If you don't get a positive result, then increase the prospecting range a little bit. Move in the direction you've found and prospect every 5-8 tiles. After you determine the direction, you have to locate the spot above the ore vein, and it's stratum depth.Negative and positive results will show you the direction to the ore. After you determine the minimum range at which you can prospect the ore vein from the current position, you have to prospect 8 tiles around you with exactly THE SAME radius.To do so, continuously repeat prospecting while reducing the search radius by 2 (or even 4-6-10 points as you can raise it again if you get a negative result). In case you prospect somewhat flat terrain, you have to determine the minimal radius at which you can prospect the vein from the current location.So, you've finally received a positive prospecting result and are jumping around! What should you do?įirst, you should determine the ore vein direction. Initial search must be performed with max radius in order to find any vein of the ore type you are searching for.
So, the max horizontal search distance is on your level and max vertical search distance is where you stand. When you use the ability, you prospect a sphere, centered on the tile you use the prospect ability on, with radius you set when use the skill. Prospecting skill level determines the maximum distance at which you search for ore veins. It doesn't mean you will find nothing as there may be rocks beneath the layers of soil, mud and sand, so no one can say for sure where you can find ore. Ore veins are located in rock terrains, that is why you won't find much in sands, plains or swamps. Precious Prospecting will allow to search for precious metals, silver and gold. With skill level going up, prospecting radius will greatly increase and ability to search for iron ore will be unlocked. This ability is available at level 0 of Mining skill with very small searching radius and ability to only look for copper ore.
If an area of a mine is incapable of having a support beam due to no adjacent blocks, it will require a support column or it too can collapse. Support beams are needed to support a cave from collapsing. The supported mine will also eventually break down, but will happen over a longer period of time. If a mine is not supported, it will cave-in overtime. Primitive shovel/ Shovel - a tool used for putting the collected ores to the ground and picking it up.Primitive pickaxe/ Pickaxe - a tool used for mining mineral veins.