Mining
Mining is the gathering of mineral Resource Nodes, including
- Gold Ore
- Silver Ore
- Copper Ore
- Iron Ore
- Granite Deposit
- Coal
- Quartz
- Salt Deposit
- Crystal (Amethyst Crystal, Citrine Crystal, Diamond Crystal, Emerald Crystal, Garnet Crystal,Onyx Crystal, Ruby Crystal, Sapphire Crystal)
For information regarding skills used in mining, see Mining Skills.
Equipment needed for mining: a pick axe must be equipped.
The best pickaxe for mining is usually a Pickaxe of Prosperity, because it offers the highest bonuses of all the pickaxes and is indestructible.
For a list of all the types of pickaxes and their buffs/debuffs, see Pickaxe.
Methods to Improve Mining
- 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
- 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