Acre Clay Linked to Ball Clay?

[Brass]

Is it possible for Ball Clay node Acre Clay in close proximity to each other to share the same "node?" For example, if I did clay the q20 Ball clay node down to 12, is it possible for that to drain the q of the Acre clay?

[cobaltjones]

All clay is on the same node.

[Brass]

Now that just isn't true. If I dig clay, it isn't going to drain your clay node 4 supergrids away. Anyone that isn't a moron have some insight?

[TeckXKnight]

Cobalts right. Acre, Grey, Cave, and Ball all utilize the same node. He didn't mean there is only one node in the world, just that each type detracts from the one node that they're on.

[Brass]

Ok. How do you know where it extends to? Is there a tile radius? Is all of the clay on an entire land mass linked?

[cobaltjones]

I don't think it's ever been officially explained, but I've always assumed it's worked like this:



The red dots are (hypothetical) clay nodes, which are randomly placed all over the map (regardless of terrain). A clay node might be centralized in the middle of a lake, and you'll only be able to notice it by digging the outskirts of it on the shallows of the lake. As the distance from the center of the node increases, the quality of the resource found decreases, although not necessarily at the same rate for each node. The center of each node yields the highest possible quality.

This is all purely conjecture based on how I've experienced the resource nodes in the game, but it seems reasonable enough.

[Brass]

As much as I appreciate the hypothesis, does anyone care to "officially" explain it?

[cobaltjones]

I don't think it's ever been officially explained

[Brass]

As insightful as quoting yourself saying that is, I understand that it hasn't been explained and was asking for it to be explained.

[cobaltjones]

Well neither jorb nor loftar (discounting the custom client thread) have made a relevant post on these forums in weeks. Good luck with that though.