Editing Mining (section)

==Optimizing Mining Success, Yield, and Speed==
*Choose the best [[Pickaxe]] for your needs - in general, the best pickaxe for mining is the [[Pickaxe of Prosperity]] because it offers the highest bonuses of all the pickaxes and never requires repair (it is indestructible). 
* Increase your [[Mining Proficiency]] skill - this increases your chance of successfully mining a node, and the chance that a very rapid (critical) gather will occur.
* Increase [[Mining Gathering Time Bonus]] - this makes your non-critical mining speed faster.
** Increase your [[Swift Gathering - Mining]] skill
** Consume [[2 Year Whiskey]] and [[Obsidian Potion of Expedience]] (these bonuses stack with eachother)
** Equip [[Gauntlets of Lead]] (ideally epic level)
* Increase Your [[Mining Meticulous Collection Chance]] - this increases the mineral yield from the node and increases the [[Experience Points]] given for mining the node.
** Increase your [[Meticulous Collection - Mining]] skill
** Consume [[25 Year Whiskey]] and [[Obsidian Potion of Precision]] (these bonuses stack with eachother, and can be used with [[2 Year Whiskey]] and [[Obsidian Potion of Expedience]] listed above).
** Equip a necklace socketted with an [[Imbued Jewel of the Meticulous Miner]] 
** Equip 2 rings of either of the following types:
*** Rings socketted with an [[Imbued Jewel of the Meticulous Miner]] (this ring provides the same meticulous bonus as an [[The Ring of an Unknown BMC Member, Epic| Epic Ring of an Unknown BMC Member]])
*** [[The Ring of an Unknown BMC Member]] (ideally epic level)