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Can Desert Monks or Desert Inventors use the Desert setup spade to place a Tower?

The designer ruled on this directly in 2023.

  • r00bz_ · Community · 2023-07-29
  • Horologiom · Designer · 2023-07-29
  • Cavendishw · Community · 2023-11-09
  • moonsea · Community · 2025-09-29

Desert Inventors can: the Desert spade and their Competency both come after all starting buildings. Desert Monks cannot, because their Competency resolves when the University is placed, before the Desert spade is used.

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