Chromite Ore how to get it?

[MissMe NL]

How do i get Chromite Ore? I almost finished the game but i still dont have Chromite Ore. I read you need a codex or something.

[[Fmds]Finder82]

They are mined from the cave walls.

[wilco64256]

Yes one of the tombs gives you the ability to mine Chromite, not sure exactly which off the top of my head but I'm sure it's one of the late game ones.

[BMT]

You need to complete "The Pit of Judgement" tomb, which then unlocks the "Geologist" skill.

After doing that, go look for ore veins (e.g. in caves) and you'll find some now also contain Chromite Ore.

Note: Even if you have reached the limit for the other type of ore (Magnesite Ore) in your Inventory, if a ore vein also contains Chromite Ore you'll still be able to mine it (you just won't get any more Magnesite Ore). If it doesn't contain any Chromite Ore, you won't be able to - so there's no need to waste Magnesite Ore to check if it does or not.

[MissMe NL]

Ok thanks. Hmm thats my problem didnt do tombs yet only main missions :D

[yusupov]

ya well it is called TOMB raider not main mission doer....

[MissMe NL]

Originally posted by yusupov:

ya well it is called TOMB raider not main mission doer....

no sh*t sherlock

[The Major Gear]

Originally posted by MrBMT:

You need to complete "The Pit of Judgement" tomb, which then unlocks the "Geologist" skill.

After doing that, go look for ore veins (e.g. in caves) and you'll find some now also contain Chromite Ore.

Note: Even if you have reached the limit for the other type of ore (Magnesite Ore) in your Inventory, if a ore vein also contains Chromite Ore you'll still be able to mine it (you just won't get any more Magnesite Ore). If it doesn't contain any Chromite Ore, you won't be able to - so there's no need to waste Magnesite Ore to check if it does or not.

Actually, if you are carry max capacity of After wasting time searching a dozen or more caves for Chromite for unlocking costumes after finishing the game, I discovered why I wasn't finding any.

It's tied to Magnesite, and I was carrying the maximum amount of that. Since I could not mine Magnesite, I could not mine Chromite either.
It seems to work like this -
When you mine Magnesite, the game flips a coin to decide if you get any chromite along with it.

I don't know if it is 1 to 1 ratio, but definitely of you get 0 magnesite , you get 0 chromite.

[Edenlight]

@NuklearRaver Maybe you have an earlier version and it has been changed later, because I just tried and got 2 Chromite while my magnesite was full. Playing on the 20 years celebration edition with all the DLCs.

[Bramicus]

Maybe it depends on what game platform you're using, or maybe it depends on whether you are already at maximum game capacity. On Xbox one wearing the Siberian Ranger outfit and skills that boost resource capacity to absolute maximum, with my magnesite full I'm not able to mine at all. Now I have to look at the charts to see what burns magnesite to get rid of some of it.

[Briar&Smoke]

I didn't find chromite ore anywhere except the cave below the observatory.

[neo_retro]

Originally posted by Briar&Smoke:

I didn't find chromite ore anywhere except the cave below the observatory.

That's the Crypt bellow Base Camp Ridgeline in the Geothermal Valley. Got loads from there, need to search quite well, think there are about five deposits.

[Yuki]

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