Volcanic ore in the mountains?

[lilpig99]

Alright, while mining above ground in the mountains i somehow got a volcanic ore way before completing the boat. Is this normal and just really rare, or just a neat bug?

[Wściekły Koczek]

It's drops sometimes in mountains.I think it's to be able to improve the tools before the next biome.

[DarkOutX]

Seems more like a bug coz you shouldn't be able to get next tier ore before opening it's world. Because when you find ore once, it should be opened in store, so you open an ability to get as much of it as you want without opening next world.

I'd better report it.
It could ruin experience: you reach ore earlies than it planned > you obviously want to get better tools faster > you start grinding in the most boring way (on worse profession lvl) > than you open next world and already passed a step of it's progression with highest possible grind

P.S. If new ore doesn't opened in store, so probably not a problem

[lilpig99]

yeah, metal was unlocked after finding that first piece, and after about another 2-3 hr grind i managed to get palm? Which opened the wood from the next spot and unlock in the shops.

[MissPackRat]

I too got a volcanic ore in the Mountain. It is available for purchase in my store.

[Aardzol]

I think I got around 5-10 volcanic ores and I'm still in the mountains. Also, I think I'm right in saying if you get just 1, you can then unlock it in the shop and then buy it. If that's true, for that item, you technically don't need to mine ore... if you are rich. :)