Mining & Refining

Mining involves the process of extracting ores or gems from a vein or a similar source. The minded goods are then refined into ingots or cut to be used for the crafting of other equipment.

The process

Mining & Refining Ores

When mining for ores you require a pickaxe. If the vein to be mined can't be easily detected, you need to make an Intelligence (Nature) check. Once you have found a vein, you can deplete it from ore by mining for 2 hours and successfully making a Strength 'Saving Throw'. If a 'D' is found behind the material, it is a Dexterity Check instead of a Strength check. If you have knowledge of how to mine the material, you can add your proficiency bonus to the roll as well. The DC for the check is 12 + the ore's DC. If you successfully make the check, you gain 2d4 + your Constitution Modifier in ores. 5 ores can be processed into an ingot at a Smelting oven. Depending on the ore type, a different smelting oven may be required (a lava source is for instance required to smelt Durium ore into an ingot). Below the values of the ores are found. It should be noted that indicated prices don't have to be the buying/selling price of the ingot/good. This is purely meant as the indication to be used for Smithing.

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Material	Price/Ingot (gp)	DC Bonus
Iron	12	-1
Steel	15	Not mined
Mithral	300	+2
Adamantium	750	+6
Deepiron	75	+3
Dimerithium	3000	+3
Skyrite	2250	+6
Erudite	3750	+2
Magic Ore (Lump)	4500	+4
Durium	4500	+8
Silver (D)	37.5	+2
Obdurium	45	+5
Gold (D)	375	+5
Tin	5	0
Copper	3.75	0
Coal (Lump)	12	+2

Gathering & Cutting Gems

Gathering gems requires 'Gem Extraction Tools' (worth 25 gp). To obtain the material you must mine at the 'vein' for 2 hours and succeed on a Dexterity check against the DC. If successful, the DM decides how many gems you retrieve. The table below does not include all gems present in Mundus, but records most of them.

Gem's Stats

Gem	Value (gp)	Uses
Amethyst	100	Common soul gem
Aquamarine	500	Greater soul gem
Azurite	10	Petty soul gem
Sapphire	1000	Grand soul gem
Chalcedony	50	Lesser soul gem
Citrine	50	Lesser soul gem
Diamond	5000	Grand soul gem Revival spells
Emerald	2000	Grand soul gem
Fire Opal	1000	Grand soul gem Enchanting
Jade	100	Common soul gem
Jet	100	Common soul gem
Moonstone	50	Lesser soul gem
Onyx	50	Lesser soul gem
Topaz	500	Greater soul gem
Ruby	3000	Grand soul gem
Sea Opal	1000	Grand soul gem Enchanting