Gathering · 13 actions
Mining
Strike ore from rock. Copper and tin near the surface; iron and coal deeper down.
The supply chain
What it feeds
- Jewelcrafting 55 of its recipes
- Smithing 24 of its recipes
Gathering produces nothing you use directly. Everything here is raw stock for a craft.
Grand Delver Varric
The master hands you the first tool free. The five above it are bought, and a tool only unlocks its own tier: owning the tier five tool does nothing for tier two work.
- T1 Bronze Pickaxe level 1
- T2 Iron Pickaxe level 15
- T3 Steel Pickaxe level 30
- T4 Tectonite Pickaxe level 45
- T5 Lunarite Pickaxe level 60
- T6 Solarite Pickaxe level 75
The six tiers
Each tier needs both the level and the tool that belongs to it. Times are the base interval, before mastery takes up to a quarter off.
| Action | Yields | XP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 level 1 Bronze Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Copper | Copper Ore | 3 | 3.0s |
| Mine Tin | Tin Ore | 3 | 3.0s |
| Tier 2 level 15 Iron Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Iron | Iron Ore | 10 | 4.5s |
| Mine Silver | Silver Ore | 12 | 6.5s |
| Tier 3 level 30 Steel Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Coal | Coal | 16 | 5.5s |
| Mine Gold | Gold Ore | 25 | 7.5s |
| Mine Steel-Iron | Steel-Iron Ore | 16 | 5.0s |
| Tier 4 level 45 Tectonite Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Platinum | Platinum Ore | 49 | 9.0s |
| Mine Tectonite | Tectonite Ore | 33 | 6.5s |
| Tier 5 level 60 Lunarite Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Lunarite | Lunarite Ore | 59 | 9.0s |
| Mine Truesilver | Truesilver Ore | 90 | 12.0s |
| Tier 6 level 75 Solarite Pickaxe | |||
| Mine Meteoric | Meteoric Ore | 178 | 18.0s |
| Mine Solarite Ore | Solarite Ore | 119 | 14.0s |
Underneath the level
Every action carries its own mastery track, one to ninety-nine, separate from the skill. Mastery is per action: mastering copper does nothing for iron. At ninety-nine a single action runs up to 25% faster, pays up to 10% bonus skill experience, and has up to a 20% chance of an extra yield.
How professions work covers the experience curve, the tier gates and offline progress, which are identical for all sixteen.