Mining

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This article is about the Mining skill. For training the skill, see Mining/Training.

Mining

Mining is a skill used to gather ore, Rune Essence, Pure Essence, and gems for use in many other skills.

Mechanics

Each Mining action takes 3 seconds. This time can be reduced by 5-50% by purchasing pickaxe upgrades, 15% by purchasing the

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Master of Nature

god upgrade, 3% with the

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Elite Pillar of Expertise

, 2% with Harold, 0.2 seconds by reaching the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint, and then by another 0.2 seconds while the

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Mole

+ Eagle Synergy is active. The percentage reductions are applied before the flat reductions, resulting in the lowest possible action time of 0.5 seconds when all reductions are active. Ore amounts can be doubled by wearing Mining Gloves with active charges. Raising Mining to

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Level 99

will unlock the Mining Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the Mining Skillcape will give 1 bonus Coal Ore for every Mining action. The Superior Mining Skillcape, which becomes available once

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Level 120

has been reached, increases the bonus Coal Ore quantity to 2 while also providing +5% chance to find gem veins while mining.

Rock HP

Rock HP determines how many ores can be extracted from a rock before it has to respawn. Ore and essence rocks other than

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Meteorite

passively regenerate HP at a rate of 1 every 10 seconds, stopping when a rock reaches its maximum HP. Regeneration does not occur while a rock is respawning after being fully depleted. For ore and essence rocks besides

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Meteorite

, the maximum HP is calculated as follows:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Rock HP}=5 + \text{Mastery Level} + \text{Bonus} }[/math]

Where [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Bonus} }[/math] starts at 0, increasing by:

• +10 if the 95%
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  Mastery pool checkpoint has been reached
• +20 when both the
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  Mole and
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  Bear
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  Summoning synergy and Perfect Swing Potion is active
• The below amounts when the relevant bonuses are active:

Source	Type	DLC	HP Bonus	Other Modifiers
Mining Master Relic	Ancient Relic		+690 Mining Node HP
Mining Relic 2	Ancient Relic		+50 Mining Node HP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Mole Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abyssal Bear Synergy	Summoning Synergy	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+25 Mining Node HP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pit Maze	Agility Obstacle 11		+15 Mining Node HP	+3% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only +2% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining Gem Veins or Meteorite Ore -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipe Balance	Agility Obstacle 3		+10 Mining Node HP	+3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +3% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining +3% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ice Jump	Agility Obstacle 9		+10 Mining Node HP	+20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Food Healing Value +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Classy Rock	Pet		+10 Mining Node HP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cool Rock	Pet		+5 Mining Node HP

In addition, the following can be used to provide a chance to deal no damage to rock HP while Mining. Note that these bonuses work for ores or essence only, not gem veins.

Source	Type	DLC	Preserve Chance

Using these bonuses effectively increases a rock's HP to [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{\text{Rock HP}}{1 - \text{Preserve Chance}} }[/math]. For example, a rock with a max HP of 12 while the Perfect Swing Potion III is being used will have an effective max HP of [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{12}{1 - 0.4} = 20 }[/math].

Due to passive rock HP regeneration, it is possible (given a sufficiently high maximum rock HP) to ensure a rock always has HP and never has to respawn, no matter how long it has been mined for. To achieve this, the player's chance to deal zero damage to ores must be at least [math]\displaystyle{ \left \lceil 1 - \frac{\text{Action Interval (seconds)}}{10} \right \rceil }[/math].

Therefore, the chance required in order to avoid respawns at the an interval of 0.85 seconds is [math]\displaystyle{ \left \lceil 1 - \frac{0.85}{10} \right \rceil = \left \lceil 0.915 \right \rceil = 0.92 = 92\% }[/math] or higher. Currently the maximum possible chance is 91% when the highest tier of Perfect Swing Potion and all other available bonuses are utilized.

Below lists the rock HP at various

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Mastery

levels with and without the maximum possible bonus:

Mastery Level	Max Rock HP
	Without Bonus	With Bonus
1	6	86
2	7	87
3	8	88
4	9	89
5	10	90
10	15	95
20	25	105
50	55	135
75	80	160
99	104	184

Gem Veins

Gem veins do not regenerate naturally, but rather may be discovered at random when mining any ore after

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Dragonite

. The chance of discovering a gem vein per mining action is 0.533%, which may be increased by 5% if the Superior Mining Skillcape is equipped, resulting in an overall chance of 0.56%.

