Mining

"Mining dictates your ability to gather resources from mining rocks using pickaxes. Higher levels allow you to gather harder ores." - In-game tooltip

Mining is used to obtain ores and jewels that can be used in Smithing and JewelryMaking. A free pickaxe can be found at the mining location south of New Williamsburg near the raider camp. Higher tier pickaxes can be purchased from Goldie in Frontier.

Ore Nodes

All ore nodes require a pickaxe to mine.

Node	Req Lv	EXP	Obtained Items	Best location
Tin	1	2	Tin Ore, Raw Amethyst, Raw Topaz	East of New Williamsburg
Salt Vein	4	3	Salt, Raw Amethyst	Cave South of Salado
Copper	5	4	Copper Ore, Raw Amethyst, Raw Topaz	East of New Williamsburg
Zinc	20	10	Zinc Ore, Raw Topaz, Raw Sapphire	North of Cherytol
Iron	30	24	Iron Ore, Raw Topaz, Raw Sapphire, Raw Ruby, Raw Emerald	Ditmarsh Mine
Silver	35	15	Silver Ore, Raw Ruby, Raw Emerald	North of Salado
Coal	40	32	Coal Ore, Raw Emerald, Raw Diamond	Ditmarsh Mine
Gold1	55	36	Gold Ore, Raw Emerald,	Juniper Bunker
Cobalt1	60	60	Cobalt Ore, Raw Diamond, Raw Onyx	Ditmarsh Mine

^{1 Ore node despawns after depletion. Gold nodes deplete after collecting 10 items, Cobalt nodes deplete after 5.}

Buried Mines

Buried mines are temporarily accessible randomly generated mines. The locations are indicated by fillable minecarts. Mining ore around the area will eventually spawn a buried mine and will look like a cracked wall next to a sign. Ores mined in these will give roughly 20% extra Xp.

TNT is required to open the mines, can be made at a Tinkering Bench at level 15 Mining, and use 4 Sand and 5 Charcoal Powder as ingredients. The mines have a time limit of 175 seconds, after which a 30 second time period of falling stalactites may kill the player before fully closing. Using a Hammer on support beams within the mines increases the timer by 30 seconds.

All minecarts in the world are linked, meaning if you fill one, all will be considered filled. Minecarts have a max capacity of 200 and can only be filled with ores. A minecart spawns inside the buried mines next to the entrance and Yohnny. For the cost of 10% of the ores within the minecart, Yohnny will transfer the contents to the player's bank.

Known Buried mine locations include east of Frontier, north of Cherytol, north of Salado, Salado Salt Mine, west of Rustwater, Ditmarsh Mine, and Juniper Bunker.