Mining
Welcome to my page of mining experiments. Please don't edit this page other than under Comments.
Yours,
Fexxer
Definitions
- Ore Stone - An ore stone is what come out of your mine every pull.
- Crystal - A crystal is what is embedded in an ore stone. A crystal have different characteristics.
- Outcome - What may come out of orestones, either when broken apart or when melted
Naming Conventions
Will follow most of naming conventions from wikis main
Mining page
An ore stone is maked with []'s and the crystals within a stone is written like e.g. [4TC- 3TC+]
Several stones become e.g. [4TC-][4YM+ 4TS-]
Mines
| Name | Type |
| MiA | Gold |
| MiB | Iron |
| MiC | Dirt |
Interesting Melts
TC-
| Idx | From Mine | Stones | Total Crystals | Smelter Yield |
| #TC-01 | MiB | [1TC-] | | Nothing |
| #TC-02 | MiB | [2TC-] | | Nothing |
| #TC-03 | MiB | [3TC-] | | 1 Iron |
| #TC-04 | MiB | [4TC-] | | 1 Iron |
TC+
| Idx | From Mine | Stones | Total Crystals | Smelter Yield |
| #TC+01 | MiA | [16TC+][3TC+][12TC+][4TC+][8TC+] | 43TC+ | 3 Gold |
| #TC+02 | MiB | [4TC+][3TC+][7TC+][3TC+][6TC+][12TC+][6TC+][12TC+][2TC+] | 55TC+ | 4 Iron |
| #TC+03 | MiC | [10TC+][7TC+] | 17TC+ | 1 Dirt |
Theories
TC-
TC- produces 1/3 of an iron. 2 crystals of TC- in a smelt will give nothing and 3 crystals will give 1 Iron. (Ref. #TC-01 to #TC-04)
Mines of a kind
Mines are of a certain kind. (for level 1 at least). E.g. Iron mine, Copper mine. This does not mean that the mine will only produce only one sort of crystals but a mines type is important for what certain crystals produce.
(Don't know yet if a mine can be a mix.)
Determining a mine's type
A melt of enough TC+ (pure) will determine the type of a mine. (around 13 crystals...) (Ref. #TC+01 #TC+02, #TC+03)
I would really like to find more examples of this. For other metals than Gold and Iron.
Importance of origin
Certain crystals produce outcome that depends on what mine you pull the ore from.
At least TC+ seems to be such a crystal. (Ref. #TC+01 #TC+02 #TC+03)
Vague Ideas
- Gems are not found in Dirt mine ore unless there is enough metal producing crystals in it. This means that if I break a ore stone filled with TC+ crystals I will only get dirt if it has been pulled out of a dirt mine but I will get a Quartz or better if it is a gem producing mine. (Hm... this does not seem to be correct...)
Comments
I am not sure I agree with the conclusion that TC+ leads to mine type. There are two attributes proposed that are not referenced here. I don't think depth matters, personally, but I *DO* think Lenght matters. Are you certain yout TC+ weren't short and long? And perhaps that there may be other aspects? I'd like to see where this goes, though. If there really are mine types, that would change a lot of people's views of how mining is going. :) --Leetah
The TC+ = mine type theory interests me as my guild has a mine that is clearly iron, and I have a mine that is mediocre iron, but alot of dirt. They smelt TC+ as iron, but I get dirt. I *can* however include TC+ in any smelt, even as the majority, as long as it does not 'overpower' the goal smelt by more than 2 to 1. (ie. 12TC- 32TC+ = 4 iron, but 12TC- 72TC+ = 4 dirt) -- Gwyr