New World Mining Guide

Introduction

Mining is a gathering Trade Skill in New World that allows players to gather raw gems, ores, and precious metals from mining nodes that will be used in crafting trade skills; Amoring, Engineering, Arcana, Cooking, and Furnishing. It will also be used in the smelting and stonecutting refining trade skills. Learn about all this and more in our New World Mining Guide.

Mining in New World

When first starting out you will need a flint mining pickaxe to start mining nodes. This requires Engineering level 0 along with 1 Flint and 1 Green Wood to craft it. You are able to pick up both the Flint and Green-Wood without the need of a gathering tool by walking up to the respective bush/flint and pressing your interact key (Default “E). Once obtained, a Tier 1 Camp Fire or Workshop is required to craft the Flint Mining Pickaxe. Once crafted you will need to equip it and you can start gathering!

Higher character levels are able to use better tiers of Mining Pickaxes:

• Tier 2 Iron Mining Pickaxe Level Range [4-19]
  • Gathering Speeds [200-350]%
• Tier 3 Steel Mining Pickaxe Level Range [16-39]
  • Gathering Speeds [340-450]%
• Tier 4 Starmetal Mining Pickaxe Level Range [33-59]
  • Gathering Speeds  [420-625]%
• Tier 5 Orichalcum Mining Pickaxe Level Range [51-60]
  • Gathering Speeds [625-850]%

It is advised to use the highest tier possible followed by the best gear score possible to best increase your gathering speed. 

Different Types of Mining Nodes 

Here is a list of all the Mining nodes based on type, what they have to offer for gathering them, and when you are able to track them.  

• Stones/Boulders(0): Stone, Sliver of Adamant, and Sliver of Adderstone
• Saltpeter(0): Saltpeter
• Iron Vein(0): Iron Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, Fae Iron, Voidmetal, Sliver of Cobalt, Shard of Cobalt, Chunk of Cobalt, Sliver of Crystal, Shard of Crystal, Chunk of Crystal, T2 Gems, T3 Gems, T4 Gems, and T5 Gems 
• Silver Vein(10): Silver Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, T2 Gems, T3 Gems, T4 Gems, and T5 Gems 
• Seeping Stone(20): Oil
• Gold Vein(45):Gold Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, T3 Gems, T4 Gems, and T5 Gems
• Alchemy Stones(50): Elemental Mote, Elemental Lodestone, and Crafting Mods
• Starmetal Vein(100): Starmetal Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, Azurite Chunk , Sliver of Cobalt, Shard of Cobalt, Chunk of Cobalt, Sliver of Crystal, Shard of Crystal, Chunk of Crystal, T3 Gems, T4 Gems, and T5 Gems 
• Elemental Creatures(100): Alchemy Critters (used to craft Topaz Potions)
• Platinum Vein(110): Platinum Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, T4 Gems, and T5 Gems
• Orichalcum Vein(175): Orichalcum Ore, Small Quartz Crystal, Sliver of Cobalt, Shard of Cobalt, Chunk of Cobalt, Sliver of Crystal, Shard of Crystal, Chunk of Crystal, T4 Gems, T5 Gems, Void Ore, Cinnabar, and Tolvium

++ With the addition of Patch 1.4, Heart of Madness, it is now possible to earn a Hidden Stash while mining any node. Opening a Stash will award you with Earth, Air, Water, and Life motes, gold, and other goodies like a Diamond Gypsum. 

Where to find Mining Nodes

There are no zone specific restrictions like Harvesting, so you are able to find everything without having to worry about being in the wrong zone. The best farming path is one that you create using the interactive map as every server is going to differ for how busy/camped these nodes will be. 

How to level Mining

The information contained in this section will assist you in leveling your Mining Trade Skill. The general rule of thumb is to try and mine the highest Tier nodes you have access to. It takes a total of 435,280 experience to reach level 200.

Level 1 to 50

In order to reach level 50 you will need a total of 15,087 experience. The best way to reach 50 is mining Iron and Silver. You will need to mine ~85 Silver/Iron nodes. The average for the Iron/Silver nodes is 6.7XP/second.

Level 50 to 100

To reach level 100 you will need a total of 76,551 experience which is 61,464 more experience from level 50. The strategy is basically the same, however you start to mix in Alchemy Stones into your gather rotation. You will need to mine ~375-400 Silver/Iron/Alchemy nodes. The average for Alchemy Stones is 7.9XP/second. 

