Any iron farm tips ?

[Stetside]

I think I'm halfway through the game or I don't know, but I need a ton of iron... I saw some videos on Yt saying that Digtoise's Afk farm is the best and so on, but I'm having some problems with it.

1) If it is far from the base the chunck unloads and the stones disappear and they only appear if I am close to it-> So the excavations only produce when I am close to the base
2) Iron production is SUPER slow... I produce a maximum of 80 raw ore in a long time (Digtoise only does 1 damage to rock) (i have 4 Digtoises)

It's so inefficient that I'd rather ride a Rushoar and mine manually.

I really need help or some tips to farm iron efficiently.

[TAG_Animus]

Digtoise is Mining 3 which you'd think would be great for ore nodes but its not. This is because the nodes are "mined" (destroyed) based on damage dealt. Considering Digtoise's spin has each individual hit register against the ore node's high armor, they are actually terrible at damaging the nodes. The Mining 3 really only applies to the Stone Pit, where instead of registering for damage, its based on efficiency like a work bench.

I've found that Tombats are great miners at ore node locations. They're Mining 2 which means they'll actually attack the ore nodes. They do single-hit damage, so their attacks are only reduced by the ore node's armor once per attack. They work through the night. AND once all the nodes are destroyed, they'll help with transport.

All you'll have to do is slot the ore into furnaces. Foxsparks and Roobys are fine, but I managed to get some Arsox and Incinerams which made the whole process much quicker. There's a good ore spot North of the Chillet Boss across a rope bridge near the starter spawn. I tried to make another one on top of a mountain cliff, but every once in awhile when I'd come back, there'd be one or two pals which spawned off the side of the cliff and died. YMMV

[MrBishop077]

Digtoise are great if you Manually throw them at a node and let them farm. on Auto in base they do only seem to do the 1 point of damage, although rapidly, and they seem to eat a ton per work done.
Tombats work well in base as they can mine and carry (all night too). they attack slower but hit for 25-30ish points of damage each time, and they seem to use less food per chunk than the Dig. They are a rank 2 miner though and the Digtoise is a rank 3 .. i think that means they will have a hard time with coal+.

there are several great/good base locations with several iron nodes close together and on flat ground. *
63,-413 (Desolate Church) Iron nodes with a teleport near by.
15,-525 iron and a view.
315,-35 good iron with coal near by. *nearly raid proof
189,-39 coal+iron together *nearly raid proof
Place a Pal box near them in such a way that the nodes are within the blue base circle. build a storage, beds and a feed trough. add miners and transporters and your about done. ** you can add in a berry plantation and a Pal or 2 to maintain it Or you can make food elsewhere and keep the trough full. Baked Berries are quick and easy and provide a little San, but also far from the best.
and thats about it for a mining base.
My gameworld is a self hosted Multiplay singleplay game so even remote bases seem to keep working while im not there though there are still transport issues from time to time.

***If you decide to go the manual farm route, find 4 Broncherry. each one on your team increases your weight cap by 100 after you craft the saddle, and the 5 spot on your party is the Miner. The broncherry do not have to be active to gain the increased weight cap, merely on the roster.

[PurpuluDragon]

Digtoise with headband work just fine (and you can put your pickaxe in the trash).
Just level up a digtoise (breed one with attack bonus but it's honextly not necessary).

It's not much much faster than you doing it, but it is.

[FallenActual]

187, -42 is a great spot for iron and coal

[Sentient_Toaster]

If you're manually mining instead of having pals do all the work, don't forget that you can use a grapple gun to pull yourself even if you're ~2000 pounds over capacity (at least the 'mega' one does; I haven't checked whether the first-tier non-mega one has a capacity limit that would interfere).

Like, I've built a wooden box and a repair station at the dilapitated (or was it decrepit) church, within grapple range of the fast-travel point. Behind the church, there are consistent spawns for eight ore nodes. I mine the ore and as capacity hits the limit, I schlep it back to the box. As needed, I repair the pickaxe (bringing some stone and ingots from my base; there's wood nearby, in case I forget to have enough, but stone requires a bit of foraging).

(Building a palbox there would let Pals do more of the work, but... it's not great terrain to set up e.g. a full production facility etc. due to limited space, so you'd probably end up needing to take the ore/ingots somewhere else, anyway I'd guess?)

When all 320 units are in the box, I grab the ore. I can no longer even walk, but I can still grapple the ground near enough the fast-travel statue. Fast-travel back to base, grapple the ground nearby a box, drop off the ore; then it's off to the forge, if it's not already busy, to queue up another order of ingots.

[FallenActual]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

If you're manually mining instead of having pals do all the work, don't forget that you can use a grapple gun to pull yourself even if you're ~2000 pounds over capacity (at least the 'mega' one does; I haven't checked whether the first-tier non-mega one has a capacity limit that would interfere).

Like, I've built a wooden box and a repair station at the dilapitated (or was it decrepit) church, within grapple range of the fast-travel point. Behind the church, there are consistent spawns for eight ore nodes. I mine the ore and as capacity hits the limit, I schlep it back to the box. As needed, I repair the pickaxe (bringing some stone and ingots from my base; there's wood nearby, in case I forget to have enough, but stone requires a bit of foraging).

(Building a palbox there would let Pals do more of the work, but... it's not great terrain to set up e.g. a full production facility etc. due to limited space, so you'd probably end up needing to take the ore/ingots somewhere else, anyway I'd guess?)

When all 320 units are in the box, I grab the ore. I can no longer even walk, but I can still grapple the ground near enough the fast-travel statue. Fast-travel back to base, grapple the ground nearby a box, drop off the ore; then it's off to the forge, if it's not already busy, to queue up another order of ingots.

yeah i just unlocked the mega grapple hook I think it should come in handy for sure

[Forever Dunking]

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

[Berny!]

mega grapple when overloaded is genius. I've just been dropping them, get as far as I can before I can't grab them, and repeat. takes a long ass time haha

[FallenActual]

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

it does in SP aslong as you don't build ontop of it

[FallenActual]

Originally posted by Berny!:

mega grapple when overloaded is genius. I've just been dropping them, get as far as I can before I can't grab them, and repeat. takes a long ass time haha

100%

[Forever Dunking]

Originally posted by FallenActual:

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

it does in SP aslong as you don't build ontop of it

I specificly said Im playing mp lmao

[doublejesus]

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

If you're playing on multiplayer worlds go to dungeons to farm ore takes longer but it works, get a wolf mount so you can just run through it as quick as possible.

[The_Rising_Dragon]

Originally posted by FallenActual:

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

Originally posted by Forever Dunking:

would be great if ore actually respawned, server im on with my friends, ore just doesnt respawn lmao

it does in SP aslong as you don't build ontop of it

WAIT? IT DOES?! THIS IS GAME CHANGING!!!