Resources & ores
LiveWhich lands hold which ores, how common they are, and how to find them.
Ores in the Caeldun Isles are regional. Each land has a low, even spread of its own ores everywhere you dig, plus rich districts where they're concentrated. Outside its home land an ore is a trace at best, and often absent altogether.
Ores by land
| Ore | Outer Isles | Northlands | Spiderholme | Breadbasket | Rainlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | Very slight trace | Very rare | Very slight trace | Extremely rare | Rich (vanilla levels) |
| Coal | Trace | Common | Trace | Extremely rare | Very low |
| Copper | Trace | Very rare | Trace | Pockets, and in surface boulders | Very low |
| Gold | A few rich places, a little everywhere | – | – | – | – |
| Diamond | Deep | – | – | – | – |
| Redstone | Deep | – | – | – | – |
| Lapis lazuli | – | Ardcarran only | Deep | – | – |
| Emerald | – | A little in Ardcarran | – | Deep | – |
| Quartz | – | Fairly common, all depths | – | – | – |
| Amethyst | – | Rare veins in caves | – | – | – |
| Sulfur & cinnabar | – | Rare veins in caves | – | – | – |
| Lava | – | Deep caves only | – | – | – |
| Clay | – | Pinewood pockets (showing as mud) | – | – | – |
"Trace" means you'll turn up the odd block while digging, but you won't supply a settlement from it.
Depth matters
Ores sit in depth bands, and only the part of a band that's actually underground counts. Mountains give you more rock to dig through before you reach the band's bottom, so iron and emerald country is richest under high ground. Diamond, redstone, lapis and emerald are all deep ores.
Other ways to get materials
- Gold nuggets, iron nuggets, flint and sand come from panning shallow gravel streams.
- Feathers: chickens drop 2–3; wild birds drop 3–6.
- Blubber comes from whales in the deep ocean.
- Timber: whole trees come down when felled. See Tree felling.
What this means for you
Whatever land you settle in, there'll be things you can't get locally. You can mount an expedition to fetch them, set up an outpost where they are, or trade with someone who already has them. Heavy materials like stone and metal blocks are hard to move without a ship. See Weight.
A stone castle is a serious undertaking. The stone has to be quarried, carried or shipped to your site, and then it has to stay up. See Gravity & building.