⛏️Mining

Mining Quests can be performed by groups of between 1 and 6 Heroes at a time. Heroes can be queued to begin questing as soon as the Stamina of the currently questing Heroes is expended; however, all Heroes in the group will stop mining as soon as any one Hero's Stamina reaches zero. Once a group of any size enters the mine, additional miners cannot be added to the group. Additional Heroes will be queued and will not commence their quest until one Hero in the previous group reaches 0 Stamina, causing the entire group to stop mining, or until the player ends the mining quest early.

The amount of gold generated by a miner is based on each Hero's STR and END scores, mining score and on whether the Hero has mining as their main profession. Each Hero calculates rewards separately, even when questing as a group.

Heroes with mining as their main profession expend 1 Stamina every 10 minutes, and all other Heroes expend 1 Stamina per 12 minutes. However, if a group of Miners contains Heroes that do not have mining as their main profession, all Heroes in that group will expend at the 1 Stamina per 12 minutes rate. It is important to strategically group miners to achieve maximum rewards.

Mining quests also have a chance to reward Heroes with Crystal, Emblem, and Purple Egg. Item drop rates are increased by varying combinations of STR, END, the mining stat, and the mining gene.

Level 0 base item drop rates:

Name	Base Drop Rate	XP Awarded	Stamina Usage
Nothing	50%	0XP	per 5 Stamina
Gem	23.5%	8XP	per 5 Stamina
Sapphire	9.015%	8XP	per 5 Stamina
Ruby	9.015%	8XP	per 5 Stamina
Emerald	6.015%	15XP	per 5 Stamina
Rare Ore	1.015%	30XP	per 5 Stamina
Miner Tool	1.015%	30XP	per 5 Stamina
Gemstone Carvings	1.015%	30XP	per 5 Stamina

Name	Base Drop Rate	XP Awarded	Stamina Usage
Crystal	5% / 7.5% *	10XP	per 5 Stamina
Crescent Moon Emblem	0.2% / 1% *	30XP	per 5 Stamina
Phantom Emblem	0.006%/0.03%*	100XP	per 5 Stamina
Purple Egg	0.01%	100XP	per 5 Stamina

* The higher percentage applies to Heroes with the Mining profession gene.