Why is whacking Limestone in the Bend giving me Bronze Rivets as a bonus?

[Dimensional Traveler]

What the subject line says.

[Ihateeverybody]

I mean why does killing Wild Yakamel give you Copper Bars?

How important is this too you?

Edit: The easy (and likely true) answer is that the Bonus Perk for mining or scavenging has them on a list of possible rewards. Why they were placed on that list or why the resource they pop from was, only the devs can answer.

Edit2: If you are asking for a plausible in game lore reason why. During the day of calamaty alot of things were destroyed and dispersed and some Bronze Rivets from Buildings or other things became embeded in the Limestone.

Disclaimer: I am not mocking or ridiculing you in any way. I too sometimes have these moments.

[Dimensional Traveler]

It seems to be consistently Bronze Rivets from Limestone. I haven't noticed any other materials other than Limestone and Sulfur.

[Ihateeverybody]

I know I got them from other things before the Bend (Opal, Lapis Lazul, other nodes in Eufola Desert). Probley other things and places in the Abandoned Ruins.

Maybe it's a luck thing. I honestly don't know.

[Redfoot]

I was actually just about to post this in the bug section before i checked here. I can't possible think this is working as intended.

[syzara]

There are a few Pickhammer upgrades which give additional items like Bronze Rivets. Might be one of those.

[Ihateeverybody]

See now I may have to eat my words because I took a cruise around the Eufolla, doing all the stuff I usually do (Breaking up nodes) and I don't get any rivets so....OP may be right.

I don't have the Auto Catch scorpion or its follow up Gold and Diamond from scrap piles. SO I may be back here in a few days totally negating what I just said, I think the Bronze Riviets are reliant on that Gold and Diamond Perk.

Or It may have been revamped with the last Skill tree change. I really don't know.

[Dimensional Traveler]

The hammer has a "When quarry, 7% chance to drop extra Resources". Usually this is an extra unit of whatever resource you are mining/quarrying. That is how it has always worked before and how it works when quarrying everything else. I think this is a bug and when it rolls the 7% that there is an incorrect pointer to the bonus item in whatever table it is using.

The description of "Advanced Stone Knowledge", Level 2 is "Gain a 10% chance to get extra materials when mining". Again, all my prior experience with this is an extra unit of whatever you would get from the node, not some unrelated item. Picker-upper Knowledge, level 3: "Gain a small chance to find gold and diamonds in junk piles".

[Falaris]

Remember, nothing is natural here. This is all buildings turned into ruins turned into wasteland. So that's a riveted limestone statue you're whacking at.

Possibly. Or just a case of Cooper doing silly stuff again.

I find it stranger that limestone is the end-tree hardest rock type, well after granite and marble. That's just... what? You can't quite scratch it with your fingernails, but it's in that area of hardness.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Dimensional Traveler:

The hammer has a "When quarry, 7% chance to drop extra Resources". Usually this is an extra unit of whatever resource you are mining/quarrying. That is how it has always worked before and how it works when quarrying everything else. I think this is a bug and when it rolls the 7% that there is an incorrect pointer to the bonus item in whatever table it is using.

The description of "Advanced Stone Knowledge", Level 2 is "Gain a 10% chance to get extra materials when mining". Again, all my prior experience with this is an extra unit of whatever you would get from the node, not some unrelated item. Picker-upper Knowledge, level 3: "Gain a small chance to find gold and diamonds in junk piles".

Good point, I have had that Quarry effect on tools in the past. I will keep an eye on it when I upgrade to Chromimum or Aluminum. Honestly though, if I get stamina Return Values, I ain't re rolling.

[Dimensional Traveler]

Originally posted by Falaris:

I find it stranger that limestone is the end-tree hardest rock type, well after granite and marble. That's just... what? You can't quite scratch it with your fingernails, but it's in that area of hardness.

Dammit Falaris, they are computer programmers not geologists!

(With apologies to the Great Bird of the Galaxy. ;) )

[Ihateeverybody]

Wasn't that Leornard "Bones" McCoy? of the Starship Enterprise?

[Dimensional Traveler]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Wasn't that Leornard "Bones" McCoy? of the Starship Enterprise?

Referring to his Creator.

[DarknessShallFall]

Originally posted by Dimensional Traveler:

Originally posted by Falaris:

I find it stranger that limestone is the end-tree hardest rock type, well after granite and marble. That's just... what? You can't quite scratch it with your fingernails, but it's in that area of hardness.

Dammit Falaris, they are computer programmers not geologists!

(With apologies to the Great Bird of the Galaxy. ;) )

I mean we're also talking about a game with Mutant Lizards, Husky and Penguin, Yaks and Camel hybrids, and you want to talk about rocks? Maybe you're Unsuur's sibling? D:

lol jokes aside, I don't make the game.... xD

[Dimensional Traveler]

Well, I draw the line at Bronze Rivets being popped out of rocks with Aluminum Pickaxes!

And by the way its not just happening with limestone. I'm seeing the same thing with moonstone and granite too now.

[Ihateeverybody]

It should have a chance of happening with any Rock Node type out in the world (hard rock as well) if my memory is correct.

Did a rich uncle die and you suddenly came into a higher Luck Stat (Relics placed, Lot upgrade, New Accessory?).