Color Blind
A Tale In The Desert offers Color blind mining to individuals by placing a GM call. Once enabled you will be able to work the mine in color blind mode.
Ore characteristics
| Ore Type | Number of Ore Stones in a set | Varying Characteristics | Characteristic Rules for a Successful Workload | Color Blind Mode | |
| Aluminum | 9 | 4 Stone Colours, 4 Stone Shapes, 4 Base Colours | All Same or All Different | 
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| Antimony | 14 | 5 Crystal Colours, 5 Crystal Shapes, 2 Base Shapes | All Same or All Different | 
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| Cobalt | 10 | 7 Stone Colours, 7 Crystal Colours, 7 Base Colours | 2 same base and one different, 2 same crystal and one different, 2 same stone and one different | 
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| Copper | 8 | 3 Stone Colours, 4 Stone Shapes | All Same or All Different
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| Gold | 12 | 3 Stone Colours, 3 Stone Patterns, 3 Crystal Colours, 3 Crystal Shapes | All Same or All Different
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| Iron | 7 | 3 Stone Colours, 3 Crystal Shapes | All Same or All Different
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| Lead | 9 | 5 Stone Colours, 4 Stone Shapes, 3 Crystal Colors | All Same or All Different: Same shape + same gem colour + different rock colour = work. different rock colour + different gem colour + different shape = work
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| Magnesium | 9 | 7 Stone Colours, 3 Stone Shapes, 3 Stone Patterns | All Same or All Different
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| Nickel | 13 | 4 Stone Colours, 4 Stone Patterns, 4 Crystal Shapes, 4 Crystal Colours (provisional) | 3+ All Same or All Different
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| Platinum | 12 | 5 Stone Colours, 5 Stone Patterns, 5 Crystal Colours, 5 Base Shapes | Some Same and Some Different: If mining 3 orestones, 2 must have same stone color and 3rd be different; 2 must have same base shape and 3rd be different, etc.
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| Sand | 7 | 7 Stone Colors | All Same or All Different
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| Silver | 10 | 5 Stone Colours, 5 Base Shapes, 5 Base Colours | 3+ All Same or All Different
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| Tin | 9 | 4 Stone Colours, 4 Stone Marbling Patterns | All Same or All Different
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| Zinc | 10 | 3 Stone Colours, 3 Base Shapes, 3 Crystal Colours | All Same or All Different
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