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* You start to analyse the shard.* Lots of different sized rock shards.* You notice a trace of silver ore(northeast).* You take a closer look.* You notice a slight trace of iron ore(south of west).* You finish analysing the shard.
Added direction information
Analyse is an action granted by the [[prospecting]] skill. When used on recently mined [[rock shards]], or even [[ore]]s, it allows you to determine if any ore veins are nearby the tile the shard was mined from, as well as their approximate distance and direction from that tile. The action is first unlocked at prospecting skill level 20. To Analyse, right-click a rock shards, and select "Analyse."
==Event messages==
When analysing a shard, several messages will appear in the event window over several seconds.
===Distance===
Depending on your prospecting skill, you will receive different amounts of information from the shard. Nearby ores will appear as traces every few lines. The strength of the traces shows the distance from the tile the shard originated from, to the tile with the ore vein. The level of your prospecting skill will determine the strength of the traces you can detect.
The distance away from the analysed rock shard/tile is a square of radius equivalent to the distance.
===Quality===
Additionally, at higher prospecting levels, you can begin to see the quality of veins. Veins farther away require more skill in order to assess the quality. Rather than a specific quality, it lists a range of quality. This is the same vein quality system used in prospecting.
So far, for now, '''Silver''' and '''Lead''' are not identificable at '''20 skill''' in Prospecting, but '''Zinc''' is when its beyond the 1st tile radius.
===Direction===
In addition to type, quality and distance a direction is available from the analyze messages. The direction is given as one of 16 possible values:
* the 4 cardinal directions ''north'', ''east'', ''south'' and ''west'' if the prospected ore is in a straight horizontal or vertical line on the grid
* the 4 intermediate directions ''northeast'', ''southeast'', ''southwest'' and ''northwest'' if the prospected ore is in straight diagonal line on the grid
* all other locations fall into the 8 directions ''east/west of north'', ''north/south of east'', ''east/west of south'' and 'north/south of west''
===Example===
This is a possible analyse readout at prospecting level 20-29:
This says that there's a [[silver ore]] vein right next to the northeast from the tile from which the analysed rockshard was mined. So it could be the tile North, South, East, West, Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, or Northeast of the analysed tile. It The distance one is the square of tiles immediately surrounding the analysed one. Each increment of distance beyond this is the square of tiles immediately surrounding the previous one. In this example the second square, of distance two, holds the [[iron ore]].
===Quick reference===
