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All mineral resources and their uses
Whether it's a survival game like Minecraft or a cozy, life-simulation game like Fields of Mistria, mining is often a pretty important mechanic and Luma Island gives us his interpretation. You'll dig deep into ancient caves located around the island in search of useful metals and precious gems, and you might even find some treasure.
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In addition to resources, spiders live in caves and are all too eager to bite unprepared explorers in search of resources. A rock may fall on your head and even the darkness itself seems intent on getting you.
How to locate caves
While you can find small quantities mining nodes in specific mountainous locations or after unlocking some rooms in the temple, the the main place where you will get oreand the the only place where you can mine gemsit's in the Biome-specific caves.
- THE First the available cave is there Abandoned farm caveand is located near your home.
- THE second the available cave is there Lost Forest Caveand you have to do it repair the city bridge so you can access the forest. It is located in northern corner of the western side of the area, after crossing the stone bridge.
- THE third the available cave is there Frozen mountain caveand you have to do it repair the city cable car to ride him up to the Mountain. Is found northwest of the entrance to the area.
Even some areas, like the Forest they have smaller caves which contain coal and various minerals, but these they have no gems or enemiesthey are much smaller and cannot be restored once you have extracted all the resources found in them.
Many gods
minor caves can help you access new areas or give you a shortcut
closer to the entrance to an area, so they're still worth exploring.
You will also start to find unfinished campsites outside a large cave once you reach the forest. They will have all the basic crafting stations, like a Sawmill, furnace, ore smelter and simple workbenchand you can finish their construction with the equivalent regional material.
How to explore caves
When you first descend into a cave, you will Start in a well-lit area with some trees and bushes, while the the rest of the area is completely dark except for bright gems in the distance if they spawned close enough.
You will need to use one of three types of flashlights to illuminate the area around you as you explore keep the darkness from consuming you and sending you back to the entrance. Each area has its own Resin and flashlight type which differs in light color and effectiveness:
Type of flashlight |
Resin required |
Ray of light |
How long does it last? |
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Agricultural torch |
Agricultural resin |
Small |
Two days of play |
Forest torch |
Forest resin |
Medium |
Four days of play |
Mountain torch |
Mountain resin |
Great |
Six days of play |
The torches will turn off after a certain amount of in-game time has passed, but you can do this
rekindle them by running them over
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Carbone and the the type of ore in the area can be found everywhere the cave, but the the gems are found further and further away according to their rarity, with the lowest rarity located closest to entrance to the caveand the the rarest one close to edge of the interior of the cave.
Each cave, with the exception of the Abandoned Farm Cave, also introduces a rare, dangerous variant of its regional stone that can kill you and send you back to the entrance if you don't avoid it.
- For the Lost Forest Caverocks can explode in a cloud of poisonous gas this will make the screen blurry. These rocks are always large and pointed.
- For the Frozen mountain caverocks can explode and explode after a few secondsdestroying rocks and minerals around them in a small radius. These rocks are always flat, round and medium in size.
While exploring, you will also find old barrels and crates you can break with your whipand these mainly contain cave-related items, such as Torches and flaresand occasionally a small quantity of ore and coal.
Rockets are great for
briefly revealing a large radius around you and can save you from death
if you run out of torches.
Rocks will too every now and then they fall from the ceiling and create a new boulder that can block a path that you have made, but often they instead fall on top of other boulders, and so it is Rarely do they hit you since they it spawns on the outskirts of where you are.
How to deal with spiders
THE stay longer inside a cave, the more likely is that a The enemy spider will spawn near your location and these act as your main threat while I was in a cave.
A spider will start wandering around the cave once they spawn, and whether you or them get closer to themthey will start a chase and start chasing you down unless you run away far enough lose his attention.
You can tell if a spider is spawning as usual
they produce a flash of colored light at their location
during spawning, and they do a
loud hiss
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In addition to those that are generated over time, extract a gem of any type also produces a loud noise that attracts spiders and every shot dramatically increases the chance of a spider being spawned near you.
If a spider it comes after youor if you don't want to be bothered by them, use your whip to repel them. Everything is fine hit with your whip it will stun them for a few moments and you can time it like that stun them every time they try to move until they are deador it can simply give you the option to do so run away or avoid them.
You can
Farm spiders for their rare drops like palmate gems to sell
mining gems and having them spawn near you.
Each cave type has a Spider variant, with a different look AND generating a light colorbut everyone does it same amount of damageand the main difference there is among them how fast they go.
- THE Farm spider is the slower.
- THE Forest spider is the the second fastest.
- THE Mountain spider is the faster.
In mid-to-late game caves like Frozen Mountain Cave,
multiple spiders can spawn at the same time
naturally or by attracting them by hitting a gem.
How to restore the inside of a cave
In the end, a the cave can run out of resourcesand, if that happens, you will have to do it locate the cave restoration lighthouse and use it for generate new resources.
Every cave he has oneand I am always localized somewhere along the extreme limit of the interior of the caveso they require quite a bit of exploration and flashlights to reach them. They sit in a well-lit area such as the entrance to the caveso you can see them from afar if you went deep enough.
When you find the lighthouse, all you have to do is interact with it and a countdown will begin. You will have 90 seconds to extract the latest resources e exit the caveotherwise it will collapse on you and send you back to the entrance.
Next time you come back inside, the the entire layout will be resetallowing you to get more resources. There there is no limit to the number of times you can reset a cave, but you will I have to find the lighthouse again every time.
All mineral resources and their uses
All cave resources are important for updating your toolsbut minerals and gems provide the main materials needed for the blacksmith and jewelry craftsman professions, and you will need metal bars for make magnets as a treasure hunter.
Resource |
Main cave found at |
Refined versions |
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Coal |
Abandoned farm cave Lost Forest Cave Frozen mountain cave |
N/A |
Copper ore |
Abandoned farm cave |
Copper bar Copper magnet |
Bronze rubble |
Bronze bar |
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Mountain crystal |
Mountain crystal earrings Mountain crystal necklace |
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Tiger's eye |
Tiger's Eye Ring Tiger eye necklace |
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Kyanite |
Kyanite ring Bronze diadem |
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Iron ore |
Lost Forest Cave |
Iron bar Iron magnet |
Silver rubber |
Silver ingot |
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Pyrite |
Pyrite earrings Pyrite necklace |
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Bismuth |
Bismuth ring Bismuth necklace |
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Crocoite |
Cocoite ring Silver tiara |
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Moonstone ore |
Frozen mountain cave |
Moonstone bar Moonstone magnet |
Golden rubble |
Gold bar |
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Fluorite |
Fluorite earrings Fluorite necklace |
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Azurite |
Azurite ring Azurite necklace |
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Uvarovite |
Uvarovite earrings Golden tiara |
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