Regional metal scarcity or bad rustroot?

[Kuriak]

So I just peppered my first level cave with q15-20ish rustroot prospects, at a density of maybe 5-6 per grid (equates to about quarter a grid distance between each prospect)... probably 40-50 prospects in total, and among all these I didn't even get so much as one pie chart, which I don't think I've ever had happen with this many attempts. Are my prospects too far apart for the shitty quality rustroot? Is my region metal-poor? Is that a thing? If so, and I bore down to the next layer, should I expect the same?

I want to get my pyre going but at this rate if I wait to get a hit on ore ill probably be 1. Stupid far from my base or 2. Days from now

[Fostik]

Make some ~20q rustroot to see farther, and lower 10-14q rustroot to search with lower radius.

Avoid wishful thinking and search it everywhere, not only on your base or where you would like to have it.
From own experience in this world so far I have multiple spots in each minimap on both l1,l2,l3; so this hasn't changed.

[Kuriak]

Make some ~20q rustroot to see farther, and lower 10-14q rustroot to search with lower radius.

Avoid wishful thinking and search it everywhere, not only on your base or where you would like to have it.
From own experience in this world so far I have multiple spots in each minimap on both l1,l2,l3; so this hasn't changed.

Yea was like that for me last world.

[loleznub]

My level 1 and 2 were non existent with metals. Even under a mountain (which I mined all of)

My level 3, however, has been filled with q100+ coal, Chalcopyrite, wine glance, and lead glance.

And then countless mine support quality nodes

[Sevenless]

Can confirm oreless deadzones exist and can go for 10+ minimaps.

[Fostik]

Can confirm oreless deadzones exist and can go for 10+ minimaps.

If it's true it's so cruel, playing solo I could've ragequit because of that

[Sevenless]

Can confirm oreless deadzones exist and can go for 10+ minimaps.

If it's true it's so cruel, playing solo I could've ragequit because of that

Happened to my neighbour this world. Took him 8 hours to find metal. Was brutal. To be fair I think he might have been rustrooting too close together making the situation a bit worse, but he did say 10 minimaps of nothing.

[noindyfikator]

No idea why don't we have bigger density of smaller nodes. Looking for ore, mining in straight line is not peak gameplay

[Sevenless]

No idea why don't we have bigger density of smaller nodes. Looking for ore, mining in straight line is not peak gameplay

Plz no, we already have 1 tile nodes. Those are a crime against hearthmanity

[noindyfikator]

well, I didn't really mean 1 tile node