Mining

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Mining is a Skill in Palia which allows The Player to gather minerals to refine and use in crafting or sell for a profit.

The Mining Guild representative in Kilima Valley is  Hodari.

“	Scattered throughout the land of Palia are mining nodes where you may gather different materials that you can use to craft various items. From clay, stone, copper and iron, you can find these nodes on hillsides and rocky formations. Hodari is your point of contact for the Mining Guild, and you can usually find him in Bahari Bay.	”
–Almanac of Palia

Introduction

The player receives their first pick: Makeshift Pick from Hodari when they visit the Housing Plot for the first time.

While increasing the level of skill in Mining, the Player will be able to purchase equipment recipes from Hodari to make better picks and recipes for smelting more valuable bars.

For more information, see Picks.

Mechanics

Mining requires use of a pick.

Hit rocks and other mining nodes with a pick until they crumble.

After a node has been destroyed, the Player will see a ghosted version of the node, indicating that it is available for other players to acquire for a limited time. Mining nodes that have been mined by other players will show an added glow effect that will pulse more rapidly as the node gets closer to despawning.

Multiplayer

Multiple players can work together to mine nodes throughout Kilima and Bahari.

All players who hit the target rock will be awarded with loot after it has been destroyed.

Minerals

There are 5 kinds of mining nodes:

• Clay
• Stone - also has a chance to provide Flint
• Copper - also has a chance to provide Silver
• Iron - also has a chance to provide Gold
• Palium

Kilima Valley

In Kilima Valley the Player can find Clay, Stone, and Copper nodes.

Bahari Bay

In Bahari Bay the Player can find Stone, Iron, and Palium nodes.

Starstones

All mining nodes have a chance to drop Starstones.

Starstones are often sold for profit, but can also be gifted to Villagers, and Star Quality Starstones can be placed on the Housing Plot.

For more information, see Starstones.

Tips and Tricks

Mining with a friend can increase the speed, and therefore yield, of acquired materials.

Palium Ore is very valuable to all Players, shout out it's location on the map, or mark it with a flare.

Scintillating Centipedes have a chance to spawn from mining nodes in Bahari Bay. When captured using the Bug Catching Skill, they drop Silk Thread which is rare, expensive, and valuable to all Players.

Repair your Pick regularly at the Blacksmith or the Player's Repair Station to keep it sharp, strong, and efficient.

Weekly Challenges

Weekly Challenges are skill-related Accomplishments that a player can complete once weekly upon reaching Mining Level 10. A player can complete up to 3 Weekly Challenges for Mining each week, awarding a total of  100 Mining Medals.

Weekly Challenges are currently the same every week, and reset every Monday at 4:00 AM UTC. Progress from uncompleted Challenges will carry over and count towards the following week.

Title	Requirement	Reward
Mine Nodes	Mine 20 Nodes	40 Mining Medals
Loot Precious Metal	Mine 10 Pieces of Silver Ore and/or Gold Ore	30 Mining Medals
Mine Nodes Together	Mine 5 Nodes With Other Player(s)	30 Mining Medals

Accomplishments

Title	Requirements	Rewards
Advanced Miner	Reach level 10 mining	15 Renown, Bronze Mining Trophy
Expert Miner	Reach level 25 mining	30 Renown, Silver Mining Trophy
Master Miner	Reach level 50 mining	60 Renown, Gold Mining Trophy
My First Silver Bar	Craft your first Silver Bar	5 Renown
My First Gold Bar	Craft your first Gold Bar	15 Renown
Every Mineral is Mine	Collect every mineral and its craftable	15 Renown, Kilima Miner's Tower of Palium
Mining Nodes	Mine nodes.	210 Renown
All the Stars in the Ground	Mine all 10 Starstones	30 Renown

Associated Equipment

Makeshift Pick

Standard Pick

Fine Pick

Exquisite Pick

Update History

Patch_Notes/Build 0.177:

• Mining nodes will now behave more like forageable items—once a node is cleared, it’ll remain available to other users and disappear after a set amount of time.
  
  • Here’s how it works:
    
    • All players who participate in mining a node will get full loot participation. This behavior is the same as before.
      
    • After it is looted, players who participated will see a ghosted version of the rock, indicating that it is available for others to acquire. Mining nodes that have been mined by other players will show an added glow effect, indicating that it was already mined by other players and will eventually despawn.
      
    • Mining nodes that are close to despawning will pulse more rapidly to indicate that the node is close to despawning
      
    • This change affects all mining nodes outside of the housing plot

Patch_Notes/Build 0.172:

• Mining nodes now have a chance to drop Starstones — and villagers love them! ✨
  
  • 10 Starstones have been added: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Emerald, Garnet, Jasper, Onyx, Quartz, Ruby, and Sapphire.

Patch_Notes/Build 0.166:

• Mining animations can be canceled instead of needing to wait for the animation to complete.