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?
