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| Use illegal (but in no way unethical!) core sample technology to uncover hidden resources on a barren plot. We can't promise what you'll find, but we guarantee you'll find something. | |
Requirements:
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| Black Market is open | |
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Radius: 1 tile |
Core Sample finds a new resource deposit on a tile of your choosing. One purchase gives you 2 core samples to use.
The type of the resource deposit and its quality (low, medium, high) is random, but some terrain types have a specific resource that is most likely to be generated:
| Terrain Type | Resource |
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| Riverbeds and Lakebeds | Water (87%) |
| Volcanic | Iron (92%) |
| Rocky | Aluminum (89%) |
| Crater | Carbon (93%) |
| Sand | Silicon (91%) |
The probability that a given resource spawns will also be affected by other existing adjacent resource deposits of that type, with adjacent trace tiles adding 1% to the relative probability and each successively higher level adding a further 1%.
The chance of a spawned resource deposit being higher quality depends on the resource type and terrain.
| Black Market |
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| Adrenaline Boost • Auction a Tile • Bribe a Claim • Circuit Overload • Cook the Books • Core Sample • Dynamite • EMP • Filthy Pirates • Goon Squad • Magnetic Storm • MULE • Mutiny • Network Virus • Power Surge • Return a Claim • Slowdown Strike • Underground Nuke |
| Advanced Black Market |
| Hologram • Spy |