Few questions about prospecting

[Malke]

So I have been stocking piling rustroot, and to be honest it has been years since I played the old haven so I don't remember the mechanics of it very well. What I am wondering is to search for ores in caves must I be above ground or can I look for it whilst inside the cave itself? Thanks for any answers.

[insanechef]

you prospect the level below you, not the same level, so no.

[satinembers]

You have to be above ground, and if you use rustroot extract with 15+ quality (not sure exactly which quality affects it) you will get an arrow if you are within 5-10 squares of ore.

Once I figured out how to get it to work, using the tp map program to line up my caves with the surface map helped a lot In figuring out where a good place to prospect close to tunnels was.

[FTFMS]

if you use rustroot extract with 15+ quality (not sure exactly which quality affects it) you will get an arrow if you are within 5-10 squares of ore.

Can anyone confirm this? I mean did someone try to prospect same place with different q extract? I kinda doubt that quality involved here.

[LaserSaysPew]

if you use rustroot extract with 15+ quality (not sure exactly which quality affects it) you will get an arrow if you are within 5-10 squares of ore.

Can anyone confirm this? I mean did someone try to prospect same place with different q extract? I kinda doubt that quality involved here.

I suspect q affects the distance from the node at which the arrow will appear. Higher q means sensing nodes from further away.

[Sevenless]

if you use rustroot extract with 15+ quality (not sure exactly which quality affects it) you will get an arrow if you are within 5-10 squares of ore.

Can anyone confirm this? I mean did someone try to prospect same place with different q extract? I kinda doubt that quality involved here.

5 tiles is the view distance with Q10 extract. I'm not overly interested in trying to farm q40 rustroot for 10 tiles of range when I don't know which quality type is needed. It's pretty safe to assume this is true, but at the same time the benefit is small enough that I really don't think it's worth worrying about.

Guide has a brief blurb on how prospecting works if anyone wants pictures. But it's much easier now, just go try it out

[khan]

The rustroot mechanics have changed. Percxexp seems to have a major impact on rustroot clarity and distance now. Our forager is spotting ore nodes from 20-30 tiles away with q20 rustroot, while the miner with no perc/exp can't tell unless he's basically standing on top of it.

[Sevenless]

The rustroot mechanics have changed. Percxexp seems to have a major impact on rustroot clarity and distance now. Our forager is spotting ore nodes from 20-30 tiles away with q20 rustroot, while the miner with no perc/exp can't tell unless he's basically standing on top of it.

I'm running 40*50 for my exp score, still only seeing nodes from 5 tiles with Q10 extract. How much better is his PER*EXP score?

[naosnule]

So if there is ore nearby, it won't say "stone of type X is below"?

[Sevenless]

So if there is ore nearby, it won't say "stone of type X is below"?

You get that and an arrow to the nearest ore.