Mining Question

[Reginleif]

So I just got back into Skyrim after however many years and while I dominated the game in the past, after playing a bajillion other games, I only have partial knowledge left.

I remember mine canceling, or rather initiating mining and canceling after each ore, with the express purpose of making sure you got the maximum 3 ore.

Is that still a thing? Was that ever a thing? Was that just an old wive's tale?

Granted, I recognize you can just dual wield pick axes and attack or whatever but I just wanted to verify the thing once and for all.

[Ilja]

Usual issue is that veins might give more ore than expected - or additional firewood. Lacking mines sounds like conflict between mods, or severe script lag.

[[STD]Random Lead]

You dont need to cancel after each ore to get 3. That happens regardless of mining style.

[xybolt]

If you have this mod, no need for these shenningans
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30248

[hawklaser]

You still get 3 ore. There is just a display bug where it doesn't pop up the notification for the 2nd ore.

[Reginleif]

A friend was saying we used to do this to try and get an extra ore? Does this sound right?

[Ilja]

Why bother? Really? Veins will reset when area does. Unless you are constantly marching around the same area, then you should have more than enough ores available.

[Steelfleece]

Manual mining works in first person, too. Can dual wield mining picks or use other tricks involving dual wield to speed that up.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Reginleif:

A friend was saying we used to do this to try and get an extra ore? Does this sound right?

No. It has always been that you get 3 ore, but only 2 messages. This is not a bug - the system doesn't show repeat messages if they occur too quickly. If it is a different message, such as finding a gem, it displays as normal. You just won't get that second message about getting ore. You still get the sound effect, but no message.

[Ilja]

Mining Clay and Quarried Stone gives even less messages. I didn't pay attention and had about 40 both in my inventory.