Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Originally posted by sarteck:

I know how people use the stagbreaker to locate silver.. I just don't need to do that.
Silver will not always ping. That is probably why you find so many golems and no silver if you rely on the wishbone. Maybe just weird RNG but I have played over 20 worlds and new characters and this has been my experience.

Bonemass is 100% the trigger for the Hunt Event. It was stated as such when the event was added.

I also do not mod.

Without map glitching I have no other way into an iron crypt so I see the elder as mandatory.

Fair point on the Boss things. Although some people wouldn't call cutting a bit around the Moder summon a cheese method. I suppose that is left for the individual to decide what is too cheesy for them as much as I have chosen not to use certain things.

Silver will always ping. I guarantee it.

On a seed where you think this has not been the case, re-create that world, go to a place where you thought it did not ping with devcommands, and try it. I can only assume it had been hit before you found it. It's true I haven't played for several months, but I do not think this has been changed, because it would make no sense.

If you are certain this is the case, let me know the seed and the coordinates, and I'll test for myself. I have absolutely no trouble pinging silver even in the very rare case when you can see it jutting out from the surface. It only stops pinging when it is hit.

Similarly, the wishbone will always ping for treasure in shipwrecks, in the boat-shaped rocks, etc. It doesn't matter that the chest is close to the surface or not.

As far as Bonemass being the trigger, it could very well be; I'm just saying that I wonder if it's changed since the "Ground is Shaking" event trigger evidently has.

As far as my own playstyle, I really have no hard rules. Sometimes I cheese, sometimes I glitch, sometimes I don't do either.