Mining – CADRIFT

Introduction to Mining

Miners travel the lands to gather metals.
These metals are harvested as ores which can be taken to a forge to refine into bars.
The metals are used in most of the main crafting professions; with Artificer, Weaponsmith, and Armorsmith benefiting most.

Training the skill

You will come across a Mining trainer early in the game, this is to encourage you to take the mining profession quickly so you don’t walk past the rest or the ore in the starter zone!
Defiants will find their first Mining Trainer in Kelari Refuge at /setwaypoint 6585 4600
Guardians will find their first Mining Trainer in Divine Landing at /setwaypoint 6218 3869
There are many more Mining Trainers scattered around the world, especially in the major cities.

The Mining Trainers in the major cities are at..
Meridian /setwaypoint 6002 5211
Sanctum /setwaypoint 7399 3008
Tempest Bay /setwaypoint 12831 11690

You should visit the Mining Trainer regularly to learn all the new refining recipes and to continue into the next tiers of the Mining skill. There is usually a Mining trainer near the Forge. The recipes from the Trainer will allow you to craft Bars out of the Ores you have mined. These recipes can help you gain some skill points, but the main bulk of your levelling will come from actually mining the ores in the open world.
You need to be stood at a Forge to turn Ores into Bars.

Finding Ores in the World

When you first learn mining you will be given an ability called ‘Track Ore’, you will find this in your ability book under the General Tab. When you activate the track ore ability it will stay on your character. It has no timer, it cannot be cleansed. The only way to remove it is to right click the ability or to unlearn Mining. So you should only need to apply it once and then have no need to apply it again.
Ores show up as yellow diamonds on your mini-map.

Ores are usually found nestled around rocks. Some of the ores are very shiny and can easily be spotted from a distance, others will blend into their surroundings and you wouldn’t have noticed them without the mark on your map!

Ores can also be mined from Robotic/Metallic bad guys. Some zones will have decent clusters of these mobs for you to kill. This will often be quicker/easier than trying to find the Ores on the ground.

There are 17 types of metal ore that can be mined.
These can all be found in specific areas of the map.
For more information about where to find each ore, have a look at the Materials page.

Mathosia
Tin Ore
Copper Ore
Iron Ore
Silver Ore
Chromite Ore
Cobalt Ore
Gold Ore
Titanium Ore
Carmintium Ore
Platinum Ore
Orichalcum Ore

Storm Legion
Gantimite Ore
Karthite Ore
Rhenium Ore

Nightmare Tide
Thalasite Ore

Prophecy of Ahnket
Atramentium Ore
Bolidium Ore

How to mine

Most your levelling will come from actually mining the ores in the open world.
Find ore using your tracking ability, stand next to the ore and right click it to mine. A mining pick will magically appear in your hands and you will mine the ore. You do not need to craft any kind of tool to mine with, just have the profession trained.

At low level, all the ores you mine will level up your skill. As you advance through the levels, lower level ores will no longer give skill points.
You can see if an ore will give you a skill point by mousing over it and looking at the colour of the text.

Red Text
You will always get a Skill Point from this node.

Orange Text
You will always get a Skill Point from this node.

Yellow Text
You will get a high % of a Skill Point from this node.

Green Text
You will get a low % of a Skill Point from this node.

Grey Text
This node will not give you Skill Points.

From this we can deduce that it is best to always be mining nodes that have red/orange text.
The yellow/green level nodes will only give a % of a skill point, this % will vary considerably depending on your skill level. At very low levels, the yellow/green nodes pretty much always give a skill point from each harvest, but as you go up in level, those yellow/green nodes will give less and less of a percentage of a full skill point. At the highest levels, yellow nodes will give 25-50% of a point, while green nodes give 10-25%. These %s do seem to have an element of variability. There is no way to see the % you get from each harvest, just keep mining!

Skill Points from each ore.

To the right is a table showing each ore type and when you will stop getting Skill Points from them.

Gems

While mining ores you will also have a chance to loot a gemstone.
These gems can be used to craft some of the more powerful/unique items. It is worth keeping them stashed away on your bank alt. You may find you need them to craft low level items that unlock wardrobes.

You can find a full list of all the gems and information about which ores to mine to loot them on the materials page.

Ore	XP Up To
Tin Ore	65
Copper Ore	90
Iron Ore	130
Silver Ore	140
Chromite Ore	170
Cobalt Ore	200
Gold Ore	210
Titanium Ore	240
Carmintium Ore	265
Platinum Ore	270
Orichalcum Ore	305
Gantimite Ore	365
Karthite Ore	405
Rhenium Ore	450
Thalasite Ore	450
Atramentium Ore	525
Bolidium Ore	525

Boosting skill gain

You can use a Skill orb! This will increase your chances of gaining a skill point while Mining Ores, and also while crafting Bars or other mining items. Skill Orbs are available in the Rift Store for credits only. The skill orb only lasts for 2 hours once applied, so be sure to have raw materials ready to craft with, or some great spots picked out to farm.
There is also a Guild Perk called ‘Journeyman‘ that will increase your chance of gaining a skill point.

