<p>It would count twice (so four ore) in your example if the rules would have stated <code>for each mountain hex adjacent to each of your cities or settlements</code>, unfortunately it doesn't and you have to pick one of your cities or settlements to process the cards for, which one is up to you.</p>

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2011-09-10T13:10:39.457Z
2011-09-10T13:10:39.457Z
Major Byte
<p><strong>You only collect two ore.</strong></p>

<p>The <a href="http://www.catan.com/en/download/?CaK_rv_Rules_091907.pdf">4th edition cards</a>(pg. 15) contain updated text which makes this clear.</p>

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  <p>You may take two ore cards from the bank for each mountain hex which is adjacent to at least one of your cities or settlements.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You can <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B001HBJ3HW">purchase an updated card deck</a>.  I think this is all you need to update your set to the latest edition.</p>

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2011-09-10T16:11:26.117Z
2011-09-10T16:11:26.117Z
Pat Ludwig
<p>The Cities and Knights expansion to Settlers of Catan has two cards that have caused us a bit of disagreement.  </p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/FC6NC.jpg" alt="Mining and Irrigation Progress cards"></p>

<p>Take the Mining Progress card for example.  It says "...collect two ore for each mountain hex adjacent to one of your cities or settlements."  If I only have one settlement and one city and they are both adjacent to the same ore hex, should I collect two cards or four?  If you are to count mountain hex then it should be two, but if you are counting cities/settlements it should be four.</p>

<p>The same questions exists for the Irrigation Progress card.</p>

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How many cards should be collected using the Mining Progress card?
Leigh Riffel
# How many cards should be collected using the Mining Progress card?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-09-10)

The Cities and Knights expansion to Settlers of Catan has two cards that have caused us a bit of disagreement.

![Mining and Irrigation Progress cards](https://i.sstatic.net/FC6NC.jpg)

Take the Mining Progress card for example. It says "...collect two ore for each mountain hex adjacent to one of your cities or settlements." If I only have one settlement and one city and they are both adjacent to the same ore hex, should I collect two cards or four? If you are to count mountain hex then it should be two, but if you are counting cities/settlements it should be four.

The same questions exists for the Irrigation Progress card.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2011-09-10. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

**You only collect two ore.**

The [4th edition cards](http://www.catan.com/en/download/?CaK_rv_Rules_091907.pdf)(pg. 15) contain updated text which makes this clear.

> You may take two ore cards from the bank for each mountain hex which is adjacent to at least one of your cities or settlements.

You can [purchase an updated card deck](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B001HBJ3HW). I think this is all you need to update your set to the latest edition.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2011-09-10. Score: -1

It would count twice (so four ore) in your example if the rules would have stated `for each mountain hex adjacent to each of your cities or settlements`, unfortunately it doesn't and you have to pick one of your cities or settlements to process the cards for, which one is up to you.


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