Mining Speed

Mining Speed is one of the player statistics. It is a measure of the block-breaking time.

Any item that increases mining speed by a base value (such as +40) can be thought of as an increase of the base breaking time by that % (confirm)

It is not known to have a cap, and can be increased with the efficiency enchant, certain pickaxes, and several armor sets

Increasing Mining Speed
Players can increase their Mining Speed by:


 * Holding a pickaxe
 * Having the Efficiency Enchant
 * Wearing certain armor
 * Upgrading mining speed level in HotM

Decreasing
The Mining Fatigue effect lowers how fast you break blocks (unknown if it affects the stat as the player now always has the effect

Achieving Maximum Mining Speed
To achieve maximum mining speed, the player must first use a full set of Sorrow Armor and use a stonk. This increases it by 710 Mining Speed, you must also max out your Heart of the Mountain, which grants much more