Randale: added about it helping with treasure digging and smelting info.

2017-01-31T04:18:36Z

added about it helping with treasure digging and smelting info.

Hifi: Added clarification how ore requirements work with smithing

2013-11-04T11:03:50Z

Added clarification how ore requirements work with smithing

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Mining is used to gather ingots which can be used by the skills [[Blacksmithy]] and [[Tinkering]]. Mining is performed by using a shovel or a pickaxe on a rocky or mountainous terrain.

[[Image:ingots_iron.gif]]

''[Iron]''

[[Image:ingots_valorite.gif]]

''[Valorite]''

'''Ore to Ingot Conversion'''
Ore Weight Ingots Produced upon Successful Smelt
Two small piles 2 * 2 stones 1 ingot
One medium pile 7 stones 1 ingot
One large pile 12 stones 2 ingots

'''Colored Ore and Ingots'''
Ore & Ingots Minimum Skill Spawns
Iron - 50%
Dull Copper 65 11.2%
Shadow 70 9.8%
Copper 75 8.4%
Bronze 80 7.0%
Golden 85 5.6%
Agapite 90 4.2%
Verite 95 2.8%
Valorite 99 1.4%
^{base skill}

'''Mining issues:'''
*Valorite Ore is hardest to find, Iron Ore the easiest. A miner with a high mining skill is more likely to find a colored ore vein than less skilled miner.
*Once a miner discovers a vein of colored ore, that color ore will always spawn at that spot, no matter who goes to dig there.
*When a miner reaches the minimum required mining skill and is mining a colored ore vein he has a 50% chance of actually digging up the colored ore.
*Over all a miner digs the same amount of ore on all spots, he only gets more or less colored ore depending on his skill.
*Mining colored ore seems to improve skill a little faster than normal iron ore.
*Smelting colored ore into ingots improves mining skill much faster than doing normal iron ore.
*A brand new shovel will yield 51 pieces of Ore before it breaks.
'''Smithing issues:'''
*A smith cannot use the colored ingots unless he has the required skill for that color, meaning your '''base''' Blacksmithy skill must be enough according to the mining table above
*Smelting is a Mining skill, you cannot smelt items if your '''base''' Mining is less than required to mine the ore
*If a smith has the minimum skill requirement for a color, the success on smithing seems the same, even on exceptional quality plate chests.
*Only metal armour and shields can be made in color, not weapons.
*Smithing colors advances your smithing skill at a normal rate.

Other resource gathering skills include [[Fishing]] and [[Lumberjacking]]

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-Mining is used to gather ingots which can be used by the skills [[Blacksmithy]] and [[Tinkering]].  Mining is performed by using a shovel or a pickaxe on a rocky or mountainous terrain.
+Mining is used to gather ingots which can be used by the skills [[Blacksmithy]] and [[Tinkering]].  Mining is performed by using a shovel or a pickaxe on a rocky or mountainous terrain. It also widens the "dig radius" of a shovel when digging for treasure chests on decoded treasure maps.
 [[Image:ingots_iron.gif]]
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 '''Smithing issues:'''
 *A smith cannot use the colored ingots unless he has the required skill for that color, meaning your '''base''' Blacksmithy skill must be enough according to the mining table above
-*Smelting is a Mining skill, you cannot smelt items if your '''base''' Mining is less than required to mine the ore
+*Smelting, whether ore into ingots or armor/weapons into ingots uses your  Mining skill, not your Blacksmithing skill, you cannot smelt items if your '''base''' Mining is less than required to mine the ore
 *If a smith has the minimum skill requirement for a color, the success on smithing seems the same, even on exceptional quality plate chests.
 *Only metal armour and shields can be made in color, not weapons.

Mining - Revision history

Randale: added about it helping with treasure digging and smelting info.

Hifi: Added clarification how ore requirements work with smithing