Mining

Mining is the gathering of mineral Resource Nodes, including

• Ore (Copper Ore, Gold Ore, Iron Ore, Silver Ore)
• Deposits (Ash Deposit, Brimstone, Clay Deposit, Coal, Granite Deposit, Salt Deposit)
• Crystals (Aldurite Crystal, Amethyst Crystal, Citrine Crystal, Diamond Crystal, Emerald Crystal, Garnet Crystal, Onyx Crystal, Quartz Crystal, Ruby Crystal, Sapphire Crystal)

For additional details related to mining, see

• Mining Skills - skills used for mining.
• Pickaxe - this Tool must be equipped in order to mine. See Pickaxe for a list of the pickaxe variations and their buffs/debuffs. See Tools for how to equip a pickaxe.
• Meticulous Collection

How to Mine

In order to mine, the following criteria must be met:

• Have the Mining Proficiency skill learned.
• Have a Pickaxe equipped (for instructions on how to equip a pickaxe, see Tools.)
• The pickaxe must have more than zero durability (i.e. it cannot be broken).

To mine, double left-click on a relevant Resource Node.

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 Mining Gathering Time Bonus (makes your mining speed faster)
  • Increase your Swift Gathering - Mining skill
  • 2 Year Whiskey
  • Obsidian Potion of Expedience
  • Gauntlets of Lead
  • Equip one of the following pickaxes
    • Pickaxe of Prosperity
    • Pickaxe with True Bronze Engravings
    • Artisan Pickaxe
    • Founder Artisan's Pickaxe

• Increase Your Mining Meticulous Collection Chance
  • Increase your Meticulous Collection - Mining skill
  • 25 Year Whiskey
  • Obsidian Potion of Precision
  • Equip a necklace socketted with an Imbued Jewel of the Meticulous Miner
  • Equip 2 rings, one or both of the following types:
    • Rings socketted with an Imbued Jewel of the Meticulous Miner (this ring provides the same meticulous bonus as an Epic Ring of an Unknown BMC Member)
    • The Ring of an Unknown BMC Member (ideally epic level)
  • Equip one of the following pickaxes
    • Pickaxe of Prosperity
    • Pickaxe with Heavy Iron Engravings (note: this axe slows mining speed)
    • Artisan Pickaxe
    • Founder Artisan's Pickaxe

Optimizing Experience Point Yield From Mining

This can be done by increasing the meticulous collecting becuase you get addtional Eperience point for each maticulus collection. Also, lower tier advenbture znes tend to offer less XP for mining a node than higher tier adventure zones. The zones with the highest XP for mining nodes are listed below:

                 initial gather     each meticuouls gather

Tanglemire iron 15k 10 k Tanglemire copper 15k 10 k Vikland coppr 12K 10K Vikland silver  ? 5K Tartarus