Mining... uhm, what the hell?

[Aerysette]

Nobody would ever assume that mining involves minesweeper on their first blind foray into a cave. Nobody. Why doesn't the game explain anything about its basic mechanics?

In a stroke of uberbad luck I managed to cause 2 cave-ins back to back in separate locations of the same cave (fresh wall, untouched, both times). The first cave-in missed me because I spasmd clicked and got out of the way. Second one 1HKOd me and left my character with a massive concussion and head bump; my stats are shot and the wounds are in the 30s. My character is super down bad right now. Well I guess at least she didn't die instantly; that would've been kinda funny tbh. But really, no support pillar for early mining? I don't want to cheese the entire game with alts but every single thing I do in the game is begging me to do it. Chopping wood, building, mining, terraforming, avoiding tedious wounds, etc etc etc the list literally goes on and on.

Why can't a player just have one happy little character and not be severely punished beyond belief for doing so? Why can't the game provide crucial core information like combat guide or the fact that mines have the stability of a 103yo woman with broken ankles going down a broken set of stairs blindfolded. like pls

This game has a hate boner for new players, I swear. oooh u wanna mine? hope you already have metal that you get from mining in order to start mining! lol what the hell man. i got skill issues ig

[eliminoid]

I don't want to cheese the entire game with alts but every single thing I do in the game is begging me to do it. Chopping wood, building, mining, terraforming, avoiding tedious wounds, etc etc etc the list literally goes on and on.

You dont need an alt for mining and terraforming now because you can restore energy without ruining stats and hunger.

[Aerysette]

I see, thank you. I'll have to restart again with those changes in mind.

[Reiber]

the concussion will take 1, maybe 1,5 days to heal off, with wich your stats will be restored, the headbump can proppably be healed by either leeches or waybroad, wich are both easy to precure,
if you really cant wait to get your stats back quickly just make an cold compress out of snow, and any cloth,

you lost nothing here, its an temporary punishment for unsave mining, it can be prevented entirely, and does you no harm really, its 30 hhp for an day ,
besides caveins cant kill you , at least on level 1, i am 100% sure you cant die to caveins unless you have 1hhp to beginn with.

[loleznub]

bro how is this happening to an account made in 2015??????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Nightdawg]

bro how is this happening to an account made in 2015??????????????????????????????????????????????????

[fallout]

Give us the bone glue support

[Aerysette]

the concussion will take 1, maybe 1,5 days to heal off, with wich your stats will be restored, the headbump can proppably be healed by either leeches or waybroad, wich are both easy to precure,
if you really cant wait to get your stats back quickly just make an cold compress out of snow, and any cloth,

you lost nothing here, its an temporary punishment for unsave mining, it can be prevented entirely, and does you no harm really, its 30 hhp for an day ,
besides caveins cant kill you , at least on level 1, i am 100% sure you cant die to caveins unless you have 1hhp to beginn with.

I just didn't expect to immediately cause a cave in two times because there's some obscure minigame behind mining that the game did not mention. I've played other games with cave-ins (rimworld, namely) and it simply caught me offguard that this could happen on the first block with no feasible way to prevent it myself. (edit: also thank you v much cavebro)

bro how is this happening to an account made in 2015??????????????????????????????????????????????????

Bored one day. Made account. Hated it 15 mins in. Quit.
Fast forward to now aaaand same boat but this time I'm vigorously rubbing my two braincells together to try and find my way solo. The solo route is not working however so here I am because I'm actually enjoying myself now. This game is like if Don't Starve and Durango Wildlands had an oblong-headed baby. I hope this comparison sparks joy for you.

[Saxony4]

Why can't a player just have one happy little character and not be severely punished beyond belief for doing so? Why can't the game provide crucial core information like combat guide or the fact that mines have the stability of a 103yo woman with broken ankles going down a broken set of stairs blindfolded. like pls

This game has a hate boner for new players, I swear. oooh u wanna mine? hope you already have metal that you get from mining in order to start mining! lol what the hell man. i got skill issues ig

Yea. You do have skill issues. What you should be doing is prospecting to find metal on the surface and reaching it with a minehole, mining cave walls is a gamble as you already know.

Fast forward to now aaaand same boat but this time I'm vigorously rubbing my two braincells together to try and find my way solo. The solo route is not working however so here I am because I'm actually enjoying myself now.

I don't understand how people have a hard time playing solo, it's how I've always played. I haven't used an alt for anything since w8 either and you really don't need one despite everyone crying over energy and the dangers of going anywhere other than your claim. You literally just need to use your brain and think about how you're going to do things and what happens if I do this or that. You can't just go around doing things haphazardly.

[Sevenless]

I don't understand how people have a hard time playing solo, it's how I've always played. I haven't used an alt for anything since w8 either and you really don't need one despite everyone crying over energy and the dangers of going anywhere other than your claim. You literally just need to use your brain and think about how you're going to do things and what happens if I do this or that. You can't just go around doing things haphazardly.

The people who cry are competitive players where it does matter. Hermits aren't competing with anyone, so it's fine if your're suboptimal in playing strategy in a way that's more fun for you.