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'''Mining''' is a gathering [[Skills|skill]] for extracting stone, ore, minerals and gems from the ground. Its products drive [[Smithing]] — copper, tin, iron, silver, gold and obsidian are all smelted or forged into tools, weapons and armour — while clay, salt, coal, sulfur and moonstone feed [[Cooking]] and [[Alchemy]]. No inputs are needed to mine; choose a rock and dig.
'''Mining''' is a gathering [[Skills|skill]] for extracting stone, ore, minerals and gems from the ground. Its products drive [[Smithing]] — copper, tin, iron, silver, gold and obsidian are all smelted or forged into tools, weapons and armour — while clay, salt, coal, sulfur and moonstone feed [[Cooking]] and [[Alchemy]]. No inputs are needed to mine; choose a rock and dig.


A few rich deposits have a chance to yield [[Raw Gemstone]], a prized secondary drop.
A few rich deposits have a chance to yield [[Raw Gemstone]] or [[Starmetal Ore]], prized secondary drops.


== How to progress ==
== How to progress ==
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Each rock mined grants Mining experience and raises your Mining level. Higher-level nodes give more valuable ore and more XP but take longer to work. Run the highest-level node you can reach to level fastest.
Each rock mined grants Mining experience and raises your Mining level. Higher-level nodes give more valuable ore and more XP but take longer to work. Run the highest-level node you can reach to level fastest.


Precious ores are found only in specific [[Biomes]] accessed through [[Expeditions]]; you must be in the listed biome to mine them. Nodes with no biome listed can be mined anywhere.
Precious ores are found only in specific [[Biomes]], which must be unlocked first — see [[Biomes]] for how each one opens up via [[Expeditions]] — after which the node can be mined from anywhere. Nodes with no biome listed need no unlock at all.
 
Mine Bitecoin, unlocked at level 99, is the skill's final rung: a straight payout of [[Bitecoin]] with no bonus drop.


== Actions ==
== Actions ==
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| Prise Heartstone || 98 || 13 || [[Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|heartstone}} Heartstone; {{Icon|raw-gemstone}} Raw Gemstone (5%) || 203
| Prise Heartstone || 98 || 13 || [[Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|heartstone}} Heartstone; {{Icon|raw-gemstone}} Raw Gemstone (5%) || 203
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| Mine Bitecoin || 99 || 13.6 || [[Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|bitecoin}} Bitecoin || 218
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[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Gathering]]
[[Category:Gathering]]
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