a game for devs: "Where is Welldo?"

[Phazorx]

so I'm trying to find some quality water for me new farm... and i get totally random readings on grassland... by "totally" i mean neither consecutive nor comprehendable.

Let me illustrate:

and


I'm going to merge these 2 now:


trying to build well on any of 3 tiles between these reading tells me "only build a well where there is water", while dowsing rod reading sector points north-west (upwards) if i stay in between these 2 readings.

[Cain]

Can you build wells in caves? If you can I'd assume that's the issue.

[Phazorx]

I guess that could be if the the case is "you can only build wells in caves under grassland"... not too far away from that spot i built a well n forest just fine based on readings and water spots.
Another question btw - is it possible to no the water quality before building the well?

[Cain]

I guess that could be if the the case is "you can only build wells in caves under grassland"... not too far away from that spot i built a well n forest just fine based on readings and water spots.
Another question btw - is it possible to no the water quality before building the well?

Why would it be the case that you could only build in caves under grassland? I'm suggesting something based on the idea that you could build wells in caves in addition to everywhere else you can build them.

[Kadol]

On the other hand if you just wander around enough while holding the dowsing rod you will see a blue circle on the ground, the size of one tile and that is your well spot.

You don't have to try to use those flashing red intermittent pie segments. The well spot will show up as long as you have a dowsing rod equiped.

I couldn't figure out those red pie wedges either.

[Phazorx]

I guess that could be if the the case is "you can only build wells in caves under grassland"... not too far away from that spot i built a well n forest just fine based on readings and water spots.
Another question btw - is it possible to no the water quality before building the well?

Why would it be the case that you could only build in caves under grassland? I'm suggesting something based on the idea that you could build wells in caves in addition to everywhere else you can build them.

Well, I started my post by saying that I get a lot of misguiding readings on grassland... posted screenshots is just one example of the issue.. There are no visible well spots, and red sectors point quite erratically on next tile compared to the one you stood before. So if your assumption about the cave is correct that would mean that all (and that is a lot of them) well spots are underground and wells can be placed only there, while none are visible on surface. Which would translate into only wells under grassland, because 50 tiles away in forest i have located a spot and built a well just fine.

On the other hand if you just wander around enough while holding the dowsing rod you will see a blue circle on the ground, the size of one tile and that is your well spot.

You don't have to try to use those flashing red intermittent pie segments. The well spot will show up as long as you have a dowsing rod equiped.

I couldn't figure out those red pie wedges either.

None show up on grassland at that place (comes to think of it - i never been able to nor seen a well on grass)

[Phazorx]

okay sort of figured it out... if a dowsing rod has been equipped prior to logging in -

before: re-equipping the rod


after:


another weirdness - a blood stern popped out right there as soon as i equipped the rod... is that how it is supposed to be?