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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 1.
  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 WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. 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: 1
Misc value: 3
Effect #2Effect 118
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 186

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Mining sounds

The sounds the game plays when Mining is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Mining ImpactSoundKit 1143

  1. Mininghita0.6s · ID 569801 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Mininghitb0.6s · ID 569811 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Mininghitc0.6s · ID 569792 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Mininghitd0.8s · ID 569794 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Mining appears in: 1 skill line and 2 teaching spells.

Skill lines

  • MiningSkill line

Teaching spells

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

Related

More Mining spells

Find MineralsFind Minerals
LodestoneLodestone
MiningMining
Molten FoundryMolten Foundry
Rock GardenRock Garden
Smelt AzerothiumSmelt Azerothium
Smelt BronzeSmelt Bronze
Smelt CopperSmelt Copper
Smelt Dark IronSmelt Dark Iron
Smelt ElementiumSmelt Elementium
Smelt GoldSmelt Gold
Smelt Heavy ThoriumSmelt Heavy Thorium

Every Mining spell

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 67 separate Spell records named "Mining". This page is record #2575. 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
#2576subtext: Journeyman; effect values: 1, 2 (this record: 1, 1); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#3564subtext: Expert; effect values: 1, 3 (this record: 1, 1); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#10248subtext: Artisan; effect values: 1, 4 (this record: 1, 1); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#13612used by: Enchanting; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Enchant Item; different tooltip textA different owner
#29354effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32606effect types: noneA different effect setup
#50310effect types: noneA different effect setup
#74517effect types: noneA different effect setup
#102161effect types: noneA different effect setup
#135120effect types: noneA different effect setup
#158754effect types: noneA different effect setup
#170599effect types: noneA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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