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[rtg593]

So. I wasn't 100% ready to take on necromancers and zombie horsehair, so I embarked to a more pleasant environment. Along the way, I decided, well, might as well make it more difficult. So I chose a site with an aquifer, ocean, and a river. Yaa... Did I mention it was also a peninsula? :-D

So I embark, and quickly discover that my little strip of land is only 1/3 of the embark site, and the aquifer is at the beach level. On top of it is 3 layers of soil, not a rock in site. Plenty of trees, though. So I very quickly dug in, cut multiple pathways, started cutting down every tree in sight, and started work.

Question: With no metal and no stone, I can't make mechanisms... How bad is this going to suck for me, getting through this aquifer on dwarf power alone? :p

[Mitchewawa]

You don't need mechanisms to make pumps. You only need wood.

[Jingles]

Also with three layers of soil you can just collapse a plug of earth into the aquifer level and dig through that.

[Anathema]

Depends. If it's only two z-levels of aquifer, you have barely enough soil to punch through it by dropping a soil plug into it, which isn't really too difficult. If the aquifer runs any deeper than that, well.. you'll need a lot of wood and dwarfpower to run a ton of pumps.

[rtg593]

You don't need mechanisms to make pumps. You only need wood.

That's why I said on dwarf power alone:p

Ya, I'm going to try to plug it. Best bet, I think.

[Girlinhat]

Drop a very large plug.  Try to make it big enough so that if it's not enough, you still have room to do a traditional pump circle.

[Talvieno]

Plug is the best way for single-level aquifiers... If you're lucky, it'll only be one layer. I actually think that embark would be kind of fun... now I"m going to be looking for something like that, lol

[malroth]

look up the double slit method on this forum,  apparently it can punch through any depth of aquifer,  only requries enough materials for 1 manualy operated pump and only uses a 2x4 hole. 

[RenoFox]

You don't need mechanisms to make pumps. You only need wood.

Doesn't a pump require a mechanism?

[Urist Da Vinci]

You don't need mechanisms to make pumps. You only need wood.

Doesn't a pump require a mechanism?

Wooden corkscrew
Wooden pipe segment
Wooden block