Discovering goodies on a mine.
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z0wb13
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extremely slim. but there are a few ways that it can happen. there is an event called hi yo silver, but there is also a different set of rules that cover random resource pops. it can happen on any turn after you build a mine, and i don't think that you have to be working that tile. but the chances are something like .5% per turn, so it's more likely if you play on marathon.
Airey
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You need to assign a citizen to work the tile in the city info screen to have an opportunity to discover.
And part two, the chance is very slim. If you need the hammer, work the mine. If not, work your bonus resource or food tile.
Some past threads that might interest you:
Grassland hill windmill vs mine
Lumbermill vs Mine
what to work, mine with extra commerce, or mine with chance to pop resource?
And part two, the chance is very slim. If you need the hammer, work the mine. If not, work your bonus resource or food tile.
Some past threads that might interest you:
Grassland hill windmill vs mine
Lumbermill vs Mine
what to work, mine with extra commerce, or mine with chance to pop resource?
Every turn that you work a resourceless mine, there is a 1 in 10000 chance for each mineable resource that it will appear in that mine. Only those you have the ability to see are checked. And, those mines that already have a resource that you just can't see yet are obviously not checked either.
TheMeInTeam
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I don't know if it has changed recently but AFAIK it does not.
although the per turn and per resource chances are slim, it's pretty rare that you don't pop a resource in a game IMHO.
Then again, I work a lot of mines.
let's say you have 12 cities.
each (on average) working 3 mines.
that makes 36 mines.
what resources can you get?
let's say you're in the middle of the game so you can see copper and iron, but not coal and not aluminium.
- gold
- silver
- gems
- copper
- iron
= 5 different resources you can discover.
so the maths are for each turn, (1-0,0001)^(5*36) = 0,982160 : the chance you don't pop a resource on a given turn.
let's play normal speed = 500 turns.
(1-0,0001)^(5*36*500)=0,000123= 0,0123% : the chance you don't pop a resource in a full length normal speed game.
Convinced?
to be totally correct, you'd need to make a difference on the number of mines effecticely worked, and on the visible resources on a given turn.
Then again, I work a lot of mines.
let's say you have 12 cities.
each (on average) working 3 mines.
that makes 36 mines.
what resources can you get?
let's say you're in the middle of the game so you can see copper and iron, but not coal and not aluminium.
- gold
- silver
- gems
- copper
- iron
= 5 different resources you can discover.
so the maths are for each turn, (1-0,0001)^(5*36) = 0,982160 : the chance you don't pop a resource on a given turn.
let's play normal speed = 500 turns.
(1-0,0001)^(5*36*500)=0,000123= 0,0123% : the chance you don't pop a resource in a full length normal speed game.
Convinced?
to be totally correct, you'd need to make a difference on the number of mines effecticely worked, and on the visible resources on a given turn.
TheWilltoAct
I am observe
Also who goes for time victory?
I do, for the HoF, and my submission are rejected
.JammerUno
King
It seems pretty unlikely you'll be working an average of 36 mined hills without previous resources for the duration of the game though.
blitzkrieg1980
Octobrist
I've had resources pop in almost every game since the 3.17. Several in many games. It's usually a lux metal (gold or gems) but sometimes its a strat resource which always rocks.
Same for me. It can actually be annoying sometimes. Like if I already have a source of silver, and I pop another silver at my HE military producing city. It takes away production and there's nothing I can do about it.
happened to me too
TheWilltoAct
I am observe
Good point.
One epic speed game I played on an isolated start, I worked I think 3-5 mines in my empire total, making resource pops very unlikely. Suprisingly around year 0, a gold resource popped up. Then a few turns later ANOTHER gold popped up. (Both golds on grassland hills fyi) It sped up my astro beeline by several turns, so I got pretty lucky there.
blitzkrieg1980
Octobrist
Ditto. Always seems to pop in my production cities. Not so bad when it happens in a bureaucracy capital, though. I'll lose 1.5 hammers for a gain of 9happened to me too
