# Any way to excavate "grey areas" in base?

**URL:** <https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/any-way-to-excavate-grey-areas-in-base/6194>\
**Category:** Phoenix Point\
**Created:** [December 7, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/any-way-to-excavate-grey-areas-in-base/6194 "2019-12-07T03:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baldie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/baldie/32/1833_2.png) [@Baldie](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Baldie)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/any-way-to-excavate-grey-areas-in-base/6194/1 "2019-12-07T03:21:41Z")

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As the title says, is there any way to excavate the “grey areas” in your base? I got 4 slots in my starting (and so far, only) base where I’m not able to build anything. Can you excavate them somehow like in FiraXCOM or are they just permanently unavailable?