Question About Sandbox and Statues

[Dreadstone]

I know things are randomized, but are they randomized to the point that you (in the starting area up to and including Elven Quarter) would receive, for example, 2/3rds of one recipe, 1/3 of another with no chance of the last parts dropping?

[TurokGMT]

There are additional Elven quarters further in for more statues as well as other Tier 1 areas. Find the stairs and look at the colour of the map area entrances to guide you.

[Dreadstone]

Do you mean the stairs that lead DOWN (some need repairing), where you can find copper? (1st and 2nd deep)

[TurokGMT]

Yup, on my current sandbox, I've found two such enormous stairwells which span multiple floors. Check your map and you can cycle through floors too, there's a lot of things already marked that you can try to head for.

The issue I'm having is non-statue recipe unlocks aren't happening - eg the loom hasn't been given even though I've found mushroom wood, also don't have access to the rune table. I've found the drain pump and replaced every missing piece that I can see but can't pull the lever etc.

[Creepy]

Originally posted by TurokGMT:

Yup, on my current sandbox, I've found two such enormous stairwells which span multiple floors. Check your map and you can cycle through floors too, there's a lot of things already marked that you can try to head for.

The issue I'm having is non-statue recipe unlocks aren't happening - eg the loom hasn't been given even though I've found mushroom wood, also don't have access to the rune table. I've found the drain pump and replaced every missing piece that I can see but can't pull the lever etc.

The Rune Table unlocked for me when I found the Mine Hoist room.

[Ilverai]

I am having the same issue where the loom has not unlocked even though I have harvested ubasom wood.

[Dreadstone]

My latest issue is going into the deeps. All the "corridors" are blocked. I've watched multiple guides (that, unfortunately don't distinguish between "story" and "sandbox") and anyway....

[TurokGMT]

Yeah, I'm well past repairing the hoist...might have to abandon world :(

[Drag]

As this two week old thread helped me, let me try to return the favor, even though it may be well past the point some of you care.

Originally posted by TurokGMT:

Yup, on my current sandbox, I've found two such enormous stairwells which span multiple floors. Check your map and you can cycle through floors too, there's a lot of things already marked that you can try to head for.

The issue I'm having is non-statue recipe unlocks aren't happening - eg the loom hasn't been given even though I've found mushroom wood, also don't have access to the rune table. I've found the drain pump and replaced every missing piece that I can see but can't pull the lever etc.

On a sandbox world, I've strangely found the loom after building the tiled hearth. (Granite, resin, 'shroom wood.)

For the rune table, if you're on a campaign world - where the hoist needs repairing, then you can unlock the rune table by fixing the one in Balin's second camp using 10 Elven wood. You can find that camp in the first room the Mines of Moria opens up into, at the very back.

Otherwise, if you're in a sandbox world trying to get the rune table, make a steel hammer. Even if you brought a better one from another world, it unlocked for me by crafting.