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[Zaerosz]

I have a castle carved into the rock under the surface of my latest embark, and I'd like to expose it to the surface by strip-mining the upper layers of the ground. However, I miscalculated a little when I designated, and the back end of my fort is now sitting under a river.

Long story short, I need to move about an 80-tile-long section of a 4-tile wide river about 20 tiles north. How would I go about doing this in the most efficient manner (i.e. without pumping magma up from the magma sea)?

[Vox]

Why would you NOT want to solve all your problems without.....

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

MAGMAAAAAAAA

[Zaerosz]

Because the magma sea is over 150 levels down, I'm challenging myself to play without [SPEED:x], and I have no idea how power and machinery and suchlike works, nor am I willing to experiment at the moment.

[Peewee]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=26146.msg306371#msg306371
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=55734.msg1202800#msg1202800
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=26483.msg313427#msg313427

All three of these were on the first page of search results for "reroute river" and they all answer your question to some extent.

The search button. Use it.
Also, gameplay questions is the correct forum for these, not Dwarf Mode Discussion.

[Zaerosz]

I consistently manage to surprise myself with both the duration of my stay here and my utter incompetence. thank you.

[Boost One]

Also, gameplay questions is the correct forum for these, not Dwarf Mode Discussion.

Not that gameplay questions ever go unanswered. You people are too damned helpful!

[Azated]

Personally, I like to embark on an area that freezes over in winter. It makes re-routing and damming so much easier. Just make sure you have no dorfs swimming in water when it flash-freezes. Not very fun, trust me.

Not that gameplay questions ever go unanswered. You people are too damned helpful!

We know, it's a curse we've been trying to rid ourselves of for years now.