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Author Topic: Absurd Quantities of Adamantine  (Read 648 times)

AdirianSoan

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Absurd Quantities of Adamantine
« on: August 20, 2010, 08:05:44 pm »
I made my usual desert fortress, with the usual - albeit never completed - goal of building a clear glass pyramid.  Dug down to build my usual magma pump stack, hey, adamantine...

I'm still following the one vein up, thirty Z levels and 1,000 adamantine rocks later.  My previous experiences with adamantine have involved less than fifty rocks safely retrievable, so I'm just stunned; is this anywhere near normal?

Heck, forget the glass, I could just make an adamantine pyramid
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Heavenfall

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Re: Absurd Quantities of Adamantine
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2010, 08:19:31 pm »
I usually get about 100-150 from one vein.
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Re: Absurd Quantities of Adamantine
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2010, 08:34:18 pm »
Only thirty levels?  That's nothing.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=61507.0
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AdirianSoan

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Re: Absurd Quantities of Adamantine
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2010, 08:47:12 pm »
Of course, you have to weigh that against the fact that mine is safely underground, and my Dwarves don't get so awe-inspired at the sight they just stand around until they die.
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Re: Absurd Quantities of Adamantine
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2010, 09:29:03 pm »
The awe runs out after the first migrant wave.
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