When I first started playing, I used the resource view mode that shows the numbers of the individual resources. Recently, I switched to the plain icon-only view. I noticed that some icons would have 1-3 green up arrows. Initially, I thought that indicated a higher quantity of the resource, but when I would click the icons to verify, I’d find no correlation between the icons and numbers. For example, a Clay icon may have 3 green arrows but less than 2k clay, while a Coal icon may have no arrows and over 8k coal. Is this functioning as intended?
I always thought the arrows coincided to the total amount of that resource relative to the map type.
So a clay deposit on a plains map with one arrow and 2,000 clay vs a clay deposit with 3 arrows and 6,000 clay. A coal deposit with zero arrows and 1,400 coal vs one with 3 arrows and 23,000 coal as another example.
I could be wrong, but that is how I understood it.
Same here, but the actual numbers are extremely variable compared to the number of arrows.
For example, on my current Lowland Lakes Large map, 3 green arrows always means more than 1 or 2 arrows but I have 3 Clay deposits with 3 arrows showing on each, and their numbers are 3500, 3900, and 13,000! LIkewise, ‘3-arrow’ Coal Deposits are showing numbers of 4800, 6600, and 8900.
So, the arrows are only Relative strengths of deposits (or numbers of Deer, for that matter) not precise numbers.
I’m on a new save right now, can’t recall the map type, and I don’t have too many resources revealed to check if the behavior described above is what I’m actually seeing. As more resources are revealed I’ll see if the up arrows are internally consistent within each resource type I find on the map & will report back. Thanks!
I think Boris is right that it is relative to the generated map itself and not the type.
I just did a random map and noticed it is high in minerals but low in sand/clay so a clay deposit with 800 shows two arrows and the other has 3 arrows with 2400 clay in it.
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- And on my Large Lowland Lakes map with Iron and Clay deposits out the Wazzu a single green arrow indicates less than 1000 of either Every Time - I’ve seen Iron deposits of less than 600 on several places on the map showing, in fact, no arrow at all. On the other hand, and again with both types, three arrow deposits are 10,000 to 13,000 or more: there’s even one ‘sweet spot’ where three Iron deposits overlap so that a well-placed Iron Mine is exploiting a combined 37,000 Iron - who needs Deep Mines with that kind of Shallow one?
On the other hand, with only 3 found so far on this map, Sand Deposits show 3 arrows with a numerical total as little as 1400. My experience has been that Sand is the least common mineral resource on Lowland Lakes maps, so the arrow indicators seem to reflect this scarcity rather than any simple numerical total.
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I’ve been collecting data on the save I’m currently streaming on Twitch (Trailblazer, Medium map, Alpine Valley). I’m recording resource type, up arrow indicators (if any), quantity, and year discovered.
I am currently on year 16 of this save. My villagers have revealed 52 mineral (including clay & sand) deposits. Iron is particularly plentiful on this map. I discovered 3 iron deposits in year 1, all with one up arrow and ranging from 800-1900 in quantity (quantities rounded for simplicity). Then, in year 6, I discovered 3 iron deposits with zero arrows ranging from 1600-2600 in quantity. In year 7, I discovered an iron deposit with zero arrows and 9500 quantity, and another with one arrow and 583 quantity. In year 16, I found two iron deposits with 1 up arrow and 500 & 970 quantity, another with two up arrows and 1500 quantity, and another with zero up arrows and 6900 quantity. So even within one resource type, it appears that the arrows do not directly correlate to the size of deposit, as zero arrow deposits can have higher quantities than 1 & 2 arrow deposits.
I have also found that over time, some deposits will change how many arrows are displayed on their icons. These are untouched deposits, so it is not due to resource depletion from mining.
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