¶ How do I start mining?
The first place to start, would be choosing a mine. The mine you should choose greatly depends on what gems exactly you want to mine. Second of all, you want to grab a pickaxe for 1000 gold from any storekeeper located in any city, to find the storekeeper locations click here. Equip the pickaxe (you need to be minimum level 15 to equip) and go to your desired mining location you want to mine and right-click with the pickaxe. You should see your character using the pickaxe with mining animations.
¶ Mining tips
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Avoid mining in popular mining spots, they are the first place mine pkers come to look. The most important thing about mining, is keeping your miner alive as long as possible, if you place your miner in a spot where a mine pker is likely to miss it, then you have a greater chance of keeping your miner alive. You should never mine against the walls because most mine pkers will just hop around the outer section of the mines. You should try to mine someplace off-center, at least a screen and a half away from the wall and not to close to the center.
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Never move your miner! If you can avoid it, of course. The only time you need to move your miner is if it gets killed, logged off or after server maintenances.
The main reason for not moving your miner, is to avoid renewing the ore flow and avoid mining with a full bag of ores. The longer you mine in one spot without moving, the less frequently you mine ores. The less frequently you mine ores, the less you need to empty your bag. If you dump ores where you stand for about an hour without moving, you can keep your miner mining over night, without it filling its bag with ores. -
Check on your miner as often as you can. Try checking on it every 15-30 minutes, when you're near the computer. When you check on your miner, you get an opportunity to drop your ores, check to see if you mined a gem and yes, check if you're miner is dead too.
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Keep a character logged off next to your miner, preferably a lvl 40 or 70 water tao. This is probably one of the most useful things a miner can have, You can use this character for a number of things.
-Trade ores to this character if you need to empty your bag from ores in a rush.
-Trade any gem you mine over to this character and log it back off, keeping your gems safe and your miner unmoved.
-If this character is a Water Taoist, then you can also revive your miner if it gets killed.
The main reason you should do this, is because if you're too lazy to bring a character to run my gems to the Market, especially if it's only a normal gem. You will lose a LOT of gems to mine pkers because you're too lazy to go back for anything less than 4 normal gems or a decent refined gem. You would also lose some precious mining time because you would sometimes be too lazy to run your miner all the way back to the mines, after dying.
¶ Ores
Each ore have ratings that define how pure they are. A quest NPC can request that you give him ores with certain purities to finish the quest.
Ore purity also changes the price at which the ore can be sold to an NPC.
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Iron Ore |
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Euxenite Ore |
Mostly used for promotion at level 40. | |
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Silver Ore |
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Copper Ore |
Can be traded with Stoneman (182,105) in market for a Copper Ore Voucher. | |
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Gold Ore |
Can be used to get out of PK jail if you have PK points. Can be sold to any shop for high amounts of gold.. |
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¶ Gems
Gems can be put into the sockets on your items to provide a strong bonus depending on what type of gem you used.
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Normal Kylin Gem |
50% increased durability |
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Refined Kylin Gem |
100% increased durability |
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Super Kylin Gem |
200% increased durability |
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Normal Fury Gem |
5% increased accuracy |
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Refined Fury Gem |
10% increased accuracy |
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Super Fury Gem |
15% increased accuracy |
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Normal Dragon Gem |
5% increased physical damage |
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Refined Dragon Gem |
10% increased physical damage |
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Super Dragon Gem |
15% increased physical damage |
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Normal Phoenix Gem |
5% increased magic damage |
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Refined Phoenix Gem |
10% increased magic damage |
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Super Phoenix Gem |
15% increased magic damage |
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Normal Rainbow Gem |
10% increased experience gained |
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Refined Rainbow Gem |
15% increased experience gained |
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Super Rainbow Gem |
25% increased experience gained |
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Normal Moon Gem |
15% increased spell experience |
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Refined Moon Gem |
30% increased spell experience |
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Super Moon Gem |
50% increased spell experience |
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Normal Violet Gem |
30% increased weapon proficiency experience |
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Refined Violet Gem |
50% increased weapon proficiency experience |
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Super Violet Gem |
100% increased weapon proficiency experience |
¶ How do I get to the mine cave locations?
I've created small videos from the city, jumping all the way to the mine cave locations, click here to see them.
¶ Mines
A list of all the mines in Primal Conquer and what you can get from mining there.
¶ Twin City Mine
The Twin City mine can be found in the top left corner of the map at (044, 396). To get there talk to the Conductress in Twin City and click on "Mine Cave". Talk to "GeneralLong" and he'll teleport you inside.
| Image | Yield |
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Iron Ore |
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Euxenite Ore |
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Dragon Gem |
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Rainbow Gem |
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Fury Gem |
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Kylin Gem |
¶ Phoenix Castle Mine
The Phoenix Castle mine can be accessed through the Assistant in the bottom right corner of Phoenix Castle at (932,562).
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Iron Ore |
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Coppper Ore |
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Phoenix Gem |
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Dragon Gem |
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Rainbow Gem |
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Kylin Gem |
¶ Jail Mine
If you have less than 30 PK points, you can pay Captain Li (Twin City 512,351) 1,000 Silver, and he will allow you to visit the jail. The players who earn over 100 PK points will be jailed, when they are killed by another player. They will have to pay 500,000 Silver to the Warden (PK Jail 35, 69), in order to get out.
| Image | Yield |
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Iron Ore |
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Copper Ore |
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Gold Ore |
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Phoenix Gem |
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Dragon Gem |
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Rainbow Gem |
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Kylin Gem |
¶ Desert City Mine
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Silver Ore |
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Copper Ore |
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Gold Ore |
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Moon Gem |
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Violet Gem |
¶ Ape Mountain Mine
The Ape Mountain mine can be accessed through the Assistant in the bottom left corner of Ape Mountain, on the other side of the crevice at (523,887).
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Silver Ore |
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Copper Ore |
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Gold Ore |
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Moon Gem |
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Violet Gem |
¶ MetZone Mine
| Image | Yield |
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Iron Ore |
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Silver Ore |
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Copper Ore |
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Gold Ore |
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Phoenix Gem |
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Dragon Gem |
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Rainbow Gem |
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Moon Gem |
¶ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Mining
¶ Does mining against the wall increase chances of getting gems?
No mining against wall does not increase the chances of obtaining gem, the reason people mine against walls to avoid mine pkers.
¶ Do gem spots exist?
Gem spots do NOT exist, sometimes it may seem like they do, but it all just comes down to luck.
¶ If I increase my pickaxe proficieny and quality, does it increase chances of getting gems?
Yes. Pickaxe proficiency level does affect mining at the rate of 1% extra for each proficiency level, also it does is increase your damage dealt with a pickaxe.
¶ What's the average miner of obtaining gem?
The average time of getting a gem is roughly every 5-6 hours.
¶ Does it matter what class I use for mining?
No it does not matter what class you use for mining, all classes the equal and does not benefit anything towards it. However, Use a water taoist for mining and you will enjoy the benefits of WindScrolls, they are very useful for getting to some mines locations faster.
¶ How do I obtain gems faster?
If you mine in the same spot long enough, you will eventually mine a gem. It could take 5 minutes and it could take 2 days.