Elin:Mining

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By using mining skills and pickaxes, you can dig up rocks on the map and buried ores in Nefia.

You can also mine by blowing up objects with flam and microwaves.

Overview

• A player's mining power is determined by the player's mining skill, the hardness of the material of the pickaxe, the enchantment level of the pickaxe, and whether the pickaxe is blessed.
• Mining power = mining skill x 1.5 (including bonus from equipped gear such as maces) + pickaxe hardness + pickaxe enchantment level + pickaxe blessing bonus
• If the pickaxe is blessed, the blessing bonus is equal to +1. If the pickaxe is cursed, the blessing bonus is equal to -1.
• Using the wrong tool to harvest something reduces the power of the tool (e.g. using a pickaxe to chop trees, or using an axe to mine stone). Exception: Leave walls in tree nefias are faster mined with an axe, but give mining experience.
• Mining skill can be trained by digging walls repeatedly, but can also be assisted by having faith in Opatos of Earth and equipping weapons with bonuses to mining skill.
• The hardness value of the block mined directly affects mining experience gain, hence mining harder materials would grant you more experience.
• Depending on the current map difficulty, mining walls has a chance to drop additional items. Those are additive, which means, you can get several materials from the same mined block. These will not be picked up automatically

Level	Item
	Gold Bar
10+	Earth Crystal
25+	Sun Crystal
40+	Mana Crystal

Upgrading Pickaxe

The primary method to acquire stronger pickaxes is to train your mining skill to be able to dig harder materials.

Instead of mining, items made of harder materials can be dismantled with a hammer. You may need to train your crafting skill instead of your mining skill.

You can also obtain random stones and precious stones from wreckage that can be broken without using a pickaxe.

In addition, if the residents of the land owned by the player have learned the blacksmithing trade, they can produce ores.

Recommended materials

This section focuses on materials that can be obtained from walls and items in the city, but don't forget that destroying things in the city will lower your karma and may cause citizens to call for guards.

1. Basalt (hardness 52): Black stone. It is the hardest of all stones.
2. Iron (hardness 56): Often found in the early layers of Nefia and Vernis mine. Iron ore can also be obtained from machine monster drops.
3. Obsidian (hardness 60): The hardest ore found in Vernis mine. The appearance rate is low, so you can compromise with iron.
4. Steel (hardness 67): Steel ores begin to appear around the 30th danger levels. Metal monsters drop steel ore, so if you are lucky, you can obtain it from the beginning of the season. It can also be obtained by digging through the floors and pillars of Aquli Teola. Depending on the hardness of the tool, you can dig if you have a mining or digging skill of around 25.
5. Chromite (hardness 85): Black ore. Can be obtained by dismantling TVs and TV stands in Palmia. A steel hammer can be dismantled with a crafting skill of 13 or more.
6. Meteorite (hardness 95): Dull purple ore. It can be dug in Permafrost, but beware of tough enemies.
7. Rubynus (hardness 110): obtained by dismantling rubynus equipment picked up in Nefia with a hammer or by breaking casino walls. Depending on the hardness of the pickaxe, mining the walls of the casino requires a mining skill of around 40. You can also get it from dismantling Rubynus equipment picked or the red orbs in Palmia and Lumiest with a hammer. Can be mined rarely.
8. Ether (hardness 120): An ingot can be obtained by dismantling the Prince's Bed in Palmia, and a gem can be obtained by dismantling the moongate given by Nino in Tinker's Camp.

