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== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
<br />
=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
<br />
=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
<br />
=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
<br />
* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
<br />
=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
<br />
=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
<br />
:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
<br />
=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
<br />
When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
<br />
Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
<br />
'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
<br />
=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
<br />
Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
<br />
== Skillgain ==<br />
<br />
'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
<br />
Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
<br />
Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
<br />
If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
<br />
''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
<br />
Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
<br />
==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
<br />
==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
<br />
== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
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[[Category:Skills]]<br />
[[Category:While_moving]]<br />
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<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
<br />
=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
<br />
=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
<br />
=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
<br />
* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
<br />
=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
<br />
=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
<br />
:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
<br />
=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
<br />
When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
<br />
Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
<br />
'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
<br />
=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
<br />
Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
<br />
== Skillgain ==<br />
<br />
'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
<br />
Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
<br />
Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
<br />
If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
<br />
''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
<br />
Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
<br />
==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
<br />
==Quality findings==<br />
Max quality of ore since imbue refactoring.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Mining skill !! Vein quality !! Pickaxe rarity !! Has rune !! Has imbue !! Resulting quality<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || yes || 96.22<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || no || 95.84<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || no || no || 90.64<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
<br />
==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
<br />
== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
<br />
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<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
<br />
=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
<br />
=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
<br />
=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
<br />
* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
<br />
=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
<br />
=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
<br />
:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
<br />
=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
<br />
When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
<br />
Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
<br />
'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
<br />
=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
<br />
Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
<br />
== Skillgain ==<br />
<br />
'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
<br />
Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
<br />
Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
<br />
If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
<br />
''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
<br />
Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
<br />
==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
<br />
==Quality findings==<br />
Max quality of ore since rune refactoring.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Mining skill !! Vein quality !! Pickaxe rarity !! Has rune !! Has imbue !! Resulting quality<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || yes || 96.22<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || no || 95.84<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || no || no || 90.64<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
<br />
==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
<br />
== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Skills]]<br />
[[Category:While_moving]]<br />
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<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
<br />
=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
<br />
=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
<br />
=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
<br />
* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
<br />
=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
<br />
=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
<br />
:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
<br />
=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
<br />
When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
<br />
Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
<br />
'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
<br />
=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
<br />
Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
<br />
== Skillgain ==<br />
<br />
'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
<br />
Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
<br />
Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
<br />
If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
<br />
''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
<br />
Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
<br />
==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
<br />
==Quality findings==<br />
Max quality of ore since rune refactoring.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Mining skill !! Vein quality !! Pickaxe rarity !! Has rune !! Has imbue !! Resulting quality<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || yes || 96.22<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || no || no || 90.64<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
<br />
==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
<br />
== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Skills]]<br />
[[Category:While_moving]]<br />
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<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
<br />
=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
<br />
=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
<br />
=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
<br />
* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
<br />
=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
<br />
=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
<br />
:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
<br />
=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
<br />
When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
<br />
Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
<br />
'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
<br />
=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
<br />
Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
<br />
== Skillgain ==<br />
<br />
'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
<br />
Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
<br />
Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
<br />
'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
<br />
If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
<br />
''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
<br />
Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
<br />
==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
<br />
==Quality findings==<br />
Max quality of ore since rune refactoring.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Mining skill !! Vein quality !! Pickaxe rarity !! Has rune !! Resulting quality<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || 96.22<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || no || 90.64<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
<br />
==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
