XBM Yosho Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I go through caves, Oooo a gold vein.. I don't know what started it, But I have gotten the mining itch lol. I do wish you could use gold for other things, Perhaps gold plating armor? Maybe in DLC. Edited December 8, 2011 by XBM Yosho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatanko Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Find anything interesting while mining? While I was mining to get a Flawless Ruby for that one quest, I managed to find TONS of flawless gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBM Yosho Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Find anything interesting while mining? While I was mining to get a Flawless Ruby for that one quest, I managed to find TONS of flawless gems. I usually get random assortments of gems, usually every two veins I will get a flawless something, But basic diamonds and emeralds yada yada show up a lot. I cleared out Kolskegger mine and ended up with 51 gold ore and a crap load of gems. I still would like to adorn armor with gold or silver, maybe even some gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatanko Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I still would like to adorn armor with gold or silver, maybe even some gems. It would be nice to have more customization, but I'm sure that would have added a lot more complexity to the game (and probably bugs ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBM Yosho Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 It would be nice to have more customization, but I'm sure that would have added a lot more complexity to the game (and probably bugs ). Lol.. bugs yeah most likely. Do some minecraft smithing here, I want a damned diamond coated sword lol. Golden Imperial armor IMO with the Spartan helmet would be so gdlk. For golden Imperial armor, I would allow.. maybe one bug, Not magicka resistance, but one.. maybe lol.. You know where a silver mine is? Kolskeggr mine is a gold one, But I dunno where a silver one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraderic Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 If you finish that quest for the 24 gems, does it also increase the chances of getting jewels from mining, or is it just from looting/searching chests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBM Yosho Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 If you finish that quest for the 24 gems, does it also increase the chances of getting jewels from mining, or is it just from looting/searching chests? It just increases your chance of finding gems while looting barrels and chests and urns. But IMO.. I actually completed that quest on my previous character, jesus christ it got annoying.. Hey whats in this chest? More gems, How about this barrel, OH SHIT SON!!! more gems... Hmm maybe this urn will be different... nope. La la la.. chest!! ehhh, Screw it it would only be gems... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEG23 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Find anything interesting while mining? While I was mining to get a Flawless Ruby for that one quest, I managed to find TONS of flawless gems. After starting the daedric quest to find the ruby i went on a mining spree & every 2nd vein would give me a flawless gemstone it was never a ruby. Knowing my luck i'll find the ruby somewhere else finish the quest then find nothing but flawless rubies while mining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatanko Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 You know where a silver mine is? Kolskeggr mine is a gold one, But I dunno where a silver one is. Karthwasten. There's a mine there (I believe it's Fenn's Gulch Mine) that has like 6 silver veins all right next to each other. The mine itself is pretty small (like 2 rooms) so they aren't hard to find. That's where I went and saved/reloaded a bunch of times to get a flawless ruby for that quest. After starting the daedric quest to find the ruby i went on a mining spree & every 2nd vein would give me a flawless gemstone it was never a ruby. Knowing my luck i'll find the ruby somewhere else finish the quest then find nothing but flawless rubies while mining. That's exactly what happened to me (see the first part of this post). I kept getting flawless gem after flawless gem, but never a ruby. Once I finally got one, I began to find them in chests EVERYWHERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEG23 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Karthwasten. There's a mine there (I believe it's Fenn's Gulch Mine) that has like 6 silver veins all right next to each other. The mine itself is pretty small (like 2 rooms) so they aren't hard to find. That's where I went and saved/reloaded a bunch of times to get a flawless ruby for that quest. I might give this a try, i never though about reloading saves over and over to try my luck at mining different stones, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatanko Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I might give this a try, i never though about reloading saves over and over to try my luck at mining different stones, thanks. I got the idea from a Yahoo! Answers page I think. It seems so obvious, I'm not sure how I didn't think of it myself. EDIT: Yup, here: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111114121324AAdKGHV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanp9 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I found the daedric quest so late in my game that I had 19 flawless rubies in my Whiterun house storage when I went back to gather the stuff I needed. Of course, I'm a thieving, pickpocketing, looting-everything scoundrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VyzieTaur Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Of course, I'm a thieving, pickpocketing, looting-everything scoundrel. Haha me too XD i love the mining though...really nice touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitnoid Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 After reading a lot of posts about finding flawless gems, I've started storing them instead of selling them, for when I reach those quests. Same goes for giant's toes and a few other items. Just wish I hadn't picked up those dadgum fine-cut void salts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantandsherri Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I horde everything i find... I did it in Morrowind and it worked wonders when i needed something.... I like the Geode veins in Black Reach where you get sooul gems... they come in handy with enchantments and recharges... I like how we can make any kind of armour... a bit disappointed that the gold doesnt take a bigger role but who knows... there are expansions on the horizon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatanko Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 a bit disappointed that the gold doesnt take a bigger role but who knows... there are expansions on the horizon.... ...and not soon enough, in my opinion Although it would be nice to get some bug fixes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Mantis Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Yeah I mine alot really. It also help with Alteration magic to turn iron ore into silver, and then silver to gold ore. Transmute is the spell by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 You know where a silver mine is? Kolskeggr mine is a gold one, But I dunno where a silver one is. The prison mine in Markarth is a silver mine. You get imprisoned there as part of a side quest and can mine a bunch of deposits (regular imprisonment limits how many veins you can ore). I also found a Flawless Diamond in that mine. Still mining silver and gold ore is kind of pointless if you have the Transmute spell. All you need with that is iron ore and you can make silver and gold ore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow XBL Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 meh. Already have armor I like. Metal is heavy and I don't need money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBM Yosho Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 meh. Already have armor I like. Metal is heavy and I don't need money. But don't you want to fill a little richer when you open your safe in Solitude, and see you have 157 gold ingots, 75 silver ingots, and several assorted flawless gems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defaultdotxbe Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 i want to use my gold ingots to make counterfeit septims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnteringtheCosmos Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 According to the Beth tweet feed a few hours ago you can mine quicker when swinging the pick axe as a weapon on the vein instead of pressing A for the animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel 360 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Ok, we all have found flawless garnets and rubys so far, but what about Shappires?? Any locations where this are usual? Also, on topic, I have gone to far with the mining stuff. I just have one character to extreme roleplaying (you know, when you create a rol for a character and live it to the limit) the concept, it´s an Orc, lives in one of the strongholds and everything he does is mining and smithing, nothing more, nothing less. He doesn´t care for guilds, dragons or shits, just mining...a true orc XDXDXD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiser Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I like to mine iron ore and transmute it to silver and then to gold... then I make a bunch of gold jewelry imbedded with jewels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanp9 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 That's a good way to make money. Even more so if you enchant it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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