Rock formations in a circle?

[NewYears1978]

Are these anything or just randomly generated terrain? They are like large pointy rocks and always in a circle with a clearing in the middle.

[Monokuma]

I haven't seen this before.
Might be worth taking a pickaxe and digging in the circle for a while?

[Chagidiel]

Its the way the really cool vikings were buried back in the days... Not sure if fills a purpose in the gamne though

[grgazzels]

There may be some metals and such underground, will need the "antler pick axe" cant recall the name.

[NewYears1978]

Originally posted by Chagidiel:

Its the way the really cool vikings were buried back in the days... Not sure if fills a purpose in the gamne though

That sounds likely...it's a pretty big circle. I should take a screenshot.

[konduct]

I dug around in the smaller formations ive found (kind of looks like a small grave with a praying bench/altar) and sometimes i find bone fragments. Not significant but a nice touch of detail


before
https://ibb.co/K5zLJTn
after breaking
https://ibb.co/h74pr2X

[Axsdenied]

If you dig within them, you can find chests :)

[SolidusPrime]

Originally posted by Axsdenied:

If you dig within them, you can find chests :)

Well damn. I did not know this. I've passed so many rock circles lol.

[konduct]

Originally posted by Axsdenied:

If you dig within them, you can find chests :)

Originally posted by SolidusPrime:

Well damn. I did not know this. I've passed so many rock circles lol.

haha me too! Is it the standard arrows/valuable rock/coin combo?

[Spanton]

The 5 large (blank) stones placed in a circle are one of the possible spawn locations when you initially start your world.

[VadeN]

You don't really find that much in those smaller formations.
You can find chests with valuables in the formations which look like boats.

[LordOfTheBread]

Originally posted by NewYears1978:

Are these anything or just randomly generated terrain? They are like large pointy rocks and always in a circle with a clearing in the middle.

Yes they are generated automatically, the goals is to represent a world that has been lived in like the multiple deserted ruins and villages.

[konduct]

Originally posted by vadeN:

You don't really find that much in those smaller formations.
You can find chests with valuables in the formations which look like boats.

like this?

https://ibb.co/pbw0R5z


update - dug around, and about dead center in the boat-shaped formation found a small pile of gold and bone fragments
https://ibb.co/WgnDfR4

[Toreddos]

Wow, really if I dig through those rocks can I find something valuable?
I didn't know ... I've been through a lot these days

[Wridian]

The smaller formations made of standing rocks close to your character's size always have something buried inside the perimeter they make, at worst it's kinda hard to find in the larger formations.

But the really big rocks that always form a perfect circle with no trees inside? I have dug and dug and dug in those and never found anything. I still wonder what the point of those are. At first I assumed they were extra fancy burial sites, but the emptiness says otherwise. Maybe they're an unfinished thing.

[rexpiscator]

I found an entire Skeleton Tomb under a Copper Node...was nearly done mining it when all of a sudden, I uncovered the familiar entrance of rocks, as I approached, yep, got the [E] Enter prompt, which I promptly did!

Found a chest inside one of the 'boat' shaped cairns as well...love the pickaxe!