eeeermn.... gold?

[Kaeru Gaman]

Hi folks! ö.ö/

the second hint in the tutorial says: "find and mine gold" ...

ermn.. where?

I ran around in the cave, digged some tunnels, ran back and forth, eventually got the third hint that told me how to use the hook, found the cave scanner by pressing TAB while looking for functions...

how can I find gold?
is there a scanner that helps me find it?
or do I have to dig around an hour to stumble over some gold by accident?

[nul]

It'll be on the walls, floor, and ceiling of natural caves. Golden, shiny, hard to miss. Scanner will not help you. Digging around will not either.

[Kaeru Gaman]

hard to miss?
so could it be I just ran around half an hour and did not pass any?

and "shiny" is just a thing... the whole cave is extremely yellow and shiny in my headlight...

PS:
so you say there MUST be some in the starting cave in the 'tutorial'
I thought I looked at each and every wall I could reach...

[JeanneOskoure]

Everything is pre-generated on the wall. Digging aimlessly will not make you find anything. Look around, there should be some.

[Johnno]

I just tried the tutorial, it's on a pillar right after you leave the drop pod, straight in front of you.

Yes, starting room. Look around the pillars I guess.

edit:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2766148690

[Derpykat5]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2766151805
Here's another pic of after the drop pod and its floodlights leave.
The contrast could be stronger, but it's not like it blends into the wall or anything. The popup even shows you exactly what gold looks like.

[Gilmore]

We're rich!

[Vault Traveler]

to be fair green on gold wasnt the best choice

[CCShad]

Shallow Grotto (the yellow biome) is exclusively used for the tutorial, because it looks awful.

[Vault Traveler]

Ironically the next cave part is light blue which would be the best color contrast for gold.

[Nosteru]

Originally posted by CCShad:

Shallow Grotto (the yellow biome) is exclusively used for the tutorial, because it looks awful.

It is a mix of several biome with yellowish color scheme.

[Kaeru Gaman]

thanks a lot for the screenshots!
once you now how it looks (and where to look) it's really easy to find...

[GIRL]

Originally posted by Vault Traveler:

to be fair green on gold wasnt the best choice

I think the whole tutorial could use an overhaul. I've said this multiple times before but I'll say it again, there really should be custom-built caves, 1 for each class, to act as tutorials.

- A cave with REALLY tall cliffs and ceilings to show off Scout's mobility and flare range. Maybe in the glacial strata, with conveniently-placed platform plants under mineral veins, to simulate teamwork with an Engie.
- A cave with wide canyons and drops, to show Gunner how to use ziplines. Have it so more enemies spawn than in the other tutorials, and add a tooltip that you have a shield. To teach Gunners that the importance of their shield and firepower.
- A cave with lots of burn-able stuff like spider webs, and more dirt blockages than usual, to show Drillers how to help their team traverse annoying terrain. Could spawn more swarmer tunnels than usual too, to show off his AoE sticky flames power.
- A cave with terrain that generates like an obstacle course, to encourage Engineers to use their platform gun. Broken up by caves shaped in such a way as to encourage Engie to strategically place his sentry guns.

Polish it all off with custom Mission Control voicelines and special pointers (like game-generated pings, to show you where to go), and you'd have a really good tutorial.

Not to mention, it would be fun for veterans to try and break the tutorials with what they've learned, or speedrun them...

[Deadweight]

that all sounds pretty nice

[Ifeanyi]

Originally posted by Femboy Thighs:

Originally posted by Vault Traveler:

to be fair green on gold wasnt the best choice

This sounds great