The Ancient Dig: the whole server digs one hole together

/ancient.

This is the one system on the server that is not solo.

• Ancient Fragments drop while mining the shared mines.
• They feed one server-wide progress bar. Not yours. Everyone's.
• Crossing a threshold unlocks a stage for the whole server at the same moment: The Ruins Surface, The Sunken Temple, The Deepworks, The Ancient Vault.
• Past the last stage it continues endlessly as numbered expeditions.
• Fragments are also spendable in a relic shop.

The drop rate scales up when few players are online so the bar always visibly moves, but the target never changes. A target that grew as players joined would make progress appear to run backwards, which is the opposite of the point.