Supremist Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Can anyone tell me what would be the best way to mine element shards in the magmasaur cave on Fjordur? This would be on official pve so tek stryders are a no and super mutated dinos are also a no. I have access to an anky, a 250% damage mantis with a 200% damage pickaxe (using pickaxe to mine seems to get more shards than hatchet), and a mining drill. Which one of these ways gives the most shards per rock, or is there another gathering method I'm not thinking of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayleeT Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Teleport to Van S then SE if you go away from the shore you will see a cave with glowing rocks go into it. Bring something that can take care of the aberrant dinos. Hit the Normal rocks, not the shiny rocks and it will give you shards. Bring an anky or a drill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrassil Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Can't go wrong with anky. Its the classic tame that excels at this task and from my experience will net around double of the mining drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supremist Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 I've already tried mining those normal works in that aberrant cave Kaylee, they give much less shards than the rocks in the magmasaur cave do, it's just not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ckyBandit Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 10:17 AM, Supremist said: I've already tried mining those normal works in that aberrant cave Kaylee, they give much less shards than the rocks in the magmasaur cave do, it's just not worth it. It is when youre on a PVP server and every magma cave is blocked by the alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornOnTheCab Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 So far from testing a primitive mining drill versus a decent anky, I've had more luck with the ankyin getting more shards. The strategy I've been using with my friends is one person on a giga goes in and clears out all the hostile creatures and then another person throws the anky out to farm the rocks. Right now during the 3x event, we usually leave the cave with 4000+ shards and no casualties. Be sure to hit any rocks hiding underneath the magmasaur nests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyBear Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 mantis only shines when it has higher melee and a 298 pick. The mining drill , even if you have one that's boosted above primitive, never really matches what animals can do for you. Anky will win just about everytime until striders and highly mutated dinos are let in. The one thing probably nobody has tested yet, is respecing your character with high melee and the best pickaxe you can make or find. That's where, I don't think anyone here can tell you if that beats an anky or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enveleyna Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Are those the only two caves with the shard rocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator Joebl0w13 Posted July 29, 2022 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted July 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, Enveleyna said: Are those the only two caves with the shard rocks? https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Resource_Map/Fjordur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkwildfire Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I’ve found the Anky to be the best so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VendettaX7 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I prefer mining drill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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