Raw adamantine - Revision history

Quietust: highlight the slow mining rate, and advise how to deal with it

2025-12-31T21:12:19Z

highlight the slow mining rate, and advise how to deal with it

Quietust: /* Veins and Mining */ copper picks CAN dig through adamantine, though it might take several weeks to carve out a single tile

2025-12-31T19:58:22Z

Veins and Mining: copper picks CAN dig through adamantine, though it might take several weeks to carve out a single tile

Zippy: Redundant.

2025-11-27T06:46:15Z

Redundant.

Zippy: Added graphic.

2024-05-03T14:48:59Z

Added graphic.

Ludicer: /* Veins and Mining */

2024-04-19T17:34:23Z

Veins and Mining

Zippy: The "sample image" is blank, since you can't make all the stuff in the other sample images.

2024-03-14T19:08:17Z

The "sample image" is blank, since you can't make all the stuff in the other sample images.

Hazel Hyena: Because the information here is so lengthy, detailed, and no longer correct for the current version, I felt tattered was an appropriate tag - feel free to change if I'm wrong though; I'm new!

2023-05-22T20:46:35Z

Because the information here is so lengthy, detailed, and no longer correct for the current version, I felt tattered was an appropriate tag - feel free to change if I'm wrong though; I'm new!

Zippy at 02:03, 26 January 2023

2023-01-26T02:03:52Z

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2022-12-20T03:52:15Z

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	'''Raw adamantine''' is the [[ore]] of [[adamantine]]. It is absurdly valuable, and can be processed into one of the most valuable [[material]]s in the game, both in monetary value and utility. Its discovery is both a blessing and a curse; it has a massive [[value]] even unrefined, and weapons and armor made from it are among the best possible. Its high melting point means you can easily use it to build magma-safe mechanisms and floodgates, but this is not recommended due to its scarcity and value in other items.		'''Raw adamantine''' is the [[ore]] of [[adamantine]]. It is absurdly valuable, and can be processed into one of the most valuable [[material]]s in the game, both in monetary value and utility. Its discovery is both a blessing and a curse; it has a massive [[value]] even unrefined, and weapons and armor made from it are among the best possible. Its high melting point means you can easily use it to build magma-safe mechanisms and floodgates, but this is not recommended due to its scarcity and value in other items.
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		+	Unlike all other ores, raw adamantine takes a '''very''' long time to mine, owning to its unique material properties. In order to maximize the rate at which you can mine it, ensure that all of your [[pick]]s are made of [[steel]] and are as of high [[quality]] as possible. Once you have acquired at least 4 pieces of ore, it may be worth [[strand extractor\|processing]] it and forging an [[adamantine]] pick (using your most skilled [[weaponsmith]]) so that your best [[miner]] can excavate the rest of it much more quickly.

	Raw adamantine has a [[Item_value#Material_multipliers\|material multiplier]] of ×250. For a comparison to other mined materials, generic [[stone]] has a MM of ×1, [[obsidian]] ×3, [[native silver]] × 10, [[native gold]] ×30, and [[native platinum]] ×40. Processed adamantine "metal" has a multiplier of ×300, the highest in the game of any [[material]].		Raw adamantine has a [[Item_value#Material_multipliers\|material multiplier]] of ×250. For a comparison to other mined materials, generic [[stone]] has a MM of ×1, [[obsidian]] ×3, [[native silver]] × 10, [[native gold]] ×30, and [[native platinum]] ×40. Processed adamantine "metal" has a multiplier of ×300, the highest in the game of any [[material]].

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 [[File:Adamantine_vein_large_profile.png|200px|thumb|right|A profile view of an adamantine vein travelling through an underground cavern, solid rock, and a magma sea. For more detail and resolution click the thumbnail.]]
-Raw adamantine, when mined out, will always produce a stone regardless of the miner's skill. Raw adamantine veins, in contrast to usual ore veins, span z-levels nearly exactly straight upwards, and are thicker than many gem clusters. Adamantine veins can span from 5 to 30-40 z-levels, sometimes even significantly more. Despite being impossibly strong in its refined form, a simple copper pick works fine for mining it out, and the vein is full of raw adamantine ripe for the diggin'. Do not delve too greedily, however, "for there are [[Demon|older and fouler things]] than [[Goblin|Orcs]] in the [[HFS|deep places of the world]]..."
+Raw adamantine, when mined out, will always produce a stone regardless of the miner's skill. Raw adamantine veins, in contrast to usual ore veins, span z-levels nearly exactly straight upwards, and are thicker than many gem clusters. Adamantine veins can span from 5 to 30-40 z-levels, sometimes even significantly more. Despite being impossibly strong in its refined form, a simple copper pick is capable of mining it out (though it will take a '''very''' long time to do so), and the vein is full of raw adamantine ripe for the diggin'. Do not delve too greedily, however, "for there are [[Demon|older and fouler things]] than [[Goblin|Orcs]] in the [[HFS|deep places of the world]]..."
 One serious downside to mining veins of raw adamantine is that they are hollow, and digging into the hollow section will lead to a certain [[Hidden fun stuff|spoiler]], triggering [[fun|dangerously large amounts of fun]]. On the bright side, the location of all adamantine veins will be revealed at this time.

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 Adamantine is so valuable, both in price and usefulness, that a special message pops up when your miners discover a vein of it:<br />
 {{DFtext|Raw adamantine! Praise the miners!|3:1}}
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 [[File:Adamantine_vein_large_profile.png|200px|thumb|right|A profile view of an adamantine vein travelling through an underground cavern, solid rock, and a magma sea. For more detail and resolution click the thumbnail.]]
-It's worth noting that a tile of raw adamantine, when mined out, will always produce a stone. Raw adamantine veins, in contrast to usual ore veins, span z-levels nearly exactly straight upwards, and are thicker than many gem clusters. Adamantine veins can span from 5 to 30-40 z-levels, sometimes even significantly more. Despite being impossibly strong in its refined form, a simple copper pick works fine for mining it out, and the vein is full of raw adamantine ripe for the diggin'. Do not delve too greedily, however, "for there are [[Demon|older and fouler things]] than [[Goblin|Orcs]] in the [[HFS|deep places of the world]]..."
+Raw adamantine, when mined out, will always produce a stone regardless of the miner's skill. Raw adamantine veins, in contrast to usual ore veins, span z-levels nearly exactly straight upwards, and are thicker than many gem clusters. Adamantine veins can span from 5 to 30-40 z-levels, sometimes even significantly more. Despite being impossibly strong in its refined form, a simple copper pick works fine for mining it out, and the vein is full of raw adamantine ripe for the diggin'. Do not delve too greedily, however, "for there are [[Demon|older and fouler things]] than [[Goblin|Orcs]] in the [[HFS|deep places of the world]]..."
 One serious downside to mining veins of raw adamantine is that they are hollow, and digging into the hollow section will lead to a certain [[Hidden fun stuff|spoiler]], triggering [[fun|dangerously large amounts of fun]]. On the bright side, the location of all adamantine veins will be revealed at this time.

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 It is sometimes possible to find a few layers at the top within stone, allowing you to mine some without the need of water. It is recommended to mine around the edges first if you [[fun|don't want to have a fun time]], however there is the possibility that magma pockets can be located around the veins around the [[magma sea]] levels. A further recommendation is that you mine one layer of blocks at a time to avoid having your dwarves become overwhelmed with greed when they find a vein, mining into the center of it.
+[[File:raw_adamantine_prev.jpg|thumb|350px|center|It glows with rare value!]]
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