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Ping your surroundings

Ping your surroundings

With the blocks around you scanned and processed, your suit now knows its characteristics and this allows you to use your material pings to great effect.

With the blocks around you scanned and processed, your suit now knows its characteristics and this allows you to use your material pings to great effect.

In particular, the 'unknown material' ping is what we will be using next, in order to find our first ore vein. Switch to your scan tool and with 'Unknown Material' ping selected, press the left mouse button. This will highlight any blocks in range of you that have a characteristic your suit doesn't yet know about.

In particular, the 'unknown material' ping is what we will be using next, in order to find our first ore vein. Switch to your scan tool and with 'Unknown Material' ping selected, press the left mouse button. This will highlight any blocks in range of you that have a characteristic your suit doesn't yet know about.

If you didn't scan all your surroundings, this ping will return the blocks around the crash site such as dirt and rock. If that happens, scan and process those blocks, then try again.

If you didn't scan all your surroundings, this ping will return the blocks around the crash site such as dirt and rock. If that happens, scan and process those blocks, then try again.

If successful, you should see a cluster of unknown signatures somewhere underground or inside nearby hills. Keep an eye on your power levels though, there's no need to freeze!

If successful, you should see a cluster of unknown signatures somewhere underground or inside nearby hills. Keep an eye on your power levels though, there's no need to freeze!

Now you will need to dig a path towards those signatures, and see what they are. Scan the ore vein and process it. You will notice that they grant more research points than common materials did. Once you know an ore block, you can go back to the vein and scan it again, and the tool will give you information about this particular vein; how big it is and how much ore it contains (this is not the same).

Now you will need to dig a path towards those signatures, and see what they are. Scan the ore vein and process it. You will notice that they grant more research points than common materials did. Once you know an ore block, you can go back to the vein and scan it again, and the tool will give you information about this particular vein; how big it is and how much ore it contains (this is not the same).

Use your Grappling Hook ('F') to quickly get back up out of holes you've dug.

Use your Grappling Hook ('F') to quickly get back up out of holes you've dug.

If you are not playing on easy then the first ore you want to find is Coal. If you find Copper, Tin or Iron, this will be great later on, but not of immediate use. Try to remember the location if you can, we will get back to them later. If you don't remember, that's fine, we can use the ore ping later to find our way again.

If you are not playing on easy then the first ore you want to find is Coal. If you find Copper, Tin or Iron, this will be great later on, but not of immediate use. Try to remember the location if you can, we will get back to them later. If you don't remember, that's fine, we can use the ore ping later to find our way again.

Mine Coal

Mine Coal

Ore veins in FortressCraft Evolved can be massive, containing up to millions of units of ore. Digging them up is not a case of clicking a couple of times; you will need to spend power and probably use machines.

Ore veins in FortressCraft Evolved can be massive, containing up to millions of units of ore. Digging them up is not a case of clicking a couple of times; you will need to spend power and probably use machines.