<p>You cannot dig unless you have at least 1 point of specialized knowledge in that region. From the rules, page 5:</p>

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  <p>If the player fulfills the requisites below, he can execute an excavation.</p>
  
  <p>The minimum requirement</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>• The player has a valid excavation permission for the area.</p>
    
    <p>• The player has at least <strong>1 point of specialized knowledge</strong> for the excavation area, either from a researcher card or found item.</p>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>

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GendoIkari
<p>Can someone dig without any books of knowledge using only shovels (therefore taking out only a few tokens)? If not, why?</p>

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Please ask your second question as a separate question. The format of this site doesn't work well for having multiple questions in 1 unless they are closely related. You can question to remove the second part.
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I have removed the second question. You can still get it out of your revision history by visiting the [edited X time ago](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/posts/33515/revisions) link at the bottom of your post. Please do ask it separately as Gendolkari requested.
doppelgreener
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Digging without cards
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# Digging without cards

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-25)

Can someone dig without any books of knowledge using only shovels (therefore taking out only a few tokens)? If not, why?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Please ask your second question as a separate question. The format of this site doesn't work well for having multiple questions in 1 unless they are closely related. You can question to remove the second part.  
> **username_2**: I have removed the second question. You can still get it out of your revision history by visiting the [edited X time ago](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/posts/33515/revisions) link at the bottom of your post. Please do ask it separately as Gendolkari requested.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-12-25. Score: 2

You cannot dig unless you have at least 1 point of specialized knowledge in that region. From the rules, page 5:

> If the player fulfills the requisites below, he can execute an excavation.
>
> The minimum requirement
>
> > • The player has a valid excavation permission for the area.
> >
> > • The player has at least **1 point of specialized knowledge** for the excavation area, either from a researcher card or found item.


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