Mining
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, a prized secondary drop.
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 accessed through Expeditions; you must be in the listed biome to mine them. Nodes with no biome listed can be mined anywhere.
Actions
| Action | Level | Interval (s) | Biome | Outputs | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Stone | 1 | 3.0 | — | Stone | 5 |
| Dig Clay | 5 | 3.2 | — | Clay | 7 |
| Chip Flint | 10 | 3.5 | — | Flint | 9 |
| Scrape Salt | 18 | 4.0 | — | Salt | 15 |
| Mine Copper | 25 | 4.5 | — | Copper Ore | 22 |
| Mine Tin | 30 | 5.0 | — | Tin Ore | 26 |
| Mine Coal | 40 | 5.5 | — | Coal | 36 |
| Mine Iron | 50 | 6.5 | — | Iron Ore | 50 |
| Harvest Sulfur | 55 | 7.0 | Scorched Badlands | Sulfur | 55 |
| Mine Silver | 62 | 7.5 | Coral Shallows | Silver Ore | 63 |
| Extract Crystal | 75 | 9.0 | Cavern Depths | Crystal; Raw Gemstone (2%) | 90 |
| Mine Gold | 80 | 9.5 | Ashen Peaks | Gold Ore | 100 |
| Quarry Obsidian | 85 | 10.5 | Ashen Peaks | Obsidian; Raw Gemstone (3%) | 115 |
| Prise Moonstone | 92 | 12.0 | Skyreach Plateau | Moonstone | 145 |
Percentages show the chance of a bonus drop; unmarked items are produced every time. Intervals are base times before speed bonuses.