Can you still detect plasteel?

[Kid 1,000]

I've detected 35 different things with my ground penetrating scanner and still haven't detected plasteel. I used to detect plasteel maybe every fifth time in previous games. Can you still deep drill plasteel?
I'm playing Randy on Rough difficulty. Thanks!

[Xilo The Odd]

should be able to, but it'll be random of course. i actually had a big plasteel meteor hit and i've let it sit till i can get my miner near maxed out.

[Astasia]

Yes you can still detect underground plasteel, I don't think the chances have changed, 1 in 5 sounds about right. You probably just had a streak of bad luck.

[Kid 1,000]

Thanks. Does the difficulty setting affect your chances?

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by Kid 1,000:

Thanks. Does the difficulty setting affect your chances?

Nope. The difficulty rating is determined by the storyteller regarding severity and type of events, as well as HP and damage dealt.
It does not determine the distribution of resources on map tiles.
All map tiles will have some plasteel somewhere in varying amounts. Some may be readily available for surface mining, but mostly it is below ground and requires deep drilling.
The rate of discovery by the ground penetrating scanner was changed and it now may take a lot longer to locate plasteel than it used to.
To mitigate this, try using the long range mineral scanner to locate deposits in nearby map tiles. You an configure this to search for plasteel alone. Using these two methods together can speed the acquisition of plasteel greatly.

[ROE]

Lol, I can't find platesteel either. I have 5000 uranium if that helps.

Try the long range scanner instead. Plenty of plate to find out there in the world.

[Ancient Snek]

I literally found it via deep scan today. Prolly just bad luck.

[Kid 1,000]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Originally posted by Kid 1,000:

Thanks. Does the difficulty setting affect your chances?

Nope. The difficulty rating is determined by the storyteller regarding severity and type of events, as well as HP and damage dealt.
It does not determine the distribution of resources on map tiles.
All map tiles will have some plasteel somewhere in varying amounts. Some may be readily available for surface mining, but mostly it is below ground and requires deep drilling.
The rate of discovery by the ground penetrating scanner was changed and it now may take a lot longer to locate plasteel than it used to.
To mitigate this, try using the long range mineral scanner to locate deposits in nearby map tiles. You an configure this to search for plasteel alone. Using these two methods together can speed the acquisition of plasteel greatly.

Thanks! I located some plasteel long range. Still haven't found any underground though.