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Didn't see the following on Elanthipedia, figured I'd ask here and add to it once I get some answers.
When mining, which stats actively affect the outcome every time you mine? I know outdoorsmanship is the big boy here, but do perception and appraisal have any added effect to the actual mining, or only for prospecting?
I assume since all three skills are learned from prospecting, they all affect it... but do some affect it more than others?
When mining, does your outdoorsmanship skill affect how often you get usable material when you mine, size of material when you mine, or chances of a danger being triggered?
Does the quality of your tool affect any of the above as well?
That's all I can think of right now that I didn't see covered.
Thanks in advance for any insight and answers!
~Qypp
Fairly certain that only Outdoorsmanship and tool quality/repair determine drop size, quality, maybe frequency.
Strength and tool effectiveness should determine mining speed.
Prospecting relies on all 3 of Perception, Appraisal, and Outdoorsmanship. Always seeing metals is generally determined by having 200 ranks in all 3 skills, IIRC.
I think Prospecting exp is weighted towards Outdoorsmanship, Appraisal, and Perception in that order, but it isn't hard to test. Start from 0/34 in each field exp, then start prospect walking. Once you lock the first skill, you'll see if there's a difference with the other 2.
In essence, MINE only teaches Outdoorsmanship. All variants of PROSPECT teach Outdoorsmanship, Appraisal, and Perception.
These are just observations, mind you. Feel free to correct me on any of this.
Strength and tool effectiveness should determine mining speed.
Prospecting relies on all 3 of Perception, Appraisal, and Outdoorsmanship. Always seeing metals is generally determined by having 200 ranks in all 3 skills, IIRC.
I think Prospecting exp is weighted towards Outdoorsmanship, Appraisal, and Perception in that order, but it isn't hard to test. Start from 0/34 in each field exp, then start prospect walking. Once you lock the first skill, you'll see if there's a difference with the other 2.
In essence, MINE only teaches Outdoorsmanship. All variants of PROSPECT teach Outdoorsmanship, Appraisal, and Perception.
These are just observations, mind you. Feel free to correct me on any of this.
Appraisal and perception dictate your ability to see what materials are present with PROSPECT. They also, to some degree, alter your success rate for avoiding dangers with prospect careful. Each material has some sort of "difficulty to detect" stat, with rare metals being the hardest to see (no minable rare stones at present). At around ~350 appraisal/perception you should reliably to able to see everything.
The quality and quantity of the materials you mine is affected primarily by outdoorsmanship. Appraisal/perception might play a minor role, I'm not sure, I suspect it's just outdoorsmanship.
The quality and quantity of the materials you mine is affected primarily by outdoorsmanship. Appraisal/perception might play a minor role, I'm not sure, I suspect it's just outdoorsmanship.
