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:

Item	Level Range	Tier	Gathering Speed
Iron Mining Pickaxe	3-19	II	200% – 350%
Steel Mining Pickaxe	16-39	III	350% – 450%
Starmetal Mining Pickaxe	32-59	IV	450% – 625%
Orichalcum Mining Pickaxe	51-60	V	625% – 850%

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

Mining Thresholds

As you level your mining you will gain the ability to harvest and track additional resources. The below chart outlines each mining level threshold.

Resource	Gatherable at Level	Tracked at Level
Iron	0	25
Silver	10	35
Oil	20	45
Gold	45	70
Alchemy Stones	50	75
Lodestone	75	95
Starmetal	100	125
Sandstone	105	130
Platinum	110	135
Brimstone	130	160
Orichalcum	150	200

You can also earn a Hidden Stash while harvesting 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. 

Rare Gathering Items

Rare items can be found when gathering. These items, when taken to a corresponding refining station, can be researched to give the player a substantial amount of gathering tradeskill XP. These items are currently available in 3 rarities for Mining, Harvesting, Skinning and Logging. The mining variants consist of:

• Common – Strange Ore
  • Found when mining Iron and Silver Veins
• Uncommon – Abnormal Ore
  • Found when mining Starmetal and Gold Veins
• Rare – Unusual Ore
  • Found when mining Orichalcum and Platinum Veins
• These Ores can be researched at a Smeltery for a boost in Mining Trade Skill XP

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. 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 harvesting. Below is a chart for the pickaxe perks and their associated perk labels. You can not have 2 perks with the same perk label on your item.

Tool	Perk Label	Perk Name
All Tools	Azoth Gain	Azoth Extraction
All Tools	Durability	Durable
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Recovery
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Alacrity
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Fire Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Earth Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Air Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Water Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Spirit Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Life Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Death Alignment
Logging Axe	Bonus	Lumberjack’s Discipline
Logging Axe	Bonus	Logging Efficiency
Logging Axe	Luck	Logging Luck
Logging Axe	Yield	Logging Yield

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.

Other Mining Perks

Armor:

• Reinforced Mining Luck (Mod: Shard of Adderstone)

Amulet:

• Adored Mining Luck (Mod: Chunk of Cobalt)

