Quarrying - Revision history

Snoerr: /* Finding a Quarry */

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Finding a Quarry

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Prospecting strategies

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Dead Links

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Prospecting strategies

2021-07-21T06:49:38Z

Found an archive of one quarrying guide, moved the rest into a dead links section

2021-07-20T01:50:18Z

Prospecting: this is no longer true

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Using a Quarry

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Using a Quarry

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 * [https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4/Tale2:Users/Cappy/Prospecting Cappy's Prospecting Guide], efficient and fairly easy to follow. 18-45 slate to get down to a 2-coord circle diameter.
 * [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/Users:Yendor/Spiral_Search_Example Examples of using Spiral Search] by Yendor.
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 Once a quarry spot has been found and a [[Stone Quarry]] has been built on (and the quarry removed after), you cannot get more marble from the same spot.  Attempting to build on a non-existent spot will give you a dirt quarry.
-Also of interest, the spots are always at coordinate tile corners, just where the coordinates change values. These spots are fairly easy to see, especially in desert, and can help tremendously when you get down to the 2-3 coord range.  Dropping texture detail to minimum makes them even easier to spot.
+Also of interest, the spots are always at the dead center of a square coordinate.
 *If there are 2 types of Marble, the higher perception level Marble will come out of the quarry and you will NEVER be able to get the marble that you otherwise successfully prospected.

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 === Prospecting strategies ===
-These links refer to pages from previous tales. YMMV! All links are dead except the last one
+These links refer to pages from previous tales. YMMV!
 * [https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4/Tale2:Users/Cappy/Prospecting Cappy's Prospecting Guide], efficient and fairly easy to follow. 18-45 slate to get down to a 2-coord circle diameter.

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 * [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale2/Users/Dors/Quarry_Guide House of Bes quarry guide], by Dors
 * [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale2/Users/Sord/Quarry_Guide Sord's quarry guide] (has pretty pictures)
-* [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale3/Guides/Quarrying/Spiral_Search Spiral Search], by MarvL, is a Search Circle Quartering theory that only uses an average of 38.5 Slate to find a
+* [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale3/Guides/Quarrying/Spiral_Search Spiral Search], by MarvL, is a Search Circle Quartering theory that only uses an average of 38.5 Slate to find a Quarry.
 * T7: [http://66.228.48.199/atitdprospect/prospect.html Prospecting Helper], a web app designed to simplify the process. Also serves as a visual guide.

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 These links refer to pages from previous tales. YMMV! All links are dead except the last one
-* [https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4/Tale2:Users/Cappy/Prospecting], efficient and fairly easy to follow. 18-45 slate to get down to a 2-coord circle diameter.
+* [https://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4/Tale2:Users/Cappy/Prospecting Cappy's Prospecting Guide], efficient and fairly easy to follow. 18-45 slate to get down to a 2-coord circle diameter.
 * [http://www.atitd.org/wiki/tale6/Users:Yendor/Spiral_Search_Example Examples of using Spiral Search] by Yendor.

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 Use one of the prospecting strategies below to home in on the exact location of a marble spot.
-Once a quarry spot has been found and a [[Stone Quarry]] has been built on (and the quarry removed after), you cannot get more marble from the same spot, though it will show up as a valid quarry spot when prospecting.  Attempting to build on the used spot or a non-existent spot will give you a dirt quarry. Except for the fact that you can detect marble at the spot, there is no way to distinguish between those two cases.  Consequently, it's good manners to build a marker that will not degrade over time (such as a [[Single Sign]]) on a used spot, setting the label to indicate there was a quarry there and what type it was.
+Once a quarry spot has been found and a [[Stone Quarry]] has been built on (and the quarry removed after), you cannot get more marble from the same spot.  Attempting to build on a non-existent spot will give you a dirt quarry.
 Also of interest, the spots are always at coordinate tile corners, just where the coordinates change values. These spots are fairly easy to see, especially in desert, and can help tremendously when you get down to the 2-3 coord range.  Dropping texture detail to minimum makes them even easier to spot.

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 To successfully raise the marble, each worker must work one of the four directions, and '''no two people can work the same direction'''.  Thus, coordination is crucial.  If one direction is chosen by two or more people, then the lifting attempt fails, and the marble slides down one level.  Lifting will fail if a worker clicks on a second move that has already been selected, otherwise it will display the words "Changed Direction" (even if the same move has been selected), costing END timer for both moves.
-Provided each worker selects a different direction, the marble will be lifted one level.  When the piece of marble is lifted to level 7 (or 6 if installed with a block and tackle), it is fully extracted and goes into the quarry's take menu.
+Provided each worker selects a different direction, the marble will be lifted one level.  When the piece of marble is lifted to level 7 (or 6 if installed with a [[Block and Tackle]]), it is fully extracted and goes into the quarry's take menu.
 The direction list is randomized with each lifting attempt, whether the last attempt was a success or failure.