Mining

Mining is one of the many Skills in Curse of Aros. The mining skill is a resource gathering skill which doesn't require any kind of combat or fighting. You will earn mining-experience by mining different Ore, which are scattered around the gameworld. Make sure you use a Pickaxe when mining to avoid getting bruises or fractures!

While mining, Mining Chest periodically drops with a 5-minute cooldown. The chest gives Mining Fragments, which can be made into Mining Key. These keys are used to get skilling armor.

Step 1 - Buying your first pickaxe

Before you're going to town on those rocks, you'll have to get your hands on a pickaxe. Head over to the Merchant and buy the "Bronze Pickaxe". You need to start with this particular pickaxe , as the other ones requires a certain mining-level to equip. The pickaxe is rather cheap, but if you can't afford it, go kill some Bats until you have the required 250 gold.

Step 2 - Wielding the pickaxe

Now that you have your pickaxe, you'll need to wield it. To do so, tap on your level in the upper left corner. Click on the pickaxe you just bought and press "Wield". Now all you need i to find some veins!

Step 3 - Finding the right ores

Obviously you can't just run out and extract the most valuable ores before a little bit of field work. The easier and cheaper minerals, such as Tin Ore and Copper Ore can be found scattered around the starting area in Brightleaf. In the picture to the left, you can see the location of some of these.

Step 4 - Start mining

When you've found the rock you like, or really really hate , it's time to start smashing it. To do so you need to press the interact-button displaying an image of an ore. This is illustrated in the picture to the left. Once again, this activity is not bound to the attack-button.

Step 5 - What's next?

Once you've pressed the interact-button, your character will start taking his anger out on the rock. This is an automatic activity, meaning that you only need to press the button once. Once you've filled your inventory with precious minerals, you can either sell them or save them for later use (smithing, crafting). Now, all you've got to do is sit back, relax and enjoy the fact that you are not the one having to stand there smashing the rock indefinitely

A list of the different types of pickaxes.

Mining-level	Pickaxe	Mining speed	Obtained
1	Bronze Pickaxe	1.75 sec	Merchant or Smithing
10	Iron Pickaxe	1.65 sec	Merchant or Smithing
20	Steel Pickaxe	1.5 sec	Merchant or Smithing
30	Crimsteel Pickaxe	1.4 sec	Merchant or Smithing
50	Mythan Pickaxe	1.2 sec	Smithing or From Various Mobs
60	Cobalt Pickaxe	1.1 sec	Rock fiend, Rock Demon or Smithing
70	Varaxite Pickaxe	1 sec	Golem or Smithing
80	Magic Pickaxe	0.9 sec	Smithing or Nydarax, the Vengeful
90	Umbral Pickaxe	0.8 sec	Smithing
95	Ancient Pickaxe	0.75 sec	Smithing

A list of available ores and the required mining-level:

Mining-level	Ores	Mining exp	Respawn Time
1	Tin Ore	10	3 seconds
1	Copper Ore	10	3 seconds
10	Iron Ore	50	5 seconds
15	Salt	80	8 seconds
20	Coal	115	10 seconds
25	Silver Ore	135	20 seconds
30	Crimsteel Ore	350	15 seconds
40	Gold Ore	400	20 seconds
45	Pink salt	500	30 seconds
50	Mythan Ore	650	35 seconds
55	Sandstone	1,100	60 seconds
60	Cobalt Ore	1,200	50 seconds
70	Varaxium	1,800	80 seconds
75	Black Salt	2,500	180 seconds
80	Magic Ore	3,200	50 seconds
85	Naturite	7,500	300 seconds

Mining gear

These items enhance your mining efficiency.

Level	Item	Special Effects
1	Rocky Rocky (gold) Rocky (gemstone)	Boosts your ore chance (also works on other gathering skills)
1	Golem's Head I Golem's Head II Golem's Head III Golem's Torso I Golem's Torso II Golem's Torso III Golem's Legs I Golem's Legs II Golem's Legs III Golem's Boots I Golem's Boots II Golem's Boots III Golem's Gauntlets I Golem's Gauntlets II Golem's Gauntlets III	Gives 1% bonus exp each (6% if full set)
1	Seismic Helmet Seismic Torso Seismic Legs Seismic Gauntlets Seismic Boots	Gives 2% bonus exp each (12% if full set)