Mineral nodes (iron, gold, marble)

[-Big Dan]

When discovering the different mineral nodes that you can prospect with your bailiff, is it the case that not all nodes have materials?
I'm on coastal map with mods and I've found all the nodes, but have only been able to prospect 2 iron and 2 marble and can't prospect any other materials.

[Minotorious]

To prospect a node you need to own the land 3 hexes away from them as well as the bailiff has to be able to path there, i.e. you might need a bridge to reach some of the nodes down the small hill on one side of the map.

Note all maps have all minerals so keep prospecting and you will get everything

[Hans CakeStealer]

Where are the gems? I'm only getting a handful from my quarries and I still haven't unlocked the 4th trader? This trade system needs some help

[Minotorious]

Originally posted by Hans CakeStealer:

Where are the gems? I'm only getting a handful from my quarries and I still haven't unlocked the 4th trader? This trade system needs some help

Gems drop randomly from the quarries with an approximate 1% chance so they are not a steady supply for sure.

The 4th trader can be unlocked by building the majestic stained glass masterpiece

[-Big Dan]

Originally posted by Minotorious:

To prospect a node you need to own the land 3 hexes away from them as well as the bailiff has to be able to path there, i.e. you might need a bridge to reach some of the nodes down the small hill on one side of the map.

Note all maps have all minerals so keep prospecting and you will get everything

I'll see if its a pathing issue. On a Valley map save I have the land nearby requirement, but it may be that I need to build a bridge to the higher elevation. If it doesn't work than its an endgame problem because I can't get quartz for stained glass.

[resieg]

We can buy glass for "stained glass", dont we?
And why doesnt it work to build a bridge?
Is there no other way to get to this higher elevation?

[Hans CakeStealer]

Originally posted by Minotorious:

Originally posted by Hans CakeStealer:

Where are the gems? I'm only getting a handful from my quarries and I still haven't unlocked the 4th trader? This trade system needs some help

Gems drop randomly from the quarries with an approximate 1% chance so they are not a steady supply for sure.

The 4th trader can be unlocked by building the majestic stained glass masterpiece

Thank you, I would never of guessed that.

EDIT: That still doesn't work I dunno what I'm missing

[funababbit]

Interesting to learn that all maps contain all minerals. I have spent HOURS playing the game, and restarted each time I discovered "a better way." My interest failed at last after my mineral surveys kept turning up stone.

I think iron and marble are critical for tools and monuments, quartz is nice, gold is kind of weak. After four consecutive game of turning up stone on the first, second or third mandate and having only three or four minerall surveys remaining - I just got bored of putting that much effort into building my village, only to keep turning up stone.

I can see the point of having failed surveys but with only a few mineral searches available turning up stone is a losing effort. Finally, after getting two stone discoveries in succession within the same game, I lost interest in more restarts and going through the process of starting from scratch.

Curious about one thing that may change my mind - are the mineral deposits set at the commencement of the game, or does the bailiff's finding have something to do with experience? Specifically, will the bailiff find the same mineral deposit whether it be the first, second, third or fourth mandate? If it's a matter of waiting for the bailiff to gain levels to obtain better results, I can handle that but if the minerals are predetermined at the outset - I've restarted so often that I now play at X1, go off and do something else and then come back to see if something's happened.

Originally posted by Minotorious:

To prospect a node you need to own the land 3 hexes away from them as well as the bailiff has to be able to path there, i.e. you might need a bridge to reach some of the nodes down the small hill on one side of the map.

Note all maps have all minerals so keep prospecting and you will get everything