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A lot of people complain about this type of bridge, but until we have proper [[bridges]] (and maybe [[boats]]) they are our only way to connect two landmasses.

The best place for a land bridge is the shortest distance between 2 shores, but it is better being to be building in a straight line rather than going diagonal.

===Water Depthdepth===Depth of water is a big factor as dirt "flows" when a slope get gets to 40 (4 meters), meaning that dirt will slide down the slope until it gets to a lesser slope.

====How Depth Affects depth affects the Dirt Flowdirt flow====

So if this area was flat and you dropped 40 dirt on corner M, it would just pile up, but if you now dropped 9 more there then it would raise corners G,H,I,L,N,Q,R,S and M up by one dirt. So to get corner M 80 dirt higher that than it started , you need to get corners G,H,I,L,N,Q,R,S up 40 dirt each, so you would have had to drop 400 dirt.

Next decide if you want to do a one tile or two tile wide land bridge, a . A one tile wide land bridge will be affected by dirt flow, where as a two tile one is not (if done correctly).

So looking at that, a 2 tile wide land bridge would take a fraction more than a one tile wide one up to an average depth of 70 dirt. So if the deepest part is over 100 deep, then i I would recommend a 2 tile wide one.

<ol><li>Single Tile width (wasting dirt!)</li>

<li>Single Tile Width (Not so much wasted dirt!)</li>

<li>Double width Single Tile Width</li> Plan... <pre> a b e +---+---+---+land| 1 | 2 | 3 |water +---+---+---+ c d f</pre><ul><li>Tile 1 (flat) already is flattened and in all 4 sides has 0 dirt slope.</li><li>Tile 2 (flat) both sides already are in water with 41 dirt slope.</li><li>Tile 3 (No wasted 30 dirt!slope to water).</li></ul>How to flatten tile 3. <ul><li>1. Drop 16 dirt on tile 1 corner a.</li><li>2. Drop 16 dirt on tile 1 corner c.</li><li>3. Flatten tile 1.</li><li>4. Flatten tile 2.</li><li>5. Start flattening tile 3 until the tile's corners e and f will be in water level or tile 2 slope will be 20 dirt.</li><li>6 . Flatten tile 1.</li></ul> Start everything from step 1 until all 3 tiles are flat. Process explanation. So where is the secret? Very simple, first you raise tile 1, then with flattening help you move dirt to tile 2 and then to tile 3. This way of land bridge building is good when you don't have enough space to build a 2 tiles wide bridge or you don't want to spend the rest of your Wurm life by digging dirt for a 2 tiles wide bridge. <li>Double width</li>

<li>If you cant can't flatten a tile because you don't have enough skill, drop dirt on the lowest point<li>