Abundance can be found in 3 buildings in Sim Companies. The Quarry, Mine, and Oil Rig are these buildings. This quick review will be going over the aspect of Abundance and why it is important to "prospect" for a high abundance.
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WHAT IS ABUNDANCE?
Abundance is the value assigned to Mines, Oil Rigs, and Quarries when prospecting a new building.
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If you are new and found a semi-high abundance; i.e. 90%, you can keep that building and only upgrade it to level 2 (scrapping gets full materials back). You can make some money while you prospect with other buildings. When prospecting building slots do not matter. Each rebuild will give you a new abundance %. See FAQ (frequently asked questions) for: How is the resource abundance for mines, rigs, and quarries assigned?
(see Distribution below).
The chart below shows the drop in both abundance and quantity while the wages (unit worker cost + unit admin cost) increase (level 1 oil rig).
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The chart below shows the drop in both abundance and quantity while the wages (unit worker cost + unit admin cost) increase (level 1 mine).
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DISTRIBUTION
Each resource produced in the building has its own abundance assigned using Gauss distribution with mean 0.6 (60% abundance) and standard deviation of 0.15. Resulting values over 1 (100%) are truncated to 1 (100%) and values below 0.1 (10%) are truncated to 0.1 (10%).
min(1.0, max(0.1, gauss(mu=0.6, sigma=0.15)))
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