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Mining

Spell

Mining

Physical

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3.2 secInteract Range

How to pull ore and stone from mineral veins for use in Engineering and Blacksmithing.

Mining

Tooltip

How to pull ore and stone from mineral veins for use in Engineering and Blacksmithing. Gives a potential mining skill of 75. Requires a Mining Pick.

How it works

Mining is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Open Lock (effect type 33). Its base value is 1275.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 118, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Mining is a spell with a 3.2 sec cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it opens a lock.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Interact Range)
Cast time3.2 sec
Effect #1Open Lock (33)
Value: 1275
Misc value: 41
Effect #2Effect 118
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 2571

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Mining appears in: 1 skill line and 1 teaching spell.

Skill lines

  • MiningSkill line

Teaching spells

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

More Mining spells

AqiriteAqirite
Aqirite SeamAqirite Seam
Artisan Miner's MoxieArtisan Miner's Moxie
BismuthBismuth
Bismuth SeamBismuth Seam
Brilliant SilverBrilliant Silver
Brilliant Silver SeamBrilliant Silver Seam
Camouflaged AqiriteCamouflaged Aqirite
Camouflaged BismuthCamouflaged Bismuth
Camouflaged IronclawCamouflaged Ironclaw
Crystallized AqiriteCrystallized Aqirite
Crystallized BismuthCrystallized Bismuth

Every Mining spell

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 67 separate Spell records named "Mining". This page is record #265839. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#265837different tooltip textA variant record
#265838cast time: instant; effect types: Learn Spell, Learn Spell, Skill Step; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#265841no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#265843no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#265845no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#265847different tooltip textA variant record
#265849different tooltip textA variant record
#265851different tooltip textA variant record
#265853different tooltip textA variant record
#274126cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#274127cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#274128cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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