Lghtngfan Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago I’m on my first playthrough, and after a few adventures, I finally found cassiterite right under my nose on the same chunk as my base. I’ll be straight: I don’t have much time to play so I used the mod that shows the Y level of specific materials in loaded chunks. So I’ve begun my trek down to Y52. (I’ve made several attempts from a few angles, but I’ve ended up dropping into a cavern with beasties around Y70. With only a cloth cap and tattered clothing due to no way to mine borax, it’s not looked pretty.) Funnily enough, I ran into kernite (thanks modders!) at a much higher Y level. Why would a Tier 2 material exist at a much lower level (and beneath an igneous layer of peridotite) than a Tier 3 (albeit modded) vein of kernite? Is this an error in the mod? Are carts being put before horses? Is Y52 an unusually low point to find cassiterite? Any thoughts?
LadyWYT Posted 2 hours ago Report Posted 2 hours ago Welcome to the forums! 24 minutes ago, Lghtngfan said: Is Y52 an unusually low point to find cassiterite? Not really, and the "tier level" of the material doesn't necessarily determine where you can find it, though it should be noted that different materials have different depth ranges at which they can spawn. I've seen plenty of copper and tin deposits buried deep in the earth(sometimes near bedrock), as well as a few iron deposits that were around y=90. Do keep in mind though that surface deposits for copper and tin aren't the same thing as the deep ore deposits; surface deposits tend to be rather small but more accessible, while deep ore deposits take more effort to locate and extract but provide much more ore for the effort.
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