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Tinyheavyistiny

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How deep are DEEP METALS?
« on: May 27, 2013, 02:00:27 pm »
I know shallow metals are with in 10-20 layers of the surface, but I haven't found any metals past that point besides some native silver and gold. Is there a set depth or does it vary by region? Also besides Adamantium are there any other ores that can only be found deep down?
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Re: How deep are DEEP METALS?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2013, 02:09:03 pm »
"Deep" metal likely just means that it isn't in the topmost stone layer. It most definitely does not refer to adamantine, since pretty much every embark location has adamantine.

[edit] Just checked disassembly, and it appears that the first 6 geo layers (most of which are generally soil) are considered "shallow" while the rest are "deep".
« Last Edit: May 27, 2013, 02:58:39 pm by Quietust »
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Re: How deep are DEEP METALS?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2013, 02:20:29 pm »
you might find other metals, on the other hand you found gold and silver, both metals, it's enough to qualify as deep metals, so there might not be
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Re: How deep are DEEP METALS?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2013, 08:36:16 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on May 27, 2013, 02:09:03 pm
"Deep" metal likely just means that it isn't in the topmost stone layer. It most definitely does not refer to adamantine, since pretty much every embark location has adamantine.

[edit] Just checked disassembly, and it appears that the first 6 geo layers (most of which are generally soil) are considered "shallow" while the rest are "deep".
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I never knew that  :o
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Re: How deep are DEEP METALS?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 07:09:56 am »
huh, that's nice to know, i always thought deep was 20z or something like that
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