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Percy

How to Start Mining?

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I'm sure this is a very noobish question but I can't find the answer anywhere else so I guess I will ask it here.

How am I suppose to start mining if I can only make a pickaxe from metal? Do I have to find a bunch of the nuggets and melt those down or is there a different way? Last time I played you could knap a stone pick head but now you can't, so I'm a little lost.

Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it :)

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http://wiki.terrafir...t.com/Main_Page

You have 2 guides. Both in left column, one at the top, other at the bottom.

And yes you have to get a bunch of those nuggets and make zinc, bismuth, or tin items, preferably tin because it's going to get you places later.

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This article sums it up nicely: http://wiki.terrafir...Ore_Prospecting

Basically, you need to do some panning and sluicing to find small ores. If you pick up rocks off the ground, they will sometimes give you a small ore as well. If you find an ore this way, I recommend you write down coords or use something like Rei's Minimap to make a waypoint. Those types of ores only spawn if the real stuff is somewhere around. Sluicing and panning will also give you an idea of the ore content in a given area. If you go through 10 stacks of gravel in an area and don't get one ore, you best move.

Once you have ~16 small ore, you can smelt them down and make an ingot. Your best bet for starting out is to find Tier 0 ores (those are the ones that can be made with a 'stone anvil' and thus you can instantly make tools from.

To find a good location, just start running around smacking those surface rocks. You need them anyway for axes, hoes, and shovels. When you find sphalerite, bismuthinite, or cassiterite, start scanning that area for more of that type of ore. If you find a decent amount of it, set up shop there and start sluicing and panning. If you can find cassiterite and a type of copper ore, that would be the ideal location as the two are needed to get to tier 1 and 2 metals.

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This article sums it up nicely: http://wiki.terrafir...Ore_Prospecting

Basically, you need to do some panning and sluicing to find small ores. If you pick up rocks off the ground, they will sometimes give you a small ore as well. If you find an ore this way, I recommend you write down coords or use something like Rei's Minimap to make a waypoint. Those types of ores only spawn if the real stuff is somewhere around. Sluicing and panning will also give you an idea of the ore content in a given area. If you go through 10 stacks of gravel in an area and don't get one ore, you best move.

Once you have ~16 small ore, you can smelt them down and make an ingot. Your best bet for starting out is to find Tier 0 ores (those are the ones that can be made with a 'stone anvil' and thus you can instantly make tools from.

To find a good location, just start running around smacking those surface rocks. You need them anyway for axes, hoes, and shovels. When you find sphalerite, bismuthinite, or cassiterite, start scanning that area for more of that type of ore. If you find a decent amount of it, set up shop there and start sluicing and panning. If you can find cassiterite and a type of copper ore, that would be the ideal location as the two are needed to get to tier 1 and 2 metals.

There it is. *high five*
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Thanks guys I really appreciate your help!

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Does any1 know the range that an ore will be from where you find small ore in pebbles? I have a pick now but it was so hard to get I dont want 2 waste it if the ore could actually be 64 blocks away.

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That's when the pro-pick comes into play. What's extremely helpful is having rei's mini map installed. I usually set waypoints where I picked up ore from the rocks (I usually end up with about 30 or so by the time I have my pick and pro pick ready). Go prospecting in an area where it seems like you had a high chance of getting ore instead of the rock when you were picking them up. I can't recall the range of the sluice so I can't say where to prospect around it.

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