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− | Gems are a product (or by-product) of [[Mining]]. There are six known types -- diamond, emerald, quartz, ruby, sapphire, and topaz -- with quartz being by far the most common. An individual [[Mine]] produces one type of gem, but the gems can be of any size. | + | Gems are a product (or by-product) of [[Mining]]. There are six known types -- diamond, emerald, quartz, ruby, sapphire, and topaz -- with quartz being by far the most common. An individual [[Mine]] produces one type of gem, but the gems can be of any size. The gem rate (how often a mine produces a gem) is ''mine'' dependent. Meaning if you tear down a mine and rebuild it, the gem rate might change from 1 gem every 1000 pulls to 1 gem every 10 pulls. Note that this will cost extra materials if the mine isn't a sand mine (if the mine is copper, iron, etc.) |
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+ | Gems are distributed in 40x40 coordinate "blobs", with blob boundaries being divisible by 40. So the square formed by (0,0) and (40, 40) forms one blob. (39, 39) would be in this blob, but (41, 39) would be in another. All mines dropped within a blob will yield the same gem type, with quantity varying by mine as explained above. All blobs will yield at least quartz. It is theorized that rarer gem types tend to cluster, so if one blob is producing ruby, check the neighboring blobs to look for topaz or emerald, for instance. The exact pattern of gem types isn't known, but it is theorized that some travel in "veins" like iron and copper, while others cluster in "mega blobs". | ||
===Sizes=== | ===Sizes=== |
Revision as of 12:30, 8 March 2009
Gems are a product (or by-product) of Mining. There are six known types -- diamond, emerald, quartz, ruby, sapphire, and topaz -- with quartz being by far the most common. An individual Mine produces one type of gem, but the gems can be of any size. The gem rate (how often a mine produces a gem) is mine dependent. Meaning if you tear down a mine and rebuild it, the gem rate might change from 1 gem every 1000 pulls to 1 gem every 10 pulls. Note that this will cost extra materials if the mine isn't a sand mine (if the mine is copper, iron, etc.)
Gems are distributed in 40x40 coordinate "blobs", with blob boundaries being divisible by 40. So the square formed by (0,0) and (40, 40) forms one blob. (39, 39) would be in this blob, but (41, 39) would be in another. All mines dropped within a blob will yield the same gem type, with quantity varying by mine as explained above. All blobs will yield at least quartz. It is theorized that rarer gem types tend to cluster, so if one blob is producing ruby, check the neighboring blobs to look for topaz or emerald, for instance. The exact pattern of gem types isn't known, but it is theorized that some travel in "veins" like iron and copper, while others cluster in "mega blobs".
Sizes
- Small (common)
- Medium
- Large
- Huge (Rare)
Types
- Quartz (common)
- Ruby
- Topaz
- Emerald
- Sapphire
- Diamond (rare)
Uses
Quartz
- Small
- Research: 100 for Basic Chemistry
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Thought
- 40 used to build a Fleet Furnace
- Medium
- Used to build a Cut Stone Obelisk for the Test of the Obelisk
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Art and Music
- Tuition: 7 for Ore Extraction4 at School of Architecture
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Thought
- Tuition: 1 for Ore Extraction5 at School of Architecture
Ruby
- Small
- 2 used to build a beetle statue
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Leadership
- Medium
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration at the School of Art & Music
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Body
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Worship
Topaz
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Harmony
- 10 used to build a Reactory
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Medium
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Harmony
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Art and Music
Emerald
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Body
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Large
- Tuition: 1 for Camp Decoration (Second Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Tuition: 1 for Camp Decoration (Third Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Thought
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
Sapphire
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Art and Music
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Leadership
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
Diamond
- Small
- Research : 100 for Basic Chemistry
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Architecture
- 1 Needed for the Ritual of Initiation in the Principles of Worship
- 40 used to build a Fleet Furnace
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- 2 Needed for Test of Marriage
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Worship
- Huge