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… but first of all the vein must be located. Prospecting allows you to search for suitable locations for conducting a mining operation.
 
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==Prospecting Devices==
 
 
 
Equipping a Prospecting Device allows you to {{i|Prospect}}. Prospecting reveals the locations of Well Points and Ore Nodes which are hidden underground. When Prospecting a pink arrow will be above your head which will spin randomly until you get close enough to a Node for it to lock on and then it will point in the Node's general direction. Once you are close enough a Node will appear on the ground as a patch with brown, gray, or blue steaks running through it. Currently a Prospecting Device's [[Purity]] does not matter.
 
 
 
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==Nodes==
 
==Nodes==
  
The initial signpost for a Mine Entrance or Well must be built on the appropriate Node with {{i|Prospect}} activated.
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Latest revision as of 16:33, 17 June 2023

Prospecting icon.png Prospecting
"Allows you to search for suitable locations for conducting a mining operation"
Requirements:
Skill(s) required:
Proficiencies required:
700 Flora & Fauna icon.png Flora & Fauna
625 Hunting & Hideworking icon.png Hunting & Hideworking
1675 Mines & Mountains icon.png Mines & Mountains
Skills Unlocked:
Crafts Unlocked:
Builds Unlocked:
Others Unlocked:

In-Game Text

"Now a miner, before he begins to mine the veins, must consider seven things, namely : the situation, the conditions, the water, the roads, the climate, the right of ownership, and the neighbours."

– Georgius Agricola, de Re Metallica

… but first of all the vein must be located. Prospecting allows you to search for suitable locations for conducting a mining operation.

Prospecting Devices

Equipping a Prospecting Device allows you to Prospect icon.png Prospect. Prospecting reveals the locations of Well Points and Ore Nodes which are hidden underground. When Prospecting a pink arrow will appear above your head which will spin randomly until you get close enough to a Node for it to lock on. Once it has locked on it will towards point the nearest Node's. Once you are close enough a Node will appear on the ground as a patch with brown, gray, or blue steaks running through it. Currently a Prospecting Device's Purity does NOT matter.

Item Hands Finds
Dowsing Rods icon.png Dowsing Rods 1 All Mine Entrance icon.png Mine Entrance Nodes.
Woo-Woo-Wand icon.png Woo-Woo-Wand 2

Nodes

The initial signpost for a Mine Entrance or Well must be built on the appropriate Node with Prospect icon.png Prospect activated. NOTE: While a Copper Node and Iron Node look different, they are functionally the same.

Copper Node Iron Node Well Point
Coppernode.jpg Ironnode.jpg Wellspot.jpg