Mining

Mining
The Mining skill is one of the three primary resource gathering skills, the other two being Woodcutting and Fishing. Mining revolves around the harvesting of various tiers of ores scattered throughout the world, awarding Mining experience and a corresponding resource upon successfully mining an ore. Harvesting a resource from an ore requires one of eight pickaxes, and meeting the level requirement for that ore. Additionally, players must also meet the level requirement for the pickaxe they are using.

Mechanics
When an ore has been mined, it will disappear, and will eventually respawn. If the ore is considered to be a vein when it is mined, all nearby blocks of the same type will disappear as well. If a player fails to mine an ore or ore vein, as determined by the formula listed below, the vein will still disappear, but the player will not be awarded any experience or resources.

A player's success rate for mining a particular ore is determined by the ore's base success rate, the player's mining level, and the precision of the pickaxe the player is using. The formula used for determining a player's success rate when cutting is a tree is as follows: (ore success rate + (mining level / 10) + pickaxe precision)%

When mining an ore, there is a small chance the player will receive twice the loot. The likelihood of this occurring is equal to the luck value of the pickaxe the player is holding.

Pickaxes
The pickaxes used in the Mining skill use the typical tier system used in SQMC, with pickaxes ranging in tier from wood to radiant. Pickaxes can be forged at an anvil using the Smithing skill, or obtained as drops from some monsters.

Unlike with axes in woodcutting skill, pickaxes have a tier associated with them. The tier of a pickaxe determines what resources a player can mine with it.

Ores
Ores are the primary resource of the Mining skill. Higher level ores take longer to respawn, have a lower success rate, and are typically either more rare, or are located further from the starting area.

Unlike trees in the woodcutting skill, ores have a tier associated with them. A pickaxe of equal or higher tier must be used to mine an ore.

NOTE: The level required, xp, base success rate, and respawn time of ores are currently being re-evaluated as part of SQMC's transition from indev to alpha.