Beginning Mining

Solunshinto · Post by **Solunshinto** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:43 pm

So I am at the point of needing metal. However I am having issues with random cave ins
I do not see an exposed ore vein, so I figure I will work on a soft spot to see if I can uncover some. However I destroy one stone wall and get a cave in. Bad luck I guess. Try it again in a different spot, same thing. So now I have 2 severe mauling I have to live with until I can hunt deer for antlers.

So am I just unlucky? Should I keep trying or am I doing something wrong. Need metal to make a support, but can't get metal at. Any advice?

DamJNeT · Post by **DamJNeT** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:02 pm

Yes, bad luck.

You could maybe trade with someone in your area and try to get a pillar going

MrPunchers · Post by **MrPunchers** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:13 pm

Lmao yeah bad luck. I've never got Severe Mauling from a level 1 cave-in, though.

Granger · Post by **Granger** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:46 pm

IMHO there should be a small support (with 3x3 coverage) buildable without metal.

viznew · Post by **viznew** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:00 am

Granger wrote:IMHO there should be a small support (with 3x3 coverage) buildable without metal.

yes plz, it makes sense for noobs and crappy/lazy miners like myself

Thedrah · Post by **Thedrah** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:12 am

why not find rustroot and use that to test or find metal veins with? and try to learn about mining dust and avoiding cave ins, they aren't hard to avoid with some knowledge

Post by **MagicManICT** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:47 am

There's still a decent chance of causing a cave in by randomly mining tiles. Seems rock stability is just as variable as everything else in this game. You run into some areas with very stable sections, and others you can't get through without going way out of your way (assuming no supports used).

Thedrah · Post by **Thedrah** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:55 pm

then you're not a good miner, it's binary whether it will cause a cave in and it shows whether it is with the dust. if no dust i can mine the touching 9 squares surrounding that spot with no problem, never have had a cave in going by that

sMartins · Post by **sMartins** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:22 pm

Thedrah wrote:then you're not a good miner, it's binary whether it will cause a cave in and it shows whether it is with the dust. if no dust i can mine the touching 9 squares surrounding that spot with no problem, never have had a cave in going by that

And the first tile you mine?

Solunshinto · Post by **Solunshinto** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:15 pm

No matter what, the first tile you mine in a fresh area there is no way to tell if it will cave in....

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