Prospecting - Wiki page: https://wiki.vintagestory.at/index.php?title=Mining&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Prospecting_.28Systematic_Method.29
Prospecting - a good tutorial on the web:
> even after playing for days, almost a week now
You'll need a lot more in-game time, especially if you're just starting out.
Prospecting and Mining are mid to late game activities.
It takes a while to get the "pre-requisites for mining":
Pick/s
Hammer
Armour & weapons
Light sources
Food
Ladders and/or rope ladders
Backpacks and storage
And then the resources to make use of the metals you've found.
For reference, I've been taking things "cautiously" and I'm 250 hours into a game play, and haven't yet mined enough materials to get beyond the Copper Age.
I'm extremely slow and cautious, but the point is - as Maelstrom and Streetwind have said - is that Prospecting and Mining are specific skills that need time to learn, and resources to exploit.
In my view, in Vintage Story you are NOT going to just "learn prospecting and mining by playing the game."
No matter how closely you think you've studied the Survival Handbook.
This is why I've linked the Wiki and video above. They will save you hours or days of frustration.
(I think there should be a "tutorial" built into the game, where you can hire a grizzled old NPC miner who talks you through the process. But that's by the by.)
Professor Dragon.
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