The Mine

The Mine
The Mine map view
Zone	Safe / Underground
Connected to	Mainland (cave entrance)
Notable features	Stone and Coal rocks, Old Miner, Mining Hard Hat rare drop
Entry requirement	None

The Mine is the underground mining cave on the Mainland — the place where every new miner starts. Its entrance is a stone hill with a timber-framed cave mouth, marked on the world map with a pickaxe icon. Inside, the Old Miner teaches Mining and hands out a free starter Pickaxe, and the cave floor is dotted with rock nodes to swing it at.

The Mine follows the Mainland's safe rules — no PvP, and nothing is lost here.

The Old Miner

The Old Miner stands in the north of the cave. Talk to him to learn Mining and receive a free Pickaxe; if you later lose your pickaxe, he will hand out a replacement. See Old Miner for his full dialogue and services.

Mining

The cave holds a fixed layout of rock nodes, from single rocks up to larger clusters — bigger rocks take more swings and give more material before they crumble. Mined-out rocks respawn. Rocks with dark veins carry Coal; plain rock gives Stone.

Rock	Yield	Mining level	XP per mined-out rock
Plain rock	Stone	None	20
Dark-veined rock	Coal	None	25

Any pickaxe works here, including the starter Pickaxe. For Iron Ore you need Frostmere's rocks (Mining 5), and for Silver Ore the Dunes (Mining 20) — The Mine itself is stone and coal country.

Rare drop

Drop	Chance	Notes
Mining Hard Hat	1 in 5,000 per mined-out rock	Only drops in The Mine — nowhere else. Part of the Mining outfit; wearing the full kit pays +5% Mining XP.

The other Mining outfit pieces (top and bottom) drop from mining rocks anywhere, at much longer odds.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Mainland	The Mine's entrance is here.
Old Miner	Teaches Mining and gives the starter Pickaxe.
Mining	The skill trained here.
Pickaxe	The tool used here.
Stone	Main material mined here.
Coal	Mined from dark-veined rocks.
Mining Hard Hat	Rare cosmetic exclusive to The Mine.
Frostmere	Next step up — Iron Ore rocks and the Lvl 2 Pickaxe.