Where is silver, gold and platinum on Earth?

[SandMan]

I just cant find it, people say its in big rocks but I only ever found one over the, like, 10km I searched and it only had iron???????? Why is it easyer to gather resources in space than on planets?

[Bahamut]

Why is it easier to gather resources in space? For one, there isn't this pesky thing called gravity in the way. And two, everything is in nice and easy to spot asteroids. (/totally unhelpful and snarky response)

As far as your particular problem goes, silver and gold are usually 50m or more under ground and therefore require at the very least, a small grid ore detector.

You will never find platinum on the earth like, mars like, and alien planets. Thay is only on the moons and adteroids.

[Fizzgig]

Originally posted by Bahamut:

You will never find platinum on the earth like, mars like, and alien planets. Thay is only on the moons and adteroids.

*correction
If you scan inside meteor craters some of the meteors leave small platinum deposits.

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Bahamut:

Why is it easier to gather resources in space? For one, there isn't this pesky thing called gravity in the way. And two, everything is in nice and easy to spot asteroids. (/totally unhelpful and snarky response)

As far as your particular problem goes, silver and gold are usually 50m or more under ground and therefore require at the very least, a small grid ore detector.

You will never find platinum on the earth like, mars like, and alien planets. Thay is only on the moons and adteroids.

I was using a scout drone with an ore detector on it and I cant find ♥♥♥♥. Also how am I supposed to build thruster components then to get off of the planet? What is the point of the survival mode planet spawn even?

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Fizzgig:

Originally posted by Bahamut:

You will never find platinum on the earth like, mars like, and alien planets. Thay is only on the moons and adteroids.

*correction
If you scan inside meteor craters some of the meteors leave small platinum deposits.

I don't have metiors turned on.

[Bahamut]

Originally posted by Colonel SandMan:

Originally posted by Bahamut:

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I was using a scout drone with an ore detector on it and I cant find ♥♥♥♥. Also how am I supposed to build thruster components then to get off of the planet? What is the point of the survival mode planet spawn even?

You don't need thruster components to build Hydrogen thrusters. Ion thrusters, the things that need thruster components, are only about 30% or less efficient at natural gravity levels of above .5g. They are relly only for space flight. Just like atmo thrusters are only for planetary flight. Hydrogen Thrusters are what will get you to space from a planet.

Originally posted by Fizzgig:

Originally posted by Bahamut:

You will never find platinum on the earth like, mars like, and alien planets. Thay is only on the moons and adteroids.

*correction
If you scan inside meteor craters some of the meteors leave small platinum deposits.

I stand corrected. I don't usually play with meteors on and when I do, I don't really check them for ores.

[Tiberius]

On planet, build hydrothrusts, go to space. Find platinum. Build ion thrusters. Then it is possible to build a ship with both atmo and ions and they can carry you between space/planet and back without hydrothrusters - or you can still use them if you prefer for launches or raw acceleration.

Btw, better load up on silicon while you're on the planet. That is what's rare in space.

[Wygos]

Originally posted by Colonel SandMan:

I just cant find it, people say its in big rocks but I only ever found one over the, like, 10km I searched and it only had iron???????? Why is it easyer to gather resources in space than on planets?

This is space engineers thepoint is to drive you to space this is what core game was about.
Use ore detoctor. Its way to many resources on planets takes like 5-15 min to find them all even when i play with no ore spots mods.

1. good ore is deep so u need to fly low or use car.
2. Ore detector lags so dont go tooo fast or u miss it.

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Bahamut:

Originally posted by Colonel SandMan:

I was using a scout drone with an ore detector on it and I cant find ♥♥♥♥. Also how am I supposed to build thruster components then to get off of the planet? What is the point of the survival mode planet spawn even?

You don't need thruster components to build Hydrogen thrusters. Ion thrusters, the things that need thruster components, are only about 30% or less efficient at natural gravity levels of above .5g. They are relly only for space flight. Just like atmo thrusters are only for planetary flight. Hydrogen Thrusters are what will get you to space from a planet.

