> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.pawtato.gg/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.pawtato.gg/pawtato-land/gameplay/adventure/mining.md). # Mining Break open ore veins with a pickaxe — one orbit, one swing, one clean strike. {% hint style="info" %} 📍 **Jump in:** [Open the Miner's Tent shop in Pawtato Land](https://pawtato.gg/?move=4431:1111). {% endhint %} Mining takes place at **Ore Veins**, seams of rock that surface on the **mountains** of the world map. Each vein has certain attributes: * **Type** of Vein (currently **Copper** and **Tin**) * The vein's ore is its main yield, but there is always a possibility for a rarer strike * **Level** of Vein (currently 1 and 2) * **Remaining Supply** * **Remaining Time** {% hint style="warning" %} Veins are temporary: they run dry when their timer runs out or when their supply is exhausted. When a vein disappears, that spot enters a **9 hour cooldown** before a new one can appear there. {% endhint %} Mining is the rarest of the three gathering professions to find in the world. Only **one vein is open across the whole map at a time**, on a **6 hour** lifetime, and it is placed at random among the mountains — so you never know where the next vein turns up. A single vein therefore carries the whole profession's supply: **3,000** successful extractions on a Level 1 vein, **1,500** on a Level 2. ## How to mine (step by step) 1. **Get a Pickaxe (and, optionally, a License).** Open the [**Miner's Tent**](https://pawtato.gg/?move=4431:1111) building on the world map. In its shop, select **Basic Pickaxe** and press **Purchase** — any working pickaxe can work a vein. You can also forge a Basic Pickaxe for free at the [Blacksmith](/pawtato-land/gameplay/buildings/crafting-stations.md) instead (see [Pickaxes](#pickaxes) below). While you're at the Tent, you can also select a **Mining License** or **Golden Mining License** to raise your daily extraction limit (see [Mining License](#mining-license) below). Without a license you get 10 free extractions per day. 2. **Equip the pickaxe.** Open your Hero's equipment, select the **Main Hand** slot, and **Equip** your Pickaxe. The pickaxe must have Durability remaining — each extraction attempt costs 1 Durability, whatever the outcome. 3. **Find a vein.** Zoom in on the world map until the **Ore Vein** marker appears, then click it. Its label shows the vein's name, its level, remaining **Supply** and a countdown. 4. **Start the session.** With a Hero selected and a pickaxe equipped, press **⛏️ Start Mining**. 5. **Play the strike minigame.** Your pickaxe orbits the vein; tap to freeze the orbit and commit a strike. Land inside the marked section to take hit points off the vein. See [Mining Minigame](#mining-minigame) below. 6. **Collect the ore.** On a broken vein the ore (or rarer loot) is shown and added to your backpack automatically, and you earn [**Miners Union** Reputation](#miners-union-reputation). Beside the Reputation line the screen also reports **what the extraction was worth**, priced live off the market — a **\~** in front means part of it could not be priced, so the real value is at least the figure shown. To work a vein, your Hero needs: * A **Pickaxe** equipped in the main hand slot * Any working pickaxe can attempt any vein — there is **no hard tier requirement**. Higher-level veins are instead balanced to be impractical without the harder, faster strikes of a better pickaxe. * The pickaxe must have **Durability** remaining and must not be **broken** (it costs 1 Durability per attempt, regardless of outcome) * The Hero must not be too **injured** to act #### Mining License To keep the veins from being stripped bare, every Player is allowed a maximum of 10 extractions every day. By purchasing a Mining License, this limit can be increased.

