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== Opening a mine ==Activate [[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Workpickaxe]] '''Miningright click''' is the skill of excavating any [[stone shardscliff]] and or [[orerock tile]] veins.  == Method ==There are several modes of and select '''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. 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]]'''tunnel'''. * 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. * You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] table.* 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.  === Opening a mine ===The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]]. : Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''. *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.

* '''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.

** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only

=== Tunnel excavation ===Activate [[pickaxe]] '''right click''' on [[rock tile]] select '''mining''' > '''mine'''. 

* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stoodstanding; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.

** 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}}

=== Ore and shard mining =Mining resources==[[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 A [[Rock salt, which ]] tile has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50shards.

=== Floor and ceiling mining ===Mining the floor *When an ore or ceiling of shard vein is depleted a cave does not create tunnelstunnel is created. InsteadHowever, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. Note thata vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, 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 so it is too high advised 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 mine around ore and shard veins for stamina regain when mining past the water leveltunneling purposes.

== Mining floors and ceiling ==* When removing Mining the floor or ceiling of a rock tile adjacent to a section of cave will not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the mine which has been modified as such itcave. '''s important to know Note that , as with [[digging]], these actions affect the floor closest corner of the new section connecting tile and not the modified corners tile itself.''' *A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before you will match up receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}. (providing given that you didnhaven't mine up or lowered the floor before you start).*A floor tile can be mined down), but 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 ceiling will notwater level. The ceiling *Each rock tile removed will take the have that standard ceiling height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you wish want them to be higher. The floor section will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down). * You can fix slopes with [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.* 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.* When mining If you have raised the ceiling and try to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.* When mining mine 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}}before hitting the water level.* 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 , because it can create uneven surfaces making ithard to move around. *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. :'''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.

=== Leveling ===

=Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''.*Will mine the highest corners and make the tile flat.Activate [[concrete]] '''right click''' the corner to be raised select '''raise corner'''. '''The corner you are standing nearest will be raised, so make sure you are standing in the correct spot.'''*To raise corners [[concrete]] must be held in the inventory and activated.*One concrete will raise one corner equivalent to 1 [[dirt]]. *Concrete can be used to raise an underwater cave tile as long as the tile is 25 [[dirt]]s deep or less; below that you get the message: {{event|inline|The water is too deep and would only dissolve the concrete.}} == Surface mining ===Activate [[pickaxe]] and '''right click''' [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]], select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. 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. '''You will need dig all four corners of a tile to expose rock.''' *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]].*You will only be able to mine slopes which are 3 times your mining skill. For example, if you mining skill is 3, you can mine slopes of 9 or below. 

== Notes == 

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''' NOT protect mine doors.'''

=== Dropshaft ===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 traversabletraveled through. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.

*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.}}

*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.

'''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.

=== Cave-ins ===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.

*When a tile caves in the it will become either a rock, ore or 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.*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. '''A cave wall reinforced with a [[support beam]] off deed is literally impossible to remove. Please be mindful of this''' *Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and or using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.

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.'''

*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.

'''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty>'''