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== Opening a mine ==Activate [[File:miningaction.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A Miner at Workpickaxe]] '''Miningright click''' is the skill of excavating any [[rock shardscliff]] and or [[orerock tile]] veins.  == Method ==There are several "modes" of and select '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine> '''tunnel'''. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a '''[[pickaxeMining warnings|Find potential error messages here.]], right-click the place '''*The first step is to make a '''mine and select Mining -> (action). Mining speed is determined by mining skill, entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[pickaxecliff]] or [[qualityrock tile]], .*The minimum slope is +1.*Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[Skills:Pickaxestone shards|pickaxe skillstone shard]] and the . After a number of [[Wind of Agesstone shards]] castare created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, ordered from greatest effect to leastand an entrance will be created. Because Wurm is not a true 3D world*The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surfacewhich will be completely flat. It is possible to The top of your mine upwards and downwards with a few opening will be completely flat as well. *'''You cannot [[Mining warnings#Surface_mining|limitationssurface mine]]to correct an oddly shaped entrance once it is open.''' So you must make sure to have the tile in the exact shape you want it to be before you open the mine. * Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based If you don't want any ugly water on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of floor in the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that: <50 skill is +/- 3mine, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action ensure that breaks both lower corners of the wall entrance are at least at height 28 (upward, downward, or straighthover the corner with the mouse) determines the direction mined. * You may not mine upward out The maximum height of rock and into the [[dirt]] that a tunnel entrance is covering it.* You can mine downward until you reach the [[water]] table270 slope, but can you would not mine deeper be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than one tile level below water level235.* It The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is not possible 90 slope if you plan to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming add a mine door. *You may create a vertical shaftmine entrance up to 3 tiles wide. Each tile is essentially **To widen a pillartunnel, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel to the lower only** Mine doors can be placed on tunnelentrances that are 1 tile or wider, except on PvP servers. Note that you will need more than one mine door for wider entrances!

* Each action will produce one rock stone shard.* All items mined from the cave wall will appear in a pile on the ground on the tile you're stoodstanding; this often includes items such as [[salt]] and [[gem]]s, all of which are found randomly.* It is not possible to create an exit from the inside if there is dirt covering the planned exit, this must be fully uncovered and bare just as If if you were to create an entrance from the outside.** If the outside tile if is covered by dirt while trying to mine out , the message {{event|inline|The cave wall looks very unstable and dirt flows in. You would be buried alive}} == Mining resources==[[Ore]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt vein|rock salt]], and [[sandstone vein|sandstone]] veins produce shards. A [[Rock salt]] tile has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50 shards.

=== Ore mining =Mining floors and ceiling ==*Mining the floor or ceiling of a cave will not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. '''Note that, as with [[Oredigging]] , these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself.''' *A ceiling tile can be mined upward around 31 times before you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}. (given that you haven't lowered the floor before you start).*A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats pass through. It is produced a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining on ore past the water level. *Each rock tile removed will have that standard ceiling height, so each ceiling tile must be mined individually, if you want them to be higher. The floor section will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down). *You can fix slopes with [[veinconcrete]]s found inside : one concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of a 1 dirt or 1 mineaction. When an ore vein *Mining ceilings for stone shards is depleted much faster than mining on a tunnel is created the same as wall tile, this can be used to your advantage when mining rocknot wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required. However*If you have raised the ceiling and try to mine the floor too low, you will receive the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}} before hitting the water level.*For the best access in a vein can take several thousand actions mine it is recommended not to depletemine the floor directly, so because it can create uneven surfaces making it is advised hard to mine move around ore veins for tunneling purposes. Shards may also *The actions '''mine up''' and '''mine down''' create predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be produced from [[marble]] very useful if used in the right way. '''Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining is not easily reversed.''' When digging you can always drop the dirt and [[slate]] veinsrefill the hole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.

