Used stone deposits?

[Arkandos]

So, when you use metal picks on rich stone deposits you get absolutely no benefit, but instead get used stone deposits? That can no longer be mined? That sounds incredibly stupid.

A secondary question, how do you get more rough stone?

[a normal guy]

i believe the rich stone deposits can be used infinitely, what i do for it is i use one bot to mine the stone deposits and another one stores the stone in crates

Originally posted by Arkandos:

So, when you use metal picks on rich stone deposits you get absolutely no benefit, but instead get used stone deposits? That can no longer be mined? That sounds incredibly stupid.

[laurifen]

I'm glad I read this, because I was about to switch my bots to using metal tools. I just tried it in Creative mode.

Sure enough, a metal pick will take away the top layer of a stone deposit, revealing a lower "rich stone deposit". But after a few more hits with a pick (crude stone or metal pick), it turns into a depleted stone deposit and you can't get any more stone from it. This definitely seems .... not right.

Why would a regular stone deposit give stone indefinitely, but a *rich* stone deposit deplete after about a dozen drops?

[Xuhybrid]

I wonder if it's so you can clear a stone pile and build on it.

[laurifen]

Originally posted by Xuhybrid:

I wonder if it's so you can clear a stone pile and build on it.

That makes sense for the large, above-ground rocky crags that you mine rough stone from. I'm not sure it makes sense for regular in-ground stone deposits. I didn't try building on them (or filling them after they're depleted), but I imagine the only thing you can't do on top of a normal stone deposit would be till/plant.

[Arkandos]

I found out on the official discord (where they keep talking about this game being early access) that used stone deposits do regenerate after 10 minutes. Still a dumb design decision.

[Chadworthy]

This is so ****ing stupid