Mining is a trade skill that allows you to mine stones, veins, and boulders across Aeternum for various ores and gems! This guide will show you how to power-level Mining quickly from 1 to 200 and show a list of resources you can get from mining. Read on to know more!

How to Level Up Mining from 0 to 200

Mining is a gathering Trade Skill in New World. This skill allows players to gather refining and crafting resources from the Stone Nodes, Alchemy Stones, and Ore Veins scattered across Aeternum.

By leveling this skill up, players will be able to obtain higher-tier resources from different types of ores and nodes. These can then be used for crafting different kinds of equipment such as weapons or armor.

Read on for a step-by-step guide on how to level up the Mining Trade Skill as quickly as possible.

Mining Level Ranges
0-45	45-100
100-175	175-200

Use the links above to quickly jump to each Mining leveling range!

Mining Level 0 to 45

Mine Iron Veins

From Levels 0 to 10, the only Mining Resource Nodes you can obtain are Iron Veins. These are the most common veins across Aeternum and are abundant in each region. This makes it an easy resource to mine and gain experience from. Higher-level veins will be scarcer and more difficult to gather since other players will also be looking for them.

These veins provide between 105-237 Mining XP depending on their size.

Iron Ore Vein: Locations and Maps

Iron Veins in Monarch's Bluffs

The best region to mine Iron Veins in is Monarch's Bluffs as they're spread all over, meaning you won't have to be in conflict with other players when trying to obtain them. You also won't need to leave this region when you need to mine at later levels since mining resources up to level 100 will still be fairly common here.

Mine Silver Veins Upon Reaching Level 10

Once you hit Level 10 in Mining, you'll gain access to Silver Veins.

These veins provide between 105-237 Mining XP, which is the same as Iron Veins. While there's no change in experience gained, your leveling will still speed up since Iron Veins can be found in the same locations as these. You'll be able to double the resources you'll gather.

Silver Ore Vein: Locations and Maps

Silver Veins in Monarch's Bluffs

As mentioned previously, Iron Veins will be in the same areas as Silver Veins, so you won't need to leave Monarch's Bluffs to continue gaining experience. Silver Veins are also quite common here, with various clusters at the center of the region.

Mining Level 45 to 100

Mine Gold Veins

You can start mining Gold Veins at Level 45, and you can track them at Level 70. They provide between 158-355 Mining XP, which isn't a significant jump in experience gained.

Their lengthy respawn time and scarce quantity means you'll end up competing with other players for them, especially in populous servers. Due to these, it's recommended that you don't focus solely on mining these and instead gather them in combination with Iron and Silver Ores.

Gold Ore Vein: Locations and Maps

Gold Veins in Monarch's Bluffs

As with Levels 0 to 45, you won't have to leave Monarch's Bluffs to continue mining gold as there are several clusters there, particularly in the northern parts of the region near the Settlement. You'll find Iron and Silver Ore Veins in these areas as well.

You can clear these areas of resources and, thanks to the proximity of the Settlement, drop them off at your storage with ease. By the time you return to the area, these veins will have respawned.

Mining Level 100 to 175

Mine Starmetal Veins

At Level 100, it's best to start prioritizing mining Starmetal Veins in high-level regions. This is because these resources provide more experience at 263-591 Mining XP, while not having too long of a respawn time.

You'll unlock other resource nodes on the way to level 175, such as the Lodestone Vein at Level 105. While you can choose to mine these, the experience they'll provide will be significantly less at 105-237 Mining XP. As a result, it's recommended that you focus on Starmetal Veins since it would be quicker to follow a single trail populated with these rather than stray off to find other resources.

Starmetal Ore Vein: Locations and Maps

Starmetal Veins in Great Cleave

It will be difficult to stay in low-level regions like Monarch's Bluffs since resources like Starmetal Veins are much rarer there compared to in high-level areas. It's recommended that you mine in Great Cleave since Starmetal Veins are common here, with several clusters near the Settlement.

This is also a great region to stay in since you'll be mining the next tier of resources nearby. However, the difficulty of mining in these areas due to powerful enemies means you'll have to wait until your overall level is at least in the 40s so that you won't get killed easily.

Mining Level 175 to 200

Mine Orichalcum Veins

Orichalcum Veins will be the final resource you'll need to mine. You can choose to just focus on these since they provide 657-1476 Mining XP, significantly higher than previous resources while having a similar respawn time as Starmetal Veins.

While these can be located in low-level regions, it's recommended that you mine them in high-level regions to reduce competition with other players. These are much rarer than previous veins so sticking to regions with difficult enemies that most players are less likely to gather resources in will give a helpful advantage.

Orichalcum Ore Vein: Locations and Maps

Orichalcum Veins in Great Cleave

As mentioned previously, you can choose to focus on solely mining Orichalcum Veins due to the great experience they provide. However, by staying in Great Cleave, you can follow a path that lets you easily mine both Starmetal and Orichalcum Veins, further speeding up your leveling.

