Mining

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This article is about the Mining skill. For training the skill, see Mining/Training.

Mining

Mining is used for Mining ore, Rune Essence, and gems. Each Mining action takes 3 seconds, and can be reduced by 5-50% by purchasing pickaxe upgrades, 15% by purchasing the Master of Nature god upgrade, and 0.2 seconds by reaching the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint. The pickaxe upgrade and Master of Nature reductions are multiplicative with each other, applying before the 0.2 second Mastery reduction. Ore and rune essence amounts can be doubled by wearing Mining Gloves with active charges. Raising Mining to 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.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery Level increases maximum Rock HP by 1
10	1% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
20	2% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
30	3% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
40	4% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
50	5% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
60	6% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
70	7% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
80	8% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
90	9% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
99	15% Chance of obtaining 2 ore

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,150,000 xp	+5% Mining Mastery XP
25%	2,875,000 xp	Reduced Ore respawn time by 10%
50%	5,750,000 xp	Reduce Mining interval by 0.2s
95%	10,925,000 xp	All Rocks gain +10 Maximum HP (Bonus applied on Rock Respawn)
Total Mastery Pool XP		11,500,000

Rock HP

Rock HP determines how many ores can be extracted from a rock before it has to regenerate. Maximum rock HP is calculated with this formula:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Rock HP}=5 + \text{Mastery Level} + \text{Pet Bonus} }[/math]

Where [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pet Bonus} }[/math] is 5 if Cool Rock is unlocked, or 0 otherwise.

Perfect Swing Potions can be used to give a 10-80% chance to not lower rock HP while Mining.

Mastery Level	Max Rock HP
1	6
2	7
3	8
4	9
5	10
10	15
20	25
50	55
75	80
99	104

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for  1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Mining Skillcape	Level 99	+1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply)
	Superior Mining Skillcape	Level 120	+5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply)

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Mining action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Cool Rock	+5 Mining Node Hitpoints

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. In addition they provide a chance to double ores.

Name		Level	Cost	Mining Time Decrease		2x Ore Chance		+1 Ore Chance		Superior Gem Chance		Increased
				This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total
	Iron Pickaxe	1	250	-5%	-5%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Steel Pickaxe	10	2,000	-5%	-10%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Black Pickaxe	20	10,000	-5%	-15%	+1%	+3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Mithril Pickaxe	35	50,000	-5%	-20%	+1%	+4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Adamant Pickaxe	50	200,000	-10%	-30%	+1%	+5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Rune Pickaxe	60	1,000,000	-10%	-40%	+1%	+6%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Dragon Pickaxe	80	5,000,000	-10%	-50%	+1%	+7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
	Corundum Pickaxe	100	50,000,000 1,000	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+20%	0%	0%	0	0
	Augite Pickaxe	108	100,000,000 1,500	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+40%	0%	0%	0	0
	Meteorite Pickaxe	112	150,000,000 2,000	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	0%	+40%	+4%	+4%	+1	+1
	Divine Pickaxe	115	200,000,000 2,500	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+60%	+3%	+7%	0	+1

Ores

Higher tiers of ore are unlocked as the player's Mining level increases. Mining Rune Essence yields double the amount of ore, however Gem Gloves will not work when Mining it. To begin Mining Dragonite Ore the player must have at least 270 Mining mastery levels in total.

Rock		Ore		Type	Requirements	XP	Respawn Time	Ore Value
	Rune Essence		2x Rune Essence	Essence	Level 1	5	1s	0
	Copper		Copper Ore	Ore	Level 1	7	5s	2
	Tin		Tin Ore	Ore	Level 1	7	5s	2
	Iron		Iron Ore	Ore	Level 15	14	10s	5
	Coal		Coal Ore	Ore	Level 30	18	10s	13
	Silver		Silver Ore	Ore	Level 30	25	15s	25
	Gold		Gold Ore	Ore	Level 40	28	15s	30
	Crystal		Crystal	Ore	Level 40	28	2m	100
	Mithril		Mithril Ore	Ore	Level 50	65	20s	65
	Adamantite		Adamantite Ore	Ore	Level 70	71	30s	88
	Runite		Runite Ore	Ore	Level 80	86	1m	100
	Pure Crystal		Pure Crystal	Ore	Level 85	95	4m	750
	Dragonite		Dragonite Ore	Ore	Level 95 270 Mastery	101	2m	135
	Pure Essence		Pure Essence	Essence	Level 100	30	2m, 10s	3
	Corundumite		Corundumite Ore	Ore	Level 100	112	2m, 10s	185
	Onyx		Onyx	Gem	Level 100	265	N/A	3,000
	Iridium		Iridium Ore	Ore	Level 102	92	2m, 20s	240
	Palladium		Palladium Ore	Ore	Level 105	96	2m, 30s	295
	Augite		Augite Ore	Ore	Level 108	119	2m, 40s	400
	Oricha		Oricha	Gem	Level 110	385	N/A	4,500
	Meteorite		Meteorite Ore	Ore	Level 112	330	N/A	750
	Divinite		Divinite Ore	Ore	Level 115	138	3m	575
	Cerulean		Cerulean	Gem	Level 118	510	N/A	6,500

Gems

Each Mining action has a 1% gem find chance, which is increased by 10% (to 1.10%) if the Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped, or to 100% when wearing Gem Gloves. The possible gem drops are shown in the table below:

Gem		Gem Chance	Gem Price
	Topaz	50.0%	225
	Sapphire	17.5%	335
	Ruby	17.5%	555
	Emerald	10.0%	555
	Diamond	5.0%	1,150

Potion

The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP.

Perfect Swing Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	30	+10% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
	II	50	+20% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
	III	80	+40% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
	IV	100	+80% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node

Trivia

The source code file for the Mining skill is called rockHitting.js, which is in contrast to other skills' source files which are named eponymously (i.e., woodcutting.js for Woodcutting). This used to be case for Mining as well[1], however it turned out that some browsers or extensions block a script called mining.js, likely in an attempt to prevent unwanted crypto mining, so the file was eventually renamed.

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