Gathering nodes
9 of 34 · MiningRespawn times and drop chances may not be exact. How gathering works (modifiers, efficiency, luck) is below the list.
Mining
Tin Ore DepositMining · Power 1Mining · Power 1 · 10 s10 sBase time10 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 10 sat best 5 sDrops
Copper Ore DepositMining · Power 2Mining · Power 2 · 10 s10 sBase time10 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 10 sat best 5 sDrops
+2Coal DepositMining · Power 3Mining · Power 3 · 10 s10 sBase time10 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 10 sat best 5 sDrops
+1Iron Ore DepositMining · Power 4Mining · Power 4 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
+2Salt DepositMining · Power 6Mining · Power 6 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives5–10Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
Silver Ore DepositMining · Power 6Mining · Power 6 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
+1Nickel Ore DepositMining · Power 8Mining · Power 8 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
+1Rhodonite Ore DepositMining · Power 10Mining · Power 10 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
+1Rune Essence DepositMining · Power 10Mining · Power 10 · 30 s30 sBase time30 sLives10–20Respawn60–120 sYour time: 30 sat best 15 sDrops
Copper Ore DepositMining · Power 2Mining · Power 2 · 10 s10 sBase time10 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 10 sat best 5 sDrops+2Coal DepositMining · Power 3Mining · Power 3 · 10 s10 sBase time10 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 10 sat best 5 sDrops+1Iron Ore DepositMining · Power 4Mining · Power 4 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops+2Salt DepositMining · Power 6Mining · Power 6 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives5–10Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDropsSilver Ore DepositMining · Power 6Mining · Power 6 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops+1Nickel Ore DepositMining · Power 8Mining · Power 8 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops+1Rhodonite Ore DepositMining · Power 10Mining · Power 10 · 15 s15 sBase time15 sLives25–50Respawn60–120 sYour time: 15 sat best 7.5 sDrops
+1Rune Essence DepositMining · Power 10Mining · Power 10 · 30 s30 sBase time30 sLives10–20Respawn60–120 sYour time: 30 sat best 15 sDropsHow gathering works: node modifiers, efficiency, luck and chance
Node modifiers
A node can spawn with modifiers that make it better or worse to gather:
| Better | Worse | The node… |
|---|---|---|
| Rich | Poor | drops more or fewer main resources |
| Dense | Scarce | spawns with more or fewer resources |
| Weak | Strong | takes less or more time to gather |
| Lucky | Plain | spawns more or fewer QTEs (quick-time events) |
Gathering stats
- Efficiency
- Gathers faster: it shortens the time between gathers, down to half the node's base time. Each level of the skill's Specialist perk (Mining Specialist, Woodcutting Specialist and so on) lowers that limit by 1%, to 40% at level 10. How much efficiency helps depends on the node's power: you hit the limit at 9 × the node's power (18 on a power 2 node), and more efficiency after that does nothing.
- Luck
- The chance of a second drop when a gather succeeds. It keeps going past 100%: 101% luck is a guaranteed second drop plus a 1% chance of a third.
- Chance
- The chance that a gather succeeds at all.
The time between gathers is base ÷ log₁₀(10 × efficiency ÷ power + 10), never below the limit.
Gathering speed
- Each gather takes
- 56.2% of the node's base time (a 15 s node: 8.4 s; the limit is 50%)
- Efficiency stops helping at
- 18
- Drops per successful gather
- 1 on average
- Per attempt
- 1 drop on average