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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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Revision as of 21:36, 23 August 2026

Mining

Mining is a gathering 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 or Starmetal Ore, prized secondary drops.

How to progress

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, 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

Action Level Interval (s) Biome Outputs XP
Quarry Stone 1 3 Stone 5
Dig Clay 5 3.2 Clay 7
Chip Flint 10 3.5 Flint 9
Scrape Salt 18 4 Salt 15
Mine Copper 25 4.5 Copper Ore 22
Mine Tin 30 5 Tin Ore 26
Quarry Limestone 35 5.2 Limestone 30
Mine Coal 40 5.5 Coal 36
Mine Iron 50 6.5 Iron Ore 50
Harvest Sulfur 55 7 Scorched Badlands Sulfur 55
Mine Silver 62 7.5 Coral Shallows Silver Ore; Starmetal Ore (2%) 64
Mine Cobalt 68 7.9 Frozen Wastes Cobalt Ore 73
Extract Crystal 75 9 Cavern Depths Crystal; Raw Gemstone (2%) 90
Mine Gold 80 9.5 Ashen Peaks Gold Ore; Starmetal Ore (3%) 104
Quarry Obsidian 85 10.5 Ashen Peaks Obsidian; Raw Gemstone (3%) 123
Mine Skysteel 88 11.4 Skyreach Plateau Skysteel Ore 143
Prise Moonstone 92 12 Skyreach Plateau Moonstone 160
Delve Starfall Vein 95 12.8 Sundered Vale Moonstone; Starmetal Ore (5%) 185
Prise Heartstone 98 13 Sundered Vale Heartstone; Raw Gemstone (5%) 203
Mine Bitecoin 99 13.6 Sundered Vale Bitecoin 218

Percentages show the chance of a bonus drop; unmarked items are produced every time. Intervals are base times before speed bonuses.

See also