Category:Mining

Mining is a Hobby in which various items can be mined from Mining Points. In order to mine, adventurers need to use a pickaxe on a point. Each mineable zone has a set amount of possible mining point locations. Only so many of these can be active at any one time and once a point has been mined, it will respawn immediately at another location. All points yield four items before being depleted however, multiple active points can appear at the same location, allowing miners to yield double and even triple the items. A quick and simple way to mine is to use the following macro:

Line 1: /targetnpc
Line 2: /item Pickaxe <t>

This can be expanded upon to initiate mining on 3 consecutive occassions. The wait duration may need to be adjusted as it can vary depending on your FPS:

Line 1: /targetnpc
Line 2: /item Pickaxe <t><wait4>
Line 3: /targetnpc
Line 4: /item Pickaxe <t><wait4>
Line 5: /targetnpc
Line 6: /item Pickaxe <t><wait4>

As a friendly warning to any potential miners, any 3rd party addons which allow for the automation of mining are strictly against the Horizon ToS.

Equipment

Adventurers must have Pickaxes in their Inventory to be able to mine. These can be crafted, purchased from the Auction House or from the following vendors:

Price: 180 - 220 gil
Name	Location	Type
Kahah Hobichai	Al Zahbi (J-7)	Standard Merchant
Blingbrix	Bastok Markets (S) (I-7)	Standard Merchant
Boytz	Bastok Mines (H-7)	Standard Merchant
Tallula	Eastern Adoulin (H-6)	Standard Merchant
Numa	Port Bastok (E-7)	Standard Merchant
Ostalie	Southern San d'Oria (E-9)	Standard Merchant
Champalpieu	Upper Jeuno (H-6)	Standard Merchant
Tevigogo	Western Adoulin (D-9)	Standard Merchant
Upih Khachla	Windurst Waters, North (H-9) (Ensasa's Catalyst Shop)	Standard Merchant

Gear is not a requirement to mine however it is highly recommended as it reduces the amount of pickaxe breakages. Players are limited to the Field Tunica Set or it's HQ counterpart Worker Tunica Set. At this time it's unknown what advantage the HQ has over the regular.

Mining Tips

Only so many mining points can be active at any one time. Running between these points can prove to be very time consuming. It's generally advantageous to team-up with fellow miners to ensure all points are being covered with the least amount of running between them.
Players can mine whilst under the effect of sneak but cannot do so whilst under the effects of invisible. This can allow lower level players to mine in some areas that they wouldn't usually be able to.
If inventory space is an issue, having Smithing or Goldsmithing leveled sufficiently can allow a miner to turn ores into ingots, thus freeing up more space.

Mining Locations

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Gusgen Mines

Item	Abundance
Pebble	18%Common^(18%)
Zinc Ore	17.3%Common^(17.3%)
Copper Ore	15.6%Common^(15.6%)
Tin Ore	14.6%Uncommon^(14.6%)
Iron Ore	17.4%Common^(17.4%)
Silver Ore	7.1%Rare^(7.1%)
Darksteel Ore	5.8%Rare^(5.8%)
Colored Rocks	3.2%Very Rare^(3.2%)
Gold Ore	1.1%Very Rare^(1.1%)
Mining Map

Ifrit's Cauldron

Item	Abundance
Flint Stone	0%^(0%)
Iron Ore	0%^(0%)
Sulfur	0%^(0%)
Bomb Arm	0%^(0%)
Bomb Ash	0%^(0%)
Iron Sand	0%^(0%)
Adaman Ore	0%^(0%)
Darksteel Ore	0%^(0%)
Orpiment	0%^(0%)
Orichalcum Ore	0%^(0%)
Colored Rocks	0%^(0%)
Mining Map

Newton Movalpolos

Item	Abundance
Copper Ore	0%^(0%)
Tin Ore	0%^(0%)
Zinc Ore	0%^(0%)
Igneous Rock	0%^(0%)
Silver Ore	0%^(0%)
Aluminum Ore	0%^(0%)
Iron Ore	0%^(0%)
Darksteel Ore	0%^(0%)
Mythril Ore	0%^(0%)
Gold Ore	0%^(0%)
Platinum Ore	0%^(0%)
Yellow Rock	0%^(0%)
Green Rock	0%^(0%)
Mining Map

Newton Movapolos had its' pool adjusted with the 14th April update to increase its profitability.

Oldton Movalpolos

Item	Abundance
Igneous Rock	10.5%Uncommon^(10.5%)
Zinc Ore	9.9%Rare^(9.9%)
Copper Ore	10.6%Uncommon^(10.6%)
Tin Ore	12.4%Uncommon^(12.4%)
Silver Ore	8.4%Rare^(8.4%)
Iron Ore	12.1%Uncommon^(12.1%)
Moblin Mail	5.8%Rare^(5.8%)
Moblin Helm	5.1%Rare^(5.1%)
Moblin Mask	4.3%Very Rare^(4.3%)
Goblin Die	6.5%Rare^(6.5%)
Moblin Armor	3.5%Very Rare^(3.5%)
Darksteel Ore	1%Extremely Rare^(1%)
Mythril Ore	5.9%Rare^(5.9%)
Gold Ore	3.5%Very Rare^(3.5%)
Platinum Ore	0.6%Extremely Rare^(0.6%)
Mining Map

Oldton Movapolos had its pool adjusted with the April 14th, 2023 update to increase its profitability. There also appears to be extra points not yet recorded on the mining map.

Palborough Mines

Item	Abundance
Zinc Ore	17.2%Common^(17.2%)
Iron Ore	14.1%Uncommon^(14.1%)
Pebble	16.3%Common^(16.3%)
Tin Ore	17.5%Common^(17.5%)
Mythril Ore	11.3%Uncommon^(11.3%)
Silver Ore	10.4%Uncommon^(10.4%)
Copper Ore	12.6%Uncommon^(12.6%)
Platinum Ore	0.6%Extremely Rare^(0.6%)
Mine Gravel (Mythril Seams only)	0%^(0%)
Mining Map

Yughott Grotto

Item	Abundance
Copper Ore	16.6%Common^(16.6%)
Iron Ore	19.8%Common^(19.8%)
Tin Ore	16.9%Common^(16.9%)
Pebble	12.7%Uncommon^(12.7%)
Zinc Ore	17.2%Common^(17.2%)
Flint Stone	7.4%Rare^(7.4%)
Silver Ore	4%Very Rare^(4%)
Colored Rocks	1.9%Very Rare^(1.9%)
Darksteel Ore	2%Very Rare^(2%)
Gold Ore	1.4%Very Rare^(1.4%)
Mining Map

Zeruhn Mines

Item	Abundance
Iron Ore	26.1%Very Common^(26.1%)
Pebble	19.9%Common^(19.9%)
Copper Ore	19.4%Common^(19.4%)
Zinc Ore	14.9%Uncommon^(14.9%)
Tin Ore	11.5%Uncommon^(11.5%)
Snapping Mole	6%Rare^(6%)
Silver Ore	1.5%Very Rare^(1.5%)
Darksteel Ore	0.8%Extremely Rare^(0.8%)
Mining Map

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