Mining Saltpeter

[Petkiller]

I saw Saltpeter on my home shard priced over 90 per so I started mining again.  I tried mining in standard locations in Trammel, Malas, Fel, Tur Mur.  I never saw any for over 4 hours of mining.  I was told by a friend to mark inside Dungeons.  It was almost an hour before I found a "huge" "niter" deposit.  I included the item id and had my script mine it.  Here are the IDs I found for niter deposits:VGH_QGH_RGH_WGH_BHH.   I ran for a few hours and was only seeing a little over 200 saltpeter an hour.  I put a luck suit on my miner and every deposit I find now is Massive(the biggest I think) and I am seeing over 500 saltpeter an hour. 

[gimlet]

Thanks for the info and the id's .

Does it spawn above ground I wonder?

[Masscre]

I have not witnessed it yet but am thinking about the tunnels under you know where might produce the niter deposits.

[Endless Night]

so miner need luck now .. jeeze.. well so be it ... imbue time.

(its over 115per on my shard now... i personally took it from 8 to 75 )

[NObama]

Won't every major patch cause vendors to respawn, though?  Hmm...

[Superslayer]

For anyone interested in what happens when niter is found when mining and how to retrieve it, read on.

When digging, a rock graphic will appear near your character and may look like this (depending on amount of luck):

EUO ID = WGH
OEUO ID = 4962
Gigantic

The rock itself needs to be targeted, and per shovel use, you will received anywhere from 0-10 pieces of saltpeter (perhaps more) which go directly into your pack. Over the course of mining the rock, it will change from one graphic to the next each progressively getting smaller. The above image is what a gigantic deposit will look like. The following images are the progressions from largest to smallest.


Massive
EUO ID = VGH
OEUO ID = 4963


Huge
EUO ID = RGH
OEUO ID =4967


Large
EUO ID = QGH
OEUO ID = 4964


Small
EUO ID = BHH
OEUO ID = 4969

Once you've reached this smallest size rock, the rock will disappear. The only journal entry for discovering a niter deposit occurs at the first instance of a niter vein discovery. That message reads: "You have uncovered a (size) deposit of niter! Mine it to obtain saltpeter." Successfully mining the rock will yield the journal message: "You extract (number) saltpeter from the niter deposit." Failure to obtain saltpeter produces this message: "You mine the niter deposit but fail to produce any usable saltpeter."

Not every niter discovery will start with a 'gigantic' rock since it is luck based, but will follow the gradual depletion states as described above.

Happy Mining!

Edit: updated rock names and journal messages

[Khameleon]

very nice and useful ty

[Endless Night]

If i could +rep you SS for that serioulsy valuable info i would . thank you very much for that.

[Masscre]

Yes +1 Rep for SS.

[gimlet]

Great info - thanks

[Coolface]

Hmm need to soulstone mining for my melee char for easyer dungeon mining =F.

[Superslayer]

Your welcome guys! And a thanks to Petkiller for getting the id's in the first place.

[Petkiller]

The first luck suit I was using was just around 700 luck and that was getting me around 500 saltpeter an hour.  I took out all the mining spots that never gave me saltpeter and upgraded my luck suit to 1760 and now I average around 1k saltpeter per hour using a modified MWinc miner script.  I get almost all Gigantic deposits now.    Has anyone tried mining saltpeter in fel yet?  I just hate to take my miner to a fel dun in a luck suit.

[manwinc]

*Coughs*
" never should of wrote that miner"

[Endless Night]

*Coughs*
" never should of wrote that miner"

Dont you mean never should have public releaed that...