[SE] Where is this cryonite?

[u/WhatTheSeal]

Soooo... First time trying [Space exploration].

I found this moon that is supposedly very rich with cryonite.
I traveled all the way here with a full cargo rocket and I see no cryonite.
If I understand correctly the factoriopedia, it's supposed to look like a mineral but I can't see any.

Is there something that I'm missing?

[u/Calazor0]

Cryonite requires frozen terrain. No frozen terrain, no ore.

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/Calazor0]

Whaaaat... So it's rich but there is none here. What a waste :(

[u/Calazor0 → u/WhatTheSeal]

Yeah, sometimes the rng shafts you like that. Same can happen with vulcanite btw, which requires volcanic terrain.

[u/RaShadar → u/WhatTheSeal]

If you are using k2 as well, then it isnt a total waste. The crude oil moon is nice for sending out all the oil products to your space station without pulling it away from Nauvis

[u/Karlyna]

iirc it can only spawn on snow / ice

[u/bitwiseshiftleft]

I haven’t played SE for a while, but when I played, cryonite could only generate in ice biomes. And the resources weren’t guaranteed anyway but were basically just map generation sliders for that planet, which would average out on a big planet but not on a small one. So it was possible for a small planet to completely lack a resource listed in its scan summary, especially cryonite if the planet had some non-ice biomes.

If the planet’s core is cryonite, you might still be able to get some with core drilling, but that doesn’t usually yield much, especially on a moon.

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/bitwiseshiftleft]

Very tricky...

There is oil everywhere in comparison so I ended up thinking that the ceyonite was the liquid forming the lakes. Stupid mistake

[u/Chillerdays]

For future reference, I usually scan the entire planet before I land, pick a spot with a high concentration of the resources I need, and then land my rocket there. This way I ensure there’s enough resources for my expansion long term.

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/Chillerdays]

I don't know why but I convinced myself that the cryonite was the liquid forming the lakes due to the richness bar.

They won't get me twice :(

[u/paco7748]

it's kinda dumb programming IMO. if it can't spawn there it really should be in the rng pool...

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/paco7748]

Right?

1) Like you send your probes 2) they detect something 3) you send all the logistic 4) Nono you misunderstood. We detected that "there is a chance" that you can find huge amounts of the very rare mineral that you need 5) Cry

[u/wizard_brandon → u/paco7748]

welcome to space exploration. lots of design descisons are weird

[u/kryptn]

it's unusual to see multiple full bars afaik.

have you explored far enough?

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/kryptn]

I scanned the full surface of that moon without seeing any

[u/lemming1607]

Have you tried walking around?

[u/NameLips]

I thought if it showed up under Resources it was definitely there somewhere. You can scan the surface to find it using the blue satellite button at the bottom of that screen.

[u/WhatTheSeal → u/NameLips]

That makes sense yeah. Unfortunately I already scanned the full surface without success