Level 100 to 150

To reach level 150 you will need a total of 217,509 experience, which is 140,958 more experience from level 100. You now have access to Starmetal, but the base experience rate for this is 4.3XP/second. A 550% gathering speed increase is ~77.5% faster gathering rate, which changes the Starmetal to ~19XP/second; however this also increases Iron/Silver to 30XP/second. 

No change from the 50 to 100 leveling method. Stay the Iron/Silver course if you are trying to increase your level. You will need to mine ~925-980 Silver/Iron/Alchemy nodes.

Level 150 to 200

To reach level 200 you will need a total of 435,280 experience, which is 217,771 more experience from level 150. So level 150 is basically half way to level 200! At this point, the best way to reach 200 is to gather Orichalcum as they provide a base average of ~9.2XP/second and 41XP/second at 550% gathering speed.

You will need to mine ~210 Orichalcum nodes. However, these are often camped so you may have to continue mining your iron routes. It will just take a while longer to reach max mining level.

Additional Assistance

There is an experience perk that you will want to seek out on your pickaxe called Prospector’s Discipline. This perk increases your Mining experience based on the gear score value of the Mining Pickaxe. The perk is limited to only Mining Pickaxe. Having this perk is a must if you are trying to power level Mining. At level 200 it’s great to have for pushing Aptitude Levels. 

Strength 300 points is ideal while leveling. See the Enhancing your Mining section for more information about the buffs this gives. 

Enhancing your Mining

Buffs and perks are the 2 main ways to enhance your Mining.

Perks are limited to item type and only being able to have 1 type of perk on the item. For example, an amulet can’t have Reinforced Mining Luck because it is an Armor Perk, but it can have 1 instance of Adored Mining Luck since it is an Amulet Perk.

Buffs can stack if they come from different sources. For example, you can stack yield increase buff from a Proficiency potion and territory control. If you attempt to stack buffs from the same source it will just refresh your buff timer. 

There is a Miner armor set that is ideal for players to use while Mining as it should always come with Strength and Reinforced Mining Luck. Players encounter these items around level 19+ monsters as a rare drop and supply chests.

Side Note: Miner Hat (T3/T4) | Miner Goggles(T5) – Different naming for Tier 5 version.

Each Perk has a related Crafting Mod that can be used in crafting to guarantee the perk in crafting and has been listed within Perk in the chance that you may want some armor crafted with the given perk. 

Mining Perks

Armor:

• Reinforced Mining Luck (Mod: Shard of Adderstone)

Amulet:

• Adored Mining Luck (Mod: Chunk of Cobalt)

Pickaxe:

• Mining Luck (Mod: Starmetal Miner’s Charm)
• Mining Yield (Mod: Orichalcum Miners Charm)
• Mining Efficiency (Mod: Small Traveler’s Stone)
• Prospector’s Discipline (Mod: Steel Miner’s Charm)
• Azoth Extraction (Mod: Drop of Azoth Oil)
• Durable (Mod: Sliver of Adamant)
• Gathering Alacrity (Mod: Small Elk Hoof)

Bag:

• Prospector’s Burden Reduces the weight of ores, ingots, and Mining pickaxes (Mod: Sliver of Cobalt)
• Extra Pockets You can hold more weight (Mod: Sliver of Adderstone)

Buffs

Potions:

• Weak Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 5% for 10 minutes
• Common Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 7% for 15 minutes
• Strong Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 10% for 20 minutes
• Powerful Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 15% for 30 minutes

Foods:

• Roasted Potatoes Increase Mining Luck by 1000 points for 20 minutes
• Herb-roasted Potatoes Increase Mining Luck by 1400 points for 25 minutes
• Boiled Potatoes Increase Mining Luck by 1700 points for 30 minutes
• Poultry with Roasted Potatoes Increase Mining Luck by 1900 points for 35 minutes
• Salted Roasted Vegetables Increase Mining Luck by 2000 points for 40 minutes

Trophies:

• Minor Mining Gathering Trophy Increase Mining Luck by 500 points
• Basic Mining Gathering Trophy Increase Mining Luck by 1000 points
• Major Mining Gathering Trophy Increase Mining Luck by 1500 points

