Polgora Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 Hello! I've been trying to research how sylvite shows up on the prospecting pick. Does it show up in both density and node search? I know that it's found only in halite, and I have found halite using the density search.
Solution MKMoose Posted February 10 Solution Report Posted February 10 In density search, halite does appear, but sylvite does not. Halite generates in two types of deposits, and only salt domes show up in density search, but you can stumble upon salt lake beds near the surface in hot climates as well. In node search, halite is not detected, but sylvite is, so it's still useful to use node search when trying to locate a salt dome.
pigfood Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 Sylvite is pretty rare. Salt domes may or may not have sylvite deposits, similar to quartz that can host gold or silver. You get some scattered blocks of sylvite, similar to gold. When digging tunnels, looking for salt domes, node search for sylvite helps a little bit with finding salt domes that you might have otherwise missed. I wouldn't consider finding enough sylvite for fertilizing a large farm very practical. I.e., in my current game, I have a trunk full of halite and have 40 or so sylvite.
Polgora Posted February 10 Author Report Posted February 10 (edited) Ah, gotcha! My main desire to have sylvite is to fertilize a small greenhouse (which, it's only purpose is to grow flax). I believe it's my best option for what I want. Edited February 10 by Polgora
pigfood Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 I don't get the point of greenhouses, given the amount of effort involved. As far as I can tell, they are almost completely useless. The +5C temperature doesn't do anything particularly useful most of the time. In rare occasions, you might be able to get an additional harvest. Going from medium fertility soil to high fertility soil is useful (or using sylvite on medium fertility soil, which is quite similar). Fertilizing high fertility soil with sylvite makes a very, very modest difference.
Maelstrom Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 23 minutes ago, Polgora said: My main desire to have sylvite is to fertilize a small greenhouse (which, it's only purpose is to grow flax). I believe it's my best option for what I want. Launching off on a tangent - if growing flax is the goal, I assume to produce the obscenely huge amounts necessary for things like windmills and sailboats; your best bet to produce such amounts of flax fiber is to grow a couple stacks of flax seeds in a garden/farm during the summer (or the appropriate time of year for flax's perferred growing temperature). 7 minutes ago, pigfood said: I don't get the point of greenhouses, given the amount of effort involved. As far as I can tell, they are almost completely useless. The +5C temperature doesn't do anything particularly useful most of the time. In rare occasions, you might be able to get an additional harvest. In temperate regions a greenhouse can extend growing seasons by about a month before and after a crop's growing season outside of a greenhouse. It can provide an additional harvest per year, provided the soil nutrient levels are sufficient for maximum growth speed. Given the yield of crops, before 1.22 it doesn't make a lot of sense to build a greenhouse. The changes to harvest yields described in the patch notes for 1.22 may make greenhouses more attractive. In arctic climates a greenhouse is likely to only way to grow any crops whatsoever.
Polgora Posted February 10 Author Report Posted February 10 5 hours ago, pigfood said: I don't get the point of greenhouses, given the amount of effort involved. As far as I can tell, they are almost completely useless. The +5C temperature doesn't do anything particularly useful most of the time. In rare occasions, you might be able to get an additional harvest. Going from medium fertility soil to high fertility soil is useful (or using sylvite on medium fertility soil, which is quite similar). Fertilizing high fertility soil with sylvite makes a very, very modest difference. I mean, personally, I just want one to have one - like for the joy of it. I'm not the type of player who min/maxs everything. I also didn't think that getting quartz and smelting it in a couple of bloomeries was very much effort on my part. I was going to get glass anyway. 4 hours ago, Maelstrom said: Launching off on a tangent - if growing flax is the goal, I assume to produce the obscenely huge amounts necessary for things like windmills and sailboats; your best bet to produce such amounts of flax fiber is to grow a couple stacks of flax seeds in a garden/farm during the summer (or the appropriate time of year for flax's perferred growing temperature). Haha yeah, it's not the most efficient route, but I'm okay with that! For right now, I just want enough for bombs. I also like how the greenhouse separates the flax from the rest of my crops; it's more of an aesthetic thing.
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