Mining

Mining
Information
Type:	Activity
Tool:	Pickaxe
Energy:	40
Companion Friendship Reward:	150 per Rock Spot mined to completion 300 if Mining Role

Mining is an activity which involves using the pickaxe on the stones, obstacles, and rock spots throughout the valley to collect resources and valuable gems.

Resources and gems are used to make refined materials, furniture, and other items through crafting. They can also be sold for Star Coins or gifted to villagers to raise Friendship.

How to Mine

Each biome has mining nodes which can be mined by interacting with them while the pickaxe is equipped. A mining node will usually drop resources with each swing of the pickaxe, up to five times, and the final swing of the pickaxe may drop a gem. Each swing of the pickaxe consumes 40 energy. There's a rare chance when mining that Onyx will drop, which is a rare resource used to craft pickaxe polish. Pickaxe polish guarantees receiving a gem from each swing.

Energy Cost

Main article: Energy

Each swing of the Pickaxe requires 40. Each rock node typically requires 2-5 swings to mine, which requires between 80-200 energy.

Villager Companions

Main Article: Bonuses

When reaching level 2 Friendship with a Villager, they can be assigned a Role. Villagers who have been assigned the Mining Role will gain extra Friendship for every node mined, and have a chance to drop the last item mined before the node is exhausted while hanging out with them. Extra materials they produce will be dropped on the ground, and can be picked up by running over them.

A Mining Training Manual can be crafted using a Crafting Station. After reaching level 10 friendship with a Villager, gifting it to them will re-assign their role to Mining.

Each level of friendship increases the rate which extra materials will drop. It is not only effective for leveling up Friendship with these characters, but extremely helpful for offering bonus materials when mining. Be sure to always bring a Companion along when mining!

Resources

Image	Name	Sell Price	Locations
	Stone	2	All Biomes
	Coal Ore	5	All Biomes
	Iron Ore	10	Forest of Valor Glade of Trust Sunlit Plateau Frosted Heights Forgotten Lands Vitalys Mine The Bind Everafter
	Gold Nugget	20	Frosted Heights Sunlit Plateau Forgotten Lands Vitalys Mine Mythopia
	Crystal	30	Forgotten Lands
	Copper	15	Ancient's Landing Glittering Dunes Wild Tangle
	Quartz	20	Ancient's Landing
	Tin	25	Glittering Dunes
	Zinc	30	Wild Tangle
	Petrified Wood	20	The Bind Everafter
	Marble	30	Mythopia

Gems

Gems are rare minerals what can be found by mining nodes with the pickaxe.

Each gem also has a "shiny" version which is larger and sells for 4x more coins. Sometimes nodes will have gems appear on them, and sometimes the gems will not appear until mined.

There are 2 largely overlapping categorizations related to Gems: Gems and Minerals. Minerals include all of the following listed in the table below. Gems include all of the following listed in the table below, with the exception of Vitalys Crystal, which only counts as a Mineral. Although Crystal is also a byproduct of mining, it is not categorized as either a Gem or a Mineral.

