Mining (TWoA)

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There are six mines located around Anthos, one for each village And one in the volcano. Mines can generally be accessed through story progression once the player has been given the old hammer and old pickaxe. While in the mines, the player can use their hammer to break stones and ore lodes and use the pickaxe to dig for lose ore or the ladder.

Mining Mechanics[]

Dowsing[]

The mines will be a series of conjoined rooms where the player may find rocks and ore/gem lodes. At first it may not be clear how to find the ladder, but if the player presses 'B' they will see the mini map light up and blue circles may appear. These dowsing circles are either ore or the ladder.

Travel so that the arrow on your character's minimap icon is pointing directly at the center of the circle and dig. If nothing happens, continue to dig in the general vicinity and you should find extra ores or the ladder.

Some things to note

The ore can spawn underneath stones, if this happens it is better to ignore it and conserve energy.
The smaller the circle, the rarer the item within. The ladder and pitfalls are always under the larger circles, while small circles are always gems or rare ores (such as gold).

Cave Ins[]

While mining you may encounter a cave in. An exclamation point will appear above the player's head and a bunch of rocks will fall in the vicinity - the tiles they are falling on marked by a shadow overhead. If the player fails to avoid these, they will lose extra stamina hearts.

Some things to note:

Breaking rocks has a higher chance of triggering cave ins. Additionally, if you repeatedly press 'a' you may be unable to dodge the rockfall since the rocks will not fall until the second hit animation is started. Instead, you should wait for the animation to completely end before hitting the rock again.
A rock will never fall on the tile you just hit, so step there to dodge it if you're able to.

Pitfalls[]

In all mines, aside from Providence and Lenctenbury, pitfalls may spawn in place of ores. They will be visible to the player as a large circle when dowsing and, if mined, the ground will appear cracked. When stepped on, while revealed or not, the player will fall one to two floors and lose stamina.

Checkpoints[]

Each mine has its own set number of floor, but it remains true for all of them that their will be a fishing pool with four rare fish every ten floors (10, 20, 30, etc.) and a checkpoint that you are able to start from on each following floor (1, 11, 21, etc.).

Ore & Gem Encyclopedia[]

Item	Refined Item	Shipping Price (Raw/Refined)	Mainly Found
Stone	Material Stone	2 G / 3G	Anthos
Iron Ore	Iron	11 G / 17 G	Lenctenbury Mine
Bronze Ore	Bronze	17 G / 25 G	Lenctenbury Mine
Silver Ore	Silver	33 G / 50 G	Providence North Mine
Gold Ore	Gold	55 G / 83 G	Providence North Mine
Titanium Ore	Titanium	110 G / 165 G	Lilikala Mine
Platinum Ore	Platinum	220 G / 330 G	Zimagrad West Mine
Damascus Steel Ore	Damascus Steel	330 G / 495 G	Herbstburg South Mine
Orichalcum Ore	Orichalcum	550 G / 825 G	Volcano Mine
Adamantite Ore	Adamantite	1,650 G / 2,475 G	Volcano MIne
Raw Glass Gemstone	Glass	11 G / 17 G	Anthos
Raw Agate Gemstone	Agate	33 G / 50 G	Lilikala Mine
Raw Jade Gemstone	Jade	44 G / 66 G	Providence North Mine
Raw Crystal Gemstone	Crystal	55 G / 83 G	Providence North Mine
Raw Amethyst Gemstone	Amethyst	110 G / 165 G	Lenctenbury Mine
Raw Garnet Gemstone	Garnet	165 G / 248 G	Lilikala Mine
Raw Moonstone Gemstone	Moonstone	110 G / 165 G	Herbstburg South Mine
Raw Topaz Gemstone	Topaz	165 G / 248 G	Zimagrad West Mine
Raw Opal Gemstone	Opal	110 G / 165 G	Herbstburg South Mine
Raw Aquamarine Gemstone	Aquamarine	165 G / 248 G	Volcano Mine
Raw Emerald Gemstone	Emerald	220 G / 330 G	Lilikala Mine
Raw Sapphire Gemstone	Sapphire	330 G / 495 G	Herbstburg South Mine
Raw Ruby Gemstone	Ruby	275 G / 413 G	Providence North Mine
Raw Diamond Gemstone	Diamond	550 G / 825 G	Zimagrad West Mine
Raw Tanzanite Gemstone	Tanzanite	770 G / 1,155 G	Lilikala Mine
Raw Tourmaline Gemstone	Tourmaline	880 G / 1,320 G	Herbstberg South Mine
Raw Alexandrite Gemstone	Alexandrite		Zimagrad West Mine

Mines[]

Lenctenbury Mines[]

Image	Item	Floors
	Stone	B1+
	Raw Glass Gemstone	B1-B29 (Both) B29+ (Floor)
	Bronze Ore	B1+
	Iron Ore	B1-39 (Floor) B41-49 (Floor)
	Raw Agate Gemstone	B2+
	Raw Jade Gemstone	B11+ (Floor) B13+ (Lodestones)
	Silver Ore	B11+ (Floor) B14+ (Lodestones)
	Gold Ore	B21+
	Amethyst Ore	B21+ (Floor) B23+ (Lodestones)
	Garnet Ore	B21+
	Crystal Ore	B22+
	Topaz Ore	B31+
	Titanium Ore	B47+

Lilikala Mines[]

Image	Item	Floors
	Stone	B1+
	Iron Ore	B1+
	Agate Gemstone	B1+
	Bronze Ore	B1 (Floor) B2 (Lodestones)
	Glass Gemstone	B2 (Lodestones) B3 (Floor)
	Silver Ore	B3 (Floor) B4 (Lodestones)
	Titanium Ore	B2+ (Floor) B3+ (Lodestones)

Herbstburg South Mines[]

Image	Item	Floors
	Stone	B1+
	Raw Glass Gemstone	B1 (Both)
	Bronze Ore	B1 (Floor) B2 (Lodestones)
	Damascus Steel Ore	B1 (Floor) B14 (Lodestones)
	Silver Ore	B1 (Floor)
	Topaz Gemstone	B2 (Floor)
	Iron Ore	B3 (Floor) B5 (Lodestones)
	Agate Gemstone	B4 (Floor)

Zimagrad West Mines[]

Image	Item	Floors
	Stone	B1+
	Iron Ore	B1 (Lodestone)
	Bronze Ore	B1 (Lodestone)
	Glass Gemstone	B1 (Floor), B5 (Lodestone)
	Silver Ore	B1 (Both)
	Agate Gemstone	B1 (Floor)
	Aquamarine Gemstone	B2 (Floor)
	Opal Gemstone	B3 (Floor), B11 (Lodestone)
	Platinum Ore	B6+ (Floor)

Providence North Mines[]

Image	Item	Floors
	Stone	B1+
	Glass Gemstone	B1 (Both) (Common)
	Agate Gemstone	B1 (Both) (Common)
	Aquamarine Gemstone	B1 (Floor) (Very Rare)
	Platinum Ore	B1 (Floor) (Very Rare)
	Silver Ore	B1 (Lodestone), B2 Floor (Rare)
	Iron Ore	B1 (Floor), B2 (Lodestone) (Uncommon)
	Jade Ore	B2 (Floor) (Rare)
	Bronze Ore	B5 (Lodestone), B8 (Floor) (Rare)
	Crystal Gemstone	B11 (Floor)
	Gold Ore	B13 (Lodestone)