“Analyzing the land to locate valuable resources or important locations. Surveying has many uses, but is most commonly used to make resource maps for Geology and Mining.
Surveying is a skill that produces surveys that lead to gems and minerals. Creating surveys increases the surveying skill, while using the surveys increases geology (mineral surveys) and mining (mining surveys).
Surveys come in several types:
- Mining Surveys are linked to the Mining skill and lead to metals such as Metal Slabs
- Crystal Surveys are linked to the Geology skill and lead to Redwall Crystals
- Mineral Surveys are linked to the Geology skill and lead to gems such as Quartz and Agate
How to create a survey
After you learned the basic surveying skill by reading the Surveying Book from Joeh, you can open you recipe window. In the recipe window you will see a new recipe Serbule Redwall Crystal Survey. After clicking on the recipe, you see you require 1 Simple Parchment, 1 Basic Ink and 1 Redwall Crystal. The parchment and ink can be bought from Joeh. The Redwall Crystal can be obtained by clicking on the huge red crystal to the north of Serbule Keep and slaying one of the bright red deer.
Once you get all three ingredients you can create a Survey map by pushng the 'survey' button. The survey map will be placed in your inventory.
Using a Map
Right click a survey in your inventory and a little red spot will temporarily blink on the minimap (it can be difficult to see if it is on a bright area, it seems to blend in). An on screen message will also give you approximate distances, though it is less practical. It can also help to enlarge your map window, by dragging the lower right corner.
Once you are near enough to the location indicated by the red spot, you click the survey map again, and you will get your crystal or mining reward. At that time you will also level your skill in either geology or mining, depending on the kind of survey.
A common technique for running multiple surveys is to sort the maps by the "quadrant" they're in on the map, and then run through each quadrant!
| Surveying | Recipe | Geology | Mining | Map Leads To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbule Redwall Crystal Survey | 1 | - | Redwall Crystal |
| 5 | Serbule Blue Mineral Survey | 5 | - | Amethyst, Blue Spinel, Fluorite, Lapis Lazuli, Obsidian |
| 10 | Serbule Simple Mining Survey | - | 1 | Simple Metal Slab, Basic Metal Slab |
| 15 | Serbule Green Mineral Survey | 10 | - | Aquamarine, Bloodstone, Piece of Green Glass, Malachite, Peridot, Tourmaline, Tsavorite |
| 20 | Serbule Basic Mining Survey | - | 5 | Basic Metal Slab. Good Metal Slab |
| 25 | Eltibule Orange Mineral Survey | 15 | - | Carnelian, Citrine, Garnet, Sardonyx, Serpentine, Topaz |
| 30 | Eltibule Good Mining Survey | - | 10 | Good Metal Slab, Expert-Quality Metal Slab |
| 35 | Eltibule White Mineral Survey | 20 | - | Agate, Diamond, Moonstone, Moss Agate, Onyx, Quartz |
| 40 | Eltibule Expert's Mining Survey | - | 15 | Expert-Quality Metal Slab, Masterwork Metal Slab |
| 45 | Eltibule Master Mining Survey | - | 20 | Masterwork Metal Slab |
| 48 | Serbule Orange Mineral Survey | 25 | - | Carnelian, Citrine, Garnet, Sardonyx, Serpentine, Topaz |
| 50 | Serbule White Mineral Survey | 30 | - | Agate, Diamond, Moonstone, Moss Agate, Onyx, Quartz |