master enchanters sure are, same with master navigators since i saw someone else complaining about how hard it is to get dark sea diamonds without conquest
The main issue with ds diamonds, imo, is that the game doesnât give a single comprehensible explanation on how to actually find them.
yeah i feel that way for a lot of these new materials
like ive never once obtained dolomite through its intended way, only ever through catalyst bags, donât even know where you get it same with arcane scoria (though i think that ones underwater volcanoes? ive never went down to check them), never heard of magmatic stone and volcanic crystals are weird because i can get them from monos by randomly smashing for some reason
Eh, it isnât that hard actually, just dive down near a coastless island. You only need one diamond, so no problem
one diamond for every file, yet another issue vetex does not account for is that his game has a file system and not everyone spends all of their time on a single one
It should appear on the water surface after an underwater volcano erupts, but I tried with two of those and none spawned any dolomite. I think it is just bugged.
Oh yeah, somebody actually investigated that, and found out Dolomite does spawn, but its despawn timer is bugged, making it only appear for about a second before despawning.
Also, I still remember BlueFighterâs suggestion about renaming dolomite to pumice, as it makes much more sense.
I am one of those people who spend all of my time on one file, but considering that I am not the majority and that, even then I only have a few ds diamonds, it is definitely a bit of an oversight.
I had three files before the FR, but the jump in progression with professions and fleets was so drastic, I am still not ready to resume playing on two of those saves
my âmainâ file only has 2 as well (given, i havent had the need to actually go looking for them, but i have been running conquest for at least 6ish hours while levelling it up, still have yet to get one from it)
Best source of those are actually high-tier chests, mainly in the Dark Sea. As a resident of that area, I got many diamonds without diving for them.
ive opened many mystics and a couple legendaries in dark sea and still have yet to get a diamond from anything other than randomly seeing one pre-FR when i went to the middle of a donut island (or randomly getting lucky with chests in bronze/nimbus sea i think)
That is called the âvideogames never giving players what they seek forâ situation
well the thing is ive never actively sought out dark sea diamonds, they have no use to me until this update goes live
may just try to max out all of my files including deckhands before this update goes live so i wont need to worry about it, already currently 5/7 of the way there with everything but deckhands and builds (and sea exploration but i am NOT going to be diving in 120 more spots)
Underwater volcanoes are dolomite, I think arcane scoria has something to do with the dark sea? Really says a lot about just how useful the new potion types are when pretty much nobody knows where to find their respective catalysts.
Edit: checked the wiki, volcanic dark sea islands.
Rare drop from breaking rocks I think, and stupidly rare at that.
I do know how to get volcanic crystals, though. You need to break gravel piles (can be orange, light or dark gray), like the ones found on Ravenna or after port Mistral burns down.
vetex should add a logbook with reagent/catalysts that explains what they are, what they do, and how they can be obtained
maybe at first itâll just tell you
âUndiscovered - Obtained by breaking gravel pilesâ
and then afterwards you can see what it is and what it does
I made tier 5 Corroding orbshots before, they are nowhere near the power of acid-imbued, or even normal dot-imbued waves I expected them to be. Theyâre barely different from arcanium cannons.
Eh, maybe, but it is especially common in dark sea chests.
Chests should be a secondary source for items that have a special obtainment method. Said method should unarguably be the best source.
Otherwise, just remove the method and turn the item into chest loot.
Or worse it does spawn but itâs stuck inside the volcano itself and thus cannot be obtained . .
Gosh the horrors of parsing through Orbshot are coming back again. aaaaa
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But yeah, your best bet is to just get them from catalyst bags or just by reagent farming via fleets until Dolomiteâs whole situation gets resolved . .
Edit:
Looked through our orbshot summary thingy and saw that you can get them from chests as a chance too. So going around doing chest farms may net you some.