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Digging requires a is the [[skill]] of terraforming or moving [[Shoveldirt]]around. Activate shovel ---> Right-click It is used either to raise or lower a [[tile (any but rock) and select Dig. This will lower ]] or the ground and put 1x sides of a tile, to change the tile compound in your inventory. The ground is lowered at appearance of the closest corner to where world around you are standing. Digging requires a [[shovel]] and increases several [[characteristics]]: [[body strength]], rather than where you click[[body stamina]], and [[mind logic]]. [[Destroy pavement|Destroying pavement]] and cultivating a [[packed dirt]] tile also increases the digging skill.

So if you want to lower ==Method==*Activate a tile stand in the corner of the tile activate your shovel, and right -click>a tile and select "Dig this ". This will lower the corner you are standing on. To lower [[ground]] and drop the whole tile, you must stand dug material in each of the four corners in turn and dig. This is the same for raising a collectible pile on that tile, just drop dirt instead of digor nearby.

When *'''Note that the material is dug from the corners of tiles; Where your avatar's feet are (which of the four corners in the tile you think stand in) is where the tile will be dug down(exception is if you have a use dig action to the corner of the tile nearly flat and even if you can find out if stand on another corner it is perfectly flat will still dig from the targeted corner). Where you right-click to select the dig command has absolutely no impact whatsoever on where you dig.''' So, for example, by right clicking>flattenstanding in the northwestern corner of a tile and digging, just that area of the tile and connecting tiles will drop. You The other three corners of the tile will remain at their original level. By then get hovering the message 'The ground cursor over neighboring tile borders, one can then see the results of their work via slope count (1 slope = 1 dirt = 1 dig action). Dropping dirt on tile corners works the same way but by raising the corner in which the player is flat here' in standing when dropping the event windowdirt.

<b>NEW</b>: You *The maximum slope you can see the difference dig on, level, or flatten is 3 x [your digging skill] + 1. e.g. A skill of 50.25 in height between one side and the other digging will mean you can dig on, or adjacent to, a slope of a tileup to 151 dirt.*For skills below 10, by using examine on the tile borderyou can dig slopes up to 30.

==Tools used==:* It is not possible to dig on [[Shovelcliff]]or [[rock tile]]s. Rock tiles can be [[Mining#Surface_mining|mined]] down.

==Skills used==:* To lower a whole [[Characteristicsdirt tile|Diggingdirt]] (Showing skill/characteristics influence), [[moss tile|moss]], [[tundra]], [[steppe tile|steppe]], or [[sand tile]], you must stand in each of the four corners and dig. To raise a tile, you must drop dirt on the tile corners. Clay tiles will lower every 50-100 actions while digging corners. When on tiles like [[peat]] or [[tar]], digging produces material each dig, but will not lower the corner. You must use [[level]]ing for these tiles.

==Digging for rock==If you want to dig for *To check if a rock tile is flat, you must be aware that you probably have to dig can either right-click a lot of dirttile and select '''[[flattening|Flatten]]''' or examine the tile's borders. To start you must dig a reasonable distance above waterIf all tile borders say "The [[slope]] is level", keep digging then tile is flat. You can also see the difference in one corner till height between tile sides by examining the tile's borders. The reference will be a certain number of units of material either away from you "hit rock" or toward you do not have enough skill relative to dig deeperwhere you are standing. Once For example, if the slope is 2 dirt steep ''towards'' you hit rock in one corner you must then dig until you hit rock in , go to the other corners end of the tileborder you examined and dig twice to level the edge in question. When you hit rock To avoid confusion in all four corners the rock beginning when examining tile borders, stand near, or preferably on, the blank non-highlightable "mini-square" at the corner of a tile will be uncovered.

The times given when you start to flatten correspond ==PVP Servers==* Maximum slope on dirt is limited to 150 on the [[Defiance]] and [[Elevation]] servers, no matter how high the number of dirt 'difference' these are :skill a player may have.

