Strange that copper veins still float midair

[Elvis from Hell, baby]

The giant weapons in Mistlands break apart, don't float, so why does copper?!

[Zathabar]

The weapons have fewer connection points than a copper node, making it easier to undermine their stability.

The armour pieces or skull fragments are more similar to a copper node and defo suffer from this "Levitation Problem" still

[sneezyfido]

They just need a reminder, like the coyote

[rodelis]

Copper veins may float, but it can shatter, just very finicky about ground connection. Silver on the other hand... absolutely refuses to shatter. I've dug out entire veins of it, mined out one section, and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

[avatar.zero]

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and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

Probably because you're trying to mine it with either the antler or bronze pick. You need iron or better to mine a silver vein.

[Mharr]

It's got a weird hitbox. There's a mod you can use to see it.

[stvlepore]

If I clear all around silver, sides and bottom, then hit the end, it shatters 75% of the time.

[Mharr]

It's easier with ores, especially silver, to bury the whole thing and hit the one tiny corner poking out. If the remaining part is entirely *under* the terrain you get all the ore the same way.

[HyperLightDrifter]

Copper ends up floating if you remove the very bottom piece that connects to ground and, afterwards, remove ground connection to every piece above it. Destroying any single chunk from that floating island leads to it all falling apart due to sector updating of the bottom piece.

[rodelis]

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and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

Probably because you're trying to mine it with either the antler or bronze pick. You need iron or better to mine a silver vein.

Reread my post below. I put the part you clearly missed in bold

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Copper veins may float, but it can shatter, just very finicky about ground connection. Silver on the other hand... absolutely refuses to shatter. I've dug out entire veins of it, mined out one section, and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

Clearly I had the right pickaxe. Of course, I also haven't played since mistlands came out, and just recently started over, so I don't know if that's been changed. I have to reach silver again to find out. Have alot of iron and one boss to go.

[Mharr]

Copper is often deep enough that you *can't* dig far enough to fully expose it, which is the other reason I raise the land over it instead.

[Zathabar]

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Copper is often deep enough that you *can't* dig far enough to fully expose it, which is the other reason I raise the land over it instead.

Oh for a simple "+1" button for posts like this.

Hadn't thought of that. Maybe next playthrough ;)

[Mharr]

Yeah the actual game rule is that the ore's hitbox doesn't intersect with the ground after swinging the pick. Being entirely below works the same as being entirely above.

Silver veins do this by luck sometimes.

[mafilux]

Its not strange, the devs just don't update their game in any reasonable amount of time and are incompetent afaic.

[Oakshield]

Silver can shatter, just like copper.
Only difference is that for some reason the hitbox of a silver vein where it "connects" to its surrounding seems to be larger as that of copper.

But it's still fun to stand on top of a vein, do that one hit and see it all come down in a rain of ores and stone.

[rodelis]

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and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

you need iron pickaxe for silver.

You are the 2nd to fail to read the full message.
Reread it below with the important section in bold.

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Copper veins may float, but it can shatter, just very finicky about ground connection. Silver on the other hand... absolutely refuses to shatter. I've dug out entire veins of it, mined out one section, and I got a bunch of little messages along the rest of the silver vein saying "too hard".

And quoting my afterthought from the last response.

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Clearly I had the right pickaxe. Of course, I also haven't played since mistlands came out, and just recently started over, so I don't know if that's been changed. I have to reach silver again to find out. Have alot of iron and one boss to go.