Mining
Mining is the gathering of mineral Resource Nodes, including
- Ore (Copper Ore, Gold Ore, Iron Ore, Silver Ore)
- Deposits (Brimstone, Coal, Granite Deposit, Salt Deposit, Sulfur Deposit)
- Crystal (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 this link for a list of the pickaxe variations and their buffs/debuffs.
- Meticulous Collection
How to Mine
Equipment needed for mining: a pick axe with non-zero durability must be equipped.
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 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
- 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