their kingdoms such as Moria and Erebor grow and sustain enough food for their people, and could they even grow crops in these dark caverns? Or did they have to trade with and rely on other lands for supplies? These question and more as we explore how the armies of the Dwarves were sustained in the Lord of the Rings.

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[GeekZoneMT]

For those of you might have missed my community announcement, I'm currently working on a masters in Game Design and it's really taking up a lot of my free time. And so I'll be publishing once every 2 weeks for now until I catch up with my studies :) As always subtitles are available and feedback is welcome! I'd also love to hear your thoughts on this topic, especially if you can think of some other ways in which the Dwarves could have fed their people! :)

[TheUncleRuckus]

I guess I always figured they had a Mushroom heavy diet. The caves would made an excellent place for mushroom cultivation.

[dentongamble]

“Aragorn, lets find some food.”
Gimli

[yourstruly]

The Balrog provided them with malt beer and ripe meat off the bone

[MasterMalrubius]

I always felt that they had trade agreements with surrounding peoples. But it does bring into the discussion how they could go to war with these same people. The limited information on how many “people” lived where makes it difficult to really discuss at length.

I’d say mostly it would be with Men and Hobbits. Elves were likely much less involved in food production except for specialty items. Dwarves were wealthy from gold, silver and gems. Then also the production of iron for arms or even mass sale.
It’s the beauty and the curse that we only get tiny bits of information. It does not detract from the story but allows ample space for your imagination to wander.

[pedrolopez]

The Joke was on the Dwarves. The Hobbits sold them an addictive drug called pipe weed. Cut off the supply and let them go into withdrawals then the Dwarves would be falling all over themselves to make a deal for more "nicotina".

[MrBigCookieCrumble]

I remember comments from Gimli that covered this briefly, but rather than saying that dwarves _never_ grew their own food, it much more implied that they _prefered_ other kinds of work over farming and would _rather_ just buy it from other races, _if_ they could. The sizes of dwarven cities and realms just doesnt seem plausible without their own food sources, they were very inventive, i imagine large undeground, semi-automated fish farms and green houses heated by geological hot springs and the like.

[michaeljones]

I can't believe Gimli actually thought Balin and his company were still alive and thriving with only the food that they took with them into Moria, how did they live for years in those grim mines.

[EdMcF]

The Balrog made sure that Dwarf bacon was 'crispy'.

[kaank]

If the dwarves just spring out of stone, then it means that they eat precious ores!

[MrHistory]

A random farmer lives in peace...

The dwarves move into the mountains next to him...

The Farmer: STONKS

[phoule]

They can just eat all Bilbo's food; but careful with those plates!

[TigerlilyWarrior]

How on earth does this video only have 4, 800 views!?! Great video, GeekZone. Keep up the good work. I don't have any answers but I love these types of questions.

[jek__]

Everyone knows that first thing you plant in your dwarf fortress is a nice indoor crop of mushrooms :P. Mushroom roasts, mushroom soup, mushroom brew

not being able to make their own food is a very odd occurance. It can only really happen if two races are created out of nothing at once

Lol, "forge a bond with your allies" is the perfect way to put it if youre trying to convince a dwarf to be cooperative, they cant resist a good forging :P

[lassovandenbos]

I find it beautiful that this video has no dislikes, it is what a video like this truly deserves. Even tho in my eyes it deserves more views, the people that do see it appreciate it like it should be.

[dawndawnster]

Carl, the art work is sensational 👏 WOW 👏 added with your wisdom love, love, love it! Great job my friend

[nikolaosboukouvalas]

Isn't it obvious? Orcs! That's why abandoned Dwarven Holds are filled to the brim with Orcs: the Dwarves are farming them for food but when they are gone there is no one to cull the Orcs' numbers. That's also why Orcs hate Dwarves.

Alright I am joking, but it could be a neat idea for a high fantasy parody.

[T-REXMACHINEGUN]

That first dwarf in the video is from a Magic the Gathering Card but he fits lotr dwarves quite well

[onatgz]

-how did the dwarves feed their armies and people?
-by having them eating rocks ofcourse. ROCK! AND. STONE!

[byalmo]

Never knew about the root, that’s awesome! I also love how the background music is the background music in third age total war, miss playing that game.