<p>No, you can only build on the space that you terraform. From <a href="https://images.zmangames.com/filer_public/3c/b1/3cb1119d-85cb-4905-bfe6-d428a3024e1b/zm7240_terra_mystica_rules.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>

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  <p>First, you may change the type of one Terrain space. Then, if you have changed its type to your Home terrain, you may immediately build a Dwelling <strong>on that space</strong>.</p>
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<p>If you are using the 2 free shovels power action, then you can use the second one to terraform a second adjacent space if the first one was enough to make your first space into your home terrain. </p>

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  <p>(If these Spades do not suffice to transform a given Terrain space into your Home terrain, you may exchange Workers* for the missing Spade – at the current Exchange rate on your Exchange track. <strong>If you only need one Spade to transform a Terrain space into your Home terrain, you may spend the second Spade on another Terrain space.</strong> However, you may not place a Dwelling on this other space.)</p>
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GendoIkari
<p>In a game I played recently, there was an adjacent territory that was my home terrain that I wanted to build a dwelling on, but also the bonus for that round was terraforming, so I wanted to do a terraform on a separate tile as well. </p>

<p>Am I allowed to do that as Action #1? </p>

<p>On a related note - I take the two spades power action - can I use it to terraform two different tiles? </p>

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Can I build on a different tile to the one I terraform?
dwjohnston
# Can I build on a different tile to the one I terraform?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-20)

In a game I played recently, there was an adjacent territory that was my home terrain that I wanted to build a dwelling on, but also the bonus for that round was terraforming, so I wanted to do a terraform on a separate tile as well.

Am I allowed to do that as Action #1?

On a related note - I take the two spades power action - can I use it to terraform two different tiles?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-10-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

No, you can only build on the space that you terraform. From [the rules](https://images.zmangames.com/filer_public/3c/b1/3cb1119d-85cb-4905-bfe6-d428a3024e1b/zm7240_terra_mystica_rules.pdf):

> First, you may change the type of one Terrain space. Then, if you have changed its type to your Home terrain, you may immediately build a Dwelling **on that space**.

If you are using the 2 free shovels power action, then you can use the second one to terraform a second adjacent space if the first one was enough to make your first space into your home terrain.

> (If these Spades do not suffice to transform a given Terrain space into your Home terrain, you may exchange Workers\* for the missing Spade – at the current Exchange rate on your Exchange track. **If you only need one Spade to transform a Terrain space into your Home terrain, you may spend the second Spade on another Terrain space.** However, you may not place a Dwelling on this other space.)


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