Originally posted by Aidal:

Originally posted by bacon:

hoe flatten eliminates grass

This, people need to use this. Flatten the land first, then build on it.

And then get bronze to put it back.

Originally posted by Brew:

Use the "pathen" mode of the hoe. I think its entire purpose is to remove vegetation without changing the ground underneath. If you also want to flatten the ground, flatten mode works too.

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You can turn the grassland into dirt with a click of a button.

hoe flatten eliminates grass

Use the "pathen" mode of the hoe. I think its entire purpose is to remove vegetation without changing the ground underneath. If you also want to flatten the ground, flatten mode works too.

Originally posted by bacon:

hoe flatten eliminates grass

This, people need to use this. Flatten the land first, then build on it.

There is a workaround, but you might not like it. If you turn the vegetation quality to low in the graphics options, that should solve that issue. It also has the side effect of making mushrooms in the wild much easier to spot, since there's no grass to obscure them.