Black stones

Explore Lulukoko, Tsukuyusa, and Westown in this multi-cultural farming game for Nintendo 3DS. [ Game Guide ] JP release = Jun 2016. NA release = Feb 2017. EU release = Oct 2017.
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Whats the best way to get Black rocks.. mining everyday vs waiting 1-3 days? I've gotten one in like 3 days. I don't want to do the save / reload trick.
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The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad
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Pawserve wrote:Whats the best way to get Black rocks.. mining everyday vs waiting 1-3 days? I've gotten one in like 3 days. I don't want to do the save / reload trick.
The chance of getting a specific ore/gem changes based on which mining point you hit and what level Efficiency your hammer is, in addition to the amount of resting time you give the mine. There's a handy reference chart here: http://www.thonky.com/story-of-seasons- ... wns/mining


The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad
Incorrect; those black boulders give Black Stone, not Black Rock.
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I just mine everyday and hoard what I get. I have gotten some black rocks but I didn't know if it was useful for anything.
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FoolishGhoul wrote:The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad

Haha, light pink nips blending in with my light, you can see the one right one :p

Oh okay thanks
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Pawserve wrote:Whats the best way to get Black rocks.. mining everyday vs waiting 1-3 days? I've gotten one in like 3 days. I don't want to do the save / reload trick.
The chance of getting a specific ore/gem changes based on which mining point you hit and what level Efficiency your hammer is, in addition to the amount of resting time you give the mine. There's a handy reference chart here: http://www.thonky.com/story-of-seasons- ... wns/mining
Thanks a lot for this! :D

Edit: Seems like waiting 3 days increases chances of getting black rocks to an A rank at level 1 vs doing it everyday at B rank.. hrm.... darn my view on the whole reloading thing, ah well, I guess I'll just try to wait 3 days again.
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Celestrian wrote:I just mine everyday and hoard what I get. I have gotten some black rocks but I didn't know if it was useful for anything.

Ah, yeah black rocks are useful to upgrade tools :)
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Feather Qwill wrote:
The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad
Incorrect; those black boulders give Black Stone, not Black Rock.
Konekochan bullied me into saying it don't please don't hurt me I'm smol
Pawserve wrote:
FoolishGhoul wrote:The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad

Haha, light pink nips blending in with my light, you can see the one right one :p
Ok thank you it was troubling me
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FoolishGhoul wrote:
Feather Qwill wrote:
The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad
Incorrect; those black boulders give Black Stone, not Black Rock.
Konekochan bullied me into saying it don't please don't hurt me I'm smol
Haha its all good. Black rocks are sorta rare for me in my game so far but I only tried to mine for it a few days back to back.

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FoolishGhoul wrote:The real question is where are your nips

Also you can get more black rock in an area that unlocks on your farm for doing the farm advice things from your dad

Haha, light pink nips blending in with my light, you can see the one right one :p
Ok thank you it was troubling me[/quote]

Yeah, scaling also makes them harder to see. I had to get really close to the screen to see the right one on the forum but if I open up the regular picture on my desktop, I can easily see em'
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Just tell the next person to ask you're actually from an anime. Dude nips don't exist in animes
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Save scumming at the mines is one of the most productive (but requires patience) ways to get black rocks.


Other less common ways are in the wild (after a time in the game (like fall of year 1-spring year 2) they show up and in fish traps, a~nd not sure outside of that.
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