Mining

Gathering skill

Mining is the skill of extracting ore from rocks. Each swing grants Mining experience and one ore.

Alpha guide. All values on this page are current Alpha data. Additional rocks and pickaxes will be added during development.

Mechanics

Mining requires a pickaxe and a rock of a type you have the level for. Each action channels for a fixed time, then grants XP and one ore; the rock is then depleted for a respawn period. Higher rocks require both a higher Mining level and a higher pickaxe tier. Pickaxe speed bonuses reduce the channel time of every swing.

All skills use the same experience curve. Level 100 is skill mastery (955,336 XP); level 999 is legendary mastery (253,245,203 XP). See the experience table for the full curve.

Rocks

Rock	Level	XP	Ore	Mine time	Respawn	Pickaxe tier	Max XP/hour
Copper Rock	1	2	Copper Ore	3.0s	4s	1	2,400
Tin Rock	1	2	Tin Ore	3.0s	4s	1	2,400
Iron Rock	15	4	Iron Ore	4.0s	6s	2	3,600
Coal Rock	30	7	Coal	5.0s	8s	3	5,040

Rates are theoretical maximums: 3,600 seconds ÷ action time × XP per action, ignoring respawn and travel time.

Pickaxes

Pickaxe	Level to use	Speed bonus	Tier
Bronze Pickaxe	1	None	1
Iron Pickaxe	1	+10%	2
Steel Pickaxe	6	+20%	3

Training

Levels	Method	XP needed	Ores
1–15	Copper and tin	1,988	994
15–30	Iron	2,798	700
30–100	Coal	950,550	135,793

Tips.

An Iron Pickaxe is usable at level 1; carry one from the start and switch to Steel at level 6.
Coal requires a Steel Pickaxe (tier 3). Have one banked before you reach level 30.
Copper and tin have equal requirements and XP. Mining them in equal amounts leaves you with matched materials for bronze bars — one of each per bar.
Steel bars consume two Coal each in Blacksmithing; coal mined past your own needs can be sold on the Tideboard.

Related skills: Blacksmithing · Woodcutting · all skill guides