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 Mining 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 Coins.svg 1,000,000 after the player reaches Mining Level 99.

Skillcape Name Requirements Effect
Mining Skillcape Mining Skillcape Mining Level 99 +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply)
Superior Mining Skillcape Superior Mining Skillcape Mining 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 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.

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.

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 Topaz 50.0% GP 225
Sapphire Sapphire 17.5% GP 335
Ruby Ruby 17.5% GP 555
Emerald Emerald 10.0% GP 555
Diamond Diamond 5.0% GP 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
Perfect Swing Potion I I 30 +10% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
Perfect Swing Potion II II 50 +20% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
Perfect Swing Potion III III 80 +40% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node
Perfect Swing Potion IV IV 100 +80% Chance to deal no Damage to an Ore or Essence Mining Node