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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 [[stone shardscliff]] and or [[orerock tile]] veins.  == Method ==There are several "modes" of and select '''mining''', depending on where and what you mine. The method is much the same for all of them: Activate a [[pickaxe]], right-click the place to mine and select Mining -> (action)'''tunnel'''. Mining speed is determined by mining skill, [[pickaxe]] [[quality]], [[Skills:Pickaxe|pickaxe skill]] and the [[Wind of Ages]] 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: <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 itFind potential error messages here.* You can mine downward until you reach 25 dirts below the [[water]] 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.    :'''Read More''': [[Wind of Ages]] | [[quality|Quality]] | [[pickaxe|Pickaxe]] === Opening a mine ===*The first step is to make a '''mine entrance''' on the surface which may be done on any [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]]. *The [[minimum slope]] of the [[tile border]]s around the left and right of the required entrance are an important factor, too shallow of an opening and the entrance would be too steep to easily walk in and out of. The slope on both sides should ideally be greater than 10 each to ensure that the entrance is easy to navigate. Poor tunnel slopes can be fixed, however, it is very difficult+1.  : Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the rock or cliff, select '''Mining''' > '''Tunnel'''. *Each tunneling action has a chance to create a [[stone shards|stone shard]]. After a number of [[stone shards]] are created, usually 9, the message {{event|inline|You will soon create an entrance}} will appear, after 51 actions. A stone shard or two later, and an entrance will be created. * Tunnels can not The two lowest slopes of your tile will form the bottom tile border of your opening, which will be completely flat. The top of your mine opening will be opened if the north-west corner is more than 4 dirts below [[Water#Water level|water level]]completely flat as well.* '''You cannot [[Mining#Surface_mining|surface 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.*If you don't want any ugly water on the floor in the mine, ensure that both lower corners of the entrance are at least at height 28 (hover the corner with the mouse).* The maximum height of a tunnel entrance is 270 slope, but you would not be able to continue mining because of ceiling height restrictions. Tunnel slopes should be less than 235.* The maximum height of an tunnel entrance is 90 slope if you plan to add a mine door. * You may create a mine entrance up to 3 tiles wide.** To widen a tunnel, the tile you mine must only be connected to ONE open tunnel only

:'''Read More''': [[Slope]] | [[Digging]] | [[Water#Water level|Water Table]] === Tunnel excavation ===Mining a cave wall inside of a mine will remove that tile of rock. It takes anywhere from 45-50 mining actions to produce the message {{event|inline|The wall will break soon}} after which it takes an average of 5 1 to 11 actions to fully remove the tile.

* 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}}

:'''Read More''': == Mining resources==[[GemOre]] is produced by mining metal ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. [[Marble]], [[slate]], [[rock salt vein|Gemsrock salt]] , and [[sandstone vein| sandstone]] veins produce shards. A [[SaltRock salt]]tile has about the same amount of shards as a regular rock tile, approximately 50 shards.

=== Ore mining ===[[Ore]] is produced by mining on ore [[vein]]s found inside of a mine. *When an ore or shard vein is depleted a tunnel is created the same as when mining rock. However, a vein can take several thousand actions to deplete, so it is advised to mine around ore and shard veins for tunneling purposes. Shards may also be produced from [[marble]] and [[slate]] veins.

: Activate == Mining floors and ceiling ==*Mining the floor or ceiling of a pickaxe cave will not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) the cave. '''Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner of the tile and not the tile itself.'''right click'*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 a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining 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 [[concrete]]: one concrete will raise one corner, the ore equivalent of 1 dirt or shard 1 mine action.*Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, select this can be used to your advantage when not wishing to extend a mine, but shards are required.*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 mine it is recommended not to mine the floor directly, because it can create uneven surfaces making it hard to move around. *The actions '''Miningmine up''' > and '''Minemine down'''create 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.* Each action will produce one ore or shard of '''Proceed with caution when adjusting the veinfloors as mining is not easily reversed.'s type on '' When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the floor in a pile where you are standinghole - this is '''not''' possible when mining.

