hstone32 Posted June 5, 2025 Report Posted June 5, 2025 (edited) Been looking for tin for hours. Gone through several prospecting picks before I finally found an area that gave something above a "poor" rating for casserite. Kept picking around until my last reading before quitting the game for the day read as "decent." When I booted up the game the next day, I continued prospecting, but didn't seem to be getting any closer to the high point of the casserite distribution. In fact, no matter which direction I walked, I only got poor readings. Eventually I went back to the place I had the decent reading, and dug right next to it, and got another poor reading in the very same spot I got a decent one the previous day. Maybe I'm confused on how ore generation works. I assumed they were generated according to some vaguely circular shaped probability mass function assigned at initial terrain generation. Now though, it almost appears as though it can change each time you boot up, but I can't imagine how that makes any sense from a technical perspective... EDIT: never mind. I was mistakenly reading "0.1%" as "0.01%" Edited June 5, 2025 by hstone32
Zane Mordien Posted June 5, 2025 Report Posted June 5, 2025 Ore generation is fixed for the world. STOP! Ignore that stupid prospecting walk through on YouTube. You don't need a ready beyond decent. Even poor is okay, because in the time you spent looking for a higher reading you could have dropped several vertical shafts and found tin. Another option is just to buy some tin from a trader if you have some gears. You don't need ultra high to find good Ore. That walk through is very informative but it leads people to believe they need to hunt far and wide for a high reading and that is not the case.
Maelstrom Posted June 5, 2025 Report Posted June 5, 2025 14 hours ago, hstone32 said: EDIT: never mind. I was mistakenly reading "0.1%" as "0.01%" Look carefully and you'll see that you are looking at two different prospecting results. Compare the coordinates to see precisely which result you are looking at.
Maelstrom Posted June 5, 2025 Report Posted June 5, 2025 3 hours ago, Zane Mordien said: Ore generation is fixed for the world. STOP! Ignore that stupid prospecting walk through on YouTube. You don't need a ready beyond decent. Even poor is okay, because in the time you spent looking for a higher reading you could have dropped several vertical shafts and found tin. Another option is just to buy some tin from a trader if you have some gears. You don't need ultra high to find good Ore. That walk through is very informative but it leads people to believe they need to hunt far and wide for a high reading and that is not the case. I think you misunderstood the post. He/she wasn't looking for a high reading, but the highEST reading in the area. To your point - yes ores can be found at lower than high, very high or ultra high results. But hunting for those will lead to a higher density of ores. I've found TWO overlapping iron deposits in an ultra high reading that were maybe 1,000 blocks from my home. I'll take that over hunting for two separate iron deposits of decent level reading that are collectively separated by thousands of blocks from each other and my home.
Zane Mordien Posted June 5, 2025 Report Posted June 5, 2025 @Maelstrom I know, but they are new to the game and obviously they have watched a prospecting video. Some of those videos will lead you on a wild goose chase looking for ultra high readings when you don't need that reading to find ore. You're a veteran player so youre making a conscious decision to find a higher reading. I remember as a new player it was frustrating until I realized that was not required.
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