Editing Prospecting

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'''Prospecting''' is a passive way for adventuring [[Pets]] to dig up [[Gemerald|gemerald]]s. It happens on its own while a Pet works its preferred [[Adventure]], so there is nothing to click.

== Familiarity ==

Familiarity builds as a Pet adventures on its specialization (Mine, [[Explore]] or Hunt). It is shown on the Pet's items bar as "Familiarity: N%". It tends to rise but can also dip, and the more productive the Pet is, the faster it grows. Fish specialists never prospect, unless the Pet carries the [[Ravenous]] curse from the [[Pyre]], which lets a Fish specialist prospect while working Fish.

== Striking a vein ==

When Familiarity reaches 100%, the items bar is replaced by a dig bar that fills over one work window. The Pet keeps finding its normal [[Items]], and the energy it spends finding them advances the dig.

* A Pet that goes idle or runs out of energy pauses its dig and resumes later.
* Sending it to a different job cancels the dig and resets its Familiarity.

== The payoff ==

When the dig finishes the Pet brings back exactly one thing:
* A '''Tiny Gem Bag''' most of the time.
* A larger '''Small Gem Bag''' or a full '''Gem Bag''' if the Pet is strong. Higher level and higher Tier [[Pets]] get bigger bags more often.
* Occasionally a lump of Coal instead. Coal is more likely to replace the bigger bags. [[Ravenous]] Pets never get Coal.

Open Gem Bags from your inventory to claim the [[Gemeralds]] inside. Familiarity then resets to a low value and the Pet starts toward the next vein.

== Busy fleets ==

When many of your [[Pets]] are prospecting at the same time, each builds Familiarity more slowly. Gem finds grow gently with the size of your fleet instead of without limit. A handful of Pets is barely affected.

== Connections ==

* Needs Pets on [[Adventure]]s, see [[Pets]].
* [[Gemeralds]] feed [[Tools]] [[Augment|augment]]s, [[Relay Network]] progression and [[Transmutation]].
* Other gemerald sources are [[Rare Items]] and [[Minibosses]] (see [[Bosses]]).

== Changelog ==
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{{Guide link|Prospecting and Valuable Items|Prospecting and Valuable Items|Gemerald Augments and Rare Ingredients|Gemerald Augments}}

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