Cave Miner

Cave Miner is a civilian mining job at the foot of Mount Chiliad near Angel Pine.

How to work

Cave Miner is at the foot of Mount Chiliad. Take explosives into the cave and mine Iron or Gold surfaces with left click. The job places TNT automatically and resources are credited when collected.

Important rules

Topic	Current fact
Resources	Iron, Gold, and Explosives
Explosives source	Buy explosives from F7 or get them from sulfur rocks inside the cave
Explosives use	Mining Iron or Gold consumes `2` Explosives; mining sulfur gives Explosives
Integrity	Each zone becomes unusable at `20%` Integrity; the cave does not collapse
Underwater rocks	Use `1` Jerry Can at the red pump marker and press `N` to drain water
Jetpack	Jetpack cannot be used while working as Cave Miner
Skin IDs	`27`, `260`, `1032`

How the job works

Cave Miner is a mining and resource job.

You enter the cave, mine Iron or Gold surfaces, and collect resources directly from loose rocks.

The job can give:

How to start

To start working as a Cave Miner:

Take the Cave Miner job.
Go inside the cave with explosives.
Mine Iron or Gold surfaces with left click; TNT is placed automatically.

You can buy explosives from F7 or get them from sulfur rocks inside the cave.

How it works

The main Cave Miner loop is:

Take the job.
Enter the cave.
Find mineable rocks.
Mine Iron or Gold surfaces with left click; TNT is placed automatically.
Blast the rocks.
Collect the resources.
Collect the loose rocks; resources are credited immediately.

Resources

Cave Miner can give:

Iron
Gold
Explosives

Integrity

Integrity is tracked separately for each mining zone and decreases as its surface is mined.

At 20% Integrity, that zone becomes unusable. The cave does not collapse.

Underwater Rocks

Cave Miner also has underwater rocks.

To mine them:

Go to the red pump marker.
Have 1 Jerry Can.
Press N to drain the water.
Mine the underwater rocks.

Draining the water gives extra pay.

The underwater rocks can also give:

Gold

Rewards

The job gives resource rewards.

The resources are credited when you collect them; there is no drop-off.

Skin

Cave Miner uses these skin IDs:

27
260
1032

Pay facts

Resource	Pay rule
Iron spots	`floor(47.6 * spots * VIP * Minerals)`
Gold spots	`floor(3 * spots * VIP * Minerals)`
Sulfur or Explosives spots	`floor(1.5 * sulfurSpots * VIP * Minerals)`
Drain bonus	`displayedYield + ceil(displayedYield * 0.2)`

Iron and Gold TNT spots use 2 Explosives per spot. Sulfur does not use TNT. Rank does not change the Cave Miner yield.

Progression

Cave Miner shares its mining levels with Iron Miner.

Collect Iron, Gold, or Explosives to gain progress and rank up.

At Level 10, you unlock:

/go Cave Miner

Job Notes

Cave Miner is at the foot of Mount Chiliad near Angel Pine.
You need explosives to blast mineable rocks.
Explosives can be bought from F7 or collected from sulfur rocks inside the cave.
Integrity is tracked separately for each mining zone.
A zone becomes unusable at 20% Integrity; the cave does not collapse.
Underwater rocks need the water to be drained first.
Draining the water needs 1 Jerry Can.
Mined resources are credited when collected; there is no drop-off.
Cave Miner shares progression with Iron Miner.

Current cave workflow

Start at Mount Chiliad in Whetstone and use the nearby cave entrance. Press N at the local marker to return to the Employment Office. Mining zones show their Integrity and the HUD shows recent resources, level, progress, and earnings.

Inspect surfaces for their resource type and quantity rating. Mine Iron or Gold surfaces with left click. When mining finishes, the job automatically places TNT and uses 2 Explosives; there is no separate TNT placement control. Sulfur surfaces use the pickaxe without TNT and give Explosives. Walk over loose rock to inspect it and collect its resource.

The water pump uses 1 Jerry Can and lowers the water so underwater rocks can be reached. Integrity is tracked separately for each mining zone and decreases as its surface is mined. At 20% Integrity, that zone becomes unusable; the cave does not collapse. Jetpack cannot be used while working as Cave Miner.