Ricewind/Sandbox is a skill used to gather ore, Rune Essence,
Pure Essence, and gems for use in many other skills.
Mechanics
Each Mining action takes 3 seconds. This time can be reduced by 5-50% by purchasing pickaxe upgrades, 15% by purchasing the Master of Nature god upgrade, 3% with the
Elite Pillar of Expertise, 2% with
Harold, 3% with
Hex Mastery, 3% when using
Candelabra Lit, 0.2s by reaching the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint, 0.2s while the
Mole +
Eagle Synergy is active, 0.1s by wearing
Dirty Mining Boots, and then by another 0.1s by being on the
Terran Dungeon Ruins hex (0.2s when also owning
Carthulu). Percentage reductions are applied prior to flat reductions, making it possible to reach the global minimum action time of 0.25s when sufficient reductions are active.
Ore amounts can be doubled by wearing Mining Gloves with active charges. Raising Mining to Ricewind/Sandbox Level 99 will unlock the
Mining Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the
Mining Skillcape will give 1 bonus
Coal Ore for every Mining action. The
Superior Mining Skillcape, which becomes available once Ricewind/Sandbox Level 120 has been reached, increases the bonus
Coal Ore quantity to 2 while also providing +5% chance to find gem veins while mining.
Rock HP
Rock HP determines how many ores can be extracted from a rock before it has to respawn. Ore and essence rocks other than Meteorite passively regenerate HP at a rate of 1 every 10 seconds, stopping when a rock reaches its maximum HP. Regeneration does not occur while a rock is respawning after being fully depleted.
For ore and essence rocks besides Meteorite, the maximum HP is calculated as follows:
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Rock HP}=5 + \text{Mastery Level} + \text{Bonus} }[/math]
Where [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Bonus} }[/math] starts at 0, increasing by:
- +10 if the 95%
Mastery pool checkpoint has been reached
- +20 when both the
Mole and
Bear
Summoning synergy and Perfect Swing Potion is active
- The below amounts when the relevant bonuses are active:
Source | Type | HP Bonus | Other Modifiers |
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+15 Mining Node HP | +3% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only +2% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining Gem Veins or Meteorite Ore -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | ||
Agility Obstacle 3 | +10 Mining Node HP | +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +3% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining +3% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining | |
Agility Obstacle 9 | +10 Mining Node HP | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Food Healing Value +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | |
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+10 Mining Node HP | ||
Pet | +5 Mining Node HP |
In addition, the following can be used to provide a chance to deal no damage to rock HP while Mining. Note that these bonuses work for ores or essence only, not gem veins.
Source | Type | Preserve Chance |
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Using these bonuses effectively increases a rock's HP to [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{\text{Rock HP}}{1 - \text{Preserve Chance}} }[/math]. For example, a rock with a max HP of 12 while the Perfect Swing Potion III is being used will have an effective max HP of [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{12}{1 - 0.4} = 20 }[/math].
Due to passive rock HP regeneration, it is possible (given a sufficiently high maximum rock HP) to ensure a rock always has HP and never has to respawn, no matter how long it has been mined for. To achieve this, the player's chance to deal zero damage to ores must be at least [math]\displaystyle{ \left \lceil 1 - \frac{\text{Action Interval (seconds)}}{10} \right \rceil }[/math].
Therefore, the chance required in order to avoid respawns at the an interval of 0.85 seconds is [math]\displaystyle{ \left \lceil 1 - \frac{0.85}{10} \right \rceil = \left \lceil 0.915 \right \rceil = 0.92 = 92\% }[/math] or higher. Currently the maximum possible chance is 91% when the highest tier of Perfect Swing Potion and all other available bonuses are utilized.
Below lists the rock HP at various Mastery levels with and without the maximum possible bonus:
Mastery Level | Max Rock HP | |
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Without Bonus | With Bonus | |
1 | 6 | 86 |
2 | 7 | 87 |
3 | 8 | 88 |
4 | 9 | 89 |
5 | 10 | 90 |
10 | 15 | 95 |
20 | 25 | 105 |
50 | 55 | 135 |
75 | 80 | 160 |
99 | 104 | 184 |
Gem Veins
Gem veins do not regenerate naturally, but rather may be discovered at random when mining any ore after Dragonite. The chance of discovering a gem vein per mining action is 0.533%, which may be increased by 5% if the
Superior Mining Skillcape is equipped, resulting in an overall chance of 0.56%.
The type and size of gem vein discovered is randomly determined. The discovered vein has an 85% chance of being Onyx, a 10% chance of being
Oricha, and a 5% chance of being
Cerulean. The size of the vein may be either small, medium, or large:
- Small veins are discovered with a 62.5% chance, having an HP between 5 and 15
- Medium veins are discovered with a 25% chance, having an HP between 10 and 25
- Large veins are discovered with a 12.5% chance, having an HP between 20 and 60
Meteorites
Meteorites can be discovered at random while studying any constellation in Astrology. When discovered, the HP of the meteorite rock will be increased by a random amount between 5 and 24 HP.
Mastery Unlocks
Item Mastery Unlocks
Note that the increased chance to double bonuses apply to all types of rocks, despite the description specifically mentioning ore.
Mastery Pool Checkpoints
Skillcape
The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches Ricewind/Sandbox Level 99.
