Mining
Mining
Seams of ore lie buried in the mines, mountains and caves of Britannia. The skilled miner seeks out these veins to harvest ore, which can then be smelted to ingots for use in crafting items with the Blacksmithy or Tinkering skills.
In order to mine you must use a Pickaxe or Shovel on a cave floor or mountainside tile. Ore may then be smelted by using it on a Forge or Fire Beetle. Be warned - If you fail to smelt you will lose 50% of the contents of your ore pile!
The mining skill is also useful when practising the creation of smeltable items (which can be recycled back into usable Ingots, with the amount of ingots returned based on the Mining skill). You cannot mine while mounted.
As your skill improves, you become capable of mining and smelting more obscure forms of ore:
- 0+ Iron Ore
- 65+ Dull Copper Ore
- 70+ Shadow Iron Ore
- 75+ Copper Ore
- 80+ Bronze Ore
- 85+ Golden Ore
- 90+ Agapite Ore
- 95+ Verite Ore
- 99+ Valorite Ore
A GM Miner, after the proper research, may also extract High Quality Granite and Sand for use by the more experienced crafters. When you have read the High-Quality Granite book, you can click on your pickaxe and set it to mine both stone and ore. When you have read the High-Quality Sand book, instead of mining only in rock, you can also mine the beaches and deserts of Britannia (or any random sand tiles available to you).
Although your Mining skill cannot advance past 100 points through training, Mining Gloves may be worn to take your skill to an absolute maximum of 105. Mining is the only skill that can be advanced in this way without the use of a Power Scroll.
After you advance your mining skill and obtain powerscrolls, you will be able to mine for the custom ores
UO Evolution Custom Ore
UO Evolution has added custom ores with unique properties for use with the crafting system
- Blaze
- Ice
- Toxic
- Electrum
- Platinum
Mining Tools
a Gargoyle's Pickaxe creates a chance of summoning a hostile ore-based elemental of the same type as the ore vein currently being mined.
The Gargoyle's Pickaxe allows a miner to increase the level of ore found in a particular area by one level. For example, if a mining location yields Verite, the use of this tool will cause Valorite to be the result. Think of it as an ore vein upgrade. The tool can be used in combination with the Prospector's Tool to raise a vein two levels
The Gargoyle's Pickaxe can be earned by completing and returning Blacksmith Bulk Order Deeds or as random loot on all varieties of Gargoyles.
The gargoyle knife works on leather and the gargoyle axe on trees the same way
