Mining

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

Mining

Mining is used for Mining ore, Rune Essence, and gems. Each Mining action takes 3 seconds, and can be reduced by 5-50% by purchasing pickaxe upgrades, 15% by purchasing the

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Master of Nature

god upgrade, and 0.2 seconds by reaching the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint. The pickaxe upgrade and

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Master of Nature

reductions are multiplicative with each other, applying before the 0.2 second Mastery reduction. Ore and rune essence 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.

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

Rock HP

Rock HP determines how many ores can be extracted from a rock before it has to regenerate. Maximum rock HP is calculated with this formula:

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

Where [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pet Bonus} }[/math] is 5 if

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Cool Rock

is unlocked, or 0 otherwise.

Perfect Swing Potions can be used to give a 10-80% chance to not lower rock HP while Mining.

Mastery Level	Max Rock HP
1	6
2	7
3	8
4	9
5	10
10	15
20	25
50	55
75	80
99	104

Skillcape

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

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Level 99

.

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. In addition they provide a chance to double ores.

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. Mining Rune Essence yields double the amount of ore, however Gem Gloves will not work when Mining it. To begin Mining Dragonite Ore the player must have at least 270 Mining mastery levels in total.

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

Each Mining action has a 1% gem find chance, which is increased by 10% (to 1.10%) if the Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped, or to 100% when wearing Gem Gloves. The possible gem drops are shown in the table 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

Potion

The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP.

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

Trivia

The source code file for the Mining skill is 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.

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