: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the ore or shard tile, select '''Mining''' > '''== Mine'''.Up/Down ==* Each action Mining up/down will produce one ore create a slope of 20 or shard of to the vein's type on the floor in a pile where you are standing.corresponding next level, if there is another tunnel (see [[Mining#Dropshaft|Dropshaft]])

=== Floor Activate a pickaxe and ceiling mining ===Mining '''right click''' the cave floor or ceiling of a cave does not create tunnelstile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) *Will mine the highest corners and make the cavetile flat. Note that, as with Activate [[diggingconcrete]], these actions affect '''right click''' the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can to be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you havenraised select '''raise corner'''t lowered the floor before you start). A floor tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats such as Corbitas pass through. It is a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past the water level.

: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' The corner you are standing nearest will be raised, so make sure you are standing in the floor or ceiling tile, select correct spot.'''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified To raise corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but [[concrete]] must be held in the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard heightinventory and activated.* You can fix slopes with [[Concrete]]: one One concrete will raise one corner, the equivalent of to 1 [[dirt or 1 mine action]].* Mining ceilings for rock shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this Concrete can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.* When mining the ceiling to high you will receive the message {{event|inline|You cannot reach the ceiling}}.* When mining the floor too low, (with raise an already high ceiling, before hitting underwater cave tile as long as the water level) tile is 25 [[dirt]]s deep or less; below that you will receive get the message:{{event|inline|Lowering the floor further would make the cavern unstable}}.* When mining the floor you can create uneven surfaces thus make it hard to move around on. For the best access in a mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly unless you have a plan for it. The actions "mine up" and "mine down" create a predictable slopes of 20 and are good if you want a sloped passage, although floor mining can be very useful if used in the right way. :Proceed with caution when adjusting the floors as mining water is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt too deep and refill would only dissolve the hole - this is '''not''' possible when miningconcrete.}}

:== Surface mining ==Activate [[pickaxe]] and '''Read Moreright click''': [[Mining warnings|Mining Warningscliff]] | or [[Concrete]] | [[Diggingrock tile]], select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''.

=== Leveling ===Standing on a flat cave tile will permit Surface mining is the leveling action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same heightarea for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. *To see if a tile is flat simply activate a pickaxe and hover over mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tilemust be clear of dirt.: Activate a pickaxe and '''right clickYou will need dig all four corners of a tile to expose rock.''' *When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the cave floor tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Level'''water level.* In order It may take one or more actions to raise any corners lower a single [[dirt]] level of [[rock]]. *Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[concreteshovel]] must .*You will only be held in the inventoryable to mine slopes which are 3 times your mining skill. For example, if you mining skill is 3, you can mine slopes of 9 or below.

=== Surface mining ===Surface mining is the action of shaping external rock or cliff faces to prepare an area for tunneling, adjusting terrain for other uses or simply for aesthetic reasons. To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -24 from the water level. To mine the surface rock, first '''activate''' a [[pickaxe]]. While standing on the corner you wish to modify, '''right-click''' on the rock of cliff tile, select '''Mining''' > '''Mine'''. It may take one or more actions to lower a single dirt level of rock. Border [[slope]] depth may be seen with a pickaxe activated just as with a [[shovel]].:Slope reduction: {{event|inline|You mine some rock stone shards.}}

== Other information ===== Mine doors ===You can limit access to your mine with the use of a '''[[mine door]]'''. Several types of mine doors are available.  '''Remember that off-deed mine doors can be bashed by other players, so your mine is not entirely safe just because it has a mine door attached. A deed [[perimeter]] does '''not''' NOT protect mine doors.'''

:'''Read More''': [[Mine door|Mine Doors]]=== Dropshaft ===Dropshafts are typically unfavorable in mines. They link two sections of a mine together which have a height difference of many dirts. They are not easily traversabletraveled through. Vehicles and horses will not be able to move between the levels, and a player must [[Climbing|climb]] to move between the two.

*When a drop shaft is going to be created you will receive this message before the wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side of the wall. A deep shaft will probably emerge.}}

*Should a dropshaft be required, simply mine out the rock tile which separates two mines of different levels. Some players have created dropshafts to gain fast access to water or create short-cuts. There is no falling [[damage]] inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.:Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.