Image	Name	Sell Price	Location
	Amethyst	500	Frosted Heights Forgotten Lands
	Shiny Amethyst	2,000	Frosted Heights Forgotten Lands
	Aquamarine	250	Dazzle Beach Forest of Valor
	Shiny Aquamarine	1,000	Dazzle Beach Forest of Valor
	Citrine	380	Glade of Trust Sunlit Plateau
	Shiny Citrine	1,520	Glade of Trust Sunlit Plateau
	Diamond	600	Forgotten Lands
	Shiny Diamond.	2,400	Forgotten Lands
	Emerald	325	Forest of Valor Glade of Trust
	Shiny Emerald	1,300	Forest of Valor Glade of Trust
	Garnet	160	Plaza Peaceful Meadow The Plains The Wastes
	Shiny Garnet	640	Plaza Peaceful Meadow The Plains The Wastes
	Onyx	300	Everywhere
	Peridot	200	Peaceful Meadow Dazzle Beach The Grasslands The Promenade
	Shiny Peridot	800	Peaceful Meadow Dazzle Beach The Grasslands The Promenade
	Ruby	350	Vitalys Mine Mythopia
	Shiny Ruby	1,400	Vitalys Mine Mythopia
	Sapphire	350	Vitalys Mine
	Shiny Sapphire	1,400	Vitalys Mine
	Topaz	240	Plaza The Docks The Courtyard The Bind
	Shiny Topaz	960	Plaza The Docks The Courtyard The Bind
	Tourmaline	420	Sunlit Plateau Frosted Heights
	Shiny Tourmaline	1,680	Sunlit Plateau Frosted Heights
	Vitalys Crystal	12	Vitalys Mine
	Alexandrite	350	The Wastes The Oasis
	Shiny Alexandrite	1,400	The Wastes The Oasis
	Blue Zircon	500	The Lagoon
	Shiny Blue Zircon	2,000	The Lagoon
	Bumblestone	400	The Borderlands
	Shiny Bumblestone	1,600	The Borderlands
	Evergem	300	The Ruins
	Shiny Evergem	1,200	The Ruins
	Jade	250	The Courtyard The Overlook
	Shiny Jade	1,000	The Courtyard The Overlook
	Spinel	450	The Promenade The Grove
	Opal	300	The Bind
	Shiny Opal	1,200	The Bind
	Pure Ice	300	Everafter
	Shiny Pure Ice	1,200	Everafter
	Star Sapphire	450	Everafter
	Shiny Star Sapphire	1,800	Everafter
	Magma	400	Mythopia
	Shiny Magma	1,600	Mythopia

All Mining Artifacts by Biome/Region

Location	Rock Spots	Possible Artifacts	Minerals
Plaza	6	Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx	Garnet, Shiny Garnet Topaz, Shiny Topaz
Peaceful Meadow	6		Garnet, Shiny Garnet Peridot, Shiny Peridot
Dazzle Beach	6		Aquamarine, Shiny Aquamarine Peridot, Shiny Peridot
Forest of Valor	6	Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx Iron Ore	Aquamarine, Shiny Aquamarine Emerald, Shiny Emerald
Glade of Trust	6		Citrine, Shiny Citrine Emerald, Shiny Emerald
Sunlit Plateau	6	Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx Iron Ore, Gold Nugget	Citrine, Shiny Citrine Tourmaline, Shiny Tourmaline
Vitalys Mine	6		Ruby, Shiny Ruby Sapphire, Shiny Sapphire Vitalys Crystal
Frosted Heights	6		Amethyst, Shiny Amethyst Tourmaline, Shiny Tourmaline
Forgotten Lands	6	Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx Iron Ore, Gold Nugget Crystal	Amethyst, Shiny Amethyst Diamond, Shiny Diamond
The Docks	4	Coal Ore, Copper, Onyx Quartz	Topaz, Shiny Topaz
The Courtyard	4		Jade, Shiny Jade Topaz, Shiny Topaz
The Overlook	4		Jade, Shiny Jade
The Ruins	4		Evergem, Shiny Evergem
The Plains	4	Coal Ore, Copper, Onyx Tin	Garnet, Shiny Garnet
The Wastes	4		Alexandrite, Shiny Alexandrite Garnet, Shiny Garnet
The Oasis	4		Alexandrite, Shiny Alexandrite
The Borderlands	4		Bumblestone, Shiny Bumblestone
The Grasslands	4	Coal Ore, Copper, Onyx Zinc	Peridot, Shiny Peridot
The Promenade	4		Peridot, Shiny Peridot Spinel, Shiny Spinel
The Grove	4		Spinel, Shiny Spinel
The Lagoon	4		Blue Zircon, Shiny Blue Zircon
The Bind		Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx Iron Ore, Petrified Wood	Opal, Shiny Opal Topaz, Shiny Topaz
The Wild Woods			Pure Ice, Shiny Pure Ice Star Sapphire, Shiny Star Sapphire
Teapot Falls
The Fallen Fortress
The Beanstalk Marshes
The Elysian Fields		Coal Ore, Stone, Onyx Gold Nugget, Marble	Magma, Shiny Magma Ruby, Shiny Ruby
The Fiery Plains
The Statue's Shadow
Mount Olympus

Dreamlight and Memories

There are two rotating Dreamlight Duties directly related to Mining: "Mine 2 Minerals" and "Mine 4 Rock Spots". Mining comprises its own tab of Dreamlight Achievements. There are 14 Memories consisting of 10 Memory Pieces each that can only be found by mining.