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:
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.
