Moved examine text into the item box, added Description and Usage sections, cleaned up Notes, and improved formatting.
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== Description ==
Clay is a sticky and soft resource found in [[clay tile]]s that can be easily formed into [[pottery]] items like [[clay bowl]]s, [[clay flask]]s, or [[clay jar]]s. [[Masonry|Masons]] also make use of clay as a bonding material for the [[stone brick]]s used in [[guard tower]]s and [[stone forge]]s, or to mix the better bonding material [[mortar]] to build [[stone house]]s, for example.
'''Clay, once ''' is a [[:Category:Resources|resource]] obtained by [[digging|dug]] up, has on a high [[decayclay tile]] speed and is pointless to store for more than a few days. It can however also be kept in a [[bulk storage binforage]]d from [[mineral debris]].
[[Clay tile]]s can be raised by dropping [[dirt]] or [[sand]]. They can be lowered with the [[level]] command if all corners are higher or level to an adjacent flat tile and your [[digging]] skill is at least 70. Clay tiles cannot be changed to another type of tile.== Usage ==
To transport a large quantity of * Clay is used to create many clay, you will probably have to combine itand pottery items. Even * Clay items can be heated in a [[small cartforge]] will likely hold more than 100 2kg lumps of clay. If you do so, be aware of the following:* Some constructs that are started with clay will use the entire lump[[campfire]], regardless of the amount needed, when it is used or [[kiln]] to start the construct (see become [[forgepottery]])items.* "''Continue Building" building'' will only use 2kg 2 kg of a clay lump at a time* Building failures will damage the whole lump, not just the 2kg part of it that was used* Clay items can not be changed back into clay.
== Reference Notes == *Clay has a high [[wikipedia:decay]] speed.* Building failures will damage the whole lump, not just the 2 kg part that was used.* Clay items cannot be changed back into clay|. == See also == * [[Claytile]]* [[Pottery]]* [[Digging]]* [[Shovel]]* [[Mortar]]* [[Concrete]]