That moment when you're annoyed with the stone in the middle of your ore.

[turtletechy 37]

Has anyone else had this happen? I ran into the largest copper ore vein I think I'll ever see. I've already got three double chests of the stuff, and I'm still not done mining it. Anyone else run into similar luck?

[transcengopher 349]

Tiny string of sphalerite lead me to a ravine that had its walls built out of zinc ore. From one side of deposit sphalerite was mixed with magnetite, from the other side - with limonite, just slightly to the right in cave I dug up sparsed deposit of tetrahedrite. Down the ravine in plain sight there were two veins of coal.

[psychocannon 19]

Yup! At once point I had so much I decided to just make a couple copper picks, a load of support beams - and carve out the Copper vein for easier harvesting in the future.

I'll take some screenies when I get home..It's pretty impressive, especially considering we've had 3 people farming the poop out of it already!

[turtletechy 37]

The only thing I'm really worried about now is finding some tin or iron so I can move forward. I've got so much copper I don't know what to do with it.

[Gwtheyrn 70]

The only thing I'm really worried about now is finding some tin or iron so I can move forward. I've got so much copper I don't know what to do with it.

Build a sculpture out of copper anvils.

[HiddenSage 39]

Build a sculpture out of copper anvils.

Reason #7 we need placable ingots: metal-based architecture.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Reason #7 we need placable ingots: metal-based architecture.

What are YOUR reasons #1 - #6?

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

well, thinking about this, huge ore deposits are much more beliveable than random little spots of ore all over the place, also, this opens up the possibility for making mines for a specific type of ore, like a coal mine or gold mine ect.

[HiddenSage 39]

What are YOUR reasons #1 - #6?

#1 More interesting storage, in the same train of thought as log piles, weapon racks, etc. Certainly better than trying to recall which chest your metals are stored in.

#2 Similar to #1, but having visible proof (that is, a big pile of metal you can see) of one's wealth in metals would be really cool.

#4 Provides an extra incentive in SMP to build secure storage facilities, since you can't just compact your most valuable stuff into a single-block chest that can't be accessed by people who aren't the owner (I know chests aren't like that by default, but most servers do that in some form, and I prefer a little risk in my gameplay).

#5 They're just about the only non-placable block right now, and exceptions to the rule are weird (nitpicky, I know, but w/e)

That's about it. Sorry, I don't believe in the number 3 this week, so it and its multiples don't exist.

[Squidbush 1]

#1 More interesting storage, in the same train of thought as log piles, weapon racks, etc. Certainly better than trying to recall which chest your metals are stored in.

#2 Similar to #1, but having visible proof (that is, a big pile of metal you can see) of one's wealth in metals would be really cool.

#4 Provides an extra incentive in SMP to build secure storage facilities, since you can't just compact your most valuable stuff into a single-block chest that can't be accessed by people who aren't the owner (I know chests aren't like that by default, but most servers do that in some form, and I prefer a little risk in my gameplay).

#5 They're just about the only non-placable block right now, and exceptions to the rule are weird (nitpicky, I know, but w/e)

That's about it. Sorry, I don't believe in the number 3 this week, so it and its multiples don't exist.

Some kind of racks for ingots would be nice..

[Danelli 21]

It would be better to make the ingot simply place on the ground. You could chisel yourself a rack if you want one.

[turtletechy 37]

It would be better to make the ingot simply place on the ground. You could chisel yourself a rack if you want one.

But placement into a rack would be quicker, it would be similar in function to the log piles, only with a visual indication of capacity.