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Dr.Propz

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Cave moss and sand collecting
« on: January 08, 2012, 05:05:18 pm »

Is it possible to collect sand from an area even if there is some cave moss covering it?
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 05:14:01 pm »

No, you need exposed sand.  Pasture a grazer there, or just make the are a meeting zone so the moss gets trampled.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 05:18:29 pm »

Or, if I remember correctly, dwarves can collect sand through a paved road. Maybe.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 05:53:35 pm »

Or a stockpile
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2012, 05:54:22 pm »

If nothign else, build a wall or floor there, then tear it down and you will have the sand exposed again.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2012, 06:13:04 pm »

Once you clear it build a floor grate on it.  You can collect sand through the grate without more cave moss growing there.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 07:42:37 pm »

Awesome tip about the floor grate.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 10:05:07 pm »

Once you clear it build a floor grate on it.  You can collect sand through the grate without more cave moss growing there.

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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2012, 10:29:13 pm »

Once you clear it build a floor grate on it.  You can collect sand through the grate without more cave moss growing there.
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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2012, 07:42:12 am »

Awesome tip about the floor grate.

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Re: Cave moss and sand collecting
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2012, 07:45:53 am »

You can also always collect sand from a staircase in sand, even if the game describes it as grassy/mossy. Almost as if the staircase is a hole in the ground which exposes sand for harvesting ;).
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