dariun wrote:I'd love to see minecarts introduced....possibly coal powered ones to transport ore/materials and for underground transport.
Steam engine is beyond hearthling technology to say the least. Well technically you could make one with high-grade steel and ancient Greeks kind of had components like pistons figured out (you can Google "Heron's steam engine") but I doubt anything steam powered is ever implemented in the game.
Currently you can just build hearthling-pullable cart in cave or mine and use it. Not sure if there would be incentive to build mine carts, I imagine tracks would consume lots of metal you could use for other purposes. In real life you needed minecarts not just to move ore out of the mine, but all the tailing rock you can just leave on the floor to despawn in Haven.