Originally posted by Fizzgig:

*correction
If you scan inside meteor craters some of the meteors leave small platinum deposits.

I stand corrected. I don't usually play with meteors on and when I do, I don't really check them for ores.

Yeah my plan was to take the jet thruters up then switch to ion and be fully electric. Didnt realise hydrogen didnt use thruster components thanks.

[lotw_1]

The quick answer to that is gold and silver is quite a ways down in the ground now. Mine where about 70km under the surface. So it makes for a more realistic and challenging way to get them, at least at 1st. Still have not found platinum.

[ExpendableGrunt]

For game purposes, this works very well. If you start on planet, your first hurdle is getting off planet to get those rarer resources. It's more challenging, since you can't use ion engines. Once you leave, you'll probably never come back. It's the closest thing this game has to a player goal.

Same goes for Hydrogen engines. They are useful (essential?) for getting off planet, but after that, you might never use them again.

[Baratheon79]

Originally posted by lotw_1:

...Still have not found platinum.

As was already stated by another poster, you won't on a planet. The sole exception to that is if you have meteors turned on in the world settings, in which case, you may get lucky and find a small amount in the craters left by meteor impacts.

What has not been stated by other posters, however, is that certain resources may be too far underground for the small-grid ore detector to find, as its range is quite limited. In my game, when scouting for resources, I usually try to fly over the dark spots on the surface with my big ship (fuel permitting, of course) to use its ore detector instead. Same in space, where I usually fly close to an asteroid I'm checking for resources with the big ship, then launch my mining ship or drone if I see anything I need/want.

I should note than I *have* been able to find silver and gold occasionally with the small ore detector (since my big ship is not currently fitted for sustained atmospheric flight, flying it around on a planet is not always a practical option). However, I had to fly very close to the ground, so the suggestion of a rover for resource scouting might be a good idea. If you can build one that won't spontaneously explode or launch itself into orbit if you look at it the wrong way. ;)

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Baratheon79:

Originally posted by lotw_1:

...Still have not found platinum.

As was already stated by another poster, you won't on a planet. The sole exception to that is if you have meteors turned on in the world settings, in which case, you may get lucky and find a small amount in the craters left by meteor impacts.

What has not been stated by other posters, however, is that certain resources may be too far underground for the small-grid ore detector to find, as its range is quite limited. In my game, when scouting for resources, I usually try to fly over the dark spots on the surface with my big ship (fuel permitting, of course) to use its ore detector instead. Same in space, where I usually fly close to an asteroid I'm checking for resources with the big ship, then launch my mining ship or drone if I see anything I need/want.

I should note than I *have* been able to find silver and gold occasionally with the small ore detector (since my big ship is not currently fitted for sustained atmospheric flight, flying it around on a planet is not always a practical option). However, I had to fly very close to the ground, so the suggestion of a rover for resource scouting might be a good idea. If you can build one that won't spontaneously explode or launch itself into orbit if you look at it the wrong way. ;)

The small and the large ore detectors are both 150m

[Baratheon79]

Originally posted by Colonel SandMan:

The small and the large ore detectors are both 150m

Not without mods, or unless they're bugged in some way. Just tested both in my regular game, and in a new completely mod-free world.

Small-grid: 50m max
Large-grid: 150m max

[SandMan]

Originally posted by Baratheon79:

Originally posted by Colonel SandMan:

The small and the large ore detectors are both 150m

Not without mods, or unless they're bugged in some way. Just tested both in my regular game, and in a new completely mod-free world.

Small-grid: 50m max
Large-grid: 150m max

must be mods ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it up then but 150 non the less

[lotw_1]

Ya, in my game its 50m max with a small ship, which works ok for the start of the game. Keen could add tiered stuff like I suggested before costing more resources and more power to use. That way it is still balanced.