Mining

Summary

Players can harvest Ore using a Pickaxe. There is a random chance to harvest colored ore if the player meets the material's skill requirement. 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%

Minimum Skill requirements and success chance formulas for harvesting colored ore types:

Regular Ore Requires 0 Mining Skill Success Chance = (((Mining Skill - 0) / 100) * (1 + Tool Bonus))	Dullcopper Ore Requires 65 Mining Skill Success Chance = (((Mining Skill - 25) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus))	Shadow Ore Requires 70 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 30) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)
Copper Ore Requires 75 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 35) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)	Bronze Ore Requires 80 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 40) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)	Gold Ore Requires 85 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 45) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)
Agapite Ore Requires 90 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 50) / 80 )* (1 + Tool Bonus)	Verite Ore Requires 95 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 55) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)	Valorite Ore Requires 99 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((Mining Skill - 59) / 80) * (1 + Tool Bonus)
Avarite Ore Requires 110 Mining Skill Success Chance = ((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):

• Exceptional Quality Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.04
• Master Crafted Tool Bonus: 0.04
• Dull Copper Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.02
• Shadow Iron Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.04
• Copper Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.06
• Bronze Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.08
• Gold Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.10
• Agapite Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.12
• Verite Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.14
• Valorite Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 0.16
• Avarite Pickaxe Tool Bonus: 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

Ore Maps

• When using Ore Maps, search radius is increased by (100% * (Mining Skill / 100))

PvM Bonus

• Increases damage with Macing weapons against creatures by (25% * (Mining Skill / 100))

PvP Bonus

• Increases damage with Macing weapons against players by (10% * (Mining Skill / 100))