License	Limit	Validity
None	10 extractions / day	unlimited
Mining License	25 extractions / day	14 days
Golden Mining License	100 extractions / day	14 days

The daily limit resets at **02:00 UTC**, the same instant as the Fishing and Foraging limits — each profession still counts its own attempts. **Only one License can be active at a time** — buying a Golden Mining License while a standard one is running replaces it, and a standard License cannot be activated while a Golden one is still active. Buying the same tier again extends the licence you already hold. An active License shows up in your **buff bar** alongside your other timed boosts, so you can see at a glance how long it still has to run. {% hint style="info" %} Only extractions that **break the vein** count against your daily limit. A run you time out or fail costs you a point of pickaxe Durability, but not one of your daily attempts. {% endhint %} #### Mining Minigame Click the vein marker on the map to open its session panel, then press **⛏️ Start Mining**. The vein is a circle with a single **marked section** on its rim, and your **pickaxe orbits it** at a constant speed. * **Tap** (click, the on-screen button or the spacebar) to freeze the orbit and commit a strike at the pickaxe's current angle. * A strike **inside the marked section** takes your pickaxe's damage off the vein and the marked section jumps to a new random spot on the rim. Some strikes land as a **Critical Hit** and deal **double** damage. * A strike **outside** it deals nothing but still costs the swing's recovery time — and the **third miss ends the run**. * Bring the vein's **hit points to zero before the timer runs out** and it breaks open. If the timer expires first, the extraction **times out**. Each vein level sets how many hit points it has, how large the marked section is, and how long you get:

Vein	Hit points	Marked section	Time
Level 1 (Copper Vein)	100	8% of the rim	40 seconds
Level 2 (Tin Vein)	150	6% of the rim	35 seconds

The marked section is deliberately small, and that — not a level requirement — is what gates the higher vein. **Your pickaxe's whole job is to land more damage inside that clock:**

Pickaxe	Rarity	Effect on your strikes
Basic Pickaxe	Common	10 damage per strike, 1.5s swing
Fine Pickaxe	Uncommon	15 damage per strike, 1.3s swing
Superior Pickaxe	Rare	20 damage per strike, 1.1s swing (also grants bonus Luck)

A better pickaxe both hits harder **and** recovers faster between swings, so it fits more damage into the same time budget. A [**Golden Lodestone** or **Platinum Lodestone**](/pawtato-land/gameplay/equipment/talismans.md) equipped in a Talisman slot **raises the chance a landed strike crits**, which stacks with your pickaxe's damage. This is the minigame's own crit roll — it is entirely separate from your Hero's combat Critical Strike stat, and does nothing in battle. {% hint style="info" %} **Tips** * A higher-tier pickaxe doesn't lock you out of a vein, but on a Level 2 vein you need 150 hit points off a 6% section in 35 seconds — a Basic Pickaxe rarely gets there. Look for a better pickaxe before you chase Tin. * You only get **three** misses. On the harder vein it is usually right to skip a pass rather than commit a strike you aren't sure of — but every swing you take costs recovery time, so hesitating too long runs out the clock instead. * Veins are shared across all players, and there is only ever one open. Check the supply and the countdown before travelling to it. {% endhint %} #### Pickaxes Pickaxes are one-handed weapons as well as mining tools — your Hero can fight with one, though a dedicated weapon will serve better.

Pickaxe	Rarity	Durability	Damage	Where to get it
Basic Pickaxe	Common	30	10	Miner's Tent, or forged at the Blacksmith
Fine Pickaxe	Uncommon	50	15	Miner's Tent — Liked Miners Union
Superior Pickaxe	Rare	100	20	Miner's Tent — Admired Miners Union

Pickaxes (and the Lodestone talismans) are forged metalwork, so they are **crafted and repaired at the** [**Blacksmith**](/pawtato-land/gameplay/buildings/crafting-stations.md). The [Blacksmith](/pawtato-land/gameplay/buildings/crafting-stations.md) recipe for a **Basic Pickaxe** costs **10 Wood + 8 Stone + 5 Tattered Linen** on a **12 hour** build and always produces a Common, soulbound pickaxe — the free way into Mining if you would rather not spend TATO at the Tent. #### Miner's Tent The **Miner's Tent** is the Miners Union's shop. Veins are not listed inside it — you find those out on the map — but everything you need to work them is sold here. Higher-tier goods are gated by your **Miners Union** [Reputation](/pawtato-land/gameplay/the-world/reputation.md), and several are **reforged** from the tier below, sacrificing the item you already own.

