Mining

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Mining is the process of acquiring stone, ore, and gems from mines. Its effectiveness is based on the Stoneworking skill.

Stonework skill affects the following:

  • Mining roundtime
  • Mining energy costs
  • Rerolls when determining whether to find barren stone or ore-bearing veins
  • Offense attack rolls with mining tools such as pickaxes (Takes half the Mining skill - does NOT stack with Melee skill: the higher number will be used)

Basic Process

What you'll need:

  • Access to a mine
  • A pickaxe
  • A light source (most player-accessible mines don't have maintained permanent lighting)
  • (Optional) A minecart, handcart, wagon, or similar for transporting larger quantities of heavy stone
  • (Optional) Head protection in case of cave-ins

Steps:

  1. pull your cart if you have one
  2. go to a mine
  3. stop pulling your cart if you have one
  4. mine with your pickaxe. Chunks of stone should be placed automatically into your cart if you have one. With any luck, some of them will contain ore or gems.

Gems

Most mines can produce gems or other gem-like items. There is a flat chance for any chunk of mined stone to contain gems, but the Stoneworking skill will determine whether the miner detects it or not. When a gem-bearing chunk of stone is discovered, use the chisel command on the chunk of stone to attempt to safely extract the gem from it. Chiseling attempts are also based on the Stoneworking skill. Badly-failed rolls will damage the gem and lower its quality, and if a gem becomes too damaged it will shatter!

Cave-Ins

Mining is dangerous work, and cave-ins are inevitably going to happen. If you hear a rumbling sound or see debris falling from the ceiling, run! If you don't get away in time, you have a chance to be struck by falling debris and receive potentially serious injuries. Some information on cave-ins:

  • The time between signs of a cave-in and the actual cave-in varies. It will not always be possible to avoid cave-ins by leaving the room.
  • Falling debris is much more likely to strike the head than any other hit location. Consider wearing head protection while mining to minimize injuries.
  • Mine supports, which can be built via the Construction skill, will reduce the rate of mine stability decay and may potentially increase the amount of time it takes for the rocks to fall.
  • The more Stoneworking skill a miner has, the less they disrupt the stability of a room when mining, resulting in fewer cave-ins.
  • Higher Stoneworking skill reduces mining roundtime, increasing chances you'll get away before the cave-in occurs.
  • The Dodge, Stoneworking, and Perception skills all contribute to the roll to avoid falling debris.
  • The Agility and Awareness primary attributes provide a multiplier bonus to the roll to avoid falling debris.

Notes

  • Some rarer types of stone or gems may require higher Mining skill to identify, or to extract without damaging them beyond usefulness.
  • Consider crushing ore-containing stone into powder before handing it over to a smelter to be processed. Smelting is busy work, and they'll appreciate your saving them some time and effort.
  • Always clean up after yourself. If there's too much junk left on the ground, it can make it impossible for anyone to mine in that room.
  • Most stone can be sold to the town market, even if it doesn't contain any ores (barren).
  • If you smell gas, run! (Especially if you're using a fire-based light source!)