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	Exp	Exp (total)	Character Exp	Luck	Gathering Speed Bonus
1	100	100	13	10	5.00%
2	105	205	14	20	10.00%
3	110	315	15	30	15.00%
4	115	430	16	40	20.00%
5	120	550	18	50	25.00%
6	125	675	19	60	30.00%
7	130	805	20	70	35.00%
8	136	941	21	80	40.00%
9	142	1,083	23	90	45.00%
10	148	1,231	24	100	50.00%
11	154	1,385	25	110	55.00%
12	160	1,545	26	120	60.00%
13	167	1,712	28	130	65.00%
14	174	1,886	29	140	70.00%
15	181	2,067	30	150	75.00%
16	188	2,255	33	160	80.00%
17	196	2,451	35	170	85.00%
18	204	2,655	38	180	90.00%
19	212	2,867	40	190	95.00%
20	220	3,087	43	200	100.00%
21	229	3,316	45	210	100.30%
22	238	3,554	48	220	100.60%
23	247	3,801	50	230	100.90%
24	256	4,057	53	240	101.20%
25	266	4,323	55	250	101.50%
26	276	4,599	58	260	101.80%
27	286	4,885	60	270	102.10%
28	297	5,182	63	280	102.40%
29	308	5,490	65	290	102.70%
30	319	5,809	68	300	103.00%
31	331	6,140	70	310	103.30%
32	343	6,483	73	320	103.60%
33	355	6,838	75	330	103.90%
34	368	7,206	78	340	104.20%
35	381	7,587	80	350	104.50%
36	394	7,981	83	360	104.80%
37	408	8,389	85	370	105.10%
38	422	8,811	88	380	105.40%
39	436	9,247	90	390	105.70%
40	451	9,698	93	400	106.00%
41	466	10,164	96	410	106.30%
42	481	10,645	100	420	106.60%
43	497	11,142	104	430	106.90%
44	513	11,655	108	440	107.20%
45	529	12,184	111	450	107.50%
46	546	12,730	115	460	107.80%
47	563	13,293	119	470	108.10%
48	580	13,873	123	480	108.40%
49	598	14,471	126	490	108.70%
50	616	15,087	130	500	109.00%
51	634	15,721	135	510	109.30%
52	653	16,374	140	520	109.60%
53	672	17,046	145	530	109.90%
54	691	17,737	150	540	110.20%
55	711	18,448	155	550	110.50%
56	731	19,179	160	560	110.80%
57	752	19,931	165	570	111.10%
58	773	20,704	170	580	111.40%
59	794	21,498	175	590	111.70%
60	816	22,314	180	600	112.00%
61	838	23,152	185	610	112.30%
62	860	24,012	190	620	112.60%
63	883	24,895	195	630	112.90%
64	906	25,801	200	640	113.20%
65	930	26,731	205	650	113.50%
66	954	27,685	210	660	113.80%
67	978	28,663	215	670	114.10%
68	1,003	29,666	220	680	114.40%
69	1,028	30,694	225	690	114.70%
70	1,053	31,747	230	700	115.00%
71	1,079	32,826	235	710	115.30%
72	1,105	33,931	240	720	115.60%
73	1,131	35,062	245	730	115.90%
74	1,158	36,220	250	740	116.20%
75	1,185	37,405	255	750	116.50%
76	1,212	38,617	261	760	116.80%
77	1,239	39,856	268	770	117.10%
78	1,267	41,123	274	780	117.40%
79	1,295	42,418	280	790	117.70%
80	1,323	43,741	286	800	118.00%
81	1,352	45,093	293	810	118.30%
82	1,381	46,474	299	820	118.60%
83	1,410	47,884	305	830	118.90%
84	1,439	49,323	311	840	119.20%
85	1,469	50,792	318	850	119.50%
86	1,499	52,291	324	860	119.80%
87	1,529	53,820	330	870	120.10%
88	1,559	55,379	336	880	120.40%
89	1,590	56,969	343	890	120.70%
90	1,621	58,590	349	900	121.00%
91	1,652	60,242	355	910	121.30%
92	1,683	61,925	361	920	121.60%
93	1,715	63,640	368	930	121.90%
94	1,747	65,387	374	940	122.20%
95	1,779	67,166	380	950	122.50%
96	1,811	68,977	386	960	122.80%
97	1,844	70,821	393	970	123.10%
98	1,877	72,698	399	980	123.40%
99	1,910	74,608	405	990	123.70%
100	1,943	76,551	411	1,000	124.00%
101	1,976	78,527	419	1,010	124.30%
102	2,009	80,536	426	1,020	124.60%
103	2,043	82,579	434	1,030	124.90%
104	2,077	84,656	441	1,040	125.20%
105	2,111	86,767	449	1,050	125.50%
106	2,145	88,912	456	1,060	125.80%
107	2,179	91,091	464	1,070	126.10%
108	2,213	93,304	471	1,080	126.40%
109	2,247	95,551	479	1,090	126.70%
