Dugout

Dugout
Vital statistics
Size	1 x 2
Skill(s) RequiredSpecific needed skills.<br>The default skills every hearthling starts off with, Oral Tradition, Primitive Tools & Wilderness Survival), are ignored.	Boat Building
Object(s) Required	Log
Repaired With	Block of Wood
Can be Lifted	Yes
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A Dugout is made from a tree log and can hold one person. They travel at (roughly walking speed) [Verify] speed in water.

Usage

Dugouts are built by clicking the dugout portrait in the craft menu (B>V>D) and left-clicking a log. The dugout can't be used immediately however, it will appear rugged on the interior. To make the dugout usable you need to burn the interior by lighting it on fire (with a firebrand for instance). It will take 1 in-game hour (approx 20 IRL minutes) for the dugout to burn out and become usable.

To board a Dugout, place the dugout in water then right-click on the boat when it's on a water tile. When you are ready to leave the dugout, you must press Ctrl+left-click in the direction you wish to get out. If you have swimming, be careful you do not select to get out into deep water while swimming is enabled (disabled by default) or you may accidentally drown. Those without the Swimming skill do not need to worry since the game will prevent you from exiting the rowboat into deep water without the skill.

You can fish while sitting in a dugout.

You can use dugout to travel along coast of the ocean, but High Seas will destroy dugout almost immediately.

Notes

• You can pick up liftable objects while sitting in a boat.

• Dugout speed - (roughly walking speed) [Verify]

• Boats, just like wagons, can travel freely through claimed areas without the need for criminal action. (Exit the boat with care when doing so.)

• You can harvest the log (for blocks and/or boards) up to 99% before digging it out into a boat.

• Dugouts will be destroyed upon entering the darker, very-deep ocean water. You will be ejected swimming and you will drown and die. Do not ever, under any circumstance, take the dugout far out to sea.

Social aspect

• Since boat stealing could earn you the wrath of the more physically capable players, it might be best to hide your extra boats.

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