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 decrease of the base breaking time.

It is not known to have a cap. It 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 the player break blocks (unknown if it affects the stat as the player now always has the effect). Except on their private islands.

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. Players must also max out the Heart of the Mountain for additional mining speed.