Rubble Boulder

Rubble Boulder
Skill(s) required: Mining Object(s) required: Any Pickaxe x1 Mine Entrance x1 Weight: unknown Required by: Objects Arcane Amethyst Copper Ore Iron Ore Rubble Silver Ore Sterling Geode Whetstone Structures None

About

Performing the Mine action with Any Axe or Any Pickaxe equipped on a cracked wall within a Mine Entrance will dig away that wall section and yield either a Copper Ore Boulder, Iron Ore Boulder, Silver Ore Boulder, or a Rubble Boulder.

WARNING! Mining runs the risk of causing a collapse, always be prepared to build Mine Support.

With Any Axe or Any Pickaxe Chip a Rubble Boulder to get 15x Rubble.

Sifting

To Sift Rubble Rubble, equip a Sifting Pan or Prospector's Pan and stand in The Shallows. Click Adventure -> Sift Rubble. This will change your mouse icon to a Sifting Pan, click again on The Shallows to begin Sifting. Each time you Sift it will consume 1x Rubble with a chance to get either Black Sand, Dravite, Goldflakes, Phosphophyllite, Rubellite, Uvarovite, or potentially nothing in return. You will have to repeat this process for each Rubble in your inventory or use a Custom Client which allows you to automate the Sifting.

Finding Any Raw Gem while Sifting reduces a bit of Insanity. Raw Gems have a variable number of Carats which can give a bonus to the Raw Gem's Affluence when cut on the Gemcutter's Wheel. Raw Gems also have a Hardness which refers to its odds of successfully being cut on a Gemcutter's Wheel. The Harder the Raw Gem, the less chance of success. Hardness is rolled when Sifting and is based on your Mines & Mountains Proficiency, the Mining bonus from Artifacts and chance.

Finding Any Raw Gem during a Blood Moon will instead give you a Blood Shard.

Sift Rubble to get various resources like: Uvarovite, Rubellite, Dravite, Phosphophyllite, Black Sand, Goldflakes. See Gemcutter's Wheel for more information.