when the map resets how do I get a mine?

[daruis]

OK ive looked and looked and i go tmy prec to 24 and my explor to 23 still nothing did i start game to late cuz i just started like a week ago and its like im in the stone age lol and there is life anyware WERE is everyone

[Cookie]

Actually, you started the game early.

The reset is expected on the 27th of February.... or however much later after that it takes for the devs to be ready to do it. In the meantime almost no one is playing. Knowing that in two days everything: characters, maps, lp etc gets wiped is poor incentive to grind upward. I'm still playing because I'm now doing the variation of "Can a brand new noobie character kill a bear before the map reset?" and similar challenges.

Unfortunately to see rust root you need a minimum of 50 in combined exploration-perception. That means you're still three points too low. And at that point you will just begin to be able to see them, but you won't see very many. It'll be odds like every time your roll a one on a d-20. Of course you can maximize your chances by covering a lot of territory -by boat is the most time efficient way- so it will be like rolling your d-20 100 times.

The good news is that if you are in an area that doesn't have many people, and which has few signs of settlement, your chances of finding a mine go up. In the older center of the map all the mines are found. The further out you go the best chance you have of finding one.

Don't forget to carry a block in inventory when you prospect! That's what makes the build mine here signpost pop up when you are close enough.

[daruis]

Thx man yea i was wondering were everyoen was well i got liek 20 rustroot extracts now is there like a place that would be a good start to prosect like on dirt or in pine forest

[daruis]

oh yea do u keep any of ur lp or u have to start all over

[Cookie]

Every one starts completely from scratch. You lose all lp, everything, and the map is pristine and you have to make a noob character again.

Best place to check: Mountain (Someone found 3 in one mountain!!)
Second best place to check: Dirt barren (red bare dirt)
Third best place: Cave (except very often if you find one it turns out to be in the next cave, the one you can't access so you end up gibbering with frustration)
Fourth best place: Everywhere else. I have seen 2 mines now in pine forest and one, I think, in moor (yellow land)

Don't waste extract by looking too close to the spot where you get a negative.

Good luck

Do you know, I am doing the exact same thing? Or I would be if the server hadn't crashed....