Strength Bonus

• 50 Points +10% Mining Speed
• 100 Points +20 encumbrance
• 150 Points -10% weight reduction for Mining items
• 200 Points +10% Mining Speed
• 250 Points +10% yield when Mining
• 300 Points +25% chance to chop a tree down in a single swing

Mining Level

• Mining Luck Mining Level * 10 = Mining Luck Points
• Gathering Speed +5% until level 20 and then +0.3% there after

Territory Buffs:

• Cutlass Key Fort +10% to global gathering luck
• Monarch’s Bluff Fort +5% Increase to all experience gains
• Territory Control +10% Yield while gathering
• Prospector’s Spirit +20% Yield while Mining for 3 days. (Settlement Quality of Life Buff)
• Territory Bonus [5-37]% Gathering Speed – Varies based on how many  points. Bonus decays at 86.5% per point

PvP:

• While Flagged +30% Gathering Luck

Music Buffs:

You can check our Music guide for a full breakdown of the music trade skill.

• Decidedly Dexterous: Gathering speed increases by 75% for 30-90min.
• Fortune’s Favor: Gathering yield increases by 3%-10% for 30-90min.
• Luck’s Labor: Gathering luck increases by 2% – 5% for 30-90min.

BiS Mining Set Up

• Miner Goggles GS 625 | 26 Str & 5.15% Luck
• Miner Shirt GS 625 | 26 Str & 5.15% Luck
• Miner Gloves GS 625 | 26 Str & 5.15% Luck
• Miner Pants GS 625 | 26 Str & 5.15% Luck
• Miner Shoes GS 625 | 26 Str & 5.15% Luck
• Amulet GS 625 | 26 Str & 9.77%  Luck
• Orichalcum Mining Pickaxe GS 600 | 850% Gathering Speed, 9.3% Luck, 19% Yield, and prospector’s discipline for additional mining experience for aptitude bonuses.
• 3x Infused Leather Bag 600 GS | Combined Total of 30% weight reduction on ore, ingot, and Mining Pickaxes and 1365 encumbrance
• Level 200 +2000 luck points and 154% Gathering Speed bonus

Mining Luck

Luck is important for Mining is because it will increase the odds of you obtaining a rare Mining item and an increase to items gathered. There are some thresholds that must be reached in order to obtain the rare items. These thresholds can be obtained by just level Mining, but can be reached sooner with the help of the resources talked about not too long ago. 

Thresholds:

• +1,000 Points / 10.0% Ability to gather Tier 2 & 3 rare mineral materials.
• +1,450 Points / 14.50% Ability to gather Tier 4 rare mineral materials.
• +1,800 Points / 18.00% Ability to gather Tier 5 rare mineral materials.

It is important to note that even though these are the thresholds to start seeing these items, it doesn’t mean your chances of seeing them are very high. 

New World Mining Experience Table

A basic breakdown of the Mining Experience table. Aptitude experience values can be found in our Aptitude guide. Character XP is the amount of experience your character earns when your Mining level increases.

