am i supposed to hit the jackpot like this

[noobsrtoast 7]

seriously am I supposed to find this much ore I barely started the world found a jungle decided to settle in it and immediately I find this massive ravine (which I heard were quite rare in tfc) then I go where I recently got like 25 tetra nuggets and made a propick and pick with them and I go underground a little to search for the "large sample of tetrahedrite" I was getting and find this....my god this will last me forever seriously I don't know what to do with all this ore its gonna take me hours to mine all of this im in copper heaven I should start an electronics business!!! I don't like to complain but isn't this a little op I like the challenge of the game and copper lasts a long time so is there even gonna be any challenge left for me. I guess I could try and make some alloys or something but for now it looks like im set no more monster problems for me just curious will this ever be nerfed?

[Euphoric 48]

Yes. Especially early ores have huge veins that last for remainder of the game. Bitominous coal is major contender. The vein can span many chunks.

 

The problem is actually finding those veins. They can all be really far away.

 

Also, copper is pretty bad compared to high-level metals.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Another thing to keep in mind when coming across massive ore veins, is that TFC is balanced towards MultiPlayer, not SinglePlayer. That large vein may last a single person an entire gameplay, but would quickly be used up by a handful of players.

 

Also, as Eupohoric said, those copper tools are going to break pretty quickly. Sure, they're going to be better than stone (especially since you can't make some tools out of stone), but they're still going to be some pretty crappy tools. There's a reason that it's a tier 0 metal.

 

Also, by only ever making copper tools, you're missing out on half the fun of TFC that is the metalworking system. Advancing to bronze, then iron, steel and finally colored steels is currently the main point of the game. Finding all the resources to make these materials is a major incentive to adventure out from your home base and explore the world. Not to mention you won't be able to move liquid source blocks until you hit red/blue steel if you ever want to have a properly irrigated, in-land farm, or lava lamps in your awesome castle.

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

This is an image of a coal vein. the little cheaty map on the lower right shows the ore blocks in white

[Euphoric 48]

Hey dunk, when we are at this. Can you please explain why are coal veins so huge when there is so little use for it?

[noobsrtoast 7]

Yes. Especially early ores have huge veins that last for remainder of the game. Bitominous coal is major contender. The vein can span many chunks.

 

The problem is actually finding those veins. They can all be really far away.

 

Also, copper is pretty bad compared to high-level metals.

ya I hear you I seen some of the high level metals cant wait to get into the higher level ores but coppers doing its job for now

[noobsrtoast 7]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

Another thing to keep in mind when coming across massive ore veins, is that TFC is balanced towards MultiPlayer, not SinglePlayer. That large vein may last a single person an entire gameplay, but would quickly be used up by a handful of players.

 

Also, as Eupohoric said, those copper tools are going to break pretty quickly. Sure, they're going to be better than stone (especially since you can't make some tools out of stone), but they're still going to be some pretty crappy tools. There's a reason that it's a tier 0 metal.

 

Also, by only ever making copper tools, you're missing out on half the fun of TFC that is the metalworking system. Advancing to bronze, then iron, steel and finally colored steels is currently the main point of the game. Finding all the resources to make these materials is a major incentive to adventure out from your home base and explore the world. Not to mention you won't be able to move liquid source blocks until you hit red/blue steel if you ever want to have a properly irrigated, in-land farm, or lava lamps in your awesome castle.

ok thanks ill invest time into it

[noobsrtoast 7]

This is an image of a coal vein. the little cheaty map on the lower right shows the ore blocks in white

that's insane

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Hey dunk, when we are at this. Can you please explain why are coal veins so huge when there is so little use for it?

 

Unlike other ores or minerals, which are often formed from concentrations of trace elements in the rock (or via other means, such as in sedimentary rocks) coal is made from compressed carbon, mostly from prehistoric plants or algae. While a vein of copper can only form when copper rich magma solidifies, the world used to be covered in huge swamps full of plant matter. As the plants died, they'd be covered in silt and sediment and eventually be compressed into coal.

 

 

Bottom line: coal forms easily in huge quantities, ores usually don't.

[GreenLeaf 198]

thus the name "fossil fuels"

[noobsrtoast 7]

thus the name "fossil fuels"

oh yeah that shit i cant stand it

[transcengopher 349]

Unlike other ores or minerals, which are often formed from concentrations of trace elements in the rock (or via other means, such as in sedimentary rocks) coal is made from compressed carbon, mostly from prehistoric plants or algae. While a vein of copper can only form when copper rich magma solidifies, the world used to be covered in huge swamps full of plant matter. As the plants died, they'd be covered in silt and sediment and eventually be compressed into coal.

 

 

Bottom line: coal forms easily in huge quantities, ores usually don't.

 

You actually might want to think about limiting how low coal can spawn. As you've said - it formed from fossils, and 56 minecraft world height with 145 sea level comparatively would be way too low for coal to be at, unless you count some tectonic magic (which is rarely happens, I might add).