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Disethas

Ore Underground? Beta 2 47f.

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This is the first time I've played with this mod.

I have made a small base in the side of a hill with a firepit, crafting bench, scribing bench, and a few chests.

I've managed to get a full ingot of bismuth from using a number of sluices. I made a bismuth pickaxe and a stone prospector's pick.

At this point, I'm unable to find any ore underground.

Quartzite, dolomite, and chert stone are near my base.

I have made staircase mines (properly supported) down a few levels into the quartzite and dolomite areas. I have used the prospector's pick and it has not picked up a single bit of ore. I've tried looking into neighboring areas by using the prospector's pick on the surface, but that unsurprisingly yielded no results.

What do I need to do to find ore?

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ores are spawned in large quantities

to find ores explore large areas of land and pick up rocks

set up sluice systems to find metals

hope this helps

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And how did you make a stone prospector's pick?

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If you've been using a sluice and finding bismuth, you should dig around the 100x100x60 area that the sluice searches for ores.

Chances are, there is an ore vein there since you stated that you got small bismuth, but It will take a bit of time to search for it.

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If you've been using a sluice and finding bismuth, you should dig around the 100x100x60 area that the sluice searches for ores.

Chances are, there is an ore vein there since you stated that you got small bismuth, but It will take a bit of time to search for it.

There is the issue that I have been using gold pans and sand blocks to fill the sluices. Is this advice still valid with my methodology?

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There is the issue that I have been using gold pans and sand blocks to fill the sluices. Is this advice still valid with my methodology?

Yes, it could even be gravel 1km away from the sluice, but you have to remember that the sluice checks the area it's in, not where you pulled the sand/gravel from.

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Yes, it could even be gravel 1km away from the sluice, but you have to remember that the sluice checks the area it's in, not where you pulled the sand/gravel from.

Okay, thanks for the advice!

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Yes, it could even be gravel 1km away from the sluice, but you have to remember that the sluice checks the area it's in, not where you pulled the sand/gravel from.

That's how I'm getting a crap ton of native copper, hematite, and bismuth from my sluice farm.

Poke around on the overworld, picking up rocks. If it turns into an ore, there's generally an ore deposit nearby. Also, check out infinus5's prospecting and mining guide, along with a thread showing the ropes of using the propick in the guide section.

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picking up rocks is definitely useful and proper use of the prospector's pick is helpful, as well

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