The type and size of gem vein discovered is randomly determined. The discovered vein has an 85% chance of being Onyx, a 10% chance of being Oricha, and a 5% chance of being Cerulean. The size of the vein may be either small, medium, or large:

• Small veins are discovered with a 62.5% chance, having an HP between 5 and 15
• Medium veins are discovered with a 25% chance, having an HP between 10 and 25
• Large veins are discovered with a 12.5% chance, having an HP between 20 and 60

Meteorites

Meteorites can be discovered at random while studying any constellation in

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Astrology

. When discovered, the HP of the meteorite rock will be increased by a random amount between 5 and 24 HP.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery Level increases maximum Rock HP by 1
10	1% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
20	2% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
30	3% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
40	4% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
50	5% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
60	6% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
70	7% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
80	8% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
90	9% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
99	15% Chance of obtaining 2 ore

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,150,000 xp	+5% Mining Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25%	2,875,000 xp	-10% Mining node respawn interval for Melvor Realm only
50%	5,750,000 xp	-0.2s Mining Interval for Melvor Realm only
95%	10,925,000 xp	+10 Mining Node HP (Melvor Realm Only)
Total Mastery Pool XP		11,500,000

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches

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Level 99

. The superior skillcape can be purchased from the store for 10,000,000 after the player reaches

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Level 120

.

Regular Skillcape

The Mining Skillcape is the skillcape for the Mining skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Mining skill. The Mining Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply)

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Mining Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Mining skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Mining skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) and +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Mining action.

Pet	Name	DLC	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Cool Rock		+5 Mining Node HP

Pickaxes

Pickaxes are permanent upgrades purchased from the Shop that decrease the amount of time it takes to mine ore by their bonus speed percentage. The later pickaxes also provide a number of other bonuses, as listed in the table below. The bonuses provided by these upgrades are permanently active once purchased, they do not need to be equipped or otherwise enabled.

Name		Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	Cost	Mining Time Decrease		2x Ore Chance		+1 Ore Chance		Superior Gem Chance		Increased
				This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total	This Pickaxe	Total
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Iron Pickaxe	1	250	-5%	-5%	+1%	+1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Steel Pickaxe	10	2,000	-5%	-10%	+1%	+2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Black Pickaxe	20	10,000	-5%	-15%	+1%	+3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mithril Pickaxe	35	50,000	-5%	-20%	+1%	+4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Adamant Pickaxe	50	200,000	-10%	-30%	+1%	+5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Rune Pickaxe	60	1,000,000	-10%	-40%	+1%	+6%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Dragon Pickaxe	80	5,000,000	-10%	-50%	+1%	+7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Corundum Pickaxe	100	50,000,000 1,000	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+20%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Augite Pickaxe	108	100,000,000 1,500	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+40%	0%	0%	0	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Meteorite Pickaxe	112	150,000,000 2,000	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	0%	+40%	+4%	+4%	+1	+1
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Divine Pickaxe	115	200,000,000 2,500	0%	-50%	0%	+7%	+20%	+60%	+3%	+7%	0	+1

Ores

Higher tiers of ore are unlocked as the player's Mining level increases. The quantity received from any ore rock is doubled when Mining Gloves are in use, and normal gems are guaranteed to drop from any ore when Gem Gloves are used, however neither of these gloves have any effect when used while mining essence or gem veins.

Rock		Ore		Type	Requirements	DLC	XP	Respawn Time	Ore Value
	Rune Essence		2x Rune Essence	Essence	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1		5	1s	0
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Copper		Copper Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1		7	5s	2
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Tin		Tin Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1		7	5s	2
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Iron		Iron Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 15		14	10s	5
	Coal		Coal Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30		18	10s	13
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Silver		Silver Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30		25	15s	25
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gold		Gold Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40		28	15s	30
	Crystal		Crystal	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40		28	2m	100
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mithril		Mithril Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 50		65	20s	65
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Adamantite		Adamantite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 70		71	30s	88
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Runite		Runite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80		86	1m	100
	Pure Crystal		Pure Crystal	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 85		95	4m	750
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Dragonite		Dragonite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 95 270 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mastery		101	2m	135
	Pure Essence		Pure Essence	Essence	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100		30	2m, 10s	3
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Corundumite		Corundumite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100		112	2m, 10s	185
	Onyx		Onyx	Gem Vein	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100		265	N/A	3,000
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Iridium		Iridium Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 102 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corundum Pickaxe Purchased		92	2m, 20s	240
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Palladium		Palladium Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 105 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corundum Pickaxe Purchased		96	2m, 30s	295
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Augite		Augite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 108 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Corundum Pickaxe Purchased		119	2m, 40s	400
	Oricha		Oricha	Gem Vein	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 110 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Augite Pickaxe Purchased		385	N/A	4,500
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Meteorite		Meteorite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 112 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Augite Pickaxe Purchased		330	N/A	750
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Divinite		Divinite Ore	Ore	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 115 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Meteorite Pickaxe Purchased		138	3m	575
	Cerulean		Cerulean	Gem Vein	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 118 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Divine Pickaxe Purchased		510	N/A	6,500

