German4XXX Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 If so what map and where. I have several hundred hours into this game with many playthroughs and still no dice...or flint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German4XXX Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Also is it an item that degrades and if so can it be repaired (unlike the fire striker). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotzn Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Haven't found it yet. Maybe it will come in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyzara Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 According to the Devs flint is already ingame, but I haven't found any either (yet).^^Given its extreme rarity I very much hope that flint works similar to the magnifying lens and doesn't degrade at all. Would be a bit pointless to introduce just another firestriker analogon in my opinion. But that's just my guess, I might be wrong ofc. I'm really curious if someone on the Forums has already found some flint and can clarify the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elloco999 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I haven't found a flint yet, but I haven't played much since it was added. It has been said flint is a very rare item, so I would not expect to find it in most games. It would be nice to hear from someone who has actually found some flint. I have not read one post saying as much so either it is indeed very very rare or it is bugged and nobody has ever found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyle Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I haven't found flint neither. A bug maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanSteel Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Nada for flint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyles Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Is there any official confirmation that flint is in the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyzara Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Is there any official confirmation that flint is in the game?Jeremy said so a few weeks ago in this thread:viewtopic.php?f=74&t=5017#p30804 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyle Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 But seem like noone have actually found it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyzara Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yeah, I agree that flint should definitely be less rare (if it's already ingame, that is). I mean what good is an item so rare that noone ever finds it? A similar spawn chance like the magnifying lens (or maybe half of that chance) would make more sense in my opinion. That way flint would still be super rare, but people who search all maps very thoroughly had a good chance to find it every few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanSteel Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yeah, I agree that flint should definitely be less rare (if it's already ingame, that is). I mean what good is an item so rare that noone ever finds it? A similar spawn chance like the magnifying lens (or maybe half of that chance) would make more sense in my opinion. That way flint would still be super rare, but people who search all maps very thoroughly had a good chance to find it every few games.It's flint... not gold. We are not really looking for "flint" specifically, any rock that contains silica will do: quartz, granite, quartzite, chert. Easiest way to tell, strike a specimen with some steel. Make players have to search for it (like they do wood) in areas where flint could be found: creeks, cliffs and maybe the mine. Have it cost calories for the player to forage for it (just like wood). If the player wants to use an axe/pry bar (to bust up the ice OR dig in the mine) they could find it faster (at the cost of wear on the tool). Then put the percentage chance to "strike" at about the same percentage as a cardboard match. If you succeed or fail, the flint is gone. Lets just assume it broke apart as it was just a small piece. It would act just like a match in that regard. Boom, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston123 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I don't really understand why flint is all that rare: it, in and of itself, isn't exactly a game changer. Yes, you can both make fires with it AND edged tools. But, unless you know what you are doing, making fires with flint can be rather difficult, and knapping is in NO WAY easy.I would make flint pieces "effectively unlimited" when used for starting fires, but have a REALLY LOW ignition chance. That balances that out, as you have to have a really nice tinder bed to catch the small, short-lived sparks. So, you can potentially use it for a long time, but have to actually practice if you don't want to waste it.And, when you want to try to make edged tools (really, we should only really be able to make flake-knives. Bifaces are not something you can make right off the bat), each "flake" removes a significant percentage of "condition" from the core. And, depending on the geology of the area, flint (and related stone) could be relatively common. Take, for instance, New England. We have no natural sources of flint. The only flint I've ever seen washed up on the beach after a storm. Meanwhile, in the Mohawk valley (a hop, skip and a jump away in eastern New York), they have such beautiful deposits of flint that the local Native American tribe named themselves after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternityTide Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 maybe it's not as rare as people think.... they just overlook it when walking around outside. (you don't exactly go looking for rocks when a force 10 gale is rolling in, and a pack of wolves, a bear and a jehovah's witness are following you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyzara Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 That might be worth a thought... well, if it can only be found outside, the big question is which areas are most promising for an extended search trip. Does anybody have a clue about flint deposits in Northern BC?^^I for one only found flint twice so far (in Europe), both times at the coast (once at the French Atlantic coast, once at the Baltic sea coast). But I'm not searching for it on purpose, ofc. There's probably plenty of the stuff inland as well and I just haven't noticed it yet. Anyway, I have no idea how promising it would be to e.g. walk along the cliffs surrounding pleasant valley in comparison to searching the shore in Coastal Highway or searching inside the various caves. Does somebody have a clue or is willing to help searching a specific area?^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davescoolshades Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 i don't know i have 2 games over 1000 days each and i have never found it....its either so rare as to not bother even putting it in game (or looking for it) or in some out of the way spot. i have looked at every cave and too many rocks to even bother with it any more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanSteel Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 That might be worth a thought... well, if it can only be found outside, the big question is which areas are most promising for an extended search trip. Does anybody have a clue about flint deposits in Northern BC?^^I for one only found flint twice so far (in Europe), both times at the coast (once at the French Atlantic coast, once at the Baltic sea coast). But I'm not searching for it on purpose, ofc. There's probably plenty of the stuff inland as well and I just haven't noticed it yet. Anyway, I have no idea how promising it would be to e.g. walk along the cliffs surrounding pleasant valley in comparison to searching the shore in Coastal Highway or searching inside the various caves. Does somebody have a clue or is willing to help searching a specific area?^^Can some one post a screen shot of what it looks like laying on the ground? Maybe if we knew what we were looking for we could find it. If it is some non-descript rock fragment then it is no wonder we can't see it. If it looks like a piece of semi-transparent quartz laying in the snow, again it would be really hard to see. If they have made it so rare that we have to grid out a search pattern to look for it then count me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston123 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 From what I have seen (on various Internet videos), "river" flint, at least in the UK, is often times covered in a "coating" of sorts, called the "cortex", that looks radically different from the flint itself. To the point where the flint "boulder" can look almost exactly the same as a generic rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWM Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It would be helpful if we got a hint where this elusive flint might reside.It's pixelhunting on 6 maps right now. Not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksByNight Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Do you guys mean the firestriker thing? I found it a few plays back; was loving it, then got careless and was wasted by a fluffy. It's a silver metal cylinder with crosshatches. I used it maybe a dozen times and it never degraded. I seem to recall that where it would have had a percentage it said 'none'.I took a screen of it, but it's on my laptop; I'll dig it up and post a shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavian Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Do you guys mean the firestriker thing?No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksByNight Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Cool! So there's something else out there... The firestriker was dope though; matches then are just for searching interiors when kerosene runs out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicko Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 found the firestriker = awesome. hell maybe we don't need a flint? ha but one day we might fine it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudenInduven Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nope, just the firestriker, but it's totally awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Fires Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Never. Be quite the find though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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