Mining

Mine rocks for ore, then smelt the ore into bars for Smithing.

The Mining skill page — every level, every item and the xp, in tables.

On this page: Getting started · Where to mine · How it works · Tips

Getting started

• Put a pickaxe in your weapon slot (not your bag).
• Click a rock. The first ones are tin ore in the Gloam and the Yard, at Mining 1.
• Mine copper and tin together. A bronze bar needs one of each.
• Each rock gives 30 to 70 ore before it's empty, so stay on it.

Where to mine

Each rock needs a Mining level and a good enough pickaxe.

Ore	Mining	Pickaxe	Where	Bom pays	What it makes
Tin ore	1	Bronze	The Gloam, The Yard	5	needed for bronze bars
Copper ore	1	Bronze	The Gloam, The Yard	5	Bronze bar and up
Emerald ore	20	Bronze	The Gloam	8	Emerald bar and up
Sand	20	Bronze	The Golden Sands	6	Small vial and up
Grimstone ore	20	Bronze	Cloudreach, The Wilderness, The Deep Wild	23	needed for onyx bars
Diamond ore	30	Emerald	The Lantern Mire	11	Diamond bar and up
Dragonstone ore	40	Diamond	The Gloam, The Thunderhead, The Boneyard, The Wilderness	15	Dragonstone bar and up
Stardust	50	Dragonstone	The Golden Sands	60	needed for chrono bars
Onyx ore	50	Dragonstone	Cloudreach, The Boneyard, The Deep Wild	20	Onyx bar and up
Starfall ore (vein)	60	Onyx	The Vault, The Thunderhead, Cabin Coast, The Lighthouse, The Deep Wild	28	Starfall bar and up
Catalytic converter	65	Starfall	The Carnival, The Trailer Park	70	Singularity core and up
Coral	65	Starfall	Cabin Coast	—	Coral inlay and up
Eclipse ore (vein)	70	Starfall	The Vault, The Lighthouse, Shipwreck Isle, The Depths of the Mountain	45	Eclipse bar and up
Voidglass	70	Starfall	The Vault, The Thunderhead	35	needed for eclipse bars
Abyss crystal	75	Eclipse	The Depths of the Mountain	—	Cut abyss crystal and up
Nova ore (vein)	80	Eclipse	The Vault, Pirate's Pier, Skull Isle, The Depths of the Mountain	65	Nova bar and up
Slagstone	85	Eclipse	The Trailer Park, The Depths of the Mountain	55	needed for singularity cores
Chrome scrap	85	Eclipse	Daredevil Peak	—	Chrome-toe boots
Singularity ore	90	Nova	The Trailer Park, The Primeval Valley	93	Singularity bar and up
Fossil	92	Nova	The Trailer Park, The Primeval Valley	—	needed for cycad shortbows
Glacite	94	Nova	The Frozen Reach	—	Glacier Satchel and up
Glacier heart	95	Nova	The Glacier Vault	—	needed for glacier steels
Gnome gold ore	95	Nova	The Endless Cul-de-sac	—	Gnome gold bar
Ancient fossil	99	Singularity	The Yard, Rex's Ossuary, The Depths of the Mountain	—	Ossuary plate and up
Voidstone	104	Celestial	Cinderville	—	needed for voidforged arrowheads
Void cinder	105	Celestial	Cinderville	650	Voidforged bar and up
Prism salt	109	Voidforged	Glasswater Wastes	—	needed for penumbra cores
Umbral ember	110	Voidforged	Glasswater Wastes	900	Penumbra bar and up
Rootglass	114	Penumbra	Thornspire Crown	—	needed for stormward cores
Storm sigil	115	Penumbra	Thornspire Crown	1250	Stormward bar and up
Star iron	119	Stormward	Starfall Rift	—	needed for chrono cores
Time-worn gear	120	Stormward	Starfall Rift	1750	Chrono bar and up

How it works

• Your level and your pickaxe are two separate checks. Emerald ore needs Mining 20 and an emerald pickaxe. Having the level with a bronze pickaxe does nothing. This is the most common reason a rock won't budge.
• The best rocks ask for a better pickaxe than their own grade. For example, nova ore needs an eclipse pickaxe. See Tools.
• Not every swing lands. At a rock's own level, about 52% do. Every level above it helps, up to 90% thirty levels later, plus 1% for each pickaxe grade above what the rock needs (up to 2%). Your first 25 levels land a little less. Right-click a rock to see your chance.
• Empty rocks come back in 15 to 25 seconds.
• Veins never run out. They're slower (about six seconds a swing, versus under two at a rock), but they don't empty, so they're great while you're half watching something else. The three-minute idle limit still applies.

Tips

• Don't sell raw ore. A bar is worth more than its ore, and gear is worth much more than bars.
• Some ores are ingredients for the top bars, not bars of their own. That's what makes the end of Smithing a chain.

More in Skills

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