Become A Digger

'''Warning! The following article contains spoilers!'''

Becoming a Digger involves obtaining permission from the Mayor of Dormaus Valley to enter ruins and caves, in order to adventure and seek treasure. Diggers in the setting are the generic "Adventurer" type fantasy job, but they must be licensed. Becoming a Digger is a prerequisite for many of the game's quests.

Events
The Mayor is prejudiced against non-felines, and will not grant a Digger's license to anyone without a recommendation from a natural-born feline. The only feline in town who will give the player such a recommendation is Saberhagen, the baker.

Go to the purple tent in the western side of the Dormaus Town map. Use the event "Work at Saberhagen's Bakery". This will increase your "Saberhagen [Interest]" attribute.

When your "Saberhagen [Interest]" attribute is high enough, use the event "Make a Move on Saberhagen" to increase your "Saberhagen [Connection]" attribute. Once you have a point in this, you are ready.

Go to the Mayor's office and use the event "Ask for a Digger's Permit". This will unlock further digging options.

To go on a dig, you will need supplies. You can either buy these from Flute, or trade wine and poker chips for them at the mayor's office.

Go to the farm south of Dormaus town, and then travel east to "Scrubby Farmland". From here you can "Enter the Dark Cavern" to start a dig.

While you are in a dig, you can move one level deeper into the dig site by spending 1, 2, or 3 supplies. If you run out of supplies, you will be eaten by a grue. The more supplies you spend, the more difficult the stat check is, but the more progress points you will receive.

At the end of the dig, you will have a set of options for which reward you want. The more progress points you achieved, the better the options are. The two best items available from this are the Stone Shield and the Ritual Mask, which also come with a merge transformation scene.

The various depths of the dig also have events and transformations you can experience.

Rewards
Rewards are available at tiers of the parameter "Digger Progress". You can choose from any reward that costs less than your total digger progress value

4: Ritual Mask (1)

3: Stone Shield (1)

2: Bloodstone (10-12)

1: Witch Lotus (20-25)

Cheating
You can automatically become a digger and bypass these events by going to the Cheat Shrine and using the event "Think about Bonacieux"