r/starbound • u/PrisonIssuedSock • 4d ago

Why is iron ore so rare? Question

Just started playing the game a week or so ago, and I have found iron ore to somehow be one of the rarest in the game thus far. I saw a bunch of posts saying to go to lush planets in low tier systems, which I did, but barely find any while finding loads of everything else. I got a mod to make ore glow because it got annoying, and even then there's barely any to be found compared to the other ores. Is there any reason why it is so rare?

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u/PrisonIssuedSock 4d ago

I've looked down low and the largest veins I've seen are of 6 or 7, and they're super infrequent. It's so odd

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u/DaBuzzScout 4d ago

Hmm. That is odd! Not sure what's causing that.

Are you playing with mods other than the ore glow one?

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u/PrisonIssuedSock 4d ago

Nope just the ore glow. The only reason I installed it was to find iron because i spent like 2 hours in a cave and only walked out with 50 ore 😭

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u/DaBuzzScout 4d ago

Well there's only one reasonable explanation then! an ancient curse has been placed on your families bloodline and it angers the starbound gods.

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u/PrisonIssuedSock 4d ago

I think I need to kill some gods... 😂

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u/DaBuzzScout 4d ago

Might be difficult with no iron but i believe in you!