Mining
Press E while holding a pickaxe to mine ore nodes within your interaction radius. Nodes randomize on respawn — rarer ores appear less frequently. Your effective skill and pickaxe quality determine success.
Ores
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| Tier | Color | Resource | Skill Req | Success @100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Ore | 0 | 100% | |
| 2 | Copper Ore | 25 | 79% | |
| 3 | Steel Ore | 35 | 72% | |
| 4 | Bronze Ore | 45 | 65% | |
| 5 | Silver Ore | 55 | 56% | |
| 6 | Gold Ore | 65 | 44% | |
| 7 | Titanium Ore | 75 | 31% | |
| 8 | Moon Ore | 85 | 19% |
Harvest speed breakpoints
60 — Harvest 10% faster70 — Harvest 20% faster80 — Harvest 35% faster90 — Harvest 50% faster
Success rate at 100 skill. Tool quality bonuses can improve effective success rate. At higher skill levels, only rarer resource tiers grant skill gain.
How mining works
- Press E with a pickaxe equipped to mine all ore nodes within your interaction radius.
- Nodes randomize on respawn. Each node has a chance to uncover a colored ore tier.
- The chance for a node to be of a rarer color is not affected by other parameters.
- If your effective Mining skill is below the ore's threshold, each swing falls back to Iron Ore.
- When mining a colored ore node, each swing has a 50% chance to fall back to Iron Ore.
- Mining within town regions is blocked. Nodes respawn over time — richer ores take longer.
Success formula
- Success Chance = ((Mining Skill − Skill Threshold) ÷ Divisor) × (1 + Tool Bonus)
- Effective Mining Skill = raw skill + Aspect bonuses + chain link bonuses.
- Each ore tier has its own threshold and divisor. Lower-tier ores are easier to mine consistently.
Ore discovery rates
- Iron — 55% base chance per node spawn.
- Copper — 15% base chance per node spawn.
- Steel — 10% base chance per node spawn.
- Bronze — 7% base chance per node spawn.
- Silver — 5% base chance per node spawn.
- Gold — 3% base chance per node spawn.
- Titanium — 2% base chance per node spawn.
- Moon — 1% base chance per node spawn.
Colored pickaxes
- Each ore tier pickaxe grants a stacking Tool Bonus to harvest success chance.
- Iron Pickaxe: +0.00 bonus | 1,000 uses
- Copper Pickaxe: +0.02 bonus | 1,250 uses
- Steel Pickaxe: +0.04 bonus | 1,500 uses
- Bronze Pickaxe: +0.06 bonus | 1,750 uses
- Silver Pickaxe: +0.08 bonus | 2,000 uses
- Gold Pickaxe: +0.10 bonus | 2,250 uses
- Titanium Pickaxe: +0.12 bonus | 2,500 uses
- Moon Pickaxe: +0.18 bonus | 3,000 uses
- Exceptional quality: +0.04 bonus, +500 uses (stacks with material bonus).
- Mastercrafted quality: +0.04 bonus, +500 uses (stacks with exceptional).
Smelting
- Double-click ore within 2 tiles of a forge to smelt it into ingots.
- Ore on pack animals can be smelted if the animal is within 2 tiles of a forge.
- Smelting produces 2 ingots per ore.
- You cannot smelt ore that you do not have sufficient Mining skill to harvest.
Combat bonuses
- PvM — when attacking with a blunt weapon (mace, hammer), add Base Weapon Damage × (25% × (Mining Skill ÷ 100)) bonus damage per hit.
- PvP — when attacking with a blunt weapon, add Base Weapon Damage × (10% × (Mining Skill ÷ 100)) bonus damage per hit.
- This reflects the raw strength developed through years of swinging a pickaxe.
Ore resource maps
- When using Ore Maps, search radius increases by 100% × (Mining Skill ÷ 100).
- Higher Mining skill dramatically expands the area you can survey for ore deposits.
Training progression
- 0—50: Train from an NPC miner.
- 50—100: Mine overworld areas with a pickaxe. Any ore type grants skill gain.
- 70—85: Only colored ore grants skill gain (Iron nodes do not).
- 85—95: Colored ore EXCEPT Copper grants skill gain.
- 95—100: Only Silver-tier and above grants skill gain.
Restrictions
- After recalling, traveling via dream gate, or teleporting, there is a 60-second delay before harvesting.
- A "Stationary Penalty" applies after recalling or long inactivity — you must move more than 5 steps before mining.
- These restrictions prevent resource farming abuse across the dream world.
Ore lore
- Iron — the commoner's metal. Rugged, heavy, and reliable.
- Copper — soft but conductive; used for basic tools and early jewelry.
- Steel — found in Keldrion as "Native Steel," a miracle of the dream's chemistry.
- Bronze — a symbol of the "Old Guard." Extremely durable and corrosion-resistant.
- Silver — the first "Noble" metal. Highly resistant to the blurring effects of the dream.
- Gold — dense and magically resonant. It carries the weight of the world's wealth.
- Titanium — a "Hard-Matter" ore. Incredible strength-to-weight ratio for elite warriors.
- Moon Ore — said to fall from the sky. Pulses with a faint silver light under the dream-moon.