Ores

In Cavesrl ores are some of the most important items in the whole game, with each ore having an specified use and their usefulness can range from currency or consumables to even being crafting components.

There is currently 8 different ores that the player can acquire while exploring the caves and each one has it's own use.

## Gold

Gold is the main currency in Cavesrl, being used to buy supplies, weapons, armor plates and a few blueprints.

Gold is the most common ore in the game, being found with ease on the walls of any cave you will ever step into.

* Gold coin
* Can be dropped by enemies
* Containers
* Treasures
* Acid Caves
* Lava Caves
* Ancient Ruins (any)
* Very common

The only difference between gold coins and gold ore is that gold coins are usually dropped by enemies or found in containers in a quantity that may vary, while gold ore can be found on stone walls or after recycling an item that had some gold in it.

Gold will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be yellow).

## Emerald

Emeralds are a secondary currency in Cavesrl, they are slightly rarer than gold, and very few items outside of the shelter can be bought using them.

But still emeralds are very important as they can be used to unlock and install upgrades and modules, merchants will usually offer higher quality items in exchange of emeralds and all vending machines allow you to buy gold coins in exchange for emeralds.

Emeralds are common ores being easily found on walls or in emerald stalagmites.

Emeralds will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be green).

* Emerald stalagmites
* Treasures
* Can be dropped by enemies
* Acid Caves
* Lava Caves
* Ancient ruins (Any)
* Can be used to buy upgrades
* Can be used to install modules

## Energy Crystals

Energy crystals are one of the most common ores in the whole game being found with ease just about anywhere, they are very useful in any part of your journey since energy crystals restore a certain amount of energy, which is a very useful resource.

However despite the fact that energy crystals are very common and useful, this type of ore is very fragile so it is very likely that you'll only be able to retrieve small, unstable fragments that cannot be stored in the inventory (instant application) and will only restore small amounts of energy, also since energy crystals are only available in the form of stalagmites there is an ever increasing chance that several of the crystals on your current location are going to be dormant Golems, making this one of the most dangerous ores if you don't have proper combat gear.

Energy crystals are the only ore that can't be detected by the ore detection sensor.

* Acid Caves
* Lava Caves
* Ancient Ruins (Any)

## Variations (Energy crystal)

Energy crystals are fragile ores and due to this they come in several forms and shapes, each one with their own effects and features.

* Can be stored at the inventory (10 max)
 * Pure energy crystal
* Can be stored at the inventory (1 max)
 * Energy Crystal (shard)
* Cannot be stored at the inventory
* Instant application.

## Healing Crystals

Healing crystals are one of the rarest ores in Cavesrl, being only found on the some areas of the Lava Caves, healing crystals are very similar to the energy crystals in almost every aspect, with the only difference being that they heal wounds instead of replenishing energy, and they do not appear in the form of crystal stalagmites.

Healing crystal ores will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be red).

* Can be dropped by enemies
* Old Factory

## Variations (Healing Crystal)

Just like the Energy crystals, Healing crystals are quite fragile and due to this each crystal will come in different sizes and shapes, each one with their own features and capabilities.

* Can be dropped by demons
* Dropped by enemies killed when vampirism is active
* Dropped by enemies killed with devourment weapons
* Cannot be stored at the inventory
 Health crystal | * Stone walls
* Can be dropped by enemies
* Can be purchased at the Vending machine
* Can be stored at the inventory (10 max)

## Copper

Copper is a soft orange metal that can be found almost anywhere, it can be smelted at the shelter and it is mainly used to produce simple components and electric element.

Copper will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be silver).

* Acid Caves
* Lava Caves
* Ancient Ruins (any)
* Can be stored at inventory (15 max)
* Can be stored at the shelter
* Used to make crafting components

## Titanium

Titanium is a tough metal that can be found almost anywhere, it is slightly harder to find than copper although it's still quite common. Titanium can be found inside durable stone which may require better tools or explosives to be retrieved, titanium is used to produce simple components and fire elements.

Titanium will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be silver).

* Durable stone
* Acid Caves
* Lava Caves
* Ancient Ruins (any)
* Can be stored at the inventory (15 max)
* Can be stored at the shelter
* Used to make crafting components

## Firestone

A hot, fiery ore that can only be found in the Lava caves, it always spawns inside durable stone and attempting to mine this ore manually will result in your character being engulfed by flames, for these reasons it is recommended to only mine this ore through the use of explosives or with an Energy pickaxe. Firestone is only used to produce fire element.

Fire stone will be detected by ore detection sensor (It's glow will be silver).

* Old Factory
* Can be stored in the inventory (15 max)
* Can be stored at the shelter
* Used to make crafting components
* Deals fire damage

## Electric stone

The rarest ore in Cavesrl, it can only be found in the Acid caves and in very small quantities, it always spawns inside durable stone and attempting to mine this ore manually will result in your character being electrocuted, for these reasons it is recommended to only mine this ore through the use of explosives or with an Energy pickaxe. Electric stone is only used to produce electric element.

Electric stone will be detected by ore detection sensor (it's glow will be silver).

* Can be stored at the inventory (15 max)
* Can be stored at the shelter
* Used to make crafting components
* Deals electric damage

## Tips

* The Energy pickaxe protects you from the harmful effects of Firestone and Electric stone.
* Installing an Ore detection sensor on your armor will allow you to find ores quicker and more easily.
* Using a scroll of transmutation and a Midas mining tool will allow the player to collect large amounts of gold and emerald.
* Emeralds in stalagmites aren't acknowledged by the ore counter in the player's map, so make sure to not leave any area unexplored or you might miss some emeralds.
* The quantity and "quality" of the ores gathered is mainly influenced by your luck stat and special tools. For example: In order to get more Gold and Emeralds you are going to need a Midas Pickaxe or a Midas drill, while to increase your chances of getting get an intact energy/blood crystal it is recommended to use a high quality mining device. You can also collect some ores when you recycle an item that might contain them, such as Midas weapons in exchange for gold, artifacts for emeralds and so on.

## Version history

* 0.95.2.5 - Pure energy crystal has been added to the game.
* 0.95.1.5 - Electric ore and fire stone have been added to the game.
* 0.95.1.3 - Copper and titanium ore have been added to the game.
* 0.94.9.6 - Stones enriched with health crystals has been added to the game.
* 0.94.8.0 - Health crystal shards have been added to the game.
* 0.94.7.0 - Energy crystal shards have been added to the game.
* 0.92.6 - Energy crystal added to the game.
* 0.86 (first public version) - Gold and emeralds were present in the game initially.