digging moving dirt

[TheCusp]

How much dirt can I dig/move?

Could I pile dirt into huge hills and earth mounds?

Could I dig huge dirt walls to protect my settlement?

I'd experiment and find out for myself if it wasn't such a tedious thing to do.

[Hans_Lemurson]

10 Units of Dirt is the maximum you can hold, until you learn "Laboring", which ups that to 15.

You make mounds of dirt, but there is a slope height limit of 10 units. It is not possible to create artificial cliffs.

A Dirt wall can look cool, but won't do anything for you defense-wise. Also, Walls complain if you try to build them next to steep slopes.

A Metal Shovel is a truly great tool, but you can also improve your digging ability by slotting artifacts into your clothing. Every "Enforced Seam" increases your dig-progress by +2% per time unit, and each Feathered Brooch gives you +1%.

More information can be found on the wiki article: http://salemwiki.info/index.php/Dig