Mineral Sifting

Mineral Sifting "Provides the knowledge of sifting through rubble and spotting the treasures it hides" Requirements: Skill(s) required: Mining Waterways Proficiencies required: 1600 Faith & Wisdom 2400 Mines & Mountains 1300 Natural Philosophy Skills Unlocked: Elementary Gemcutting Crafts Unlocked: Vial of Gold Flakes Sifting Pan Builds Unlocked: None Others Unlocked: Andalusite Black Sand Blood Shard Dravite Goldflakes Phosphophyllite Rhodolite Rubellite Sift Rubble Uvarovite

In-Game Text "Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles." – Sir Thomas Browne, 1605 - 1682 It is only among the refuse and detriment of the earth that you find her true beauty. Mineral Sifting provides the knowledge of sifting through rubble using fresh water and spotting the gems and other treasures it hides. Sifting With Rubble in your Inventory and a Mineral Pan equipped allows you to use Sift Rubble action on The Shallows to wash your Rubble and reveal if there was Any Raw Gem, Black Sand, or Goldflakes hidden within. Raw Gems have both a variable number of Hardness which determines how difficult that Gem is to cut on Gemcutter's Wheel and a have a variable number of Carats determined purely on chance, which gives a bonus to the Cut Gem's Artifact stats and if over 1.00 carats, change that Gemstone's size. Finding Any Raw Gem during a Blood Moon will instead give you a Blood Shard. Finding Any Raw Gem while Sifting reduces a bit of Insanity. Pan Speed Notes Sifting Pan Slow Prospector's Pan Fast Legacy WARNING! When Sifting with any Madness levels you may receive The Precious which will crack Any Raw Gems you find into Fractured Gemstones. Gemstones Any Raw Gem can be cut into a Gemstone using a Gemcutter's Wheel with the success determined by the Hardness of the Raw Gem. The Carats of the Raw Gem and the complexity of the cut will give a bonus to the Cut Gem's Affluence and Labour Bonuses, however the more complex the cut the more Hardness is added at the time of the cut. An unsuccessful Cut will destroy your Raw Gem and replace it with 1-3x Gem Shards and 1x Fractured Gemstone. Cut Skill Added Hardness Gemstone Bonus Cabochon-Cut Elementary Gemcutting +1 Cabochon-Cut Andalusite 6+ Affluence, + Rummaging Cabochon-Cut Dravite 6+ Affluence, 15+ Soil Digging Cabochon-Cut Phosphophyllite 6+ Affluence, 15+ Weaving Cabochon-Cut Rhodolite 6+ Affluence, 15+ Mining Cabochon-Cut Rubellite 6+ Affluence, 15+ Feasting Cabochon-Cut Uvarovite 6+ Affluence, 15+ Woodworking Pear Cut Tasteful Gemcutting +30 Pear-Cut Andalusite 9+ Affluence, + Rummaging Pear-Cut Dravite 9+ Affluence, 15+ Soil Digging Pear-Cut Phosphophyllite 9+ Affluence, 15+ Weaving Pear-Cut Rhodolite 9+ Affluence, 15+ Mining Pear-Cut Rubellite 9+ Affluence, 15+ Feasting Pear-Cut Uvarovite 9+ Affluence, 15+ Woodworking Square Cut Tasteful Gemcutting +15 Square-Cut Andalusite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Rummaging Square-Cut Dravite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Soil Digging Square-Cut Phosphophyllite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Weaving Square-Cut Rhodolite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Mining Square-Cut Rubellite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Feasting Square-Cut Uvarovite 7+ Affluence, 15+ Woodworking Starburst Cut Elaborate Gemcutting +45 Starburst-Cut Andalusite 13+ Affluence, + Rummaging Starburst-Cut Dravite 13+ Affluence, 15+ Soil Digging Starburst-Cut Phosphophyllite 13+ Affluence, 15+ Weaving Starburst-Cut Rhodolite 13+ Affluence, 15+ Mining Starburst-Cut Rubellite 13+ Affluence, 15+ Feasting Starburst-Cut Uvarovite 13+ Affluence, 15+ Woodworking