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Demonic

[Solved] Failing to pinpoint graphite

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Hello there folks, 

 

I have one question... how large are the graphite veins? In my mine I came across traces of graphite, but no matter where I dig I can't get better readings. Up, down, north, south, east, west, nothing works. And I was able to locate at least three other ore veins without a problem, but this graphite I just can't.

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Graphite veins are generally large enough that you'll get readings larger than just traces. However, it's entirely possible that a cave has gone through the vein, or the stone type changes in the middle of the vein, or a bunch of other things that might have happened to make it so the full size vein doesn't actually have very many graphite blocks in it.

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Well I used up nearly 3/4 of propick on it and nothing. I think I just ditch this one and try to find another, I live above a massive quartzstone layer so there should be some other graphite here...

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Happened to me too with a gold mine. The problem was easy: I caught the vein at the edge, exactly diagonal above. In addition was was tight and very vertical. So digging down or horizontal did not bring me any closer to the center of the vein and thus the reading stayed at "traces of gold".

 

Try some exploratory with an diagonal offset of a half propick range (e.g. 6 east, 6 north). You will likely find a "medium" reading somewhere and get a better idea where it hides. In case you find a cave or stone that can not contain graphite, as Kitty explained, you might have been unlucky.

 

Best of luck anyhow! Good news is, once you got enough graphite you will not need much more.

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I've looked at a lot of in game ore spawning for my pack. It was not uncommon to find veins of less than 5 ores. I've even seen isolated ore blocks. Just an RNG thing. It is anecdotal, but very small veins were more common with minerals. Probably observational bias though.

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Many ores will spawn "isolated" pockets of ore nearish to the main vein, containing anywhere from 1 to about 8 (in my experience) so those can throw off propick readings because you pick them up when you are farther from the main area than you would otherwise need to be to get anything.

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