Digging warnings

Under some circumstances a warning message will appear in the event window while mining or tunnelling to inform the player that they are either unable to continue on the current tile or that continuing may cause unusual effects.

• The concrete would only flow away.

Occurs when trying to raise a rock tile that is greater than 40 slope. It only takes into consideration the 4 adjacent slope borders.

• The frozen soil is too hard to dig effectively.

Occurs when there is tundra next to it.

• The <item> would flow down into a <structure/fence>. You are not allowed to drop <item> on <structures/fences>

Occurs when trying to drop a dirt that is adjacent to a structure/fence in which the slope is more than 40.

• The object nearby prevents digging further down.

Occurs when trying to dig down when a planted object, like a bulk storage bin or food storage bin, is on the tile.

• The road would be too steep to traverse.

Occurs when trying to dig on a paved tile at a slope greater than 19.

• The water is too deep and would only dissolve the concrete.

When using concrete to raise a tile below water the lowest height that the tile can be is 25.

• The water is too deep to cultivate here.

Occurs when trying to cultivate a tile in which the northwest corner is not 0 dirts or more above the water table.

• The water is too deep or too shallow to dig using that tool.

Occurs when trying to dredge from a cart or wagon between 2 and 6 dirts below the water table.

• The water is too deep to pack the dirt here.

Occurs when trying to pack a tile in which the northwest corner is more than 0 dirts below the water table.

• The water is too deep to pave here.

Occurs when trying to pave a tile in which the northwest corner is more than 0 dirts below the water table.

• The water is too deep or too shallow to dig using that tool.

Occurs when trying to dig on a tile with a shovel that is more than 6 dirts below the water table.

• You can't flatten at that depth.

Occurs when trying to flatten a tile in which is the involved tiles are 7 or more dirts below the water table.

• You can't level at that depth.

Occurs when trying to level a tile in which the involved tiles are 7 or more dirts below the water table.

• The water is too deep and would only dissolve the concrete.

Occurs when attempting to raise a rock tile with concrete in which the corner is more than 24 dirts below the water table.

• You are not allowed to drop dirt there.

Cannot drop dirt on paved road when the corner is surrounded on all sides by trees or similar tiles.

• You are not skilled enough to dig in such steep slopes.

Occurs when you are not skilled enough to dig on a slope. The max slope that you can dig is 3 times your digging skill.

• You cannot dig in such terrain.

This message happens when the corner is surrounded by 3 or 4 tree or bush tiles.

This message will also occur when trying to lower floorboards through a dig action.

• You hit rock.

All the dirt above the rock layer in this tile corner has been dug away.

• You suddenly become very weak, and your arm muscles fail you. You just can not dig here it seems.

You are trying to dig within a planned house.

• You can't figure out how to remove the stone. You must become a bit better at digging first.

You need 10 digging to remove pavement.

• You need to be stronger to destroy pavement.

Body strength of 20 and a digging skill of 10 is required for destroying pavement.

• You need to be stronger to dig on roads.

You need 21+ body strength to dig on or flatten near roads.

• Your shovel fails to penetrate the earth no matter what you try. Weird.

You are trying to dig in an area protected by the GMs. Find a different spot.