Ingots

Using a Pickaxe or Shovel a Miner can dig out Ore, which in turn can be used to produce metal Ingots. Beginning Miners will only be able to harvest plain iron, but with practise, they can extract types that come with special properties. These are used by blacksmiths and tinkers for crafting purposes.

Aside from Mining, ore can also be found as loot on these creatures:

Ant Lion Agapite Elemental Copper Elemental Dull Copper Elemental Earth Elemental

Golden Elemental Shadow Iron Elemental Stone Gargoyle Valorite Elemental Verite Elemental

Smelting

Before ore can be used in crafting it must be smelted by using it on a forge.

The colored ore types require high levels of the Mining skill to refine. The skill needed is equal to the Mining skill required to find the ore, as listed in the table below.

Unlike the conversion of hides or logs, a skill check is performed at the refining stage - if failed, no ingots are produced and the ore pile is instead halved. When smelting high-level ore such as Platinum, it is best to separate large piles into smaller ones to prevent large losses.

Ore	Weight	Ingots
	12 Stones	2

The following table shows the smelting success rates for each ore at different Skill levels (note that skills above 100 can be achieved using Mining Gloves):

Metal	Mining Skill
Iron	0
Dull Copper	65
Shadow	70
Copper	75
Bronze	80
Golden	85
Agapite	90
Verite	95
Valorite	99
Blaze	100
Ice	105
Toxic	110
Electrum	115
Platinum	119

Metal Types

Shields receive the same bonuses from colored ingots as armor. You require the same Blacksmithy/Tinkering skill level to work the ingots as the skill level required to Mine them.

Metal	Skill	Equipment						Total	Other
Iron	0	Armor	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Weapon
Dull Copper	65	Armor	10	0	0	0	0	10	+50% Durability, Lower Requirements 20%
		Weapon	+100% Durability, Lower Requirements 50%
Shadow	70	Armor	3	2	0	0	7	12	+100% Durability
		Weapon	20% Cold Damage, +50% Durability
Copper	75	Armor	2	2	0	7	2	13
		Weapon	20% Energy Damage, 10% Poison Damage
Bronze	80	Armor	3	0	7	2	2	14
		Weapon	40% Fire Damage
Golden	85	Armor	2	2	3	0	3	10	+40 Luck, Lower Requirements 30%
		Weapon	+40 Luck, Lower Requirements 50%
Agapite	90	Armor	2	7	2	2	2	15
		Weapon	30% Cold Damage, 20% Energy Damage
Verite	95	Armor	4	4	3	4	1	16
		Weapon	20% Energy Damage, 40% Poison Damage
Valorite	99	Armor	5	0	4	4	4	17	+50% Durability
		Weapon	20% Cold Damage, 20% Energy Damage, 10% Fire Damage, 10% Poison Damage
Blaze	100	Armor	5	5	5	5	5	25	+125% Durability, 60% Lower Requirements
		Weapon	100% Fire Damage, +125% Durability, 60% Lower Requirements
Ice	105	Armor	5	5	5	5	6	26	+150% Durability, 70% Lower Requirements
		Weapon	100% Cold Damage, +150% Durability, 70% Lower Requirements
Toxic	110	Armor	6	6	6	6	6	30	+175% Durability, 80% Lower Requirements
		Weapon	100% Poison Damage, +175% Durability, 80% Lower Requirements
Electrum	115	Armor	7	7	7	7	7	35	+200% Durability, 90% Lower Requirements
		Weapon	100% Energy Damage, +200% Durability, 90% Lower Requirements
Platinum	119	Armor	8	8	8	8	8	40	+250% Durability, 100% Lower Requirements
		Weapon	+255% Durability, 100% Lower Requirements
Metal	Skill	Equipment						Total	Other

Cauldron of Transmutation

A Cauldron of Transmutation converts ingots of one color to ingot of another color. There are four cauldrons types--Bronze Cauldron of Transmutation, Golden Cauldron of Transmutation, Agapite Cauldron of Transmutation, and Verite Cauldron of Transmutation. When used, the cauldron converts three ingots of the base type into one ingot of the next-higher color. So a verite cauldron provides one valorite ingot for every three verite ingots consumed. The cauldrons are obtained as a Covetous Void Pool reward from Vela the Sorceress.

See Also

• Resources
• Mining
• Special Mining Resources
• Blacksmithy
• Tinkering
• Covetous Void Pool reward