Iron Purity

[JuliaGillard]

I have read the guides and am still not sure on how to find higher mines. I bought a 4% purity rod and found a 3% purity mine.

So i made bars by using only the 3% ore, thinking it would give me higher purity, but it does not work that way ? So how do you make a higher level rod, if the purity never increases from the ore to ingots making.

Is the answer that my 4% rod, can find a >5% mine ?

Any help is appreciated.

[Chiprel]

Each rod can find minehole with +/- 10 (or 15) difference in each 4 alchemical values(salt,merc etc.). As a side note: purity is counted from alchemical values of object.
So you can find minehole with higher or lower purity.

[Sevenless]

10 iirc.

[ramuller]

In otherwords: keep looking, you will eventually find a mine closer to 10-14 %.

[JuliaGillard]

I found a 9%, made some rods and went looking for higher. I found a 3% with my 9% rods, yet my lower level rods couldnt see it !!! Makes it tough.

[Chiprel]

key word to mystery: 4 alchemical components.

[Zamte]

So realistically, how significant is this process? Are we talking about having to spend weeks hunting down every mine entrance location for minimal gains? If so, I'll stick to my little 3% mine for now.

[Dallane]

So realistically, how significant is this process? Are we talking about having to spend weeks hunting down every mine entrance location for minimal gains? If so, I'll stick to my little 3% mine for now.

its always good to get better purity. you will be making mines all over the place for better purity. unless you are selling/making the iron/ lockets there isn't much need to grind purity atm.