Gems

Normal Gems

Each Mining action on ores has a 1% chance of discovering a random normal gem. This chance can be increased by any bonuses to the chance to receive gems from Mining such as that from

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Terra

, or can be guaranteed through the use of Gem Gloves. If the Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped, then this chance is increased by 10% (For example, a 20% chance becomes [math]\displaystyle{ 20\% \times 1.1 = 22\% }[/math]). The chance to receive a gem is capped at 100%, so any bonuses above this limit have no effect.

While mining Pure Essence, there is a chance that a Runestone will be dropped instead of a normal gem. The chance of Runestone drops is not subject to the usual normal gem drop chance bonuses, and so the base chance of 1% may only be increased to 1.1% while wearing the Clue Chasers Insignia.

Any gems dropped (including Runestones) may be doubled if any global or Mining specific item doubling bonuses apply. The

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Mole

and

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Octopus

synergy may also be used for a 15% chance to receive an additional normal gem of any type whenever a normal gem is dropped while Mining - this additional gem also has a chance to be doubled.

Superior Gems

Superior gems can drop from any gem vein (in addition to the gem provided by mining the vein) with a chance of 10% per action. This chance can be increased by any things providing a bonus to the chance to receive a quality superior gem. Superior gems may also drop while mining

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Meteorite

, but only when one of the aforementioned bonuses is active, as the base chance is 0%. Random superior gem drops cannot be doubled, nor does the

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Mole

and

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Octopus

synergy apply.

The possible gem drops are shown below.

Gem		DLC	Gem Chance	Gem Price
	Topaz		50.0%	225
	Sapphire		17.5%	335
	Ruby		17.5%	555
	Emerald		10.0%	555
	Diamond		5.0%	1,150

Gem		DLC	Gem Chance	Gem Price
	Onyx		50.0%	3,000
	Oricha		30.0%	4,500
	Cerulean		15.0%	6,500
	Zephyte		5.0%	9,000

Potion

The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP. This potion has no effect while mining from a gem vein.

Perfect Swing Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	30	+10% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +10% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining
	II	50	+20% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +20% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining
	III	80	+40% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +40% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining
	IV	100	+80% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining and +80% chance to deal no damage to Ore Nodes in Mining

The Gem Detector Potion provides a chance to receive a quality superior gem while mining either a gem vein or Meteorite Ore.

Gem Detector Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	10	+2% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore
	II	20	+4% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore
	III	30	+7% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore
	IV	40	+10% chance to receive a Quality Superior Gem while Mining a "Gem Vein" Node or Meteorite Ore

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the

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Summoning

Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Mining.

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		DLC	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mole				+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Mole			Error creating thumbnail: File missing	+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mole	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Crow		x2 Rune Essence gained from Mining
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mole	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Monkey		x2 Silver gained from Mining x2 Gold gained from Mining
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mole		Eagle		-0.2s Mining Interval for Melvor Realm only
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Mole		Owl		+30% chance to gain +1 additional Meteorite in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Mole	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Crow	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	x2 Abyssal Essence gained from Mining
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Mole	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Monkey	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	x2 primary skill resource gained from Mining for Outcrop nodes
Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Void Wisp	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Mole	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	-50% Mining Abyssal XP +1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining for Abyssal Realm only (cannot be doubled)

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Mining-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from

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Mastery

rewards.

Trivia

Prior to the release of V1.0, the source code file for the Mining skill was called rockHitting.js, which is in contrast to other skills' source files which are named eponymously (i.e., woodcutting.js for Woodcutting). This used to be case for Mining as well[1], however it turned out that some browsers or extensions block a script called mining.js, likely in an attempt to prevent unwanted crypto mining, so the file was eventually renamed.

Upon release of V1.0, Mining became one of a small number of tick-based skills, at which point the source file was renamed once more to rockTicking.js.

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