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[alphawolf29]

Hi, I want to make a fortress on the coast, but there doesn't seem to be any coastal locations without aquifers! How can I gen a world with as little aquifers as possible?

[EmperorJon]

If you want a slightly cheaty way, just go into the raw files, then go through all the mineral/soil/stone template files and remove [aquifer]. Just open it in notepad and use Replace all [AQUIFER] with nothing. Gen a new world. Done.

[alphawolf29]

gentleman and a scholar!

[EmperorJon]

Why thankyou. I'm one of those sad people who's entire existance is to help others. 

Just to clarify, you're looking for...

inorganic_stone_layer
inorganic_stone_mineral
inorganic_stone_soil

[Lamphare]

if you dont want to cheat with raw files
try to make the world highly volcanic, and increase biome changes
so you may end up soil and stone layers without aquifer.

but increase volcanism means less chance of flux stone.

[Niseg]

I'm adding "fun" features gradually and 31.19 forced me to deal with aquifers which is not that bad. I recently used the pump method which can be a headache but not that hard - it's a new experience.

Yesterday I found a video that explains the "plug" method which is a cave in method an I hope i can get  it done right because I don't have enough layers for the "plug". This involves channeling a big shallow pit into the aquifer and then dropping a fitting  "plug" (big hunk of soil) on it.

In 31.19 it seems that all the "good" embarks have an aquifer in them and it's just another thing you have to deal with in the beginning . And after you find a good embark spot you find out that none has anvils and generate the map again    . World gen is very problematic so an Aquifer seems like a minor problem. 

[alphawolf29]

thats one of the "fun" things I don't genuinely find fun.

Animals needing to graze? FUN! whole embark killed by undead camels? FUN! an hour of tedious work getting by an aquifer? not fun.

[Lamphare]

aquifer isnt terribly not fun to work with.
i just dig a big piston, big enough to make a fort inside once it's inserted into aquifer layer(s)
oh forgive my diction, i should say, an humongous piston.