How are you supposed to get copper?

[Flip]

I have tried the mines and in the first 5 levels that used all my energy items I got 10 ore. Now I got to lvl 5, nothing, have to go 3 levels to fine 1 veins and with farming I have less than half a bar of stamina which means if I am unlucky I cannot even progress pass lvl 6 if I don't find the random hole down early.

At what lvl does Copper actually become common because right now it's my bottleneck.

[Cutlass Jack]

The game tells you copper but you really need to make a Bronze bar. If there's copper, I've never found any.

[LyaranTirel]

Originally posted by Flip:

I have tried the mines and in the first 5 levels that used all my energy items I got 10 ore. Now I got to lvl 5, nothing, have to go 3 levels to fine 1 veins and with farming I have less than half a bar of stamina which means if I am unlucky I cannot even progress pass lvl 6 if I don't find the random hole down early.

At what lvl does Copper actually become common because right now it's my bottleneck.

Almost every level have at least one group of ores. You either have very bad luck or didn't look at all the floor. I'm sorry if it was bad luck.

Normally when I want ore from one of the completed mines I did I just go to the floors 5, 15 and 25 and look for ore on them. I always leave with at least 10+ ores

[Flip]

I think I have had a lot of bad luck as I check all the floor, but I have discovered that sugar while costly is still the cheapest energy source I found and that's enough to keep me going and got me to lvl 10. I also think I have had no rainy days either so cannot dedicate a full day to it.

[Piperbird]

They changed the way drops work in the mines since .05. Now, there's barely anything on floors 1-10, more on 11-20, a lot more on 21-30, and the most on 31-40. Once you get down lower, you'll get more.

Unfortunately, this also means the days of 1/5/15/25s for a lot of ore fast are pretty much over. You used to be able to do a run and get 40-60 ores in a couple minutes. Now you might get 10, if you're lucky.

[LyaranTirel]

Originally posted by Piperbird:

They changed the way drops work in the mines since .05. Now, there's barely anything on floors 1-10, more on 11-20, a lot more on 21-30, and the most on 31-40. Once you get down lower, you'll get more.

Unfortunately, this also means the days of 1/5/15/25s for a lot of ore fast are pretty much over. You used to be able to do a run and get 40-60 ores in a couple minutes. Now you might get 10, if you're lucky.

Even now I still easily find ores on the first levels. And I mean in ALL first levels of all mines. Many days. Am I being luck?

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by LyaranTirel:

Originally posted by Piperbird:

They changed the way drops work in the mines since .05. Now, there's barely anything on floors 1-10, more on 11-20, a lot more on 21-30, and the most on 31-40. Once you get down lower, you'll get more.

Unfortunately, this also means the days of 1/5/15/25s for a lot of ore fast are pretty much over. You used to be able to do a run and get 40-60 ores in a couple minutes. Now you might get 10, if you're lucky.

Even now I still easily find ores on the first levels. And I mean in ALL first levels of all mines. Many days. Am I being luck?

Probably - that's no longer the norm. People in discord have been keeping track of their pulls. Here's mine - no perks or enchantments yet, it was the first time through the mines -

Floor 1 - no ore, but a vein in the floor
Floor 2 - no ore
Floor 3 - 4 ores
Floor 4 - 1 ore
Floor 5 - no ore
Floor 6 - 2 ores
Floor 7 - no ores
Floor 8 - no ores
Floor 9 - no ores

Floor 11 - 2 ores
Floor 12 - 1 ore, 1 geode rock thingie
Floor 13 - no ores
Floor 14 - 2 ores
Floor 15 - 2 ores and a mushroom
Floor 16 - no ores
Floor 17 - no ores
Floor 18 - 2 ores
Floor 19 - 2 ores

Also, killing every single monster on those 20 floors got me -

2 goo
1 cocoon
1 monster essence
3 stone

I also got

5 earth geodes
2 mystery geodes

These are not pre 1.0 numbers for the early floors, but it's the new normal. It's part of their new 'dynamic' system.

[Flip]

I got virtually nothing the first 10 levels. Once I got from 15-20 then it started a bit better but more common to have levels with nothing on them. I did manage to get enough now to at least get the forge going and enough to upgrade my watering can (I HATE watering :D )

[Sham]

Try and get 5 or 10 levels at a time on rainy days when you don't have to water crops. Don't focus on the ore, just getting as low as possible. This way you'll quickly reach the ore rich levels via the elevator when you need to farm ore

[Mabbie]

Originally posted by Sham:

Try and get 5 or 10 levels at a time on rainy days when you don't have to water crops. Don't focus on the ore, just getting as low as possible. This way you'll quickly reach the ore rich levels via the elevator when you need to farm ore

That's my strategy. On rainy days, I focus on going down 5 levels. When I'm done for the day, I use the elevator and visit levels 15 and 25, that are wide and usually have a decent amount of ores veins.

[wirewitch]

Originally posted by Flip:

I think I have had a lot of bad luck as I check all the floor, but I have discovered that sugar while costly is still the cheapest energy source I found and that's enough to keep me going and got me to lvl 10. I also think I have had no rainy days either so cannot dedicate a full day to it.

Are you making the starter food? You need any of the seeds that drop from trees (Maple, Oak, Pine) and some sap and you can make that lolly-pop which gives 60 stamina and 20 health back (I think those numbers are right)

Also you can get the Bug Jerky recipe from one of the towns folk (I can't remember who). Any bug will do, but you need to invest in the Grill from the appliance store. That gives 80 Stamina and 20 health also I believe.

The first option is more cost effective, since you can craft it without any appliance and can farm them easily. The seeds will drop if you shake the tree, you don't have to cut them down and you can do this to any you have access too around the town.

[kittyalliance]

What is meant by "dynamic system"?

Have the devs said why they've done this to the mines?

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by kittyalliance:

What is meant by "dynamic system"?

Have the devs said why they've done this to the mines?

Basically, the more you work, the better everything gets.

Deeper in the mines - more ores

Cleaner ocean - better fish

That kind of stuff. At the start of the game, the town is a mess. The more you clean it, the better the rewards are supposed to be.

[kittyalliance]

Oh, okay, that makes sense. Thanks!

[syzara]

Originally posted by LyaranTirel:

Even now I still easily find ores on the first levels. And I mean in ALL first levels of all mines. Many days. Am I being luck?

You are the Lucky Georg and should not have been counted.

On a slightly more serious note; there are more levels without ore now than pre-release for me for sure.

[LyaranTirel]

Originally posted by syzara:

Originally posted by LyaranTirel:

Even now I still easily find ores on the first levels. And I mean in ALL first levels of all mines. Many days. Am I being luck?

You are the Lucky Georg and should not have been counted.

On a slightly more serious note; there are more levels without ore now than pre-release for me for sure.

Dang... didn't know that. First time being luck too because I always have bad luck in games