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Drowsing rods

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:40 pm
by Propulsion
Well I was looking for a mine close to my base. Found a few with a drowsing rod 8% pure mercury, but not really satisfied with their location. I then bought a 23% pure rod with a stat of 59 lead element. I searched for over a hour with no luck of finding a single mine with those rods. What gives? What am I doing wrong?


Can I find wells with rods or only wand?

Re: Drowsing rods

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:42 pm
by Judaism
Propulsion wrote:Well I was looking for a mine close to my base. Found a few with a drowsing rod 8% pure mercury, but not really satisfied with their location. I then bought a 23% pure rod with a stat of 59 lead element. I searched for over a hour with no luck of finding a single mine with those rods. What gives? What am I doing wrong?


The higher the purity gets the harder finding mines gets. Its a matter of luck, using Latikai's client could help you, it has a special prospecting function.

Propulsion wrote:Can I find wells with rods or only wand?


In my knowlegde you need a wand for that, however I never made a well before.

Re: Drowsing rods

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:06 pm
by Propulsion
So you should find the most mines with 0 % purity?
Do the elements effect it?

Re: Drowsing rods

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:21 pm
by Tamasin
Propulsion wrote:So you should find the most mines with 0 % purity?
Do the elements effect it?


yes

yes

a rod can find a mine with elemental values differing from its own by up to 10 iirc