<br />
== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Skills]]<br />
[[Category:While_moving]]<br />
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<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
[[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Work]]<br />
<br />
'''Mining''' is the skill of excavating [[stone shards]] and [[ore]] veins. <br />
<br />
== Method ==<br />
There are several modes of '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.<br />
<br />
Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].<br />
<br />
* Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. <br />
* You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.<br />
* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.<br />
* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel. <br />
<br />
=== Opening a mine ===<br />
The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]].<br />
<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''.<br />
<br />
Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created.<br />
* The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be completely flat as well. <br />
* You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface mine]] to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open. So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine.<br />
* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.<br />
* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. <br />
* You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.<br />
** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only<br />
** Mine doors can be placed on tunnel entrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!<br />
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=== Tunnel excavation ===<br />
Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes 45 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.<br />
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: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.<br />
* It is possible to mine up, down or flat but only the final action is taken into account. The resulting slope of up or down will be approximately 20.<br />
* There are slight deviations in mine slopes (up to 3 "Slope") when a mine shaft progresses.This is based off Mining Skill.<br />
** skill less than 50, +-3<br />
** skill = 50, variance is +-2<br />
** skill = 70, variance is +-1<br />
** skill = 90+ no variance<br />
* When connecting two mine shafts, the direction of the mining is irrelevant; one floor will connect to the other floor and ceilings will likewise connect.<br />
* Each action will produce one stone shard.<br />
* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stood; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.<br />
* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as if you were to create an entrance from the outside.<br />
** If the outside tile is covered by dirt while trying to mine out, the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}}<br />
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=== Ore and shard mining ===<br />
[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt]], and [[sandstone]] veins produce shards. When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. The exception to this is rock salt, which has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50. <br />
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=== Floor and ceiling mining ===<br />
Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level. <br />
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* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish them to be higher. <br />
* You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.<br />
* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.<br />
* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.<br />
* When mining the floor too low, (with an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.<br />
* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. <br />
:Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.<br />
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=== Leveling ===<br />
Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat, activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.<br />
: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.<br />
* In order to raise any corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory.<br />
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=== Surface mining ===<br />
Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].<br />
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:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some stone shards.}}<br />
:No reduction: {{event|inline|You chip away at the rock.}}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
=== Mine doors ===<br />
You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available. Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' protect mine doors.<br />
* If you wish to place a [[fence]] around a mine entrance this should be done before attaching a mine door.<br />
* There must be a minimum of 3 tiles between mine doors and only 4 mine doors in an 11x11 area.<br />
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=== Dropshaft ===<br />
Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversable. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.<br />
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When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}<br />
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Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.<br />
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'''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[Strongwall]] spell or a [[shaker orb]] will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required. <br />
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=== Cave-ins ===<br />
Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.<br />
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Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.<br />
* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.<br />
* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.<br />
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== Skillgain ==<br />
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'''Ore Difficulty'''<br />
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Different ore veins have different difficulties. The easiest is mining plain rock or [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[tin vein]]s. The hardest are silver and gold. As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL shard.<br />
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Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.<br />
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'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by&#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.<br />
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'''Note''': All tests were done with a 25ql pickaxe.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Skill<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]], [[Zinc vein|Zinc]] || 1-25<br />
|-<br />
| [[Iron vein|Iron]], [[Rock salt]] || 25-35<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein|Tin]] || 35-50<br />
|-<br />
| [[Copper vein|Copper]], [[Slate]], [[Lead vein|Lead]] || 50-75<br />
|-<br />
| [[Silver vein|Silver]] || 75-90<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein|Gold]], [[Marble]], [[Sandstone]] || 90+<br />
|-<br />
|+ Optimal Skill Gain<br />
|}<br />
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<br />
'''Optimal Pickaxe Selection for Skill Gain'''<br />
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If you want to optimize mining skill gain, you need to pick the correct QL pickaxe for your skill and for the vein you are mining. You can use the formula:<br />
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''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty><br />
''<br />
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Plug in the variables you know, and solve for the remaining variable.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ore type !! Difficulty<br />
|-<br />
| Stone || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Zinc || 2<br />
|-<br />
| Iron || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Tin || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Copper || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Slate || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Lead || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Rock salt || 30 <br />
|-<br />
| Silver || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Gold || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Reinforced || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Marble || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Sandstone || 45<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Resources ==<br />
