Copper Node

[Nephilim]

So woo-woo wand is 100% a no when looking for copper?

[lachlaan]

100% in my case. I went as far as exploring a good 300 or so map tiles while prospecting with a woo-woo wand in the darkness and found nothing.

Edit: Not sure if that's indicative of lack of copper in the darkness or lack of copper found with woo-woo wands

[Nephilim]

Right... . Lets see how 0% and 20% each element dowsing will work

[Nephilim]

Confirmed dowsing rod works. Found one in darkness.

[eiokh]

Ya woo woo is a no no. I use one and walk for 1 hr without finding any copper node. So I switch to drowsing rod and guess what, I immediately found 2 copper node and they are just 20 tiles from my home and my neighbor home. I did find lots of iron and well with woo woo

[sebastion]

Is anyone else concerned about the fact that both Iron ORE and Copper ORE share the same icon and item name?

Currently, if you wander into an abandoned copper mine (which I have created 3) you will not be able to determine whether you are mining Iron or Copper until you smelt it. I am also concerned about keeping my inventory straight.

Any thoughts?

I think this is intended. It was the same way in HnH.

[wiatrak]

Well the rustroot extract allowed you to know what kind of ore is in this area.

[sebastion]

Well the rustroot extract allowed you to know what kind of ore is in this area.

Not sure if this is referring to my comment.

But I think what he was talking about how a piece of ore does not provide a hint at what type of metal it will turn into until it is smelted. This was the same way in HnH.


As for knowing what kind of ore is there I think some have said that you can tell by the different colors on the mine spot which ore is there. But I am not for sure because I am a bit color blind myself.

[Dad00]

I finally found a copper node. I used 6% Dousing Rods that are high in salt. The Copper Ore is 13% pure, high in lead, second is salt. Thank you for the verified radar.xml code. I use the Ender client and now iron and copper nodes show up as orange triangles and are properly identified. When I chip rock on the ore boulder, the ore is identified as 13% ore, I do not have to smelt it to get a percentage reading. My Copper mine is up and running and the mine roof is properly shored up to prevent cave-in.

[Mereni]

I finally found a copper node. I used 6% Dousing Rods that are high in salt. The Copper Ore is 13% pure, high in lead, second is salt. Thank you for the verified radar.xml code. I use the Ender client and now iron and copper nodes show up as orange triangles and are properly identified. When I chip rock on the ore boulder, the ore is identified as 13% ore, I do not have to smelt it to get a percentage reading. My Copper mine is up and running and the mine roof is properly shored up to prevent cave-in.

It's not the percentage reading that's the problem, it's the fact that there's no telling if it's copper or iron ore. IRL, there's a pretty big difference between the two.