Item	Cost	Requires
Mining License	TATO	—
Golden Mining License	TATO	—
Basic Pickaxe	TATO	—
Fine Pickaxe	10 Quartz + 1 Basic Pickaxe	Liked
Superior Pickaxe	10 Tourmaline + 1 Fine Pickaxe	Admired
Golden Lodestone	1 Black Opal	Trusted
Platinum Lodestone	1 Alexandrite + 1 Golden Lodestone	Admired
Blueprint: Copper Bar	25 Copper Ore	—
Blueprint: Tin Bar	25 Tin Ore	—

{% hint style="info" %} **Blueprint: Copper Bar** and **Blueprint: Tin Bar** are Common [Blueprints](/pawtato-land/gameplay/consumables/blueprints.md) and are **soulbound** — learned, never traded. Learning one at the [Blacksmith](/pawtato-land/gameplay/buildings/crafting-stations.md) teaches that bar's recipe: **10 Ore + 1 Water + 2 Coal → 1 Bar**, a 30-minute craft, exactly like the Iron Bar it sits beside. The bars themselves are ordinary tradeable materials once smelted. {% endhint %} Because both blueprints are soulbound, buying one twice would gain you nothing — so the Tent won't let you. Once you have learned one at the Blacksmith it is marked **Already learned** in the shop list and its **Purchase** button is greyed out, so you can't spend the ore a second time. **Level 2 Veins** (currently the **Tin Vein**) carry half the **Supply** of a Level 1 vein and appear less often. Their minigame is much harder: half again as many hit points off a smaller marked section, in five seconds less time. They are the only source of **Tin Ore**, **Tourmaline** and **Alexandrite**. #### The ore

Drop	Rarity	What it's for
Gravel	Common	The common filler struck out of every vein; also processed at the Mason
Copper Ore, Tin Ore	Uncommon	The base ore of the two vein levels; buys their bar Blueprints and smelts into Copper Bars and Tin Bars at the Blacksmith
Quartz	Rare	Buys the Fine Pickaxe
Tourmaline	Rare	Buys the Superior Pickaxe
Black Opal	Legendary	Buys the Golden Lodestone talisman
Alexandrite	Legendary	Buys the Platinum Lodestone talisman

Every vein can also turn up one of the five raw [Gemstones](/pawtato-land/gameplay/resources/gemstones.md) — **Raw Amethyst**, **Raw Emerald**, **Raw Ruby**, **Raw Sapphire** and **Raw Topaz** — as a rare bonus strike. Those are a cross-profession find rather than a mining one, so they earn no Miners Union Reputation. ## Miners Union Reputation Every vein you break earns [**Miners Union** Reputation](/pawtato-land/gameplay/the-world/reputation.md). The amount depends on what you struck, and each drop stops rewarding Reputation once your total Miners Union Reputation reaches its **ceiling** — nudging you toward rarer strikes (and the higher-level vein) to keep climbing.

Drop	Rarity	Reputation per extraction	Earns until (ceiling)
Gravel	Common	5	3,000
Copper Ore, Tin Ore	Uncommon	10	6,000
Quartz, Tourmaline	Rare	50 (reduced at high standing, see below)	10,000
Black Opal, Alexandrite	Legendary	250	10,000

#### Diminishing returns on Rare crystals At high standing, **Rare** crystals grant less Reputation per extraction, so the climb toward the 10,000 ceiling slows down near the top:

Your total Miners Union Reputation	Reputation per Rare strike
0 – 7,499	50
7,500 – 8,999	25
9,000 – 9,999	10
10,000+	0 (ceiling reached)

**Legendary** gems are not reduced — they grant the full 250 all the way to the 10,000 ceiling. {% hint style="info" %} A ceiling only decides **whether** a drop still earns Reputation — it never shrinks the reward. An extraction just below the ceiling always grants its full amount, even if that overshoots the ceiling. {% endhint %} ## Vein spawn alerts Because a vein is a rare, map-wide event, every spawn is announced in **world chat**. On top of that, if you hold an active **Scouting Guild** powerup you can be notified directly: the notification settings carry a **Mining Veins** card with two toggles — **Level 1** and **Level 2+** — so you can watch only the tiers you actually mine. Alerts arrive per player and link straight to the new vein.