Mining

Unlocks by level

Level	Makes	Takes	Time	XP	XP/hour
1	Copper Ore	—	3.89s	3	2,776
10	Iron Ore	—	4.1s	5.4	4,741
10	Refine into Iron Ore	4 × Copper Ore	4.1s	2.7	2,371
20	Refine into Steel Ore	4 × Iron Ore	4.28s	4.5	3,785
20	Steel Ore	—	4.28s	9	7,570
35	Cobalt Ore	—	4.43s	13.5	10,971
35	Refine into Cobalt Ore	4 × Steel Ore	4.43s	6.8	5,526
50	Refine into Silversteel Ore	4 × Cobalt Ore	4.56s	9.8	7,737
50	Silversteel Ore	—	4.56s	19.5	15,395
70	Refine into Starmetal Ore	4 × Silversteel Ore	4.63s	14.2	11,041
70	Starmetal Ore	—	4.63s	28.5	22,160
85	Refine into Voidsteel Ore	4 × Starmetal Ore	4.96s	20.2	14,661
85	Voidsteel Ore	—	4.96s	40.5	29,395

Its tool

Your best Pickaxe works every time you do Mining: faster actions, a chance of more than one, and more rare finds. Make it with Tinkering.

Perks

Every 5 levels you pick one of three perks (see Perks).

Perk	Rarity	Picks	Effect
Old Hand	Common	99	+1% chance of a double haul.
Rich Vein	Common	4	+10% chance to get double ore.
Cave-in	Uncommon	3	Clearing a node grants XP worth 3 actions.
Deep Seam	Uncommon	3	Ore veins last 3 more actions before depleting.
Haste	Uncommon	4	Actions are 6% faster.
Mentor	Uncommon	2	Your Apprentice works this skill 10% faster.
Regrowth	Uncommon	2	25% chance a depleted vein springs back at once.
Tool Care	Uncommon	3	Your tool for this skill counts 10% more: Speed, Luck and Finds or Thrift.
Windfall	Uncommon	3	15% chance a cleared vein drops an extra bundle: 5 times its haul.
Focus	Rare	3	+8% XP in this skill.
Gold Rush	Rare	2	2% chance an action also pays 20 times its haul's worth in gold.
Prospector	Rare	3	Fossils and sunstones are 50% more likely.
Jackpot	Epic	1	1% chance an action brings in 10 times the haul.
Motherlode	Epic	1	4% chance a fresh vein is a Motherlode: it lasts 3 times as long, and every action from it yields double.

Marks

Small permanent bonuses on the way to 99: