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Lifting any Boulder that has sat long enough on the surface may reveal Beetles, Grubs, a Salamander, or rarely, a Creepy Centipede or Scorpion, hidden beneath them.
Excavation Skills
Over-world Boulders
Granite Boulders and Stone Boulders are found scattered across the surface of the New World.
With Any Axe or Any Pickaxe equipped right-click a Boulder and select "Chip" to receive up the appropriate Any Stone. When Chipping any Boulder there is a chance to receive a Sterling Geode, Whetstone at the same Purity as the Boulder, or rarely an Arcane Amethyst during a Blood Moon. Alternatively you may load any Boulder into a Stamp Mill, or blow it up with a Lit Boomstick, these ways are faster but will not yield any rares.
From left to right, 100x, 25x, 15x, 10x and 5x Lime pieces.
With the Quarrying Skill learned, and Any Shovel equipped, you can Dig Lime Boulders from a Lime Pit. Lime Boulders come in variable sizes, with the bigger Lime Boulders giving more Lime when Chipped, ranging from 5 up to 100. The size of your Lime Boulder is based on chance, your Mines & Mountains Proficiency, and whether or not you have learned the Ambitious Excavation Skill. Rarely you will Dig up a very small Lime Boulder. Chipping this Lime Boulder will give you a single Little Limestone. When used in place of Lime in a Ore Smelter, a Little Limestone will increase the number of Bar of Any Metal that are produced. Each Lime Boulder Dug from a Lime Pit will lower the terrain slightly. If the terrain is too step you will be unable to Dig further, making it possible to exhaust a Lime Pit of Lime.
Exploration Event Boulders
Obsidian Boulders can be found rarely in the Crag biome. An Obsidian Boulder can be Chipped to receive Obsidian. Select Any Stone and right-click it onto a piece of Obsidian to receive either Obsidian Fragments or an Obsidian Arrowhead.
Ore Boulders
With the Mining Skill learned and Any Pickaxe equipped, clicking the Mine action will change your cursor into a pickaxe, which can then be right-clicked on any wall within a Mine Entrance to begin Mining. The Phlegm this will drain is dependent on what Mine level you are on and can be lowered by increasing your Mining Artifact Bonus. Chipping an Ore Boulder will give you the appropriate Any Ore or Rubble.
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