For more information see here Bug Report Template Build: 1.8.3 3849-04 Mode: sp Mode: SERVER NAME: SEED-ID: If applicable: MODIFIED PLAYFIELDS: Reproducibility: Severity: Type: Summary: Description: I am in an S/P, vanilla game. and have been to 3 different underground gold deposits. Each of them has only provided 1 gold ore. Yes, I have an ore scanner. No, I am not a noob who doesn't know the game, I have over 1000 hours of game time. I get that above-ground gold deposits are limited to from 1 - 5 gold ore but having only 1 gold ore in an underground deposit is either a glitch or an insult to the players. Steps to Reproduce: 1) go to another planet 2)search for resource 3)voila Screenshots, Crash Logs, any other Relevant Information or Download links:
I think the Ore Scanner is only needed for Promethium in combo with the Drill tool, with other ores it will show the ressource color while you are mining, I can confirm that with the survival tool and I guess also with the Drill. Apart from that I haven't yet mined gold deposits but I will keep in mind what you said and see what comes in my game. As a provisory workaround, you can find gold nuggets (stones) in deep water on Akua when starting or buy gold ingots at the Polaris 'Sanctuary' on Omicron once you have reached that planet.
Most likely ... Seed related. I myself am not too happy with the amount of gold I could find at least not on the Surface of Skillon. I barely found enough to cast 2 Gold Ingots. I have not been to Omicron yet so I can't say anything about the amount I would get from a Deposit.
Ore deposits .... Rich, Plenty, False the ones i have mined so far have been the 'very small' deposits on the starter planet. and indeed they are very small .... 1 ore!
Sorry, but question(s). Are they actually only yielding 1 ore? Ore you referring to 1 underground rock? I ask because only having 1 underground rock is normal for these kinds of deposits and size. If the 1 underground rock is only yielding 1 actual ore when you break it then that is an issue.
I recently came to Omicron playing survival and have had a similar experience. My detector reads that I'm right on top of a gold deposit which I was super excited about. I have drilled out a massive amount of crushed stone and not found a single chunk of gold. My detector reads that there's still a 100% untapped gold deposit in that cliff, but I have looked and drilled and there is nothing there. Perhaps I'm not as diligent as the OP who found the 1 single gold chunk to be found, but I suspect we're experiencing the same issue. That gold deposit on Omicron isn't really working properly.
Do you have the handheld ore scanner in your backpack? With that in your backpack you will see blue circles underground showing the exact location of each chunk of ore. Some are faint until you get a bit closer. The deposit will show 100% remaining no matter how much you drill them up until you get the last one, then the marker will go away. I've never had much luck in the starter system on getting much gold, I think it's by design that you only get enough to get an EVA booster and not much else. Honestly, with the "new" starter system I usually build the cheapest CV I can and warp to a different system. There are much more resources/action/fun/etc in just about any other system. EDIT: I should have mentioned that the ore scanner only works for the ore that comes in chunks, not veins.
