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Ariella's Prospecting and Mining Camp Guide

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Small Mining Camp
Medium Mining Camp
Large Mining Camp

Supplies Needed

  • Learn the Prospecting Technology at a University of Thought, must be at least a Level 16.
  • Make a Prospecting Axe on a Carpentry Bench > Tools > Assemble a Prospecting Axe (1 Large Crude Handle + 2 Steel).
  • Make a warehouse to hold your supplies and get ready for prospecting. 200 Prospecting Kits + Focus food lunches + materials for several small, medium and large mining camps + Supply of many different citrus fruits + Supply of the different metal bars + Supply of different cooking ingredients. Now to the why.
  • Remember to have enough mats for several mining camps of each size. The prospecting information will give you deben amount of metal. To make wise use of mining camp mats, a good rule of thumb to know which size mining camp to build might be:

Mining Camp Construction Costs

  • Costs depend on size and location.
  • NOTE: YOUR SHOVELS ARE RETURNED WHEN YOU DISMANTLE YOUR MINING CAMP.
  • HINT: You might make 6k shovels to be used in all Mining Camps to cut down on sorting through mats.
Material Small Medium Large
Wood 25 25 25
Canvas 1 (2) 1 (2) 1 (3)
Rope (for Construction Site) (4) (4) (8)
Shovel 5x Q2000 5x Q4000 5x Q6000
Large Crude Handle 2 2 2
Region-specific Metal Bar 3 6 9
Medium Diamonds 5 10 15
Region-specific Cooking Item 15 30 45
Region-specific Citrus 2 4 6

Prospecting - Where and How

  • Each calendar month on the 4th day, a new set of food type, metal bar and citrus fruit is required by each region. Players test with a construction site in each region and populate the Regional Mining Camp Materials List. (See below)
  • Look at the Regional Mining Camp Material List, note how many days are left for that list to be true, see what sets of food type/metal bars/citrus you have (usually your fruit is the main determiner) to see which regions you can build mining camps in for determining the region/s you will prospect in.
  • Go to your chosen region with a Prospecting Axe, Mining Camp materials, corresponding Construction Site materials, Prospecting Kits and Focus Food Lunches.