0 = "= Warning Messages ==; The ground concrete would only flow away.: Occurs when trying to raise a rock tile that is flat nowgreater than 40 slope. It only takes into consideration the 4 adjacent slope borders.; The frozen soil is too hard to dig effectively.: Occurs when there is tundra next to it; The <item> would flow down into a <structure/fence>. You are not allowed to drop <item> on <structures/fences>: Occurs when trying to drop a dirt that is adjacent to a structure/fence in which the slope is more than 40.; The <structure/fence> is in the way.: Occurs when trying to dig in a corner where there is a <structure/fence> present.; The object nearby prevents digging further down.: An object, such as a [[bulk storage bin]] may prevent digging steep slopes."1; The road would be too steep to traverse.: You cannot dig a highway road to over 20 slope steep.3 = 9 secs4; The water is too deep to cultivate here.: Occurs when trying to cultivate a tile in which the northwest corner is not 0 dirts or more above the water table.; The water is too deep or too shallow to dig using that tool: You can only dig 7 = 19 secsdirt below water level with a shovel before you have to switch to a [[dredge]].; The water is too deep and would only dissolve the concrete.: When using [[concrete]] to raise a tile below water the lowest height that the tile can be is 25.; The water is too deep to pack the dirt here.: Occurs when trying to pack a tile in which the northwest corner is more than 0 dirts below the water table.; The water is too deep to pave here.: Occurs when trying to pave a tile in which the northwest corner is more than 0 dirts below the water table.8; You are not allowed to drop dirt there.: Cannot drop dirt on paved road when the corner is surrounded on all sides by trees or similar tiles.; You are not skilled enough to dig in such steep slopes.11 = 29 secs12: Slopes become too steep when the dirt slope is greater than 3x your digging skill.This includes any slopes on any tiles bordering the tile you wish to dig on.For example, with 15 = 39 secsdigging skill, you can dig on, level, or flatten a slope up to 45 steep.; You can't flatten at that depth.: Occurs when trying to flatten a tile in which is the involved tiles are 7 or more dirts below the water table.; You can't level at that depth.: Occurs when trying to level a tile in which the involved tiles are 7 or more dirts below the water table.; The area is too crowded with (trees / bushes / trees and bushes) to dig properly.: This message happens when the corner is surrounded by 3 or 4 tree or bush tiles. Cut down one (or more) to continue.; You cannot dig in such terrain.: This message will occur when trying to lower floorboards through a dig action.; You hit rock.: All the dirt above the rock layer in this tile corner has been dug away.; You suddenly become very weak, and your arm muscles fail you. You just can not dig here it seems.: You are trying to dig within a planned house.; You can't figure out how to remove the stone. You must become a bit better at digging first.: You need 10 digging to remove pavement.; You need to be stronger to destroy pavement.: Body strength of 20 and a digging skill of 10 is required for destroying pavement.; You need to be stronger to dig on roads.: You need 20 body strength to dig on roads.16; Your shovel fails to penetrate the earth no matter what you try.Weird.19 = 49 secsetc: You are trying to dig in an area protected by the GMs. Find a different spot.

The Activate a shovel, right-click the corpse and select '''Bury''number of dirt difference' is the difference between the highest and lowest points.

so *Note: a 9 secs timer could be from tiles like this..[[crude shovel]] does <u>not</u> provide the bury action.

<pre>0---1 or 0---3 or 0---0Burying is generally designed for the disposal of a corpse. An unbutchered corpse will attract carnivores so therefore it is a respectful act to bury an animal after you kill it. It is a good idea to [[butchering| | | | | |1---2 3---3 0---3</pre>butcher]] the animal with a [[butchering knife]] before it is buried. Also, remember to bury your own corpse after you pick up its inventory.

If At ==Digging for Rock Guide==To set up a mine where there is no exposed rock, you must first reveal the end of rock layer under the timerdirt layer. Dig at a reasonable distance above [[water]]. Keep digging in one corner until "You hit rock" or do not have enough skill to continue digging. Once you hit rock in one corner, then you must dig in all other corners until they have hit rock also. When you hit rock in all four corners, then the rock tile is will be uncovered. If you lack the skill to dig in "such steep slopes", you could dig the 1-3 dirt difference rangenearby tiles down further as well, and to reduce the slope to the following happens :corners you are working on.

1 = "You assemble some dirt from a corner=Tile Difficulties==Digging difficulty varies by tile." The formula starts at 1 + (and you get one dirt added to inventory).2 = "You assemble some dirt the highest slope from a that corner." (and you get one dirt added to inventory/5, rounded down).3 = If you are carrying at least one dirt you get "You use some of the dirt in one corner." or if you are not carrying any dirt , then you get "If you carried some dirt, it would be used to fill adds the 1 corners that need itspecific tile difficulty."

<pre>==See also==0---1---1---2* [[Tile types]]* [[Guides/Flattening| A Flattening]]* [[Leveling]]* [[Guides/FlatRaising| B Flatraising]]* [[Guides/Landbridges| C Landbridges]]* [[Mining#Surface_excavation|Sculpting rock layer with a pickaxe]]0---0---3---1</pre>* [[Slope]]: an explanation on how to read slopes

 Flatten tile A and C and end up with... <pre>0---0---2---2| A | B | C |0---0---2---2</pre>  Note after flattening tile A, you would get a dirt in inventory, and flattening tile C will use that dirt. Now, when you test tile B (flatten, and then stop, making note of the timer), you will see that its timer was 9 seconds, but will not know if its like ... <pre>0---0---1---1 or 0---0---2---2 or 0---0---3---3| A | B | C | | A | B | C | | A | B | C |0---0---1---1 0---0---2---2 0---0---3---3</pre>  So you will need to add dirt (in multiples of 4 (one to each corner maybe easiest)) to tile A (or remove dirt in mutliples of 4 from C (one from each corner maybe easiest)) and check again, Repeat until you get the "The ground is flat now." message.  ===Small digging guide=== For those that had trouble with any of the above guides, here is a small picture that may clarify it.<br>This is the result of dropping a small amount of dirt on the corner of a tile.http[[Category://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9803/n00bdiggingguideoe0.png  {{cleanup}}{{copyedit}}Skills]][[Category:SkillsWhile_moving]][[Category:Babel/D]]