Digging can be a complicated task to wrap your mind around. Reading the Wurm Wikipedia and tutorials only confused me. This guide is an attempt to assist new players understand what those numbers mean when you inspect the border of tiles and what happens when you dig. (Betcha didn't think digging was hard before Wurm eh?)
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== Digging Explained ==
=== Terraces ===Using what you've learned, you can now shape the land into terraces. Think of some [http[Category://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/ida-china-pho-environment.jpg oriental hillsides.Guides]] Doing this on a mountain side is pretty extreme, and beyond the scope of this tutorial. Doing this on small gentle hills is useful so that you don't end up with a large flat spot, followed by a very steep hill! Example '''B''' above is what we are aiming for. We want a flat tile, followed by an angled tile, followed again by a flat tile. This will allow the land to follow a hill, while maintaining useful land!