Prospecting

Main / Skills / Prospecting

Description

Prospecting is the locating of ore veins in rock. To start prospecting, activate a Pickaxe and right-click a rocktile, select Mining -> Prospect.

20.0 prospecting skill gives you the ability to see the quality of the ore vein.

Wolfdog's Guide

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X = no prospect of that ore
<-- = last tile you did get a prospect
3 = I recomend you start mining here

Prospect, find ore nearby.. move East until you do not prospect that ore any more, the last prospect that you did, is the East edge. Count 3 tiles west, that is your N-S row where the ore is. If you do not have an East side available, use the West side. Repeat for the North or south side.

This will give you the exact location of your ore. Ignore up and down on the sides of mountains when prospecting, only N-S-E-W matter.

Sometimes grass, clay and sand can impede this process, so it is best to find large surfaces of rock to mine on.