:'''Read More''': == Mine Up/Down ==* Mining up/down will create a slope of 20 or to the corresponding next level, if there is another tunnel (see [[Prospecting]] Mining#Dropshaft| [[OreDropshaft]])

=== Floor and ceiling mining =Leveling ==Mining the floor or ceiling of Standing on a flat cave does not create tunnels. Instead, it raises (for ceiling) or lowers (for floors) tile will permit the cave. Note that, as with [[digging]], these actions affect the closest corner leveling of the an adjacent tile and not the tile itself. A ceiling tile can so that it will be mined upward around 31 times before it is too high to reach (given that you haven't lowered at the floor before you start)same height. A floor To see if a tile can be mined down well past swimming depth to let boats such as Corbitas pass through. It is flat, activate a good idea to keep a rowboat/sailboat close by for stamina regain when mining past pickaxe and hover over the water leveltile.

: Activate a pickaxe and '''right click''' the cave floor or ceiling tile, select '''Mining''' > '''MineLevel'''.* When removing a rock tile adjacent to a section of the Will mine which has been modified as such it's important to know that the floor of the new section connecting the modified highest corners will match up (providing you didn't mine up or down), but and make the ceiling will not. The ceiling will take the standard heighttile flat.* You can fix slopes with Activate [[Concreteconcrete]]: one concrete will raise one '''right click''' the corner, the equivalent of 1 dirt or 1 mine action.* Mining ceilings for stone shards is much faster than mining on a wall tile, this 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 an already high ceiling, before hitting the water level) you will receive 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 is not easily reversed. When digging you can always drop the dirt and refill the hole - this is raised select '''notraise corner''' possible when mining.

:'''Read MoreThe corner you are standing nearest will be raised, so make sure you are standing in the correct spot.''': *To raise corners [[Mining warnings|Mining Warningsconcrete]] | must be held in the inventory and activated.*One concrete will raise one corner equivalent to 1 [[Concretedirt]] | . *Concrete can be used to raise an underwater cave tile as long as the tile is 25 [[Diggingdirt]]s deep or less; below that you get the message: {{event|inline|The water is too deep and would only dissolve the concrete.}}

=== Leveling =Surface mining ==Standing on a flat cave tile will permit the leveling of an adjacent tile so that it will be at the same height. To see if a tile is flat simply activate a pickaxe and hover over the tile.: Activate a [[pickaxe ]] and '''right click''' the cave floor [[cliff]] or [[rock tile]], select '''Mining''' > '''LevelMine'''. 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.* In order To mine on the surface, all adjacent corners of the tile must be clear of dirt. '''You will need dig all four corners of a tile to raise any corners expose rock.''' *When mining into water the maximum depth permitted is -25 from the water level. *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 [[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.

== 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 *When a dropshaft drop shaft is going to be required, simply mine out created you will receive this message before the rock tile which separates two mines wall breaks: {{event|inline|You hear falling rocks from the other side 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 playerwall.:Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once createdA deep shaft will probably emerge.}}

:'''Read More''': *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 [[Climbing]] | [[Damagedamage]]inside mines, so falling down these shafts is not going to injure the player.

=== Cave-ins ==='''Proceed with caution as these are very hard, often impossible, to modify once created.''' Any excavated cave *Collapsing a dropshaft tile has a chance of caving in. When this occurs with the tile will become either [[Strongwall]] spell or a rock or ore/shard vein and [[shaker orb]] will need allow you to be re-excavated. A recently collapsed rock remine a tile may not require as many actions to re-openthe height of the tiles around it, however an ore tile will likely require many hundredbut proceed carefully and ask for assistance, or even thousand, actions to removeas careful planning is required.

Reinforcing a == Cave-ins ==Any excavated cave wall with tile has 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. 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 caving in mine tiles using the spell [[Strongwall]] and using a [[shaker orb]] which can be bought from a trader for 5 silver and is a one time use item.

:''*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. 'Read More''': A cave wall reinforced with a [[Support Beamsupport 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]] | or using a [[shaker orb|Shaker Orb]]which can be bought from a trader for 4 silver and is a one time use item.

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

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

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

== 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