Mining level needed (by tool hardness)

Stalagmite

The mining power required for Stalagmites is equal to the hardness of its material + 5.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)
Phyllite		13	0	1	1
Granite		18	4	1	1
Silt		24	8	1	1
Limestone		30	12	1	1
Slate		38	17	1	1
Marble		40	18	1	1
Diorite		46	22	1	1
Basalt		52	26	4	1

Big Rock

The mining power required for big rocks is equal to the hardness of its material + 10.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)	Chromite (85h)	Rubynus (110h)
Plastic		10	2	1	1	1	1
Copper		25	12	1	1	1	1
Bronze		34	18	1	1	1	1
Iron		56	32	10	0	1	1
Obsidian		60	35	12	2	1	1
Steel		67	40	17	7	1	1
Chromite		85	52	29	19	7	1
Meteorite		95	58	36	26	14	1
Mithril		98	60	38	28	16	1
Adamantite		115	72	49	39	27	10

Ore

The mining power required for Ore is equal to the hardness of its material + 10.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)	Chromite (85h)	Rubynus (110h)
Mica		5	0	1	1	1	1
Plastic		10	5	1	1	1	1
Copper		25	20	1	1	1	1
Bronze		34	29	6	1	1	1
Iron		56	51	28	18	6	1
Obsidian		60	55	32	22	10	1
Steel		67	62	39	29	17	0
Chromite		85	80	57	47	35	18
Meteorite		95	90	67	57	45	28
Mithril		98	93	70	60	48	32
Adamantite		115	110	87	77	65	48

Gem Ore

The mining power required for Gem Ore is equal to the hardness of its material + 20.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)	Chromite (85h)	Rubynus (110h)
Gold		25	26	4	1	1	1
Silver		27	28	6	1	1	1
Pearl		32	34	11	1	1	1
Lapis		42	44	21	11	1	1
Platinum		49	50	28	18	6	1
Onyx		50	52	29	19	7	1
Opal		53	54	32	22	10	1
Cobalt		54	56	33	23	11	1
Turquoise		58	60	37	27	15	1
Topaz		60	62	39	29	17	0
Aquamarine		68	70	47	37	25	8
Emerald		71	72	50	40	28	11
エメラルド		78	80	57	47	35	18
Diamond		100	102	79	69	57	40
Rubynus		110	112	89	79	67	50

Crystals

The mining power required for crystals is equal to the hardness of its material + 20.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)	Chromite (85h)	Rubynus (110h)
Mica		5	5	1	1	1	1
Coral		7	6	1	1	1	1
Bone		12	10	1	1	1	1
Crystal		22	16	1	1	1	1
Jade		57	40	17	7	1	1
Amethyst		72	50	27	17	5	1
Titanium		89	61	38	28	16	0
Diamond		100	68	46	36	24	7
Ether		120	82	59	49	37	20

Huge Rock

The mining power required for huge rocks is equal to the hardness of its material x 3 + 50.

Name	Sprite	Hardness	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)	Chromite (85h)	Rubynus (110h)
Phyllite		13	48	25	15	3	1
Granite		18	58	35	25	13	1
Silt		24	70	47	37	25	8
Limestone		30	82	59	49	37	20
Slate		38	98	75	65	53	36
Marble		40	102	79	69	57	40
Diorite		46	114	91	81	69	52
Basalt		52	126	103	93	81	64

Miscellaneous

The mining power required for these objects is equal to the hardness of its material + 5.

Name	Sprite	Granite (18h)	Basalt (52h)	Steel (67h)
Sulfur Rock (Silt)		8	1	1
Rock salt (Limestone)		12	1	1

Mining with Flam

Flam is a throwable explosive item. It causes a 3x3 explosion around the point where it is thrown.

You can obtain the recipe for Flam by progressing through the Home Quests.

Its main use is to destroy objects such as “huge rocks”, but it can also be used to damage enemies. (See Weapons page)

The objects that can be destroyed with a flaming hammer are those with a hardness lower than that of the stone used to make the flaming hammer.

For example, a flaming hammer made from granite (18h) cannot destroy basalt stone, giant rocks (52h), or pine trees (20h).

Conversely, if the hardness of the stone is high, you can destroy objects regardless of your skills.

For example, if your mining level is below 20, you won't be able to mine the precious ore vein with a basalt pickaxe, but if you have a basalt flamer, you can mine it.

Calculating required mining level

See: Elin:Code Analysis/Mining