bluegayle wrote:
was only able to get like 3-4 successful digs from each spot. then it "dries" up. but while i ran down one tunnel (dead-end) and came back, i saw another person was there already digging away. maybe it 'dries' up for only you (similar to how the NPC only seems to talk to you all the time even tho others are standing facing him)
I don't know about this -- I've been in cases where this isn't the cases such as where I notice a mining spot, somebody gets there ahead of me, and there's nothing left.
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mining is pretty fun though! guess since i just do it for the fun factor, ill stick around bastok mines since that's close to town. not to mention, do the rounds a few times and eventually ill know where the mine points a little better.
Zeruhn is probably the best low-mid level mine in the game because, like you said, it's right there in Bastok. However, you have to go elsewhere for the really hard-to-find ores (Mythril and Gold specifically).
BTW, can you mine in the Korrokka Cave (or however it's properly spelled. >.<) that is connected to Zeruhn Mines? Also, what about the 'oriental' ores who's names I can't think of hand -- where can we mine these up at?
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can't imagine runnign all the way to palborough (where the mobs are also hostile) and then all the way back when you get full (and since those ore dont stack that's sure to be pretty soon)
I think the best thing to do would bring BLM up to 17 so you can use Warp and use it as a subjob when mining in one of the places that are farther away from a main city. Face it -- Yughott, Gusgen, and Palborough are all a long walk to & back and at some point the iron & zinc ore won't be worth it compared to other means of farming (provided you can't make stuff of those ores -- I'm a goldsmith, personally, so any zinc I mine is marked for brass ingots). But if you come home with a couple Gold or Mythril ores, it might be worth the walk.
Speaking of Gusgen, what's the suggested XP LVL to go there? As a LVL 28 THF, most of the stuff in Zeruhn has long been worthless. Likewise with Yughott Grotto & Palborough and I've never been to Gusgen yet. I'm not sure how to get there.... ><;;
