Bay 12 Games Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Author Topic: Any ores near an aquifer  (Read 995 times)

Dwarf fort 27

  • Bay Watcher
  • Nobles........those basterds
    • View Profile
Any ores near an aquifer
« on: August 19, 2009, 01:13:33 pm »
What kinds of ores can i find next to an aquifer? sorry this isnt in gameplay questions.
Logged
"Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on fire like rags soaked in tar, and lots of booze." ... "Like chess." 

- dwarf fortress wiki

Wolfius

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 01:17:49 pm »
Aquifer doesn't effect the contents of a stone layer, afaik.
Logged

Dwarf fort 27

  • Bay Watcher
  • Nobles........those basterds
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 01:20:48 pm »
kk, how deep are use full ores than?
Logged
"Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on fire like rags soaked in tar, and lots of booze." ... "Like chess." 

- dwarf fortress wiki

Wolfius

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 01:23:13 pm »
Quote from: Dwarf fort 27 on August 19, 2009, 01:20:48 pm
kk, how deep are use full ores than?

Depth is moot - it's the kind of stone layer and raw chance that determin what you'll find.
Logged

dragon0421

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 01:49:28 pm »
I can't speak to trends, but I've mined out a copper vein a z level above my aquifer.
Logged

Kidiri

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2009, 01:54:12 pm »
You CAN find cassiterite (tin), gold and platinum in a soil layer, but your chances of finding it are slim. Very slim. To know which ores are where, have a look at the wiki.
Logged
Quote from: bluea on March 18, 2010, 11:07:03 pm
Veni, Vidi, Pompeii.
Soylent Green is kittens!
Sometimes, when my Dorfs are exceptionally stupid again, I wonder what exactly the [INTELLIGENT]-tag does.

Ubiq

  • Bay Watcher
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2009, 04:24:24 pm »
Quote from: Dwarf fort 27 on August 19, 2009, 01:20:48 pm
kk, how deep are use full ores than?

So long as the layer in question is a ore-bearing rock, you can find them on any z-level. I know I've found tetrahedrite and hematite on the lowest level of a particular map and probably more than that, but I don't recall what they would be right now.
Logged

RandomNumberGenerator

  • Bay Watcher
  • Nope.
    • View Profile
Re: Any ores near an aquifer
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2009, 04:36:05 pm »
A Non-Dwarf's Guide To Rock

Find what ores can exist in each layer. You will be hard pressed to find ores in any soil layer(though I have seen some, possibly expanding beyond rock into the soil). You can also see hwo the ores are found(clusters, veins) and look for the appropriate thing.
Logged
Quote from: Nirur Torir on June 04, 2010, 09:56:53 am
The end of the world is more fun then I expected.