Mining

Summary

Players can harvest Ore using a Pickaxe. To lessen the strain of mining, players can use Smart Harvest by double-clicking a Pickaxe, then targeting themselves to search all nearby nodes. There is a random chance to harvest colored ore if the player meets the material's skill requirement.

Please note that mining within town regions will yield 50% less ore.

Base chances for players to discover colored ores are as follows:

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  Regular Ore: 82%
• Dull Copper Ore: 4.0%
• Shadow Iron Ore: 3.5%
• Copper Ore: 3.0.%
• Bronze Ore: 2.5%
• Gold Ore: 2.0%
• Agapite Ore: 1.5%
• Verite Ore: 1.0%
• Valorite Ore: 0.5%
• Avarite Ore: 0.25%

"Every swing, not node, you have a chance to get colored ore. The colored pickaxe increases your chance. The avarite, if exceptional and master crafted,

would give you the highest possible chance for colored ore at your level, as it also helps determine colored chance."

AreYouKidden - Forum Post on Mining Success Chance

Harvesting Colored Ore

Ore		Mining Skill	Success Chance
	Iron	0	(((Mining Skill - 0) / 100) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Dull Copper	65	(((Mining Skill - 25) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Shadow Iron	70	(((Mining Skill - 30) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Copper	75	(((Mining Skill - 35) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Bronze	80	(((Mining Skill - 40) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Gold	85	(((Mining Skill - 45) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Agapite	90	(((Mining Skill - 50) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Verite	95	(((Mining Skill - 55) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Valorite	99	(((Mining Skill - 59) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))
	Avarite	110	(((Mining Skill - 63) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)) Colored Pickaxes Players using exceptional and colored material pickaxes will receive a Tool Bonus to their harvesting success chances as follows (with all applicable bonuses stacking): Material Tool Bonus Exceptional 0.04 Mastercrafted 0.04 Dull Copper 0.02 Shadow Iron 0.04 Copper 0.06 Bronze 0.08 Gold 0.10 Agapite 0.12 Verite 0.14 Valorite 0.16 Avarite 0.18 Smelting Players may double-click Ore if they are within 2 tiles of a forge to smelt into Ingots Players may double-click Ore that is on a Pack Animal if they are within 2 tiles of a forge to smelt it Smelting Ore will produce 2 Ingots Ore Maps When using Ore Maps, search radius is increased by (100% * (Mining Skill / 100)) PvM Bonus When attacking with a macing weapon, add Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) damage per hit PvP Bonus When attacking with a macing weapon, add Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) damage per hit Training 1-50: Train at a miner NPC 50-100: Mine anywhere. Shelter Island does not give any sort of bonus to mining gains 100+: Only mining colored ore will give players a chance for skill gain past the GM level. The player must also have a skill cap above GM.