Level	Mining Exp	Mining Exp (total)	Character Exp	Luck	Gathering Speed Bonus
1	100	100	10	10	5.00%
2	105	205	11	20	10.00%
3	110	315	12	30	15.00%
4	115	430	13	40	20.00%
5	120	550	14	50	25.00%
6	125	675	15	60	30.00%
7	130	805	16	70	35.00%
8	136	941	17	80	40.00%
9	142	1,083	18	90	45.00%
10	148	1,231	19	100	50.00%
11	154	1,385	20	110	55.00%
12	160	1,545	21	120	60.00%
13	167	1,712	22	130	65.00%
14	174	1,886	23	140	70.00%
15	181	2,067	24	150	75.00%
16	188	2,255	26	160	80.00%
17	196	2,451	28	170	85.00%
18	204	2,655	30	180	90.00%
19	212	2,867	32	190	95.00%
20	220	3,087	34	200	100.00%
21	229	3,316	36	210	100.30%
22	238	3,554	38	220	100.60%
23	247	3,801	40	230	100.90%
24	256	4,057	42	240	101.20%
25	266	4,323	44	250	101.50%
26	276	4,599	46	260	101.80%
27	286	4,885	48	270	102.10%
28	297	5,182	50	280	102.40%
29	308	5,490	52	290	102.70%
30	319	5,809	54	300	103.00%
31	331	6,140	56	310	103.30%
32	343	6,483	58	320	103.60%
33	355	6,838	60	330	103.90%
34	368	7,206	62	340	104.20%
35	381	7,587	64	350	104.50%
36	394	7,981	66	360	104.80%
37	408	8,389	68	370	105.10%
38	422	8,811	70	380	105.40%
39	436	9,247	72	390	105.70%
40	451	9,698	74	400	106.00%
41	466	10,164	77	410	106.30%
42	481	10,645	80	420	106.60%
43	497	11,142	83	430	106.90%
44	513	11,655	86	440	107.20%
45	529	12,184	89	450	107.50%
46	546	12,730	92	460	107.80%
47	563	13,293	95	470	108.10%
48	580	13,873	98	480	108.40%
49	598	14,471	101	490	108.70%
50	616	15,087	104	500	109.00%
51	634	15,721	108	510	109.30%
52	653	16,374	112	520	109.60%
53	672	17,046	116	530	109.90%
54	691	17,737	120	540	110.20%
55	711	18,448	124	550	110.50%
56	731	19,179	128	560	110.80%
57	752	19,931	132	570	111.10%
58	773	20,704	136	580	111.40%
59	794	21,498	140	590	111.70%
60	816	22,314	144	600	112.00%
61	838	23,152	148	610	112.30%
62	860	24,012	152	620	112.60%
63	883	24,895	156	630	112.90%
64	906	25,801	160	640	113.20%
65	930	26,731	164	650	113.50%
66	954	27,685	168	660	113.80%
67	978	28,663	172	670	114.10%
68	1,003	29,666	176	680	114.40%
69	1,028	30,694	180	690	114.70%
70	1,053	31,747	184	700	115.00%
71	1,079	32,826	188	710	115.30%
72	1,105	33,931	192	720	115.60%
73	1,131	35,062	196	730	115.90%
74	1,158	36,220	200	740	116.20%
75	1,185	37,405	204	750	116.50%
76	1,212	38,617	209	760	116.80%
77	1,239	39,856	214	770	117.10%
78	1,267	41,123	219	780	117.40%
79	1,295	42,418	224	790	117.70%
80	1,323	43,741	229	800	118.00%
81	1,352	45,093	234	810	118.30%
82	1,381	46,474	239	820	118.60%
83	1,410	47,884	244	830	118.90%
84	1,439	49,323	249	840	119.20%
85	1,469	50,792	254	850	119.50%
86	1,499	52,291	259	860	119.80%
87	1,529	53,820	264	870	120.10%
88	1,559	55,379	269	880	120.40%
89	1,590	56,969	274	890	120.70%
90	1,621	58,590	279	900	121.00%
91	1,652	60,242	284	910	121.30%
92	1,683	61,925	289	920	121.60%
93	1,715	63,640	294	930	121.90%
94	1,747	65,387	299	940	122.20%
95	1,779	67,166	304	950	122.50%
96	1,811	68,977	309	960	122.80%
97	1,844	70,821	314	970	123.10%
98	1,877	72,698	319	980	123.40%
99	1,910	74,608	324	990	123.70%
100	1,943	76,551	329	1,000	124.00%
101	1,976	78,527	335	1,010	124.30%
102	2,009	80,536	341	1,020	124.60%
103	2,043	82,579	347	1,030	124.90%
104	2,077	84,656	353	1,040	125.20%
105	2,111	86,767	359	1,050	125.50%
106	2,145	88,912	365	1,060	125.80%
107	2,179	91,091	371	1,070	126.10%
108	2,213	93,304	377	1,080	126.40%
109	2,247	95,551	383	1,090	126.70%
110	2,281	97,832	389	1,100	127.00%
111	2,315	100,147	395	1,110	127.30%
