Question on mining.

[jan]

I have a question on mining .

I understood that a vein ( either ore or metal ) gives up-to ten nuggets or minerals ( eleven if your lucky and end with a " double " )

What determines how-many a vein gives though ?

Asking because out off the last 15 or so times i mined a particular vein , i each time only got one thing out of it .

Are there differences in things needed between gem-mining and ore-mining ?
Not talking about feats for weapons so you can hold a mining-pick , but more wondering if dexterity and/or strength are an influence.

[Dorganath]

Each time you get a nugget of ore, a mineral or a branch from their corresponding CNR sources, there's a random chance that the rock/deposit/tree will be used up.

For ores and trees, there's an artificial cap on the yield set at 10 pieces (or 11 if you're lucky, as you said).   For minerals, there's no cap, but the random chance of being used up logic applies the same for all.  

I think each type (ore/mineral/tree) has its own unique chance of depletion, but I don't have any code in front of me to confirm that.

Edit: Missed a bit of the question...

There's no difference in mining minerals with a chisel or a small pick. Some people swear there is, but there's not.  There's nothing really that improves your chances at mining minerals, at least as far as I know.  Mining ore and chopping trees are affected most by strength and number of attacks/round, since it's all damage-based.  But that doesn't affect yield, just speed of harvest....or if you're able to overcome DR and harvest at all!