Jackelmyer
Refugee
Am I hitting a crazy RNG thing here or are other people having a hard time finding Iron deposits underground? I've got some pretty long tunnels in a few biomes. Zero iron deposits found at about +5 depth.
PC A17.1 B9 Underground Iron Deposits?
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zombo
Refugee
You might not be deep enough if you are only 5 blocks deep.
Even so--
I have gone huge distances without finding ore before in the depths. You should make a new branch every few hundred meters for better results. Iron is the most abundant ore in any biome, there is soo much iron out there you could make a city of iron... I would love to see someone do that too.
For BEST results get on the surface and dig gravel spots that are all over- especially by boulders. You will get rock, sand, and 1 ore type. Whatever ore type that is (most of the time iron) if you dig down following that gravel trail, you will find that ore deposit. This imo is the best way to go about mining then digging through hard rock all day. Sand is very easy to dig, it will take all of 1-2 minutes to find that ore if you persist.
And be safe. Banging on metal ore makes a LOT noise. With augers I've even managed to get a screamer. And you better believe they have dug all the down to get me. With the loud auger you won't know it either so pay attention for falling rocks from the ceiling (particle fx from them digging and breaking blocks).
Even so--
I have gone huge distances without finding ore before in the depths. You should make a new branch every few hundred meters for better results. Iron is the most abundant ore in any biome, there is soo much iron out there you could make a city of iron... I would love to see someone do that too.
For BEST results get on the surface and dig gravel spots that are all over- especially by boulders. You will get rock, sand, and 1 ore type. Whatever ore type that is (most of the time iron) if you dig down following that gravel trail, you will find that ore deposit. This imo is the best way to go about mining then digging through hard rock all day. Sand is very easy to dig, it will take all of 1-2 minutes to find that ore if you persist.
And be safe. Banging on metal ore makes a LOT noise. With augers I've even managed to get a screamer. And you better believe they have dug all the down to get me. With the loud auger you won't know it either so pay attention for falling rocks from the ceiling (particle fx from them digging and breaking blocks).
Royal Deluxe
Refugee
i am currently busy Mining the first time on a greater scale since A17.
Later or tomorrow i make a thread about this. But the point is that to find a mine the best way is to dig straight down to bedrock
* In all biomes you can see gravel at survace you should do that there and so often until you find a Resssource you search.
* In Desert and Burned i prefer to dig only once down to bedrock and then make a 1x2 tunnel in a direction until i find a vein.
Works flawwless for me.
* Iron in snow
* Nitrate in snow
* Oil Shale in desert
* Coal in burned
So far the last 4 Ingame days
Later or tomorrow i make a thread about this. But the point is that to find a mine the best way is to dig straight down to bedrock
* In all biomes you can see gravel at survace you should do that there and so often until you find a Resssource you search.
* In Desert and Burned i prefer to dig only once down to bedrock and then make a 1x2 tunnel in a direction until i find a vein.
Works flawwless for me.
* Iron in snow
* Nitrate in snow
* Oil Shale in desert
* Coal in burned
So far the last 4 Ingame days
Hek Harris
Refugee
Yep. since I use this system, I'm drowning in resources.
https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?107645-Enjoying-Alpha-17-in-videos&p=937551&viewfull=1#post937551
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Jackelmyer
Refugee
+5 depth. I'm 2 blocks above bedrock.
Royal Deluxe
Refugee
So "unfine" the answer sounds. Its sadly the truth.
"Dig More"
And as i said, go down at gravel patches (100% sure in snow)
"Dig More"
And as i said, go down at gravel patches (100% sure in snow)
Royal Deluxe
Refugee
During we write here i just made 2 test drills
The first one i saw near surface one ironblock. But i dont like surface near mines (too many attracted Z´s)
Next drill
Coal near surface and near bedrock
Well, for the case you are at startgame and so you use Iron tools. Forget mining, just harvest boulders until you have a ton of gas, repair kits and a Q3+ Auger (Allready spend 100+ Repair kits and 150+ Barrels gas)
(Play a modded game with a startclass that allowed me to skip arround 20 days of progress)
The first one i saw near surface one ironblock. But i dont like surface near mines (too many attracted Z´s)
Next drill
Coal near surface and near bedrock
Well, for the case you are at startgame and so you use Iron tools. Forget mining, just harvest boulders until you have a ton of gas, repair kits and a Q3+ Auger (Allready spend 100+ Repair kits and 150+ Barrels gas)
(Play a modded game with a startclass that allowed me to skip arround 20 days of progress)
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Royal Deluxe
Refugee
And here my Desert mine for oilshale
As i said, Gravel is invisible in desert, thats why i made not a few testrills and instead i made a tunnel until i found a Vein
As i said, Gravel is invisible in desert, thats why i made not a few testrills and instead i made a tunnel until i found a Vein
Royal Deluxe
Refugee
i name it vertical mining
at the max high of the Vein i make a tunnel an then i dig straight down, and nerdpole up
= Far less risk of a collapse
The desert mine shows that perfectly, well except that i tried a 1/4 technique to spare some frames as you can see at the end
at the max high of the Vein i make a tunnel an then i dig straight down, and nerdpole up
= Far less risk of a collapse
The desert mine shows that perfectly, well except that i tried a 1/4 technique to spare some frames as you can see at the end
Jackelmyer
Refugee
Yeah I dunno. Definitely dig gravel to quickly find specific resources. But for underground mining, I'm just not finding Iron at all in B9 stable. I didn't follow a gravel path to bedrock or anything. I don't want to expose mining to surface. But tagged a few iron gravel spots on the map and mined underneath. No iron at +5 depth to +26 depth.
Bout a 8x8 box in desert. Weird.
Ringkeeper
Refugee
search for the boulders... in the forest area there are places with alot of boulders and flowers. Just dig... you get more Iron then you can use. I just wanted to build a tower with 4 pole-foundation till bedrock and found so much Iron. Ground is at +56 , frst iron was on +53, next big patch at +30 and the last one at +20.