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Ores

Pure ores in the Dwarven Mines and Crystal Hollows with Maniac Miner, mostly Glossy Mineral armor and a rod-swap to Bal for the ability.

Guide by TheUltimateNon, posted in the Mining Cult Discord. Checked 27 October 2026.

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Where
Dwarven Mines and Crystal Hollows. Pure Diamond, Emerald, Iron, Lapis, Redstone, Gold and Coal in the Royal Mines and the Mines of Divan; Pure Quartz only in the Abandoned Quarry.
Key blocks
  • Pure ores: 4 ticks at 4,001 Mining Speed, instamine at 36,001 with Mining Speed Boost
  • Other ores: instamine at 1,801, or 9,001 while falling
  • Pure ore tick thresholds: 10 ticks 1,715; 9 ticks 1,895; 8 ticks 2,118; 7 ticks 2,401; 6 ticks 2,770; 5 ticks 3,273
Rates
  • Diamond 3.7M to 6M collection per hour 3/4 Glossy and 1/4 Divan's.
  • Iron 3.7M to 6M collection per hour 3/4 Glossy and 1/4 Divan's.
  • Quartz 3.7M to 5M collection per hour 3/4 Glossy and 1/4 Divan's.
  • Emerald 3.7M to 6M collection per hour 3/4 Glossy and 1/4 Divan's.
  • Lapis 2.75M to 4.75M collection per hour 2/4 Glossy and 2/4 Divan's.
  • Redstone 4.2M to 6.5M collection per hour 3/4 Glossy and 1/4 Divan's.

Dwarven Mines rates. Only Diamond, Quartz, Coal and Gold are profitable ores (noted September 2025).

Heart of the Mountain

Max efficiency HOTM 7, 15 tokens

  • 6.8m Mithril
  • 4.6m Gemstone

Tree coming soon. The drawn tree for this method is not confirmed yet.

Key perks

  • Heart of the Mountain 7

Gear

Budget is the cheapest setup the guide recommends and max the best one. Items not marked apply to both.

Drill 3 items

Budget setup

  • Titanium Drill DR-X655
    • Recombobulated
    • Auspicious reforge (Dwarven Geode)

Max setup

  • Divan's Drill
    • Recombobulated
    • Lustrous reforge (Gleaming Crystal)

    Stellar (Petrified Starfall) works as well as Lustrous. Put Sunny Side on the main drill if you can afford a second drill with Blue Cheese.

Both setups

  • Drill upgrades for either drill

    Perfectly-Cut Fuel Tank, Amber-Polished Drill Engine, Blue Cheese Goblin Omelette, Divan's Powder Coating, Perfect gemstones, Amber Power Scroll, 5 Polarvoid Books, Efficiency X, Fortune IV, Compact X, Ultimate Wise V.

Tools 4 items

  • Aspect of the Void

    With Etherwarp. An Aspect of the End works too.

  • Alert or SOS Flare
  • Gloomlock Grimoire
  • Large Mining Sack and Large Enchanted Mining Sack

Armor 1 item

  • 3/4 Glossy Mineral and 1/4 Armor of Divan

    All Jaded and recombobulated. Perfect Jade in the Divan's piece; coating optional.

Equipment 5 items

Budget setup

  • 4/4 Titanium equipment

    Blazing

Max setup

  • Pendant of Divan
    • Recombobulated
    • Blazing reforge (Blazen Sphere)

    Quantum V

  • Ancient Cloak
    • Recombobulated
    • Blazing reforge (Blazen Sphere)

    Quantum V

  • Jade Belt
    • Recombobulated
    • Blazing reforge (Blazen Sphere)

    Quantum V

  • Dwarven Handwarmers
    • Recombobulated
    • Blazing reforge (Blazen Sphere)

    Quantum V

Pets 2 items

  • Legendary Bal, level 100

    Rod-swap to it for 10% less ability cooldown. Pet items in order: Bejeweled Collar, Minos Relic, Quick Claw. An Epic Crow now beats it for cooldown.

  • Rare Scatha, level 100 optional

    Autopet: rod cast to Bal, Mining XP gain to Scatha.

Accessories 4 items

Budget setup

  • Mineral Talisman

Max setup

  • Glossy Mineral Talisman

Both setups

  • Relic of Power
    • Recombobulated
    • Perfect Jade
  • 450+ Magical Power

    Maniac Miner needs 2

Consumables 3 items

  • 5x Dwarven O's Ore Oats
  • Filet O' Fortune
  • Refined Dark Cacao Truffle

Collections, skills and shops 3 items

  • Glacite collection 8
  • Umber collection 8
  • Tungsten collection 8

Attributes

Level 10 values. See the attribute reference for every mining attribute.

Attribute Shard Effect Priority
Rotten Pickaxe Zombie Miner (Common) +30 Mining Speed –
Quartz Speed Quartzfang (Rare) +10 to +100 Mining Speed on Mining Islands while Weather is active –
Cavern Wisdom Cavernshade (Epic) +5 Mining Wisdom –
Ultimate DNA Galaxy Fish (Legendary) +10 Mining Fortune –
Echo of Wisdom Wyvern (Legendary) Wisdom attributes +20% –
Echo of Echoes Tiamat (Legendary) Echo attributes +50% –
Why Not More Toucan (Epic) +10% pet EXP Share –
Breeze Wither Specter (Rare) -10% mana costs when you have not taken damage for 5 seconds –

How to mine

Ores work best with Maniac Miner: mine the pure ore veins on a route, rod-swap to Bal before you use the ability, and Etherwarp between veins. Routes need Skytils or Skyblocker and are shared in the Mining Cult Discord.

Use /recipe enchanted <material> to compact straight from your sacks.

Updates since the guide

  • An Epic Crow is now better than a Legendary Bal for pickaxe ability cooldown.
  • Mining lanterns: Mithril Lantern (HOTM 2), Titanium Lantern (HOTM 5), Glacite Lantern (HOTM 8), Will-o’-wisp (HOTM 10).
  • The Snail pet’s speed penalty is fixed.

Credits and sources

  • Guide: TheUltimateNon
  • Source: Mining Cult Discord. Last checked 27 October 2026.
  • Requirements as data: ores.json (format: guide schema).

Found a mistake? Tell the author in the Mining Cult Discord, or open an issue on GitHub.

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