At what point on one's character training is mining a viable hobby? Do you need certain stats? Certain skills train up before you start so you dont waste your time? Some constructive input would be appricated.








Roghilt

My favourite character to mine/lumberjack on is my Bard due to Sanctuary.

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Speaking as someone who has done significant mining at low skill level, it is difficult and may be frustrating. If you want to you can certainly try, but you will be dealing with a) complete blindness as to what metal you are mining, b) very low quality and quantity of metal that you do mine, which makes using it much harder, c) regular room events that make it impossible to keep mining safely. You will be able to PROSPECT CAREFUL to mitigate danger, but at low skill you will often not be able to remove all of the danger.

If you want to avoid these issues, I suggest the following skills:

250 Outdoorsmanship
250 Perception
250 Appraisal

It may be a little more or less in some of them, but that is my estimate. Also according to elanthipedia, Wisdom counts a great deal here as well.

If you want to eventually become a supreme miner, Ranger is the way to go. Survival primary plus the ability to greatly boost Outdoorsmanship, the main skill. If you really want to dedicate yourself to moving around and hitting every last mine, Moon Mage is of course very helpful for that. And as others have stated, you will either have to train your combats enough to handle the creatures in the mines, mine in unpopulated areas, or use an ability like the Bard's Sanctuary. The stat involved in mining is Strength, which will reduce your overall average RT.


- Navesi

<<It's easier to get the calm effect than to build up a dome that stops spawns.

The critter spawn blocking dome forms on the first pulse even at minimum mana with the lowest integrity stance. It's no slower than Balm and more effective at keeping things away.

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> The critter spawn blocking dome forms on the first pulse even at minimum mana with the lowest integrity stance. It's no slower than Balm and more effective at keeping things away.

It's been a while since I've tested it, but I remember sanctuary not always stopping creature spawns on my barb. I'll need to test it a little more later.

SO just having under 60 lessons of all those stats i just need to find something else to do in the mean time. Will be a while before I hit 250 ranks.


Thanks

Look at it this way: the way many people train outdoorsmanship (and perception) is by foraging/collecting piles, and appraisal by appraising things, and they can HUNT for perception training as well.

If you mine, even in non-optimal-skill conditions, you're still at least maybe getting something out of it.

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Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.