Quarrying, also colloquially referred to as mining, refers to obtaining crafting materials by breaking rocks. The player can break rocks with either Pickaxes or a Mini-Drill, although larger rocks require stronger tools and/or a higher attack to break.
Tools and skills[]
Quarrying tools[]
Larger rocks can be quarried after gaining a high enough Attack stat. It is recommended to use a Bronze Pickaxe on medium rocks if under level 15 [ verify ] and an Iron Pickaxe on large rocks if under level 20 [ verify ], but large rocks can be mined with even a basic Pickaxe if the player's passive Attack stat is high enough. Small, medium, and large rocks can be found along the outside of the Portia city walls and inside the Collapsed Wasteland.
Quarrying tools | ||||
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Item | Attack | Cost per hit | Effect | Source |
Pickaxe Pickaxe |
Attack +50 | -2 | Can break small rocks Mines a small area in Abandoned Ruins |
Worktable |
Bronze Pickaxe Bronze Pickaxe |
Attack + 100 | -3 | Can also break medium rocks Mines a medium area in Abandoned Ruins |
Worktable |
Iron Pickaxe Iron Pickaxe |
Attack +180 | -4 | Can also break large rocks Mines a big area in Abandoned Ruins |
Worktable |
Fisherman's Pickaxe Fisherman's Pickaxe |
Attack +260 | -5 | Can break any rock faster than an Iron Pickaxe Mines a larger area in Abandoned Ruins |
Worktable |
Mini-Drill Mini-Drill |
Attack +300 | -4 | Can break any rock faster than a Fisherman's Pickaxe Mines a huge area in Abandoned Ruins |
Gift from Mint Harbor |
Useful skills[]
There are certain helpful Skills that either make it easier to mine, increase Stamina to be able to mine more, or reduce the amount of items needed for crafting on the Worktable so that less mining trips are needed. If the player wishes to reallocate their skill points (ex. investing points in Mastery of Pickaxe early on, then later switching to Expert Electrician), they can ask Phyllis for an Acupuncture treatment.
Gather skills | ||
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Skill | Levels | Effect |
Tier 1 | ||
Mastery of Pickaxe | 2 | Stamina cost decreases by 25% 50% when using pickaxe |
Tier 2 | ||
Advanced Mining | 3 | 8 16% 24% chance of double drops when mining |
Power Up | 4 | Maximum stamina increases by 2% 4% 6% 8% |
Tier 3 | ||
Artisan | 4 | A 5% 10% 15% 20% reduction in material cost when crafting on the Worktable |
Tier 4 | ||
Expert Electrician | 4 | Increase the damage of the Drill and Chainsaw by 10% 20% 30% 40% |
Tier 5 | ||
Charm Overload | 1 | A 100% chance to get rare items from Tree Farm and Dana's Mining Company deliveries |
Battle skills | ||
Skill | Levels | Effect |
Tier 4 | ||
Loot | 4 | Chances of double-loot increases by 5% 10% 15% 20% (Useful only with materials that are dropped by defeated Monsters, such as Diamonds when dropped by Rock-ons) |
Materials[]
Quarrying is a common source for some materials and the only source for others. Certain rarer materials are only found in medium and/or large rocks, such as Blood Stones and Topazes.
Gallery[]
Resource gathering | |
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Farming • Fishing • Gathering • Hunting • Logging • Quarrying • Ranching |