the stone wall clips into the ground naturally as its cursor point is to the top of the piece , so you can use one of these to sink into the ground - build the spike snapped - then delete the original stone and build your new stone piece ontop
once you have one in the second just needs to snap to the origional
Ive found building spikes first helps, you can build a wooden wall behind it and hold shift to freebuild and see if the spikes clip into the ground this might help not having to dig,
once you have your spikes, then freebuild the first stone so that the spikes are center in the stone then you can snap the rest :) hope it helps
to make sure both spikes and stone are aligned again use a wooden panel to free build against then just remove them :)
Another option to make a place safe (if you have the reasorce) is to blanket the ground with totems. this stops all spawning mechanics (just make sure you don't have any gaps in the invisible rings
this also stops events spawning (you still get the screen prompt) just no mobs. if your base is large enough this will happen anyway but mobs will spawn if you get close to the exterior walls without a blanket totem carpet had to do a similar thing with my Heidrun build
Update: Next main project Annaton will still be my side piece however focusing on Ekrund - the underground city :) really looking forward to growing this one.
Update : Took some time off after Heidrun and Freya Stjarna
Post the builds I completed the tedious task of clearing out a swamp for my next major build but then life events took over and stole valuable building time and energy.
Populated a little teaser below to keep the tastebuds tingling. will mark it on the map soon
A little Update pic of the Citadel Heidrun. Been a huge test of endurance and patience but I'm getting there slowly. little teaser picture, shame all the build doesn't fit in a single load screen. Castle - completed Upper grounds - completed Residential area - completed just gotta finish lower market, docks, outer walls, convert rest of the inner walls anddddd then I'm done :D
will add photos to the map of the uploads aswell around the border and when I get time to visit them, add in some of the other locations + mark the unmarked locations on the map
Dont have them personally on my server but I love mods that add content for many other games! personally I feel they are a great way to reduce the stress of some of the developers.