A way to get metal without a mine/trading

[NOOBY93]

I kind of wish they'd make it so that caves have a 1 tile radius where there won't be cave ins. Just caves though, that way it couldn't be abused for any weird mining techniques but it would serve the purpose of not getting you killed 1 tile into mining.

You already can dig 1 tile into a cave?

But caveins can happen.

[DDDsDD999]

Really? I've mined one tile into caves at least a hundred times this world and haven't had a single cave-in.

[Sevenless]

Really? I've mined one tile into caves at least a hundred times this world and haven't had a single cave-in.

I'd say they're averaging about 1/100 tiles or something. I've heard of 3 cave ins across various villages.

Uncommon, but possible.

[miraclew]

Few days ago I had one tile mined out on a cave wall, got some ore, so I tried about 5 or so tiles down, got a rock but no tile removed, then tried around 10 or so tiles north, mined it two or three times (no tile removed) and got a cave in. Pretty vicious, just chipping the wall 5-10 tiles away from a removed spot can do it. The most I've gone is maybe 5-6 tiles removed in a node without cave in before I stopped pushing my luck.

[suddoman]

Really? I've mined one tile into caves at least a hundred times this world and haven't had a single cave-in.

I'd say they're averaging about 1/100 tiles or something. I've heard of 3 cave ins across various villages.

Uncommon, but possible.

Didn't someone say that if it was 50% or more exposed that it was safe to mine? Has this been confirmed.