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Biome dependent Big ore veins / generating for all ores

In the video Dev Diaries: World Generation, lady agnes announced that new rare big ore veins are gonna be added for 1.17.

Sadly, thoses veins are only planned to be added for copper ore.

Since thoses veins are planned to be extremely rare, i feel like it would be a logical and nice addition to extend the generation of theses big veins to all ores. Since it would be such a huge reward, the chance of generating an ore vein should be adapted to the rarity of each ore, and even better, be biome dependent.

Let me explain, we all know that gold ore is more common in the badlands biome. Players come after this biome if they want gold. For the cave update, it really would be an interesting perspective to search after a biome, in the hope to find an extremely rare big ore vein of, let's say for example, iron in the new mountain biomes. Or to dare a long and risky search in the deep dark, hoping to find a hypothetical huge diamond vein. Possibilities are huge with this feature, and it's high risk - high reward, and also time - intensive. You wouldn't expect to find one of theses big veins before at least 30 min- one hour of searching. It is an invitation to explore the new caves and specific biomes, and i feel like it fits really well in the game and into the caves and cliffs update.

Don't hesitate to reply with related ideas or thoughts about this feature! 

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• March 15, 2021 22:59
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  • March 26, 2021 08:24
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  The devs spoke about adding an element of strategy to mining. I think something like this will add to more than just the mining aspect of the game.

  I think ores should generate randomly in the world in large veins, and that they should generate with other veins of ores in a general area, an "ore rich" area. It would encourage people to set up actual mines and give some much needed use to rails and minecarts.

  Inversely there would be "resource poor" areas, where ores spawn like they do now, perhaps slightly sparser. Perhaps when the world is generating a biome could be one of the two, save for unique situations like the gold in mesas or emeralds in mountains. Maybe mineshafts have increased ores, and you can take them over like a village and rehabilitate it.

  Imagine playing on a server and basing in an area with scarce resources and having to either explore and set up a mine, or grind other things and trade for ores.

  A game about mining should include the task of prospecting. Depending on how the generation is tweaked and how much ore you can find, this could be a good alternative to farms if you need massive quantities of materials for mega builds/projects, which basically require that you abuse the games mechanics just to gather them in a reasonably timely manner. At the same time you will still have to explore the world for new areas to mine once the returns start diminishing on your current mine.