The Mineral Vein provides a combination of mining and excavation activities. Every earth day, you can gather from your mineral vein a set number of times, which increases per upgrade.
- Upgrade key items can be purchased from Zenicca for bayld, or from Skipper Moogle for gil.
- Upgrades become available depending on the total number of real-life days you gather from your mineral vein.
Mineral Vein #1: available in your Mog Garden after completing Mining Missive.
Mineral Vein #2: Gained upon reaching rank 3. The boulder face will appear worn away, granting a second mining point.
Mineral Vein #3: Gained upon reaching rank 5. A second boulder will appear to the left, granting a third mining point.
Mineral Vein #4: Gained upon reaching rank 7. The left boulder's face wears away to reveal crystals, granting a fourth mining point.
Serums[]
- Serums will persist for 7 harvests.
| Serum | Effect |
|---|---|
| Rockoil | "Multiple Excavations" takes one try |
| Stone Serum | Increases yield |
| Vein Serum | Occasionally grants free mining attempts |
| Auserum | Yields 1 precious metal |
| Smelting Serum | Yields 1 metal |
| Coalition Serum | Yields 2 metals or precious metals |
| Monarch Beetle Saliva | Yields 0-3 Antlion Spirits |
Yields[]
Every mining attempt yields items in the following order:
- 1-3 items, randomly chosen from the Metals + Biominerals lists or the Precious metals + Biominerals lists. This choice is invisible to the player, and is specific to the particular vein mined. E.g., if you gather from Mineral Vein #2, you will only get Mineral Vein #1 and #2 items, never Mineral Vein #3 nor #4 items.
- Bonus yield from serum.
- Bonus yield from Yeestog. Instructing Yeestog to "make mining easier" will yield 1 additional item.
Choosing "multiple excavations" will repeat the action until it changes (the attempt's random choice changes from "metals" to "precious metals" or vice versa). As a consequence, an initial "multiple excavations" action that digs up "metals" will cause the next "excavation" action to dig up "precious metals", and vice versa.
Any item slot may yield a crystal instead.
Instructing Yeestog to "repair the tools" will occasionally grant free mining attempts.
| Rank | Metals | Precious metals | Biominerals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | |||
| Rank 2 | |||
| Rank 3 | |||
| Rank 4 | |||
| Rank 5 | |||
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| Rank 7 |