Mining

Mining is a Gathering Profession that allows the player to harvest and refine resources from ore veins.

Bonuses

For every increase in Mining's Mastery Level, the player is able to gather higher Tier items.

Efficiency

See Also: Efficiency

Below is a list of efficiency percentages and their related bonuses:

Percentage	Description
20%	Reduces gathering time by 2 seconds. Failure chance reduced to 4%.
40%	Grants chance of gathering Rare items. Grants 2 gathering attempts per node. Failure chance reduced to 3%.
60%	Reduces gathering time by 2 seconds. Failure chance reduced to 2%.
80%	Grants 3 gathering attempts per node. Failure chance reduced to 1%.
100%	Grants chance of Epic items. Reduces gathering time by 2 seconds. Failure chance reduced to 0%.

Nodes

Main Article: Gathering

A mining node takes the form of an ore vein.
There are three tiers of logging node: Metal Vein, Polymetal Vein, and Ancient Metal Vein.

Resources

Below is an overview of each node and the resources they drop:

Node	Appearance	Drops ​
Faint fossilized crystal seam		Ancient Fossils  Soft Crystal
Prosperous fossilized crystal cache
Enriched fossilized crystal bed
Faint celestial iron source		Iron Ore  Meteoric Metal
Prosperous celestial metal mine
Enriched celestial iron stockpile
Metal vein		Diamond  Moonstone  Ruby  Titanium Nugget  Isotope-238 ? Thermium Liquidium
Polymetallic vein
Ancient vein

Workbench

See: Workbench

The Mining Workbench.

The Mining Workbench is used to refine resources gathered via the mining profession.
Nearby workbenches can be identified with the icon on the Minimap.
Items that can be refined using the workbench are seen below. Players require 5 of any resource to refine it.

Raw Material	Refined Into
Ancient Fossils	Ceramics
Iron Ore	Iron Ingot
Soft Crystal	Powder Filler
Meteoric Metal	Star Energy