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| '''Item''' || '''Ingredients''' || '''Skill''' | | '''Item''' || '''Ingredients''' || '''Skill''' | ||
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| − | | ''' | + | | '''Ingots x5''' || ore x5 || 0 |
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| − | | '''Copper | + | | '''Copper Ingots x5''' || copper ore x5 || 15 |
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| − | | '''Brass | + | | '''Brass Ingots x10''' || copper ore x7 + zinc ore x3 || ?? |
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| − | | '''Silver | + | | '''Silver Ingots x5''' || silver ore x5 || 15 |
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| − | | '''Gold | + | | '''Gold Ingots x1''' || gold nugget x10 || 10 |
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| '''Gold Coins x50''' || gold nugget || 10 | | '''Gold Coins x50''' || gold nugget || 10 | ||
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| − | | '''Venomous | + | | '''Venomous Ingots x5''' || venomous ore x5 || 20 |
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| − | | '''Vampyric | + | | '''Vampyric Ingots x5''' || vampyric ore x5 || ?? |
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| − | | '''Blackrock | + | | '''Blackrock Ingots x5''' || blackrock ore x5 || ?? |
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Smelting, like most crafting skills, can be repeated with '''F11''' | Smelting, like most crafting skills, can be repeated with '''F11''' | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 2 June 2006
Mining and metallurgy is the dirty job of harvesting raw metallic ore and smelting it into ingots ready for craftsmen to turn into tools, weapons and armour.
Contents
Overview
Mining for ore is done by using a mining pick on mountains. Smelting ingots from ore is done with tongs on a brazier.
Mining ore
Use (u) a mining pick on an area of mountains on the main continent to get ore. If all you're doing is 'loosening the rocks' then try a different patch of mountain. You cannot mine the high peaks or any other form of rocky terrain.
The ore in mountains comes in 'veins' that will yield different types, or tints, of ore. Each vein can be exhausted by mining, but they will regenerate over time. If you mine a section of mountain dry, then move on to a different mountain.
Mining, like most actions, can be repeated with F9
Types of ore
There are seven types of ore. The following five types can be found in mountains. Your skill in mining will determine whether you can find non-ordinary ores.
| Ore Types | Skill |
| Ordinary Ore | 0 |
| Gold Nugget | 0 |
| Copper Ore | 30 |
| Zinc Ore | 45 |
| Silver Ore | 60 |
| Blackrock (Raw) | 80 |
These types of ore are all alchemical concoctions and cannot be found by mining:
- vampyric
- venomous
Each type of ore has different properties. More on types and properties here.
How to make tinted ore
Venomous and vampyric ore are made by alchemically treating regular ore with various ingredients. More on treating and alchemy here.
Blackrock vs Blackrock Ore
In the past, blackrock was dug up by miners and discarded as it was too hard to work. These days, a way has been discovered to alchemically treat the raw blackrock into smeltable blackrock ore.
Summary:
- blackrock: mined raw material
- blackrock ore: refined ore suitable for smelting into ingots
Ask an Alchemist to convert your blackrock into blackrock ore, but be warned, the process is difficult and the ingredients are rare.
Gold Nuggets
The sharp reader might have noticed that there is no gold ore in the list. Gold in its raw forms can occasionally be dug up from any vein as gold nuggets.
Smelting Metals
Use (u) your smelting tongs on a brazier to smelt ingots from available ore inventory. Use tinted smelting tongs to create tinted ingots. There is a skill premium required to smelt tinted ingots.
NOTE: Ore is smelted into ingots in batches of five. If you have less than five pieces of ore, you will not be able to smelt the ingots.
Most of the different types of ore match up with the types of ingots, with the exception of brass which is a special mixture between copper and zinc. Brass is used exclusively by tinkers in the making of various tools and items, it cannot be used to make weapons and armour. More on the different metals here.
Smelting List
Here is a list of ingots that can be smelted from the various ores, along with their minimum skill requrements:
| Item | Ingredients | Skill |
| Ingots x5 | ore x5 | 0 |
| Copper Ingots x5 | copper ore x5 | 15 |
| Brass Ingots x10 | copper ore x7 + zinc ore x3 | ?? |
| Silver Ingots x5 | silver ore x5 | 15 |
| Gold Ingots x1 | gold nugget x10 | 10 |
| Gold Coins x50 | gold nugget | 10 |
| Venomous Ingots x5 | venomous ore x5 | 20 |
| Vampyric Ingots x5 | vampyric ore x5 | ?? |
| Blackrock Ingots x5 | blackrock ore x5 | ?? |
Smelting, like most crafting skills, can be repeated with F11
