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40d:Subterranean

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A map tile is considered subterranean if it is below natural rock or soil. Almost every tunnel dug by your miners will create subterranean tiles. The exception is channels dug from the surface; attaching a subterranean tile to evil light from the surface makes the tile become part of the dreaded above ground.

Subterranean is the opposite term for above ground. The terms are used opposingly in dwarf fortress when viewing a tile using the k look at menu. Subterranean can be combined with dark as well as inside, but not light or outside.

Making a glass construction above or in a channel should make the tile below both light and subterranean, curing it partially of the above ground affliction...[Verify]


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