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tyriael-soban

Ore Generation.

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Just how much has the oregen changed since b77?I used to find tons of stuff either on, or just beneath the surface and now i cant even cobble together the copper for a bloody pickaxe.  :blink:I find obscene amounts of ore that i cant process till post bronze age (huge vein of magnetite on my current world, about 20 squares from spawn) and the previous one, id wandered for about 3 hours, walking about 15km in game without finding any surface beyond about a dozen bismuth nuggets.

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i think not much is changed, all the time i play TFC have huge and small veins, normaly any vein have more than i need to play.the ore spawn is relative to stone in the area you finding.

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If anything, ore generation has increased as we have removed the height limitations, and all ores can be found on any level that can spawn that stone type. Make sure you check what stone type you are in and cross reference it against the wiki: http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Ore

 

If you found bismuth, it's likely you are in a sedimentary stone layer, which copper cannot spawn in.

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Trying to find enough loose nuggets on the surface is not the best way.

Just find some river and gold pan.

Whenever I spawn a new world my first priority is to find clay. then I will make a temporary camp there as is always close to water. Gold pan until you have enough for you first tools.

Then you can go exploring. Remember to mark the location of any nuggets, as it will make easy to locate the vein if you dig on the center. I usually use thatch for that.  

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We've actually done the math, and it is ridiculously more efficient to search the surface for nuggets than it is to gold pan for your first tool. If you really want, I can go find all the numbers for it for proof.

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Nah, thanks Kitty. I guess is more a question of play style. I like having a secure base to spend the nights.

I spend my first days gold panning and the nights doing pottery and inventory organization. I usually have enough copper after just a few days.

Like I said is personal preference, but it works for me, this way at least, when I find surface cooper I am ready to dig it up.

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If anything, ore generation has increased as we have removed the height limitations, and all ores can be found on any level that can spawn that stone type. Make sure you check what stone type you are in and cross reference it against the wiki: http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Ore

 

If you found bismuth, it's likely you are in a sedimentary stone layer, which copper cannot spawn in.

I must have really crappy luck with ore generation then; 10 days on this worldI started in Dacite with Basalt underneath, found a copper vein in a ravine but nothing to dig it with xDoddly, unlike my previous experience with TFC, a vein this big this close to the surface, often had a huge cluster of nuggets, but not anymore.i havnt found enough surface nuggets to make a tool yet (i think, all in all im now at 9 nuggets of copper)  and ive been finding copper in dolomite (around mountains, with basalt under, also found a vein down there) plenty of ferrous metals, but no tin or zinc, oh, and motherloads of platinum and galena ...All the surface of this world thus far has been sed rocks, can i have my stone age boats back? :P

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