Part 4 - Buried Echoes Special Reward

[hozz1235]

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And, as with Signal Void, there’s a special gameplay reward to be gained for completing Buried Echoes.

Venture guess at what the reward will be?

I'd love to get a pickaxe to be able to mine coal with!

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

Miner's helmet and lamp.  The old-fashioned kind that used calcium carbide and water rather than a bulb or LED.

 

I know I won't get it, but I want dynamite.

Edited November 14, 2023 by I_eat_only_wolf_meat

[hozz1235]

15 hours ago, I_eat_only_wolf_meat said:

Miner's helmet and lamp.  The old-fashioned kind that used calcium carbide and water rather than a bulb or LED.

That's a great idea!  Perhaps one like this, which would use our lamp oil.  A little outdated but useful.

[Just some guy being a dude]

I know it wouldn’t make much sense with the whole coal mine theme but I really want a quiver that reduces arrow weight 

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

44 minutes ago, hozz1235 said:

That's a great idea!  Perhaps one like this, which would use our lamp oil.  A little outdated but useful.

That's exactly the kind I was talking about.  It uses dry calcium carbide chunks in the lower chamber, and water trickles down on to it from the upper chamber.  The chemical reaction produces acetylene which is ignited and produces a bright white flame in the center of the reflector.  You can see the little round cigarette lighter sparker off-center in the middle.

They are rarely encountered these days, but they were a very reliable and long-lasting means of producing light.  I used them back in my caving days, but that was 30 years ago.

Edited November 15, 2023 by I_eat_only_wolf_meat
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[hozz1235]

44 minutes ago, I_eat_only_wolf_meat said:

That's exactly the kind I was talking about.  It uses dry calcium carbide chunks in the lower chamber, and water trickles down on to it from the upper chamber.

The calcium carbide type seems to have been really popular.  I had trouble finding the "wick-kerosene" type.  The picture above really looks like the CC type but the site said it was kerosene...

If HL did introduce the CC type, they would also need to add the Calcium Carbide as an item.

[I_eat_only_wolf_meat]

12 minutes ago, hozz1235 said:

 

If HL did introduce the CC type, they would also need to add the Calcium Carbide as an item.

Definitely.  I'd love to see it added.  Maybe it could provide another reason to visit Blackrock's mine.  That closet space there would be perfect.