#Rimworld terraforming alphacreatures upgrade#

Sand and clay, as already noted, can be used to create dirt. Once you've built a rock mill, though, stone chunks can be turned to crushed rocks, which can be further ground into sand and then into clay. Initially, if you need dirt, sand, clay or crushed rocks, you'll need to obtain them by digging up terrain somewhere on the map or by purchasing them from traders. Clay can be 'fired' at a smithy to create bricks.

Conversely, piles of dirt can be separated at crafting spots into sand and clay. It can also be obtained by burning corpses.ĭirt can be created by mixing sand, clay and fertilizer at a crafting spot. Compost can be created at a butcher's table from vegetable matter and meat. Most of what's added by 'Fertile Fields' can be found on the new 'Terraform' and 'Farming' tabs of the Architect menu.įertilizer is made from compost in either a compost bin or a compost barrel. Conversely, you can turn rough gravel back into rough stone. It also allows you to break solid rock into rough gravel, which can be further improved into regular soil, letting you create mountain farms that can actually be plowed for maximum fertility. It opens up the ability to dump dirt into deep water to create shallow water, or to remove dirt from shallow water to produce deep water. It lets you create shallow water tiles from marsh, so you can create decorative (or defensive) moats. It allows you to turn marsh, mud, sand or shallow water tiles into farmable soil, or to turn fertile land into sand or marsh. Topsoil can be further improved by fertilizing it, but can't be plowed.įinally, 'Terraforming' represents an understanding of advanced irrigation and drainage techniques, and opens up a wide variety of terrain-altering options. Create a garden inside a mountain if you're so inclined. As well, it allows you to lay topsoil over smooth stone.

Researching 'Farming' opens up the ability to plow soil, which lets you further increase the fertility of rich soil.

#Rimworld terraforming alphacreatures upgrade#

You can also create raw compost and turn it into fertilizer, which can be used to upgrade your soil, even turning regular soil into rich soil. Without researching anything, 'Fertile Fields' allows you to do basic terrain modification, essentially just digging up dirt from one spot and moving it to another. New Research and Terrain Improvement Options: