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[Rhenaya]

hey there, i just wanted to try out some flatland fortress above a 4 level clay/sand with 2 levels of aquifier, but how i am able to dig through 2 levels of aquifier without stone (no mechanism).

[Andir]

hey there, i just wanted to try out some flatland fortress above a 4 level clay/sand with 2 levels of aquifier, but how i am able to dig through 2 levels of aquifier without stone (no mechanism).

Does water freeze on your map in the winter?

[Overdose]

You could always import stone when the caravan arrives, and wait till next year. If the aquifer is a stone one instead of a soil/sand one, you might be able to find ore veins and dig through them with a bit of exploration.

[Neoskel]

If your maps doesn't freeze, you might be able to build enough screw pumps and windmills out of wood to let you pierce through the aquifers. Aquifers take in water like they put it out so you should pump from the aquifer into the aquifer.

Build a circle of pumps around a 3x3 area, get them all going at the same time and build constructed walls out of wood on the inside of the 3x3 area to stop water from flowing in (you'll need to build a staircase in the middle tile). Pump out 3x3 areas and add walls in blacks around that area so you can expand the dry area so you can do build a 3x3 shaft through the second aquifer.

Pumps and windmills don't need mechanisms, but you'll have to build the windmills right on top of the pumps.

Thats should work, at least in theory. Would be a big undertaking though.