HungryZombie Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Madmole mentioned you could mine for gold & silver to make money for the trader. I thought gold & silver were just random drops. Where can you mine for it exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMeiya Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 As far as I know they were as you said, random drops that just add a little bonus , though since the game keeps getting reset, and with my vastly busy Christmas schedule I haven't had the time to progress to late game mining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktoriusiii Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 In A16 there were small silver gold and diamond on bedrock level. No idea if this is still the case tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrkana Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 When a17 experimental first released I was mining and found a single spot that when I mined it gave me random gold and silver nuggets. Not sure what causes them to spawn but yes they are there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVecetti Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 You can find ore veins that are surrounded by sand, i am unclear how to find them exactly, i usually dig holes til bedrock at the old caves or under the big stone boulders outside.. within these veins there is a chance to find a 7500 durability sphere that seems to give no loot. at half health and upon breaking them they give silver/gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HungryZombie Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Sounds like it's not anything you can actively seek out from what people are saying. I've been playing this game for a long time and never found ore mining lol. Bad luck I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingblade2040 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I was able to find one while making my own little mine shafts in a desert biome. Yes it was a ways down almost at bedrock..maybe like 5 blocks above bedrock. I didn't get much silver though like 4 or 6 pieces max. Motherload might have helped but that perk feels useless till late game for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranticDan Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 This is just a guess, but I'd imagine deep underground in the wasteland since it can be quite hostile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiote Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Lots in the Canyon mine poi on Navezgane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer777 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 from what ive seen in a16 gold silver and diamonds are quite rare and prob still are in 20k blocks mined in desert i got a total of 1 of each lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyStar Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Doesn't really matter where they are located underground. You can play game after game and never come across a vein of rare ores. Really the only reliable source is from treasure chests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HungryZombie Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Doesn't really matter where they are located underground. You can play game after game and never come across a vein of rare ores. Really the only reliable source is from treasure chests. That's what I thought pretty much. Looking for ore to sell is not really a valid option when you need some dukes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyStar Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 That's what I thought pretty much. Looking for ore to sell is not really a valid option when you need some dukes. I'll PM you the way to make a lot of cash but please don't post it here. TFP are always looking for things like this to nerf. "Did someone say they have a way to make money in A17?" They are watching.... always ... watching..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darellion Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I had a single silver block at the mouth of one cave (with the workbench out front) but that was a few builds ago. Only other time I've come across rare veins is when my wife was mining oil shale in the desert in A16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorne Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Who's PM system are you using there, LuckStar? Most of the rare minerals I've found have been while mining Oil Shale in the desert biome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazer777 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 send me a pm to on that method lucky : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monch511 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 I have found the occasional silver/gold vein (typically only a couple blocks in size) while mining for oil shale in the sandy biomes. I got really lucky with one of my A16 playthroughs and got a vein that netted me over 100 gold and ~60 silver. No more machete blade-selling in that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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