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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. Where you have right-click to select the dig command has absolutely no impact whatsoever on where you dig.''' So, for example, by standing in the northwestern corner of a tile nearly flat you can find out if it is perfectly flat by right clicking>flattenand 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.

==Flattening Made EasyNotes==* You need 10 digging and 20 body strength to destroy pavement.* You need 20 body strength to dig on roads.* Trees will obstruct digging is when there is a tree in the NE, NW, and SW tiles. Cut down that tree and you can continue digging. * Digging holds a chance to reward you with [[strange bone]]s & [[emerald]]s. Anybody, even non premium accounts have the chance of finding emeralds. Only premium accounts have the chance of finding rare bones.* Having a shovel activated will give a mouse tool indicating the [[slope]] of a tile border when you mouse over it.* Digging can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far (two tiles) from the tile you are currently digging.

===Assumptions=PVP Servers==* Maximum slope on dirt is limited to 150 on the [[Defiance]] and [[Elevation]] servers, no matter how high the skill a player may have.

# Area == Warning Messages ==; The concrete would only flow away.: Occurs when trying to raise a rock tile that is greater 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.; The road would be too steep to traverse.: You cannot dig a highway road to over 20 slope steep.; 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 dirt 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.; 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.: Slopes become too steep when the dirt slope is free of obsticals (egreater than 3x your digging skill. This includes any slopes on any tiles bordering the tile you wish to dig on. For example, with 15 digging 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.g: Occurs when trying to level a tile in which the involved tiles are 7 or more dirts below the water table. no ; The area is too crowded with (trees / bushes / treesand bushes)to dig properly.# Shovel : This message happens when the corner is activesurrounded by 3 or 4 tree or bush tiles. Cut down one (or more) to continue.# ; You have 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 cart 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.; Your shovel fails to put dirt intopenetrate the earth no matter what you try. Weird.: You are trying to dig in an area protected by the GMs. Find a different spot.

===Actions=Burying==

# Pick Activate a single corner as you reference (place a small barrel or some container on itshovel, so you know the reference corner).<br># Rightright-click on a tile border that ajoins the reference point corpse and see which end of the tile border needs to be dug,<br>#* If the reference corner is the highest, then drop the required dirt at the lowest end.#* If the reference corner is the lowest, then dig the required amount from the highest end.# Repeat until area is flatselect '''Bury'''.<br>

The times given when Burying 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 start kill it. It is a good idea to flatten correspond [[butchering|butcher]] the animal with a [[butchering knife]] before it is buried. Also, remember to the number of dirt 'difference' these are :bury your own corpse after you pick up its inventory.

*0 = If you try to bury something on a rock tile, cave tile, or a dirt tile where the dirt is less than 3 dirts deep you will fail and get the message, "The ground is flat nowtoo hard to bury anything in using a shovel, try using a pickaxe."*1..3 = 9 secs*4..7 = 19 secs*8..11 = 29 secs*12..15 = 39 secs*16.However, it is possible to bury corpses on a rock tile and or a cave tile with a [[pickaxe]].19 = 49 secs*etc

So the time is the "number of ==Under water==Until 7 dirt difference" / 4below sea level, rounded downyou can dig as above water, * 10 + 9but deeper than 7 you must [[dredge]] instead of dig.<br>

The ==Digging for Rock Guide==To set up a mine where there is no exposed rock, you must first reveal the rock layer under the dirt 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 will be uncovered. If you lack the skill to dig in "number of dirt differencesuch steep slopes" is , you could dig the nearby tiles down further as well, to reduce the difference between slope to the highest and lowest pointscorners you are working on.<br>

So a 9 secs timer could be ==Tile Difficulties==Digging difficulty varies by tile. The formula starts at 1 + (the highest slope from tiles like this..that corner/5, rounded down), then adds the specific tile difficulty.

<pre>0--* Dirt -1 or 0* Peat ---3 or 0* Sand -10* Moss -10* Clay -0 20| | | | | |* Tundra - 201* Marsh -30* Tar -35* Steppe -2 3---3 0---3</pre>40

1 = "You assemble some dirt from a corner." (and you get one dirt added to inventory).=[[Titles]]==* Digger at 50 skill* Excavator at 70 skill* Land Shaper at 90 skill* Earthwurm at 100 skill

2 = Depending on how many dirt you are carrying you get...=See also==* [[Tile types]]* [[Guides/Flattening|Flattening]] 0 = "You assemble some dirt from a corner." (twice) and you get 2 dirt added to inventory.* [[Leveling]] 1 = "You use some of the dirt in one corner." * [[Guides/FlatRaising|Flatraising]] and "If you carried some dirt, it would be used to fill the 1 corners that need it."* [[Guides/Landbridges|Landbridges]] Note the tile is '''NOT''' flat.* [[Mining#Surface_excavation|Sculpting rock layer with a pickaxe]] 2 = "You use some of the dirt in one corner." (twice) and the 2 dirt in inventory are used.* [[Slope]]: an explanation on how to read slopes

3 = Depending if you are carrying any dirt you get... 0 = "If you carried some dirt, it would be used to fill the 1 corners that need it." Note the tile is '''NOT''' flat. 1 = "You use some of the dirt in one corner." ==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]]