Prospecting skill

Prospecting skill influences the Prospect and Analyse actions. These are used to locate Flint, Salt and various ores in large bodies of Rock. They can also provided information about various veins' quality depending on Prospecting skill and each vein's proximity to the tile being inspected.

Skill training
This skill is one of the easier ones to train which you can do by repeadly using either "Prospect" or "Analyse" actions.

Use "Prospect" on any of the following: Cave wall tile, Cave floor tile, Cave ceiling tile, Rock tile or Cliff tile. One limitation of Prospect is if you look at the same tile over and over your skill gains will cease in short order. This limitation can be avoided by looking at different tiles. Try to use at least 4 tiles, alternating between them, and if possible more is better.

To use "Analyse" simply Mine a Rock shard or Ore from a rock/ore bearing terrain tile, right click it to open its Context menu, and choose "Analyse". Any active tool, or none at all, will work. There is no specific tool and any active tool has no effect on the outcome. The shard or ore can only be analysed once. Resources removed from a bulk container, for example a Bulk storage bin or Large crate will not work.