From the Settlement, start by simply following the path going towards the west of the region, around a mountainous area. You'll pass through both Starmetal and Orichalcum Veins by following this. There will also be a quick detour to a zone that opens up with even more Orichalcum Veins. Once you've fully circled this area and returned to your Settlement, you can repeat this trail since all the resources will have respawned at this point.

Mining Leveling Tips

Upgrade Your Pickaxe Whenever Possible

Equip Items with Mining Perks

Choose the Gathering Speed Bonus

Clear Out Enemies Before You Mine Nodes

Keep Mining While Questing

Use Proficiency Boosters

Upgrade Your Pickaxe Whenever Possible

While other starter players are using their Flint Picks, quickly upgrade to an Iron Pickaxe, then continue upgrading as you proceed from tier to tier, to boost your gathering speed. This will allow you to collect ore faster than everyone else.

Consider buying higher tier Pickaxes from the Trading Post should they be available, or craft one yourself via your settlement's Workshop to simultaneously boost your crafting skills.

Item	Req. Materials	Req. Skill Level/Station
Flint Mining Pick	・ Green Wood x1 ・ Flint x1	Engineering Lv. 0 Workshop Tier 1
Iron Mining Pickaxe	・ Iron Ingot x12 ・ Timber x3 ・ Coarse Leather x2	Engineering Lv. 0 Workshop Tier 2
Steel Mining Pickaxe	・ Steel Ingot x13 ・ Timber x3 ・ Coarse Leather x2	Engineering Lv. 50 Workshop Tier 3
Starmetal Mining Pickaxe	・ Starmetal Ingot x14 ・ Timber x3 ・ Coarse Leather x2	Engineering Lv. 100 Workshop Tier 4
Orichalcum Mining Pickaxe	・ Orichalcum Ingot x15 ・ Timber x3 ・ Coarse Leather x2	Engineering Lv. 150 Workshop Tier 5

List of Tools

Equip Items with Mining Perks

A good way to speed up leveling mining and gathering more resources from it is to equip items with Mining Perks. Particularly helpful perks would be Prospector's Discipline, which provides 3% more logging experience, and Mining Yield, which provides 10% more resources gathered.

Mining Efficiency	Mining speed increased by 5% - 25%
Adored Mining Luck	While Mining, gain 5% chance at finding rare items.
Reinforced Mining Luck	While Mining, gain 2% chance at finding rare items.
Quarryman's Burden	Reduce the weight of stone, blocks, gems, and pickaxes by 5%.
Prospector's Discipline	Gain 3% more mining experience.
Mining Yield	Mining yields 10% more resources.
Mining Luck	While mining, gain 2% chance at finding rare items.
Mining Efficiency	Mining speed increased by 5% - 25%

List of Perks

Choose the Gathering Speed Bonus

As you gain Territory Standing, you will be given the choice to pick a Territory Standing Bonus at level up. Choose the Gathering Speed bonus to make Mining quicker in the region you're in!

Clear Out Enemies Before You Mine Nodes

If an enemy attacks you while in the gathering animation, the process will be interrupted! This allows other players to swoop in and farm your node if you are not careful.

Clear out enemies before farming a node to prevent situations like this from happening.

Keep Mining While Questing

As you trek from region to region finishing quests, you'll come across various ores and nodes. Make it a point to mine as much of these as possible since this allows you to multitask and speed up your leveling process.

Use Proficiency Boosters

Proficiency Boosters will allow you to gather even more resources from ores, letting you reach whatever amount you need much quicker. These Boosters increase the number of resources obtained using tools, so this will also benefit your other Trade Skills.

Gatherable Mining Resources

Gatherable Resources	Level Available to Gather	Level Available to Track
Iron Vein	Mining Lv. 0	Mining Lv. 25
Silver Vein	Mining Lv. 10	Mining Lv. 35
Seeping Stone	Mining Lv. 20	Mining Lv. 45
Gold Vein	Mining Lv. 45	Mining Lv. 70
Alchemy Stones	Mining Lv. 50	Mining Lv. 75
Starmetal Vein	Mining Lv. 100	Mining Lv. 125
Lodestone Vein	Mining Lv. 105	Mining Lv. 155
Platinum Vein	Mining Lv. 110	Mining Lv. 135
Orichalcum Vein	Mining Lv. 175	Mining Lv. 200
Boulder	Mining Lv. 0	Mining Lv. -

New World Related Guides

List of Trade Skills

Gathering Skills
Mining	Logging	Harvesting
Tracking & Skinning	Fishing
Refining Skills
Smelting	Woodworking	Leatherworking
Weaving	Stonecutting
Crafting Skills
Cooking	Weaponsmithing	Arcana
Armoring	Furnishing	Jewelcrafting
Engineering