Digging
Shovel work. Moving dirt, clay and sand, and clearing stumps.
How to train it#
| Do this | XP |
|---|---|
| Dig a spot | 5 |
| Raise ground | 4 |
| Uproot a stump or bush | 15 |
Gets quicker#
Your level brings the time down on these, the same share every level, until it's as quick as it gets at level 30.
| Job | Level 1 | Level 10 | Level 20 | Level 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dig or raise ground | 4.5 s | 3.7 s | 2.9 s | 2 s |
| Uproot a stump | 7 s | 5.8 s | 4.4 s | 3 s |
What it opens up#
- Digging 5: digging a well.
Past level 30#
From level 30, every spot you dig has a chance of giving you one more: 2.5% at level 31, going up 2.5% a level to 50% at level 50.
You need a spade or a shovel in your pack for digging, raising ground, uprooting stumps and bushes, tilling and shovelling snow. Make a wooden spade by hand to start with. See Tools.
An iron shovel in your pack takes 25% off digging, raising ground and grubbing out stumps.
Water finds ground you've dug. Dig a hole or a ditch beside a creek, a lake or the sea and it comes in and fills it to the same level, and if you cut through to lower ground it will keep running that way. Land nobody has dug stays as it is, so the creeks and the shore don't spill over on their own. Walls hold water back if you want a pond or a canal.