Mining

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Mining is the skill related to Mining Ore, Smelting, and Forging.

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Pickaxes

Pickaxes are needed for mining ore. There are four types of pickaxes; Basic, Rami's, unyielding, and Ruby. All pickaxes except the Ruby Pickaxe has an infinite number of uses.

  • The "Basic Pickaxe" can be found in the Abandoned Pickaxes covered with insects on SWI (d3 d4 a2 f1). Select any pair of milking gloves before selecting a pickaxe -- this will destroy the gloves. It can only be used to mine ore up to level 5 mines.
  • The "Rami's Pickaxe" can be obtained through a quest. It can be used to mine any ore except explosive ore.
  • The "Unyielding Pickaxe" can be bought from the castle for 25 green rubies. It can be used to mine any ore.
  • The "Ruby Pickaxe" can be bought from the coin store for 125 Toadkens. They give their user 50% more than normal mining xp and yield one to four ore per swing. It can be used to mine any ore. The Ruby Pickaxe has 325 uses, and its remaining uses are expressed in its gold value. The pickaxe can be refilled from a castle chest at the rate of 3 swings per 1 green ruby.

Ore

Mining ore is part of the mining skill. To start mining ore go you need to acquire a pickaxe. There are level 1 mines found all over South Winter Island, once you start mining higher level mines you will need to look in the caverns on SWI or NWI (note that walking in this cavern will wear down your staff). Rami Stonecutter, a furnace, and an anvil can also be found in the cavern on SWI. The higher level mine the more mining xp you need to mine it, mines that are to high a level for you to mine will be called "unknown mine" when you mouse over them. Using the picxaxe on the mine will extract 1-2 ore (2-4 if you're using the Ruby Pickaxe) from the mine, or a special item. The amount of ore received is based on your mining level if you are using a Basic Pickaxe or Rami's Pickaxe, but a Ruby Pickaxe extracts ore in a random amount. Mining requires more health the higher the level of the mine, the highest level mines can take over 20 health so be careful. The higher the level of the mine the more xp per swing you get There is approximately a 1/5 chance that instead of getting an ore or special item the mine will collapse. When a mine collapses it vanishes without a trace, but respawns after about 1 metric minute. Ore can be used in smelting.

Known mine types

#MineXP RequiredOres [Ore Level]XP per Swing (+)Special Items [approximate odds, some have a quest pre-req]
14Cupalite0Copper [1]2blue sapphire [1.6%]
6Wolf (^)500Wolf [2]2blue sapphire [1.3%]
6Cassiterite1kTin [3]3blue sapphire [1.3%]
6Kamacite2.5kIron [4]8green jade [1.0%], mysterious rock [2.0%]
9Lithange5kBlack Crimson [5]6blue sapphire [1.3%], Rami's pickaxe head [1.3%]
6Tiptoria (*)7.5kMoon [6]9blue sapphire [1.3%], crystal toad [0.4%]
7Geraine (*)10kLava [7]15blue sapphire [1.3%], crystal toad [0.4%], lesser fossilized seed [0.02%], lost manuscript [20.0%]
4Borax (*)50kSinging [8]20blue sapphire [1.3%], crystal toad [0.4%]
4Infinity (*)20kInfinity [9]23lesser fossilized seed [25%], green ruby [1.3%]
5Bilfornite (*)100kRing [9]22fossilized seed [<0.02%], lesser fossilized seed [0.02%], green ruby [1.3%]
5Explosive (**)200kExplosive [1]10green ruby [1.3%]

(+) You will get a random amount of xp, but it averages out to this. Also, the Ruby Pickaxe increases this number.

(*) You need to use Rami's Pickaxe, or Unyielding Pickaxe, or Ruby Pickaxe to mine these.

(**) You need to use Unyielding Pickaxe to mine these. Gives XP equivalent to a Cupalite Mine and causes rapid health loss.

(^) Wolf mines are located in the mines of NWI.

Smelting

Smelting is a part of the mining skill. To smelt you put ore in to the furnace to smelt them into metal bars. There are two furnaces, one in Toadee McPerkins' House and one in the cavern on SWI. The higher your mining the better chance you have at succeding. It takes 'ore level * 10' ore to make one bar of the same level, for example: it takes twenty wolf ore (level 2) to make one wolf bar. You get 20xp per ore if you succeed in making the bar, 10xp per ore if you fail, ore/bar level doesn't effect how much xp you get. Metal bars are used in forging. A Sack of coal will start an edict to give more smelting experience but higher odds.

Forging

Forging is a part of the mining skill. With forging you can create sharpening stones, axes, or scythe blades out of metal bars. To forge first find an anvil, there is one in Toadee McPerkins' House and one in the caverns on SWI. If there is not a blacksmith pattern on the anvil you will need to buy one from the shop and place it on the anvil, mouse over the anvil to see what pattern it is set to. Warning, once you set a pattern on the Anvil it will stay set on that until you replace it with another pattern, and they are expensive so choose carefully and work in large batches. The pattern that is on the anvil is player specific, meaning, if you but an axe pattern on the anvil and Twisti walks up and puts a scythe blade pattern on the anvil, you will see a axe pattern on the anvil, and Twisti will see a scythe blade pattern. Once there is a pattern on the anvil, select a metal bar then click on the anvil to forge what you have the pattern of. The level of the sharpening stone, axe, or scythe blade you create is equal to the level of the metal bar you use.

Sharpening Stones

Select at least 10 sharpening stones of the same level in your inventory then select an anvil to place 10 sharpening stones on the anvil. Select an axe in your inventory then select the anvil again to sharpen the axe -- this destroys the 10 sharpening stones but adds the stones' level to the axe's power. Axes cannot be resharpened.

Nonmembers may use axes sharpened by members.

Sharpening an Axe increase it's power but not it's value

Axes

Members can make an axe by selecting a metal bar in your inventory then selecting an anvil after you have put an "Axe Blacksmith Pattern" on the anvil. The power of the axe is equivalent to the level of the ore used to make the metal bar -- see forging for more info.

Note that forged axes may not be used to chop fencing owned by another player by decree and implementation of the Toadwater government

Axes made this way can be sharpened in the same way that shop-bought ones can.

Nonmembers may use axes made by members.

Scythe Blades

Scythe blades are used to create scythes. These are used in Threshing and Winnowing wheat.


Increasing Mining


There is no magazine to increase your mining/metalworking skill, as this is considered an 'elite' skill. Eating a GR does *NOT* increases this skill.

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