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	[MATERIAL:MUD] - reconstructed from data extracted from memory [STATE_COLOR:ALL:BROWN] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:mud] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:SOLID_POWDER:dirt] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:SOLID_PRESSED:pressed dirt] [BASIC_COLOR:6:0] [BUILD_COLOR:6:0:0] [TILE_COLOR:7:7:1] [SPEC_HEAT:800] [SOLID_DENSITY:1200]

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Mud is a contaminant produced when you flood an area with water. It is needed for underground farming on stone. Mud piles up against items, coloring the tile brown.

Mud also occurs naturally in deep caverns.

Note: Upon reclaiming a fortress, every single bit of mud will disappear.

Mud can be removed by constructing something over the mud, then deconstructing it, or by smoothing/engraving stone. Mud on soil is removed easily by constructing a dirt road.

One common way of creating mud is to flood a good sized area from a lake, thus making mud. Another way is to use a pit/pond from the activity zone menu and have a dwarf throw water over a channeled area into a dug-out area below.

While water leaves "a dusting of mud", the floors of underground pools in caverns are covered in "a pile of mud" which causes water drawn from them to be "laced with mud".

Titans, forgotten beasts, and demons are occasionally made of mud. Due to a bug, killing them results in a glitchy liquid "pool of" instead of a solid "pile of mud".^Bug:2548

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-'''Mud''' is a coating produced when you flood an area with [[water]]. Mud covers floors, coloring the tile brown. Mud acts as a [[contaminant]], and will harmlessly coat items and creatures exposed to it.
+'''Mud''' is a [[contaminant]] produced when you flood an area with [[water]]. It is needed for underground [[farming]] on stone. Mud piles up against items, coloring the tile brown.
+Mud also occurs naturally in deep [[cavern|caverns]].
 ''Note: Upon [[reclaim fortress mode|reclaiming a fortress]], '''every single bit of mud will disappear.'''''
-== Uses for Mud ==
+Mud can be removed by constructing something over the mud, then deconstructing it, or by smoothing/engraving stone. Mud on soil is removed easily by constructing a dirt road.
-Mud provides a fertile medium for the growth of plants and trees; A mud coating will allow plants to sprout on rock tiles where they normally wouldn't grow. Plants will spring up naturally on muddy tiles if you have breached the caverns, and [[Farm|farms]] can be placed on muddy tiles.
-== Getting Mud ==
-Mud occurs naturally in deep [[cavern|caverns]], and is left behind by [[Water]]. See [[Irrigation]] for more in-depth information.
-Creatures exposed to mud will tend to spread it around like any other contaminant, although not in a way that is useful for irrigation.
-== Getting rid of Mud ==
-Dwarves will sometimes attempt to clean muddy tiles, but only if they have the [[Cleaning]] labor enabled, and only if the mud is on a smoothed or constructed floor, and only if they feel like it, which is almost never. Dwarven mud cleaning behavior is inconsistent at best, and should not be depended on.
-A more proactive way of removing mud is to construct something over the mud (Perhaps a large, cheap building like a kennel?), then deconstruct it, or smooth/engrave the tile. Mud on soil is removed easily by constructing a dirt road.
-For players with too much bravery on their hands, magma will also wash away mud.
-Dwarves will use water sources and [[soap]] to clean mud and other contaminants off of themselves. This process (and contamination in general) has been the subject of numerous bugs, and may still a bit shaky, so don't expect your dwarves to be clean any time soon. Fortunately, a mud coating is harmless to both creatures and items.
-== Other fascinating information about mud ==
+One common way of creating mud is to [[irrigation|flood]] a good sized area from a lake, thus making mud.  Another way is to use a pit/pond from the [[Activity zone|activity zone menu]] and have a dwarf throw water over a channeled area into a dug-out area below.
 While water leaves "a dusting of mud", the floors of underground pools in [[caverns]] are covered in "a pile of mud" which causes water drawn from them to be "laced with mud".

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