Can you dig to flatten ground for building?

[PlayerZeroFour]

Exactly what it says on the tin. We all know the struggle of not being able to build our house how we want because of a slight incline in the ground, so I was wondering if we can dig it out?

[ryannorgreeves]

To my knowledge not currently. You can use the shovel in random spots, but this is similar to hitting the ground with a stick in the first game where you might get coins or whatnot.

I'm unsure how digging would work in a world crafted this way. Games like minecraft just use layers and you go down a square, but everything is flat top blocks. Not opposed, just not sure how they'd implement. In the meantime, I do try to lay out my flooring framework first to ensure I can get the size I'm looking for before I start throwing walls out. I usually start at the highest point in the area I'm building as they can navigate drops, but can't navigate upward slopes. Its not great, but it helps me not have to re-design something after being half way into the build.

[Rusted Metal]

they definitely should add this similar to valhiem.

[Bunker]

The shovel appears to work like the snow to deform the ground. leading me to think this is not in the cards. As well as how caves work on the map.

However this leaves room to build stone flat foundations!