{"id":183,"date":"2024-10-19T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/?p=183"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:58:16","slug":"mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mining skill is used for mining and smelting ores into ingots. The higher your Mining skill, the better the ore you can extract, and the greater your chances of successfully mining and smelting rarer ores. If you choose Mining as your starting skill, you will automatically be issued a pickaxe; however, you can also purchase one from blacksmithing and mining NPCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you have enough ore, you can attempt to smelt it into ingots by applying coal to a forge and then adding the ores to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to note that certain ores can only be obtained by mining in specific locations on the map. Ores are obtained randomly, and the chance of mining a specific type varies by region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Items<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pickaxe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Ore<\/th><th>Mining<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Coal<\/td><td>0.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Copper<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Iron<\/td><td>40%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tin<\/td><td>45%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Old Copper<\/td><td>60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Silver<\/td><td>60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gold<\/td><td>60%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Titanium<\/td><td>70%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Terathane<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shadow<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Agapite<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Verite<\/td><td>75%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Valorite<\/td><td>80%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gems<\/td><td>85%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Skargard<\/td><td>95%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mytheril<\/td><td>99%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blackrock<\/td><td>100%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When mining in <strong>Mount Kendall<\/strong> (Minoc), you will only obtain Old Copper, Iron, or Copper. This is intended. If you want to mine better ores, you must use mines located away from towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skargard<\/strong> can only be mined on Ice Island and smelted in Deceit Dungeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coal <\/strong>can be mined in the &#8216;North Britain&#8217; Mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When mining if your skill is high enough, you have a chance to mine gems.<br><br><strong>Terathane<\/strong> can only be mined in the Terathan Valley rocks, located below.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Terathan_Valley.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Terathan_Valley.png 504w, https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Terathan_Valley-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Damned Cave<\/strong> is a place where you can mine <strong>Shadow <\/strong>ore more frequently, at the cost of your karma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ShadowMine-DamnedCave.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ShadowMine-DamnedCave.png 504w, https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ShadowMine-DamnedCave-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mining skill is used for mining and smelting ores into ingots. The higher your Mining skill, the better the ore you can extract, and the greater your chances of successfully mining and smelting rarer ores. If you choose Mining as your starting skill, you will automatically be issued a pickaxe; however, you can also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skill-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uo.jmaul.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}