There are several types of resource which can be found while mining:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Tile type !! Mining By-Products<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock]] || [[Stone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Rock salt]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Slate]] || [[Slate shards]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Sandstone]] || [[Sandstone shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Marble wall (vein)|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Iron vein]] || [[Iron ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Copper vein]] || [[Copper ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tin vein]] || [[Tin ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Zinc vein]] || [[Zinc ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lead vein]] || [[Lead ore]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[Silver vein]] || [[Silver ore]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gold vein]] || [[Gold ore]]<br />
|+ Mining Resources <br />
|}<br />
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Other resources which can be found include [[salt]], [[gems]], [[source crystal]]s and [[flint]].<br />
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==Mining Warning Messages==<br />
See: [[Mining warnings]]<br />
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==Quality findings==<br />
Max quality of ore since rune refactoring.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Mining skill !! Vein quality !! Pickaxe rarity !! Has rune !! Resulting quality<br />
|-<br />
| 95.527 || 90 || rare || yes || 96.22<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Pickaxe]]<br />
* [[Prospecting]]<br />
* [[Support beam]]<br />
* [[Clad]]<br />
* [[Stuck]]<br />
* [[Mining warnings]]<br />
* [[Strongwall]]<br />
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==Characteristics trained==<br />
See: [[Characteristics]]<br />
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== [[Titles]] ==<br />
* Miner at 50 skill<br />
* Prime Minester at 70 skill<br />
* Mastermine at 90 skill<br />
*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Mining can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.<br />
* See [[Mining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.<br />
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[[Category:Skills]]<br />
[[Category:While_moving]]<br />
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== Description ==<br />
''A small flask containing a dark substance that glows in the dark.''<br />
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== Imbuing ==<br />
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Activate the potion and right-click a [[pickaxe]] - select "Alchemy > Imbue" from the context menu. <br />
Examine imbued tool to get event message about power of the effect.<br />
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Imbued pickaxe will make the ore/shards you mine higher quality.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The potion is consumed in the process of imbuing.<br />
*The effect wears down slowly.<br />
*<del>There is roughly a 1-2ql increase per 10 imbued level.</del> See: https://www.wurmonline.com/2020/12/29/patch-notes-29-dec-20/<br />
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==Description==<br />
''A golden altar, with mystical carvings and inscriptions.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Failure to create the altar will use up 0.5 kg of gold<br />
* 8% chance to make a gold altar at 13.00 jewelry smithing using a 90Ql large anvil.<br />
* 8% chance to make a gold altar at 17.00 jewelry smithing using a 70Ql large anvil.<br />
* Regardless of which god has domain over an area, any altar may be created in that area.<br />
* Gold altars need to have the [[bless]] spell cast on them in order to be set to a specified deity. [[Stone altar|Stone]] and [[wooden altar]]s, on the other hand, do not have this requirement.<br />
* Improvement of the altar requires the standard jewelsmithing or blacksmithing tools. The use of heat here to make the altar "glowing" is not necessary as it is in most other smithing and metal-works endeavors.<br />
* Any items placed on the altar do not get sacrificed - only items placed inside the altar do.<br />
* All altars can be pushed/pulled/placed once created. They cannot be loaded onto a vehicle or picked-up into inventory.<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
* [[Praying|Pray]]<br />
* [[Faith#Sermons|Sermons]]<br />
* [[Sacrificing]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Silver altar]]<br />
* [[Wooden altar]]<br />
* [[Stone altar]] <br />
* [[Altar]]<br />
* [[Religion]]<br />
* [[Jewelry smithing]]<br />
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[[Category:Religion]]<br />
[[Category:Containers]]<br />
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== Description ==<br />
''A long length of rope with knotted loops to lead multiple animals.''<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
A '''halter rope''' is used to lead up to 4 animals at once with one rope. Many creatures can be led without [[Animal_taming|taming]] and these include: [[bison]], [[bull]]s, [[calf|calves]], [[cows]], [[chicken]]s, [[hen]]s, [[horse]]s, [[rooster]]s, [[pig]]s and [[sheep]].<br />
:Only the commander of a [[Ship|boat]] or [[Carts|cart]] can lead animals. Passengers are not able to lead animals.<br />
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Some items may be [[:Category:Hauled_items|hauled up and down]] ladders of a structure by using a [[rope]] or halter rope.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* At 22 [[Ropemaking]] there is a 7% chance to create with 81ql rope<br />
* At 25 [[Ropemaking]] there is a 7% chance to create with 62ql rope<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Thick rope]]<br />
* [[Cordage rope]]<br />
* [[Mooring rope]]<br />
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==Mining Skill Tips==<br />
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To gain more mining skill, you will want a relatively low ql pickaxe with as much Circle of Cunning on it as possible. This will give a lot of skill if you mine rock shards with it, as it heightens the difficulty and increases the mine time. It is the increased mine time that improves the skill gain in mining: longer mine time = more skill. #<br />
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Mining rock shards is easier for a new player up to a decent skill level (up to 50), but from then on if you want to grind mining I would suggest mining on an ore vein. Try to skill on the following veins according to your skill level;<br />
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''Optimal Skill Gain''<br />
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''The "Optimal Skill Gain" list seems outdated / incorrect. Please see https://www.wurmpedia.com/index.php/Mining#Skillgain''<br />
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* Rock: 1-50<br />
* Iron vein: 50-60<br />
* Copper vein: 60-70<br />
* Tin vein, Zinc vein, or Lead vein: 70-85<br />
* Silver vein: 90-99<br />
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For the best skill gain, you will want to fail to mine the ore sometimes; about 10-15 failures (1QL) is the best skill gain. If you fail more, improve your pickaxe or downgrade an ore difficulty.<br />
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Note that if the tile is capped at a QL much lower than your skill you won't be able to check average QL of the pile of ore/shards to see whether or not you have a decent success rate. The average QL of the pile is '''always''' based on your skill and not the tile itself, and the tile QL is therefore irrelevant to skillgain. A wider range in upper QL based on skill will get lost when translated to the tile capped with lower QL so it will look like more top QL gains but in reality they would've been higher in QL if the tile was. For example: If you have 70 mining and you mine a QL32 rock tile and get 1xQL1 and 49xQL32 you don't actually get 49xHighest possible quality - the tile just doesn't go any higher so the ones that would've been in the range between 32-70 are all translated down to 32 due to the cap. The skillgain from a QL32 and a QL70 rock tile is exactly the same.<br />
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''Note: Never mine gold for skill; it is a waste of materials and time. You have less than the optimal skill gain % chance to get ore-QL > 1/2 skill.''<br />
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''Note: You will need to adjust your pickaxe quality to stay at the line of optimal %chance success. For the most part, 20-30QL pickaxe will work for skill gain.''<br />
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You want to mine shards or ore about half of your actual skill, so say you have 50 mining, you want to be mining 25 ql rocks or ore. This means you have a 50% chance of mining a full ql (your mining skill) and failing (1 ql). Try to not mine capped walls lower than your skill.<br />
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<nowiki># There is actually some disagreement about this. Some people are of the opinion that the extra mining actions with a fast pickaxe make up for the loss of skillgain due to short timers. There is also a third camp which believes that it makes little difference which method you prefer and that skillgain will be about the same if you spend the same total amount of time mining. If this is the case, then how many shards or how much ore you want at the end of your mining session might be more important.</nowiki><br />
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