Rune Essence/Guide

From Melvor Idle

Mining Rune Essence

Requirements

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    Level 1

Method

Mine Rune Essence.

Increasing Rates

The main ways to increase rates is the
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Mole
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Crow
Synergy and the Scroll Of Essence. The Scroll of Essence will increase the base Rune Essence quantity from 2 to 3 and the Synergy will double it to 6. Stacking as much doubling (which increases the drop quantity to 12 when triggered) and interval boosts as possible will further increase rates.

Rates can also be slightly improved with Mining Node Hitpoints, chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining, Mining node respawn interval, and Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled) boosts.

The
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Into the Abyss Expansion adds a variety of +1 additional quantity of primary resource which also massively improve rates however they are not easily accessible until very late into the game.

Melvor Logo.svg Base Game

Name Effect
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Iron Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Steel Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Black Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Mithril Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Adamant Pickaxe
-10% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Rune Pickaxe
-10% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Dragon Pickaxe
-10% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Crow
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Mole
Synergy
x2 Rune Essence gained from Mining
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Mole
+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Scroll Of Essence +1 base primary resource quantity gained in Mining for Essence nodes
Ring of Wealth +7% Chance to Double Items Globally
Aorpheat's Signet Ring +10% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Undead Enhancement (Superior)
+4% Chance to Double Items Globally
Miner's Helmet +3% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining
Perfect Swing Potion IV +80% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining
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Pipe Balance
+10 Mining Node Hitpoints
+3% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining
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Rock Climb
+5% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Ice Jump
+5% Chance to Double Items in Mining
+10 Mining Node Hitpoints
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Pillar of Skilling
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
Ace +3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Cool Rock
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Aquarias
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Terra
+8% Chance to Double Items in Mining
+5% chance to deal no damage to Essence Nodes in Mining
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Level 99
+99 Mining Node Hitpoints
+15% Chance to Double Items in Mining
25% Mastery Pool Checkpoint -10% Mining node respawn interval
50% Mastery Pool Checkpoint -0.20s Mining Interval
95% Mastery Pool Checkpoint +10 Mining Node Hitpoints

Throne of the Herald

Name Effect
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Corundum Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Augite Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Divine Pickaxe
-5% Mining Interval
+1% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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Water Maze
+10% Chance to Double Items in Globally
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Balance Trap
+5% Chance to Double Items in Globally
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Elite Pillar of Expertise
+8% Chance to Double Items in Globally
-3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills
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Pillar of Skilling
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Rosaniya
+8% Chance to Double Items Globally
Classy Rock +10 Mining Node Hitpoints
Cute Rock +2% Chance to Double Items in Mining
Royal Rock +3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Penelope +2% Chance to Double Items Globally
Harold -2% Interval for all non-Combat Skills
+2% Chance to Double Items Globally

Atlas of Discovery

Candelabra (Lit) can also be used however this guide will not use them as farming them will end up reducing Rune Essence rates. If you already have them feel free to use them however it's generally advised to keep them for longer interval actions, such as
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Woodcutting
.
Name Effect
Mining Lantern +30% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
Dirty Mining Boots -0.1s Mining Interval
Terran Dungeon Ruins +10%/+20% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
-0.10s/-0.20s Mining Interval
Carthulu Doubles the effects of all positive Active Modifiers from Point of Interests in Cartography
944 Hex Mastery -2% Interval for all non-Combat Skills

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Into the Abyss

Name Effect
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Brumite Pickaxe Coating
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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Netherite Pickaxe Coating
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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Abyssal Hourglass (Upright)
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained globally
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Signet Ring of Corrupted Souls
+15% Chance to Double Items Globally
+2 additional quantity of primary resource gained globally
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Tier 2 - 2
+5% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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Tier 8 - 3
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Tier 9 - 3
+10% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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Tier 11 - 3
+3% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Tier 12 - 2
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained globally
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Sloth Obelisk
+5% Chance to Double Items Globally
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Zon
-0.10s Global Non-Combat Skill Interval
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained globally
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C1
-15% Mining node respawn interval
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AB3
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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CD3
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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C4
+25% Chance to Double Items in Mining
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C5
-30% Mining node respawn interval
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D5
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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AB6
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
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CD6
+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Mining (Cannot be doubled)

Yields

The below yields assume all boosts from the respective Increasing Yields section(s) are active.

DLC Interval Doubling Chance per hour
Melvor Logo.svg Base Game 0.85s 66% 42,336
TotH 0.7s 100% 62,018
AoD 0.45s 66% 83,924
+ 0.3s 100% 150,548
+ +
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0.25s 100% 355,628

A 100 hour simulation was done using the following saves: