Mining

Introduction

Mining is one of the skills which Medivia offers alongside the likes of Fishing and Cooking. It does not have a direct impact on your gameplay, although it can result in long-term benefits and enjoyment.

Some other useful links:

• Grazlin
• Ore Locations

Getting Started

• To start mining, buy an Advanced Pick from any general goods store for 400 gold.
• In order to have Grazlin forge you any items, you must first complete the first mission of the Dwarven Faction.
• In order to have Grazlin forge you an epic item, you must complete the entire Dwarven Faction.
• You can increase your Mining skill by either mining ore from rocks or smelting ores into bars.

Mining

As with all other skills, all characters start out with the Mining skill of 10. At this point you will only be able to mine Copper Ore. Keep in mind that if you lack the required skill to mine an ore, your character will continuously "poof" and never succeed in obtaining the ore.  Even with Mining skill 80, you can still "poof" several times on even the simplest ores such as Copper and Silver.

The rarer ores become, the more skill they grant you when mining and smelting. Copper, Silver, and Phenakite, however, all give the same amount.

NOTE: All ores have a random respawn timer, anywhere between 1 second and 3 or 4 hours (possibly longer). It seems higher tier ores may take longer to respawn on average, though they can still respawn very quickly.

For a list of known ore locations, click Ore Locations.

Image	Mining Level	Ore	Rarity	General Locations
	10	Copper Ore	Common	Found all over the map, typically in not very dangerous places.
	15	Silver Ore	Common	Found all over the map, typically in not very dangerous places.
	20	Phenakite Ore	Common	Found all over the map, often near and in caves.
	25	Chalcopyrite Ore	Uncommon	Found in deeper Forgula.
	30	Vanadinite Ore	Uncommon	Found near monsters of Dragon or Ancient Scarab difficulty.
	35	Bornite Ore	Semi Rare	Found in deeper Forgula.
	40	Wolframite Ore	Very Rare	Found deep in caves. Coldridge, Forgula, Shakir.
	45	Gold Ore	Semi Rare	Found in Garrogat Giant Spider Pit and Yehsha Dragons.
	50	Carnotite Ore	Very Rare	Found near Dragon Lords.
	60	Heliodor Ore	Extremely Rare	Found in Catacombs.
	70	Meteorite Ore	Extremely Rare	Found in the mountains of Medivia, only during a raid.
	85	Hellstone Ore	Extremely Rare	Found in a few places inside Sheol.

Please note that these ores are not limited to these locations, there are hundreds of ore veins across Medivia for you to explore and find. Try asking experienced miners to shed some light on specific ore veins if you happen to require them.

Image	Pick	Ores Harvested	Cost
	Advanced Pick	1	400 gp
	Modified Pick	1-2	Advanced Pick, 15 Copper Bars, 10 Silver Bars, 8 Phenakite Bars, and 5 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Enhanced Pick	1-3	Modified Pick, 10 Vanadinite Bars, 7 Bornite Bars, and 5 Wolframite Bars
	Golden Pick	1-5	Enhanced Pick, 5 Gold Bars, 2 Carnotite Bars, and 1 Heliodore Bar
	Meteorite Pick	1-5	Golden Pick, 50 Meteorite Bars, and 1 Meteorite Fragment

• You will obtain 1 ore with an advanced pick.
• You will obtain 1-2 ores with a modified pick.
• You will obtain 1-3 ores with an enhanced pick.
• You will obtain 1-5 ores with a gold pick.
• You will take 1-5 ores in the first try with a meteorite pick.

Smelting

In order to smelt ores into bars you must go to Grazlin's forge in Mittenhoff or the forge in Cirone. There is also a Home Forge which can be placed in your house, obtainable at random only from the Mystery Box, purchasable from the Medivia Store.
No mining skill is required to smelt ore, anyone can smelt any bar, making smelting a good way to boost mining at low skills, even if it does give less skill progress than actual mining.
Use the ores you have collected on the smelter to create bars (5 ore = 1 bar). Depending on how high your mining skill is (seems it needs to be AT LEAST as high as the skill to mine it), you will have a chance to smelt 2 bars out of 5 ores instead of just 1, the higher your skill is, the higher chance to get double bars from a certain type of ore.

Crafting

If you have completed the first mission of The Dwarf Faction, you will be able to have Grazlin craft certain items out of the bars you give him.

The Great and Meteorite items, Golden Boots and Golden Mace can only be crafted once you complete The Dwarf Faction.

Note: The following table lists the items by using the highest-rated ore in its requirement, starting with Copper as the lowest rated and ending with Heliodor as the highest. This list will not be in an economical order, but depending on what types of bars it requires.

Ore	Item	Price
	Copper Bar
	Brass Helmet	1 Copper Bar
	Brass Shield	1 Copper Bar
	Sword	1 Copper Bar
	Katana	1 Copper Bar
	Axe	1 Copper Bar
	Iron Hammer	1 Copper Bar
	Copper Shield	2 Copper Bars
	Brass Legs	2 Copper Bars
	Silver Bar
	Chain Helmet	1 Silver Bar
	Chain Legs	1 Silver Bar
	Viking Helmet	1 Silver Bar, 1 Copper Bar
	Brass Armor	1 Silver Bar, 3 Copper Bars
	Legion Helmet	2 Silver Bars
	Chain Armor	2 Silver Bars
	Scale Armor	3 Silver Bars
	Phenakite Bar
	Longsword	1 Phenakite Bar
	Plate Shield	1 Phenakite Bar
	Soldier Helmet	1 Phenakite Bar
	Viking Shield	1 Phenakite Bar, 1 Silver Bar
	Plate Legs	1 Phenakite Bar, 2 Silver Bars
	Iron Helmet	1 Phenakite Bar, 2 Silver Bars, 1 Copper Bar
	Double Axe	5 Phenakite Bars
	Two Handed Sword	6 Phenakite Bars, 4 Copper Bars
	Chalcopyrite Bar
	Steel Shield	1 Chalcopyrite Bar
	Battle Axe	1 Chalcopyrite Bar
	Clerical Mace	2 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Dwarven Axe	10 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Spike Sword	10 Chalcopyrite Bars, 3 Phenakite Bars
	Vanadinite Bar
50x	Piercing Arrow	5 Vanadinite Bar
40x	Piercing Bolt	5 Vanadinite Bar
	Morning Star	1 Vanadinite Bar
	Battle Shield	1 Vanadinite Bar
	Dark Helmet	1 Vanadinite Bar, 1 Phenakite Bar, 3 Silver Bars
	Dark Shield	2 Vanadinite Bars
	Plate Armor	2 Vanadinite Bars, 1 Chalcopyrite Bar, 2 Phenakite Bars
	Bornite Bar
	Steel Helmet	2 Bornite Bars
	Wolframite Bar
	Dark Armor	1 Wolframite Bar, 1 Bornite Bar, 2 Silver Bars
	Devil Helmet	2 Wolframite Bars. 2 Bornite Bars, 2 Chalcopyrite Bars, 3 Phenakite Bars
	Guardian Shield	10 Wolframite Bars
	Knight Axe	10 Wolframite Bars
	Gold Bar
	Crown Helmet	2 Gold Bars, 2 Wolframite Bars, 10 Vanadinite Bars
	Bright Sword	4 Gold Bars, 10 Wolframite Bars, 10 Bornite Bars, 30 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Golden Staff	40 Gold Bars
	Golden Mace	2000 Gold Bars, 1000 Carnotite Bars
	Carnotite Bar
	War Hammer	1 Carnotite Bar
	Warrior Helmet	1 Carnotite Bar, 1 Gold Bar, 10 Vanadite Bars, 10 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Imperial Soldier Shield	2 Carnotite Bars, 6 Gold Bars, 10 Vanadinite Bars
	Knight Legs	2 Carnotite Bars, 6 Wolframite Bars, 10 Bornite Bars, 5 Vanadite Bars
	Knight Armor	3 Carnotite Bars, 5 Wolframite Bars, 6 Bornite Bars
	Crusader Helmet	3 Carnotite Bars, 10 Wolframite Bars, 3 Bornite Bars, 10 Chalcopyrite Bars
	Imperial Soldier Armor	4 Carnotite Bars, 10 Bornite Bars
	Swinging Demolisher	10 Carnotite Bars, 10 Gold Bars
	Heliodor Bar
	Tower Shield	1 Heliodor Bar
	Crown Armor	1 Heliodor Bar, 3 Gold Bars
	Crown Legs	1 Heliodor Bar, 3 Gold Bars, 5 Vanadinite Bars
	Giant Sword	1 Heliodor Bar, 3 Carnotite Bars, 20 Wolframite Bars
	Silver Mace	2 Heliodor Bars, 5 Carnotite Bars, 20 Wolframite Bars, 30 Bornite Bars
	Bascinet	2 Heliodor Bars, 10 Vanadinite Bars, 10 Phenakite Bars, 20 Silver Bars, 20 Copper Bars
	Imperial Soldier Legs	2 Heliodor Bars, 2 Phenakite Bars, 10 Silver Bars
	Royal Helmet	3 Heliodor Bars, 1 Gold Bar, 5 Silver Bars
	Royal Plate Armor	3 Heliodor Bars, 5 Carnotite Bars, 10 Wolframite Bars, 10 Bornite Bars
	Heavy Halberd	4 Heliodor Bars, 10 Carnotite Bars
	Golden Legs	5 Heliodor Bars, 80 Gold Bars, 15 Carnotite Bars
	Golden Boots	250 Heliodor Bars, 500 Carnotite Bars, 3500 Gold Bars, 400 Bornite Bars
	Great Quiver	400 Heliodor Bars, 800 Wolframite Bars
	Great Axe	500 Heliodor Bars, 1500 Wolframite Bars
	Great Longsword	500 Heliodor Bars, 1500 Wolframite Bars
	Great Mace	500 Heliodor Bars, 1500 Wolframite Bars
	Great Staff	500 Heliodor Bars, 1500 Wolframite Bars
	Meteorite Bar
	Meteorite Axe	1200 Meteorite Bars
	Meteorite Crossbow	1200 Meteorite Bars
	Meteorite Hammer	1200 Meteorite Bars
	Meteorite Sword	1200 Meteorite Bars
	Meteorite Wand	1200 Meteorite Bars

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