Mining

Mining (Skill)
Activity	Mining rock for Stone, Coal, and Metal
Tool required	Pickaxe
XP per action	25 per node (50 with Lvl 2 Pickaxe)
Max level	30
Counts to Total Level	Yes

Mining is the skill for extracting Stone, Coal, and Metal from rock nodes using a Pickaxe. Its materials feed the Traveling Merchant gold trade and the Blacksmith Forge at Frostmere, so it pairs naturally with Woodcutting.

Training

Get a Pickaxe from the Old Miner in the Mines on the Mainland if you don't already have one, then equip it in a hotbar slot and mine rock nodes. Stone, Coal, and Metal nodes are all found in the Wilderness — they share the same spawn locations and the same XP rates.

Tool	XP per node	Yield per node	Notes
Pickaxe (Lvl 1)	25 XP	1	Obtained free from the Old Miner on the Mainland
Lvl 2 Pickaxe	50 XP	2	Forged at Grimjaw's Blacksmith Forge in Frostmere (Total Level 20 required)

EXP rates

Pickaxe: 25 XP per node · Lvl 2 Pickaxe: 50 XP per node (1 node every 5 seconds)

Time period	Pickaxe (Lvl 1)	Lvl 2 Pickaxe
Per minute	25 × 12 = 300 EXP	50 × 12 = 600 EXP
Per hour	300 × 60 = 18,000 EXP	600 × 60 = 36,000 EXP
Per day	18,000 × 24 = 432,000 EXP	36,000 × 24 = 864,000 EXP

See EXP Calculator for a full comparison across all skills.

Uses of mined materials

Material	Uses
Stone	Traveling Merchant gold bundle (1,500 per gold exchange) · Shield Potion purchase cost at The Alchemist
Coal	Traveling Merchant gold bundle (700 per gold exchange) · Strength Potion purchase cost at The Alchemist · Blacksmith Forge recipes
Metal	Blacksmith Forge recipes at Frostmere for Lvl 2 Axe, Lvl 2 Pickaxe, and Lvl 2 Sword · Traveling Merchant Global pool donations

Tips

• Stone, Coal, and Metal nodes share the same spawn locations in the Wilderness — mine all three in the same trip.
• Metal is not part of the Personal Merchant gold bundle but is required for the Global Merchant pool donations.
• Upgrading to Lvl 2 Pickaxe at Frostmere doubles both yield and XP, making it the single biggest Mining efficiency upgrade available.

Skills of Kintara
Gathering	Woodcutting  ·  Mining  ·  Fishing
Production	Cooking  ·  Smithing
Combat	Combat