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mining mine

UsageMine
Scattered in mountain regions on the world map you can find all sorts of boulders. These boulders can be mined with a pickaxe. After so many attempts at mining the boulder will be depleted.
- Mining requires a pickaxe - Every 10 minutes a single planets boulders are replenished of random quality. - The boulder's description indicates the resource quality. - It is possible to over-deplete a planets higher quality ores if lower tiers are not also mined. - Provides STR XP determined by quality - Rare chance to discover gemstones within ore veins - Higher quality ore nodes produce gemstones with greater potential for multiple bonus flags GEMSTONE SPECIALIZATIONS: Mined gemstones have different specializations affecting stats and AC: * Balanced - All 4 stats at equal value, full AC * Single-Spec - One stat boosted 4x, others become negative stats, AC reduced 75% * Dual-Spec - Two stats boosted 2x each, other two set to 0, AC reduced 50% Rarer gemstones may also have a Stalwart modifier (visible in name): * Stalwart (+50% AC, -20% Stats) - Only affects armor and jewelry crafting
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