110	2,281	97,832	486	1,100	127.00%
111	2,315	100,147	494	1,110	127.30%
112	2,350	102,497	501	1,120	127.60%
113	2,385	104,882	509	1,130	127.90%
114	2,420	107,302	516	1,140	128.20%
115	2,455	109,757	524	1,150	128.50%
116	2,490	112,247	531	1,160	128.80%
117	2,525	114,772	539	1,170	129.10%
118	2,560	117,332	546	1,180	129.40%
119	2,595	119,927	554	1,190	129.70%
120	2,630	122,557	561	1,200	130.00%
121	2,665	125,222	569	1,210	130.30%
122	2,700	127,922	576	1,220	130.60%
123	2,735	130,657	584	1,230	130.90%
124	2,770	133,427	591	1,240	131.20%
125	2,805	136,232	599	1,250	131.50%
126	2,840	139,072	608	1,260	131.80%
127	2,875	141,947	616	1,270	132.10%
128	2,910	144,857	625	1,280	132.40%
129	2,945	147,802	634	1,290	132.70%
130	2,980	150,782	643	1,300	133.00%
131	3,015	153,797	651	1,310	133.30%
132	3,050	156,847	660	1,320	133.60%
133	3,085	159,932	669	1,330	133.90%
134	3,119	163,051	678	1,340	134.20%
135	3,153	166,204	686	1,350	134.50%
136	3,187	169,391	695	1,360	134.80%
137	3,221	172,612	704	1,370	135.10%
138	3,255	175,867	713	1,380	135.40%
139	3,289	179,156	721	1,390	135.70%
140	3,323	182,479	730	1,400	136.00%
141	3,356	185,835	739	1,410	136.30%
142	3,389	189,224	748	1,420	136.60%
143	3,422	192,646	756	1,430	136.90%
144	3,455	196,101	765	1,440	137.20%
145	3,488	199,589	774	1,450	137.50%
146	3,520	203,109	783	1,460	137.80%
147	3,552	206,661	791	1,470	138.10%
148	3,584	210,245	800	1,480	138.40%
149	3,616	213,861	809	1,490	138.70%
150	3,648	217,509	818	1,500	139.00%
151	3,680	221,189	826	1,510	139.30%
152	3,711	224,900	835	1,520	139.60%
153	3,742	228,642	844	1,530	139.90%
154	3,773	232,415	853	1,540	140.20%
155	3,804	236,219	861	1,550	140.50%
156	3,834	240,053	870	1,560	140.80%
157	3,864	243,917	879	1,570	141.10%
158	3,894	247,811	888	1,580	141.40%
159	3,924	251,735	896	1,590	141.70%
160	3,954	255,689	905	1,600	142.00%
161	3,983	259,672	915	1,610	142.30%
162	4,012	263,684	925	1,620	142.60%
163	4,041	267,725	935	1,630	142.90%
164	4,070	271,795	945	1,640	143.20%
165	4,098	275,893	955	1,650	143.50%
166	4,126	280,019	965	1,660	143.80%
167	4,154	284,173	975	1,670	144.10%
168	4,182	288,355	985	1,680	144.40%
169	4,210	292,565	995	1,690	144.70%
170	4,237	296,802	1,005	1,700	145.00%
171	4,264	301,066	1,015	1,710	145.30%
172	4,291	305,357	1,025	1,720	145.60%
173	4,318	309,675	1,035	1,730	145.90%
174	4,344	314,019	1,045	1,740	146.20%
175	4,370	318,389	1,055	1,750	146.50%
176	4,396	322,785	1,066	1,760	146.80%
177	4,422	327,207	1,078	1,770	147.10%
178	4,447	331,654	1,089	1,780	147.40%
179	4,472	336,126	1,100	1,790	147.70%
180	4,497	340,623	1,111	1,800	148.00%
181	4,521	345,144	1,123	1,810	148.30%
182	4,545	349,689	1,134	1,820	148.60%
183	4,569	354,258	1,145	1,830	148.90%
184	4,592	358,850	1,156	1,840	149.20%
185	4,615	363,465	1,168	1,850	149.50%
186	4,638	368,103	1,179	1,860	149.80%
187	4,661	372,764	1,190	1,870	150.10%
188	4,683	377,447	1,201	1,880	150.40%
189	4,705	382,152	1,213	1,890	150.70%
190	4,727	386,879	1,224	1,900	151.00%
191	4,748	391,627	1,236	1,910	151.30%
192	4,769	396,396	1,249	1,920	151.60%
193	4,790	401,186	1,261	1,930	151.90%
194	4,811	405,997	1,274	1,940	152.20%
195	4,831	410,828	1,286	1,950	152.50%
196	4,851	415,679	1,299	1,960	152.80%
197	4,871	420,550	1,311	1,970	153.10%
198	4,891	425,441	1,324	1,980	153.40%
199	4,910	430,351	1,336	1,990	153.70%
200	4,929	435,280	1,349	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.