Celestial Mining Rune

The Celestial Mining Rune will temporarily increase your Mining skill level by 50 points, even if that takes you over the max of 525.
The rune is crafted by a Runecrafter. You can apply the rune to any Shoulder gear of any level. You can craft/buy some cheap lower level shoulders to place the rune on, and then switch out your shoulders when you require the extra mining boost.

The 50 extra points will be a detriment to you while you are trying to level up the skill. It is not recommended that you use the rune until you are already at max level. At max level the rune will increase your yield from each node, making it quicker to farm materials that you need to craft.

Mining to Level

If you are already a high level character while levelling mining, then you can just go straight to high level zones and mine 500 Atramentium/Bolidium to level to 500+ very quickly. It is best to use a skill orb while you do this, as this will drastically cut down the amount of ore you need to mine! Be sure to visit your trainer every 75 levels as explained below.

If you are levelling mining as you level your character, then its best to do the zone quests and harvest any ores that you come across as you quest. You can send the ores you gather to an alt and then use them to level up some of the crafting professions when you have decided which of those you want.
When you reach the higher level areas, just keep mining!

You will need to visit your Mining Trainer every 75 levels or you will get stuck at the end of a skill tier. You can train up to 5 levels before the end of each tier. Train at 70-75, 145-150, 220-225, 295-300, 370-375, 445-450.

Crafting to Level

Mining is a gathering skill, not a crafting skill!
Most of the crafting involved is to refine ores into bars. These can be done in single bars, or in sets of 20.
By the time you have gathered decent amounts of ore, you will already be high enough level that refining into bars wont give XP anymore!

All the refining recipes will be learned from your Mining Trainer as you level up.
You will also find 5 recipes in the store to buy with crafting marks. These are for mining themed dimension items.

Due to the limited amount of recipes, there will be a lot of gaps in crafting where your only option is to go out and mine to level until you reach the next craftable item.

You can use the mining rune to bump up your level temporarily and craft items of a higher level. The rune will also allow you to train recipes that are up to 50 levels higher than you actually are. With careful management of the rune you will be able to level up a lot of skill points by crafting bars, however you will still need to gather the ores! Even using the rune there are still gaps in the levelling that will require you to go out into the world and mine.

45 Recipes Available for Mining

Bulk Materials

Name of Item	Learn At	High Until	Medium Until	Low Until	Expansion	Free?	Source of Recipe
Twenty Tin Bars	35	35	35	35	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Copper Bars	75	75	75	75	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Iron Bars	115	115	115	115	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Chromite Bars	145	145	145	145	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Cobalt Bars	185	185	185	185	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Titanium Bars	225	225	225	225	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Carmintium Bars	260	260	260	260	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Orichalcum Bars	280	280	280	280	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Gantimite Bars	335	335	335	335	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Karthite Bars	350	350	350	350	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Rhenium Bars	375	375	375	375	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Thalasite Bars	390	395	400	405	Nightmare Tide		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Atramentium Bars	475	475	475	475	Prophecy		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Twenty Bolidium Bars	500	500	500	500	Prophecy		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.

Dimension Items

Name of Item	Learn At	High Until	Medium Until	Low Until	Expansion	Free?	Source of Recipe
Lichen-covered Boulder	60	70	80	90	Vanilla		Bought in the Rift Store for In Game Currencies.
Pickaxe Rack	120	130	140	150	Vanilla		Bought in the Rift Store for In Game Currencies.
Tall Boulder	180	190	200	210	Vanilla		Bought in the Rift Store for In Game Currencies.
Mining Cart with Ore	240	250	260	270	Vanilla		Bought in the Rift Store for In Game Currencies.
Crystal Mass	300	310	320	330	Storm Legion		Bought in the Rift Store for In Game Currencies.

Materials

Name of Item	Learn At	High Until	Medium Until	Low Until	Expansion	Free?	Source of Recipe
Tin Bar	1	5	10	20	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Copper Bar	35	40	45	55	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Bronze Bar	50	55	60	70	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Iron Bar	75	80	85	95	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Silver Bar	75	80	85	95	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Chromite Bar	115	120	125	135	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Steel Bar	115	120	125	135	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Cobalt Bar	145	150	155	165	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Gold Bar	145	150	155	165	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Darkmetal Bar	185	190	195	205	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Titanium Bar	185	190	195	205	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Carmintium Bar	225	230	235	245	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Platinum Bar	225	230	235	245	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Orichalcum Bar	260	265	270	280	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Cinerium Bar	280	285	290	300	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Gantimite Bar	290	295	300	310	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Tempered Orichalcum Bar	300	305	310	320	Vanilla		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Karthite Bar	330	335	340	350	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Rhenium Bar	350	355	360	365	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Ephemeral Element	375	380	385	300	Nightmare Tide		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Rhenium Superalloy	375	376	377	380	Storm Legion		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Thalasite Bar	375	380	385	390	Nightmare Tide		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Atramentium Bar	450	455	460	465	Prophecy		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Thalasite Dream Alloy	450	455	460	465	Nightmare Tide		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Thalasite Nightmare Alloy	450	455	460	465	Nightmare Tide		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.
Bolidium Bar	475	480	485	490	Prophecy		Learned from your skill trainer in Tempest bay.