IEATDIRT Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 I've prospecting for a while, (broken 2 prospector picks and very nearly a third) and the highest tin reading i can find is "very poor" I'm searching in granite, which supposedly can have "bountiful" tin, Am i doing something wrong? or am i just highly unlucky? or is this normal amounts of tin? seems to me like i should just rush a bloomery and bronze anvil and skip bronze entirely, i've found an area with "decent" hematite after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution kingdrasker Posted January 9 Solution Report Share Posted January 9 (edited) On my first playthrough, I basically had the same thing happen to me. I found a bunch of hematite before I even found tin. I continued my search until I had enough bronze to get an anvil and skip the bronze age entirely. And there was more than enough hematite for me that I didn't even deplete the ore vein. In my second playthrough I did find more dense tin readings with prospecting but I never got to the point of mining so I haven't entered the bronze age yet. I also watched this video once which explains prospecting and how veins are generated throughout the world. It's not just random veins scattered, they apparently form giant clusters. He talks about this at 3:20 in the video I haven't tried this yet so I can't say this is exactly how it is. But maybe you can give this a shot? https://youtu.be/_1PJvPg-rkc?si=KGWwTYZ4DUgjiZG8 Edited January 9 by kingdrasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEATDIRT Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 Thank you! I found tin! here's the catch: it wasn't enough tin to make a bronze anvil :hollow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Keep digging in that local area. Tin is likely going to spawn multiple times in that neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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