The superior skillcape can be purchased from the store for 10,000,000 after the player reaches Ricewind/Sandbox Level 120.
Pet
The pet can be unlocked by doing any Mining action.
Pickaxes
Pickaxes are permanent upgrades purchased from the Shop that decrease the amount of time it takes to mine ore by their bonus speed percentage. The later pickaxes also provide a number of other bonuses, as listed in the table below. The bonuses provided by these upgrades are permanently active once purchased, they do not need to be equipped or otherwise enabled.
Rocks
Higher tiers of rocks are unlocked as the player's Mining level increases. The quantity received from any ore rock is doubled when Mining Gloves are in use, and normal gems are guaranteed to drop from any ore when
Gem Gloves are used, however neither of these gloves have any effect when used while mining essence or gem veins.
Rock | Ore | Type | Requirements | XP | Respawn Time | Ore Value | ||
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Rune Essence | ![]() |
2x Rune Essence | Essence | 5 | 1s | 0 | |
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Copper Ore | Ore | 7 | 5s | 2 | ||
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Tin Ore | Ore | 7 | 5s | 2 | ||
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Iron Ore | Ore | 14 | 10s | 5 | ||
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Coal Ore | Ore | 18 | 10s | 13 | ||
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Silver Ore | Ore | 25 | 15s | 25 | ||
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Gold Ore | Ore | 28 | 15s | 30 | ||
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Crystal | Ore | 28 | 2m | 100 | |
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Mithril Ore | Ore | 65 | 20s | 65 | ||
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Adamantite Ore | Ore | 71 | 30s | 88 | ||
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Runite Ore | Ore | 86 | 1m | 100 | ||
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Pure Crystal | Ore | 95 | 4m | 750 | |
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Dragonite Ore | Ore | 270 |
101 | 2m | 135 | |
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Pure Essence | Essence | 30 | 2m, 10s | 3 | ||
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Corundumite Ore | Ore | 112 | 2m, 10s | 185 | |||
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Onyx | Gem Vein | 265 | N/A | 3,000 | ||
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Iridium Ore | Ore | 92 | 2m, 20s | 240 | |||
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Palladium Ore | Ore | 96 | 2m, 30s | 295 | |||
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Augite Ore | Ore | 119 | 2m, 40s | 400 | |||
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Oricha | Gem Vein | 385 | N/A | 4,500 | ||
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Meteorite Ore | Ore | 330 | N/A | 750 | |||
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Divinite Ore | Ore | 138 | 3m | 575 | |||
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Cerulean | Gem Vein | 510 | N/A | 6,500 |
Gems
Normal Gems
Each Mining action has a 1% chance of discovering a random normal gem. The chance to receive gems when mining ores can be increased by bonuses such as that from Terra, or can be guaranteed through the use of
Gem Gloves. If the
Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped, the chance to find gems is increased by 10% (For example, a 20% chance becomes [math]\displaystyle{ 20\% \times 1.1 = 22\% }[/math]). The chance to receive a gem is capped at 100%, so any bonuses above this limit have no effect.
While mining Pure Essence, there is a chance that a
Runestone will be dropped instead of a normal gem. The chance of Runestone drops is not subject to the usual normal gem drop chance bonuses, and so the base chance of 1% may only be increased to 1.1% while wearing the
Clue Chasers Insignia.
Any gems dropped (including Runestones) may be doubled if any global or Mining specific item doubling bonuses apply. The
Mole and
Octopus synergy and/or
Gem Finder Scroll may also be used for a chance to receive an additional normal gem of any type whenever a normal gem is dropped while Mining - this additional gem also has a chance to be doubled. If the synergy is active while mining
Pure Essence, then a
Runestone will be obtained in place of a random gem.
Superior Gems
Superior gems can drop from any gem vein (in addition to the gem provided by mining the vein) with a chance of 10% per action. This chance can be increased by any things providing a bonus to the chance to receive a quality superior gem. Superior gems may also drop while mining Meteorite, but only when a bonus to the chance to receive a superior gem is active, as the base chance is 0%.
Random superior gem drops cannot be doubled, nor does the Mole and
Octopus synergy or
Gem Finder Scroll apply.
The possible gem drops are shown below.
Gem | Gem Chance | Gem Price | |
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Topaz | 50.0% | 225 |
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Sapphire | 17.5% | 335 |
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Ruby | 17.5% | 555 |
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Emerald | 10.0% | 555 |
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Diamond | 5.0% | 1,150 |
Gem | Gem Chance | Gem Price | |
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50.0% | 3,000 | |
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30.0% | 4,500 | |
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15.0% | 6,500 | |
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5.0% | 9,000 |
Potion
The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP. This potion has no effect while mining from a gem vein.
Perfect Swing Potion | |||
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Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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I | 30 | +10% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +10% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining |
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II | 50 | +20% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +20% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining |
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III | 80 | +40% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +40% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining |
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IV | 100 | +80% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +80% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining |
The Gem Detector Potion provides a chance to receive a quality superior gem while mining either a gem vein or Meteorite Ore.
Gem Detector Potion | |||
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Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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10 | +2% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore | |
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20 | +4% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore | |
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30 | +7% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore | |
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40 | +10% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore |
Summoning Boosts
This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Ricewind/Sandbox.
Skill Boosts
This table lists most sources of Ricewind/Sandbox-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.