To mine ore you must have either a shovel or a pickaxe in your possession. Double-click on the axe or shovel and then, when the targeting cursor appears, click on a mountainside or a cave wall. If successful, you will mine either a small, medium, or large pile of ore, dependent upon a number of factors. The known ore types, in order of their prevalence, are Iron (the most common), Dull Copper, Shadow Iron, Copper, Bronze, Golden, Agapite, Verite, and Valorite.

The rarity and chances of finding various ores varies directly with the skill level necessary to mine it. The more rare the ore, the higher the skill level necessary to mine it.

Ore type	Relative Rarity
Iron Ore Normal	Very Common
Dull Copper	Eight times as common as Valorite
Shadow Iron	Seven times as common as Valorite
Copper	Six times as common as Valorite
Bronze	Five times as common as Valorite
Golden	Four times as common as Valorite
Agapite	Three times as common as Valorite
Verite	Twice as common as Valorite
Valorite	Rarest of all Ores

Smelting ingots:
To smelt ore into ingots, simply double click a pile of ore, and use it on a forge. Your success in this process will vary based on your mining skill. You can also smelt colored ore into colored ingots. Smelting these ingots requires a very high mining skill, increasing with the rarity of the ore.

Common Complimentary Skills:
Blacksmithing - Use smith’s tools on ingots near forge to craft items.