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Author Topic: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.  (Read 6774 times)

Crioca

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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2011, 06:06:49 pm »
Galena for me, silver bolts, silver statues for every room, everything studded with silver. Urgh
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2011, 06:21:17 pm »
Quote from: Mister Always on May 12, 2011, 08:46:01 am
What I mean is: FUCKING BILLON PYRAMID
That. Pretty much everything menaces with billon in mah fortress.
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2011, 06:26:29 pm »
I've been embarking with only iron ores, I thought copper was useless. Also, is it the case that if you have just one shallow/deep metal on the embark screen, that's it? Or can other metals occur in the map as well?
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2011, 07:47:33 pm »
I find I tend to get Galena more than anything, but maybe it's because of my embark site preferences. The lead is good for bins and the silver is good for weapons, but I have to rely on leather, bone, and *gag* wood for a lot of my armor. Tetrahedrite is a close second. It has less silver, but certainly enough to make all the weapons you need, and the copper is sufficient for armor.

I've made a habit of embarking with the materials for a handfull steel bars, so I can at least get a few good edge weapons.
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2011, 08:26:05 pm »
Just started a new fort (I don't think I've gotten the first caravan yet), and the only metal I've seen so far is ... Cassiterite.  I know there are other metals (shallow and deep metals), but I strongly suspect they are below the aquifer (of course).
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #35 on: May 12, 2011, 09:10:55 pm »
I can't seem to find a map without native gold on it frankly. Not that I'm complaining.
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #36 on: May 12, 2011, 09:24:43 pm »
I don't know, tetrahedrite is precious in comparison to the gold on my map...
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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #37 on: May 12, 2011, 10:06:41 pm »
Quote from: Vercingetorix on May 12, 2011, 09:24:43 pm
I don't know, tetrahedrite is precious in comparison to the gold on my map...
Its all in what you find you are in need of, right? :)
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Zepave Dawnhogs the Butterfly of Vales the Marsh Titan ... was taken out by a single novice axedwarf and his pet war kitten. Long Live Domas Etasastesh Adilloram, slayer of the snow butterfly!
Doesn't quite have the ring of heroics to it...
Mother: "...and after the evil snow butterfly was defeated, Domas and his kitten lived happily ever after!"
Kids: "Yaaaay!"

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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #38 on: May 12, 2011, 10:21:15 pm »
my most recent fort is up to it's armpits in native silver veins. silver barrels/bins/tables/ect.. you name it we've got it in silver!
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Quote from: Ifeno on August 17, 2012, 11:18:36 pm
Yeah.  Thus why I didn't make a trap.  In it's current state the fortress didn't need a trap, the whole damn fortress is a trap.

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Re: Most common ore? Probably tetrahedrite.
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2011, 09:24:59 am »
On nearly every embark gold is my most common ore.
At the current one I have around 40k Gold, compared to 32k Tetrahydrite. Normally every dwarf gets a golden door, cabinet and coffeur in his 4x4 room.
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