Clay Nodes

[sixteensixty4]

Just curious, i know they regrow after a while, but is it possible to dig a clay node so low that it never comes back?

[Malicious]

Nope.

[sixteensixty4]

cool, brick-walling and was little worried about that, thanks!

[ImAwesome]

don't exhaust a good node for a brickwall, quality doesn't matter for buildings. if there is a crappy node nearby use that.

[sixteensixty4]

yeah it was only a crappy node, but on doorstep which is pretty handy, after 11k+ bricks so its taking a long time

[Azadon]

I have a related question. Let's say you are on a decent node, say Q50, and on the edges it's Q15. If you dig on the edge at the Q15 area, does that lower the Q50 stuff? If so, by how much? Point for point? If you go out to where it's Q10 but can keep digging, would that lower the Q50 stuff?

[Lopezruy]

I have a related question. Let's say you are on a decent node, say Q50, and on the edges it's Q15. If you dig on the edge at the Q15 area, does that lower the Q50 stuff? If so, by how much? Point for point? If you go out to where it's Q10 but can keep digging, would that lower the Q50 stuff?

I am pretty sure that if its a Q50 node, it will stay a Q50 node, no matter what you do to the Q15 & Q10 nodes.

[Maulkin]

that is not exactly true. If you dig anywhere in a node, you'll lower the quality of the whole node. the speed of how i depletes might be slower than if you dig the sweet spot itself, but it does deplete

[Azadon]

I have a related question. Let's say you are on a decent node, say Q50, and on the edges it's Q15. If you dig on the edge at the Q15 area, does that lower the Q50 stuff? If so, by how much? Point for point? If you go out to where it's Q10 but can keep digging, would that lower the Q50 stuff?

I am pretty sure that if its a Q50 node, it will stay a Q50 node, no matter what you do to the Q15 & Q10 nodes.

Yeah, like the next poster said, I'm talking about one node: Q50, but on the edges of it where it is as low as it goes and is still part of the node. If I dig at the edge for crappy wall-building clay, is it going to affect the Q50 stuff? If so, how much?

[Malicious]

I have a related question. Let's say you are on a decent node, say Q50, and on the edges it's Q15. If you dig on the edge at the Q15 area, does that lower the Q50 stuff? If so, by how much? Point for point? If you go out to where it's Q10 but can keep digging, would that lower the Q50 stuff?

I am pretty sure that if its a Q50 node, it will stay a Q50 node, no matter what you do to the Q15 & Q10 nodes.

Yeah, like the next poster said, I'm talking about one node: Q50, but on the edges of it where it is as low as it goes and is still part of the node. If I dig at the edge for crappy wall-building clay, is it going to affect the Q50 stuff? If so, how much?

It will slowly lower it over time.
It's a good trick to dig the lowest quality spot until it's empty and move closer and closer to the node.
You'll get more clay this way so it's perfect for building walls.