:'''Read MoreProceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''': *Collapsing a dropshaft tile with the [[ClimbingStrongwall]] | spell or a [[Damageshaker orb]]will allow you to remine a tile to the height of the tiles around it, but proceed carefully and ask for assistance, as careful planning is required.

=== Cave-ins ===Any excavated cave tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs the tile will become either a rock or ore/shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.

*When a tile caves in the it will become either a rock, ore or shard vein and will need to be re-excavated. *A recently collapsed rock tile may not require as many actions to re-open, however an ore tile will likely require many hundred, or even thousand, actions to remove.*Reinforcing a cave wall with a [[support beam]] will lower the chance of a cave-in on tiles surrounding that support. Once reinforced they may not be excavated, however a mayor may mine out the support should it reside on their deed. This would take approximately 50 actions just to remove the support. '''A cave wall reinforced with a [[support beam]] off deed is literally impossible to remove. Please be mindful of this.''' *Ore veins are considered similar to reinforced walls for purposes of stability.* The chance that a tile is replaced with a vein or shard other than rock is extremely low.* You also have the option to manually cave in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and or using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 5 4 silver and is a one time use item. :'''Read More''': [[Support Beam]] | [[Strongwall]] | [[shaker orb|Shaker Orb]]

Different ore veins have different difficulties. *The easiest is mining plain rockor [[zinc]], followed by [[iron vein]]s and [[copper tin vein]]s. *The hardest are silver and gold. '''As with most things in Wurm, too low difficulty leads to reduced skill gain, while too high difficulty results in high failure rate. A failure results in a 1.00 QL by-productshard. '''

*Items from successful mining have random QL, but the maximum possible is the lower of your mining skill and the tile's inherent quality. See [[prospecting]] for details about tile quality.

'''Note''': In order to gain skill from a mining action the by &#8209;product has to be anywhere in between 1.01 and 39.99 quality range.

'''(Skill + Tool QL) divided by 2, then subtract 20 = <optimal difficulty>'''

| [[Rock]] || [[Rock Stone shards]]

| [[Rock saltvein]] || [[Rock salt|Rock salt shards]]

| [[Sandstonevein]] || [[Sandstone shards]]

| [[Marble wallvein|Marble]] || [[Marble shards]]

| [[Iron Veinvein]] || [[Iron ore]]

| [[Copper Veinvein]] || [[Copper ore]]

| [[Tin Veinvein]] || [[Tin ore]]

| [[Zinc Veinvein]] || [[Zinc ore]]

| [[Lead Veinvein]] || [[Lead ore]]

| [[Silver Veinvein]] || [[Silver ore]]

| [[Gold Veinvein]] || [[Gold ore]]

== Notes ==*Mining speed is determined by mining skill, pickaxe [[quality]], pickaxe skill, and the [[Wind of ages]] or [[Botd]] cast, ordered from greatest effect to least.*Because Wurm is not a true 3D world, the cave layer is essentially a second world beneath the surface. It is possible to mine upwards and downwards with a few [[Mining warnings|limitations]].*Mining straight mines at zero slope. Mining upward or downward mines at a slope of 20 in that direction. From this, a set of variants is applied based on skill which ultimately determines the final slope of the tile. This skill-based variance set is such that:'''Read More''': <50 skill is +/- 3, 50-70 is +/- 2, 70-90 is +/- 1, 90+ is 0. Only the final action that breaks the wall (upward, downward, or straight) determines the direction mined. * You may not mine upward out of rock and into the [[dirt]] that is covering it.* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[Prospectingwater]] | table.* It is not possible to have one tunnel pass under or over another without forming a vertical shaft. Each tile is essentially a pillar, so if two tunnels cross at different elevations they create a shaft going from the upper tunnel to the lower tunnel.  ==Mining Warning Messages==See: [[ResourcesMining warnings]]

*'''The World is Mine''' at 100 skill

* See [[Mining_warningsMining warnings]] for more indepth information on each situation.