Tutorial:Mining Guide

This tutorial is an overall guide for.

Basic Information
There are some certain topics that are necessary to get to grips with mining.

Breaking Speed
There are 20 Minecraft ticks per second (1 tick = 0.05s).

Blocks break in terms of ticks; how many ticks it takes to break a block is determined by your and the "Block Strength"  (see Breaking Power) of the block you are breaking. The formula for how many ticks you break a block in is $$round(blockStrength * 30 / miningSpeed)$$

Ticks round: 8.499999 ticks breaks at the same speed as 8 ticks, as does 8.33333333. Once you cross that threshold, you get will be able to break the block 1 tick, or 0.05s, faster. Mining a block 1 tick faster is equal to roughly 150 fortune (another ~1.5m per hour). The formula for Mining Speed needed to cross a tick threshold is $$round(blockStrength * 30 / (tick + 0.4999999999999))$$

If you have the mining speed to mine a block in less than 1 tick, the block will be instamined. However, if you do not have the mining speed to break a block in less than a tick, you will mine the block in 4 ticks instead of insta-mining.


 * Maximum possible consistent tick speeds
 * Jade: 8348 Speed (11 Tick)
 * Ruby: 9201 Speed (7/8 Tick)
 * Blue Wool Mithril: 6940 Speed (6 Tick)


 * Blocks that can be instamined with Mining Speed Boost
 * Mines of Divan Gold: 36,000 Speed
 * Prismarine Mithril: 48,000 Speed (In Magma Fields with Bal Pet)
 * Gray Mithril: 30,000 Speed
 * Obsidian: 30,000 Speed

Block Efficiency
Block efficiency is how much downtime you take in-between mining. This can include moving your crosshair to your next block or ether warping to the next platform.

The higher your block efficiency is, the more gemstones you can mine in an hour. To get better block efficiency you just have to keep practicing to get faster. Your ping or the server's TPS can affect how hard it is to have high efficiency.

Video
A video displaying high block efficiency can be seen below.

Waypoints
Waypoints are crucial to efficiently and effectively mining. They mark locations to easily see where you need to go to mine. There are main types of waypoint, and you can differentiate them as follows. You can use https://soopy.dev/waypointconvert to convert between waypoint formats.

SkyTils
There are 2 variations of the import format:
 * Waypoint


 * (V1):H4sIAAAAAAAC/51Y225bNxD8FeM8CwW5F (Newer)
 * eyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIjogW3sibmFtZSI6ICJBbWJlciBEaWxsbyIsIndheXBv (Older)

copy the import string then in-game do /st > edit waypoints > share > import from clipboard
 * Import

SoopyAddons
There are 2 variations of the import format:
 * Waypoint


 * AQAAAJ0AATFDTwAAQxsAAEPsgAAAfwAAAAABMQABMkNMAABDHwAAQ+0AAAB/AAAAAAEyAAEzQ0sAAEMiAA (Newer)
 * [{"x":208,"y":170,"z":518,"r":0,"g":1,"b":0,"options":{"name":1}},{"x":207,"y":173,"z":520,"r":0,"g":1,"b":0,"options":{"name":2}} (Older)

Copy the import string then in-game do /loadwaypoints > /converttoorder > /clear waypoints and if you do not want ordered waypoints just do /loadwaypoints
 * Import

Coleweight
Coleweight uses both Soopy import formats as well as the older skytils format.
 * Waypoint


 * AQAAAJ0AATFDTwAAQxsAAEPsgAAAfwAAAAABMQABMkNMAABDHwAAQ+0AAAB/AAAAAAEyAAEzQ0sAAEMiAA (Newer Soopy)
 * [{"x":208,"y":170,"z":518,"r":0,"g":1,"b":0,"options":{"name":1}},{"x":207,"y":173,"z":520,"r":0,"g":1,"b":0,"options":{"name":2}} (Older Soopy)
 * eyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIjogW3sibmFtZSI6ICJBbWJlciBEaWxsbyIsIndheXBv (Older SkyTils)

Copy the import string then in-game do /cw ordered load and if you do not want ordered waypoints do /cw waypoint load
 * Import

/cw ordered delete #, /cw ordered add # , /cw ordered unload and /cw waypoint unload. For any other commands do /cw help
 * Additional Commands

Crystal Hollows Techniques
All of the following methods take place in the.

Crimson Isle Techniques
The following methods take place on the.

Quartz Mining
Quartz is a white ore found on the Crimson Isle. It is not a very common mining method, although it does make quite a sizeable amount of coins, at around 30-40m/h. It is also often used by Ironman players for the Terminator crafting recipe.

Requirements

 * (Any rarity, but EPIC+ is preferable)
 * Any Mining armor
 * Any Drill/Gemstone Gauntlet
 * Any Drill/Gemstone Gauntlet

HotM Tree
The Heart of the Mountain tree used for Quartz mining is the same as dillo mining, as it only requires fortune due to the Quartz ore speed cap being very low. For the powder and powder splits, it is recommended to have / powder to start off. All fortune perks should be maxed, and the remaining powder should be put into efficient miner.

Method
For Quartz mining, the route that should be used are these 3 waypoints:
 * -436, 57, -662
 * -419, 57, -696
 * -440, 57, -687

You should circle around these 3 waypoints and mine all the Quartz veins there.

As for the mobs, you can either kill them using any weapon that can kill them quickly, or you can use an Aspect of the Dragons to remove them from the veins. Right click abilities do not aggro the magma cubes.

Opal Mining
Opal is a white Gemstone that spawns in veins in the area of the Crimson Isle. Opal mining isn't a very common mining method that is used, but can still make respectable amounts of coins (- an hour). This method is often not recommended due to the insane amount of lag in the Crimson Isle.

Requirements

 * (Any rarity, but EPIC+ is preferable)
 * Any Mining armor
 * Any Drill/Gemstone Gauntlet

HotM Tree
The Heart of the Mountain tree used for Opal mining is the same as any other manual mining. The powder requirements are also the same, being powder of both types.

Method
The method for mining opal is quite similar to any manual mining method, with the only difference being no setup time. This can be useful if you don't have time to set up a dillo route.

To neutralize damage from the blazes that spawn in the Smoldering Tomb, you can use a method with the :


 * 1) Consume a Gummy
 * 2) Spawn a T1 Blaze Slayer boss.
 * 3) After its spawn animation finishes, go to your island.
 * 4) Go back to the Smoldering Tomb and blazes shouldn't attack you!

Route
Unlike a lot of mining methods, Opal does not require setting up a route. Just run around the Smoldering Tomb and mine the Opal veins.