112	2,350	102,497	401	1,120	127.60%
113	2,385	104,882	407	1,130	127.90%
114	2,420	107,302	413	1,140	128.20%
115	2,455	109,757	419	1,150	128.50%
116	2,490	112,247	425	1,160	128.80%
117	2,525	114,772	431	1,170	129.10%
118	2,560	117,332	437	1,180	129.40%
119	2,595	119,927	443	1,190	129.70%
120	2,630	122,557	449	1,200	130.00%
121	2,665	125,222	455	1,210	130.30%
122	2,700	127,922	461	1,220	130.60%
123	2,735	130,657	467	1,230	130.90%
124	2,770	133,427	473	1,240	131.20%
125	2,805	136,232	479	1,250	131.50%
126	2,840	139,072	486	1,260	131.80%
127	2,875	141,947	493	1,270	132.10%
128	2,910	144,857	500	1,280	132.40%
129	2,945	147,802	507	1,290	132.70%
130	2,980	150,782	514	1,300	133.00%
131	3,015	153,797	521	1,310	133.30%
132	3,050	156,847	528	1,320	133.60%
133	3,085	159,932	535	1,330	133.90%
134	3,119	163,051	542	1,340	134.20%
135	3,153	166,204	549	1,350	134.50%
136	3,187	169,391	556	1,360	134.80%
137	3,221	172,612	563	1,370	135.10%
138	3,255	175,867	570	1,380	135.40%
139	3,289	179,156	577	1,390	135.70%
140	3,323	182,479	584	1,400	136.00%
141	3,356	185,835	591	1,410	136.30%
142	3,389	189,224	598	1,420	136.60%
143	3,422	192,646	605	1,430	136.90%
144	3,455	196,101	612	1,440	137.20%
145	3,488	199,589	619	1,450	137.50%
146	3,520	203,109	626	1,460	137.80%
147	3,552	206,661	633	1,470	138.10%
148	3,584	210,245	640	1,480	138.40%
149	3,616	213,861	647	1,490	138.70%
150	3,648	217,509	654	1,500	139.00%
151	3,680	221,189	661	1,510	139.30%
152	3,711	224,900	668	1,520	139.60%
153	3,742	228,642	675	1,530	139.90%
154	3,773	232,415	682	1,540	140.20%
155	3,804	236,219	689	1,550	140.50%
156	3,834	240,053	696	1,560	140.80%
157	3,864	243,917	703	1,570	141.10%
158	3,894	247,811	710	1,580	141.40%
159	3,924	251,735	717	1,590	141.70%
160	3,954	255,689	724	1,600	142.00%
161	3,983	259,672	732	1,610	142.30%
162	4,012	263,684	740	1,620	142.60%
163	4,041	267,725	748	1,630	142.90%
164	4,070	271,795	756	1,640	143.20%
165	4,098	275,893	764	1,650	143.50%
166	4,126	280,019	772	1,660	143.80%
167	4,154	284,173	780	1,670	144.10%
168	4,182	288,355	788	1,680	144.40%
169	4,210	292,565	796	1,690	144.70%
170	4,237	296,802	804	1,700	145.00%
171	4,264	301,066	812	1,710	145.30%
172	4,291	305,357	820	1,720	145.60%
173	4,318	309,675	828	1,730	145.90%
174	4,344	314,019	836	1,740	146.20%
175	4,370	318,389	844	1,750	146.50%
176	4,396	322,785	853	1,760	146.80%
177	4,422	327,207	862	1,770	147.10%
178	4,447	331,654	871	1,780	147.40%
179	4,472	336,126	880	1,790	147.70%
180	4,497	340,623	889	1,800	148.00%
181	4,521	345,144	898	1,810	148.30%
182	4,545	349,689	907	1,820	148.60%
183	4,569	354,258	916	1,830	148.90%
184	4,592	358,850	925	1,840	149.20%
185	4,615	363,465	934	1,850	149.50%
186	4,638	368,103	943	1,860	149.80%
187	4,661	372,764	952	1,870	150.10%
188	4,683	377,447	961	1,880	150.40%
189	4,705	382,152	970	1,890	150.70%
190	4,727	386,879	979	1,900	151.00%
191	4,748	391,627	989	1,910	151.30%
192	4,769	396,396	999	1,920	151.60%
193	4,790	401,186	1,009	1,930	151.90%
194	4,811	405,997	1,019	1,940	152.20%
195	4,831	410,828	1,029	1,950	152.50%
196	4,851	415,679	1,039	1,960	152.80%
197	4,871	420,550	1,049	1,970	153.10%
198	4,891	425,441	1,059	1,980	153.40%
199	4,910	430,351	1,069	1,990	153.70%
200	4,929	435,280	1,079	2,000	154.00%

New World Mining Guide Conclusion

That completes our New World Mining Guide. For all of the ore locations in New World, Check out our Interactive New World Map.