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[Etherdrinker]

Is anyone noticing the mineral suddenly drops and is less common even you put in 100 the mineral scarcity in the world generation?

Even I reach the second cavern without find any Iron o the basic metals ores at all.

[cainiao]

Ever tried "reveal" or "prospect all"?

[Etherdrinker]

No, but before was plenty of minerals so no need for reveal it via DFhack or anything. So now the mineral is reduced right?

[zach123b]

i've had it a few worlds where more than half the zones had little metal and quite often not having iron or platinum for research.  then using a few dwarves on praying for metal

it takes awhile to find a good area.  although we could ask the caravans to bring metals or try to use the alchemy system if you have a lot of 1 metal

[urmane]

Sometimes it is, and sometimes for a good portion of your world.  If you have a requirement for metals, you should use "prospect all" in dfhack when searching for an embark site.  Otherwise, maybe you get a lot, maybe you get nothing.  If most of your worldgen is "nothing" and you want metals, you may need to regen.

[evictedSaint]

I find that 1800-2200 is a good range for minerals.  The higher you go, the more likely iron and flux are to appear, but the less overall metals you get. 

[Etherdrinker]

Mmm ty all for the advices, so I need going more up about mineral scarcity numbers, and not low (the Steel are the most handy metal in game so Ill go for the Saint advice plus prospect hack)