River mining/prospecting

[LordJorge]

Actually, today is still used in a lot of places
and not gold only, also gems like sapphire, rubies and other ores

[ttttt]

Panning (and other forms of collecting metals off river bottoms) only works for dense metals, such as gold. (And only gold as far as I know.)

haha and since when was this game stuck by irl boundaries.Since when did we have a root that tells us what metal is under us

[walacewalaci]

If they add this, we totally need to be able to fish up things other people have dropped in rivers as well =)

Or just fish back drowned ppl

[MagicManICT]

Panning (and other forms of collecting metals off river bottoms) only works for dense metals, such as gold. (And only gold as far as I know.)

haha and since when was this game stuck by irl boundaries.Since when did we have a root that tells us what metal is under us

I can think of a lot of RL boundaries in this game. That's just the nature of any fantasy. If there's not anything familiar, the game loses any sense of fascination. (I've had this discussion before on the forum and other places.)

Besides.... copper, tin, and iron are common enough why bother trying to pan for flakes? Think you'd get a chunk of ore out of the river? I doubt it'd be any less work than mining when all is said and done.

[ttttt]

For noobs as you can get metal before rustroot

[MagicManICT]

For noobs as you can get metal before rustroot

That's called cave mining. In both w4 and w5, I've yet to find a cave without some metal in it. (Not counting the 'broken' caves that don't go in far enough to mine.)

[saltmummy626]

platinum and silver can be found panning as well, im a big fan of the treasure hunter/prospector mags. just, you know, regarding your earlier statement. which reminds me, maybe panning could be the only way to get certain special minerals, like the above mentions platinum?

[LordJorge]

Or gems!!!

but mainly I thought this because early game is so hard to get hold of any mineral
since caves are mostly always claimed and if you happen to get hold of one, you will need to defend yourself

[Jake_Quinn]

+1
+2 for nuggets.