Moving lots of dirt more efficiently?

[Kaszelpuss]

I have been getting my town into a better terrain shape, but It's taking me hours and hours, I have wheelbarrows and compactor, but it's taking forever. Have I missed a way to easily alter the terrain inc adding height?
PS:I have done a lookie through other discussions, but I can't see much progress on this one yet.
PPS: Props to those who have spent the tens of hours on getting such amazing layouts!

[Mike]

1. Max toolbar slots (11),
2. Buy 11 shovels, put them all in quick toolbar.
3. Cycle throughout. Dig 11x, place 11x.

I stopped using my 4 wheelbarrows once I maxed my toolbar slots. Dig deep enough (5-6 tiles below sea level) and you'll get unlimited dirt. Best make a pit to get dirt from, cover up afterwards once done with the area.

I'm currently terraforming walls of dirt (and a moat) into a castle. Image below for reference.

Dinkum 11 shovels terraforming. [i.imgur.com]

[spielerinchen]

depends if you want to use mods or not. there is eg a wheelbarrow mod, which gives you infinite dirt in & out as far i understand, i don't use it myself, did experience it with someone on multiplayer.

if you don't want to use mods.
compactor is indeed the tool to level the field.
if you dig into the ground afaik from the sixth level down the dirt is infinite, so if you need a lot of new dirt somewhere, dig there a hole with steps & use that dirt instead to manouver it from far away.
it's still a lot of work, but maybe that's just the game

[BulletMagnetEd]

Oh FFS, I never thought to get a compactor. <facepalm> In fairness, I'm glad I forgot because I needed all that dirt elsewhere. I spent hours moving dirt from by my farm and animal enclosure to another part of the island where I want to put my orchard.

[Riza]

I also would like to know this!! Gonna lurk around this thread a bit :'D

[100% Recycled Awesome]

If you're trying to simply raise land in one area, you can get infinite land from digging down. Just remember to save a pile of 5-6 to refill the hole. The game only registers a limited dig down before you get all the land you need.

if you're trying to move land from one area to another, the multishovel method is the best way, get 10 shovels, fill them all at once from one area, then unload in another. It's better than the wheelbarrow in that less wear and tear and you move faster.

[krunjar]

It seems at least in vanilla. That the dev wants to make terraforming possible but not easy to encourage people to use the terrain rather than sculpt it. That being said it sounds like mods already have you guys covered.