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, 20% 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%	550,000 xp	+5% increased Mining Mastery XP
25%	1,375,000 xp	Reduced Ore respawn time by 10%
50%	2,750,000 xp	Reduce Mining interval by 0.2s
95%	5,225,000 xp	All Rocks gain +10 Max HP (Bonus applied on Rock Respawn)
Total Mastery Pool XP		5,500,000

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

Where [math]\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	Effect
	Mining Skillcape	Receive 1x Coal per Mining Action

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Mining action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Cool Rock	All mining nodes gain +5 Max HP. Named after CoolRox95

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	2x Ore Chance	Bonus Speed	Cost
	Iron Pickaxe	1	1%	5%	250
	Steel Pickaxe	10	2%	10%	2,000
	Black Pickaxe	20	3%	15%	10,000
	Mithril Pickaxe	35	4%	20%	50,000
	Adamant Pickaxe	50	5%	30%	200,000
	Rune Pickaxe	60	6%	40%	1,000,000
	Dragon Pickaxe	80	7%	50%	5,000,000

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.

Ore	Name	Mining Level	Experience	Respawn Time (s)	Ore Price
	Copper Ore	1	7	5	2
	Tin Ore	1	7	5	2
	Rune Essence	1	5	1	0
	Iron Ore	15	14	10	5
	Coal Ore	30	18	10	13
	Silver Ore	30	25	15	25
	Gold Ore	40	28	15	30
	Mithril Ore	50	65	20	65
	Adamantite Ore	70	71	30	88
	Runite Ore	80	86	60	100
	Dragonite Ore	95	101	120	135

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	Name	Gem Chance	Gem Price
	Topaz	50.0%	225
	Sapphire	17.5%	335
	Ruby	17.5%	555
	Emerald	10.0%	555
	Diamond	5.0%	1150

Potion

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

Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	30	10% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence Does not work Offline
	II	50	20% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence Does not work Offline
	III	80	40% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence Does not work Offline
	IV	100	80% to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence Does not work Offline

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