Grand Blue Mining Guide [Pickaxe Recipes, Ores, and Levelling]

My Grand Blue Mining guide goes over how to level up the Life Skill and how to craft all available pickaxes. There are various types of ores to mine in Grand Blue, all of which are used in crafting recipes. There’s also Fishing in Grand Blue, which allows you to catch fish to sell for currency or to cook dishes. I’ve listed all of the Grand Blue Cooking Recipes in another guide.

Grand Blue Mining

Unlocking the mining feature is part of the tutorial in Grand Blue, so you don’t have to go out of your way to find it.

How to Level Up Mining

One of your first quests after visiting the blacksmith is to craft a Handle, which you can do with 2 Sticks and 1 Cloth. To get both of these materials, all you need to do is break any crates and barrels you find around Anchor Town. Be careful, though, as some of them contain bombs, which knock you back and deal damage.

Once you have the materials, you can head back to the blacksmith to speak with the Craftsman Henry NPC, who then rewards you with the Handle Recipe. You’ll need this recipe whenever you want to craft a new and better pickaxe. To upgrade your pickaxe, you need to level up your Mining Life Skill.

For instance, you start with the Rusty Pickaxe, which you have to use until you reach Mining Level 15. Then, you can craft the Steel Pickaxe once you have the Handle Recipe, and so on.

Levelling up your Mining skill is easy, though time-consuming, as you earn EXP each time you mine ores. The rarer the ores, the more EXP you get. Rebirthing is also crucial to maxing out your Mining Life Skill, as the two best pickaxes are locked behind Rebirth Level 1 and Rebirth Level 2. You can Rebirth a Life Skill once said skill reaches level 100.

All Pickaxes

The stats and crafting requirements for all pickaxes in Grand Blue.

Rusty Pickaxe

Mining Level 0
Stats:
DMG: 4Critical Chance: 2%Critical Multiplier: 25%Luck: 0Control: 0

Steel Pickaxe

Mining Level 15
Stats:
DMG: 5Critical Chance: 2.2%Critical Multiplier: 30%Luck: 3Control: 3
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle5x Iron Bars

Silver Pickaxe

Mining Level 30
Stats:
DMG: 8Critical Chance: 2.6%Critical Multiplier: 43%Luck: 4Control: 5
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle5x Silver Bars

Golden Pickaxe

Mining Level 50
Stats:
DMG: 10Critical Chance: 2.7%Critical Multiplier: 42%Luck: 13Control: 7
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle5x Gold Bars

Emerald Pickaxe

Mining Level 70
Stats:
DMG: 15Critical Chance: 3%Critical Multiplier: 54%Luck: 12Control: 9
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle3x Silver Bars5x Emeralds

Diamond Pickaxe

Rebirth Level 1, Mining Level 20
Stats:
DMG: 18Critical Chance: 3.5%Critical Multiplier: 70%Luck: 14Control: 12
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle3x Gold Bars5x Diamonds

Obsidian Pickaxe

Rebirth Level 2, Mining Level 40
Stats:
DMG: 26Critical Chance: 3.6%Critical Multiplier: 75%Luck: 20Control: 15
Crafting Requirements:
1x Handle3x Obsidian

Ore Types

From most common to rarest.

Copper OreIron OreSilver OreGold OreEmerald OreDiamond OreObsidian
1% chance to drop from World Boss chests

Obsidian is the only ore type that can be obtained via World Boss chests and cannot be mined with a pickaxe.

Rebirth Upgrades For Mining

As mentioned earlier in this guide, you can Rebirth after reaching Mining Level 100. Each time you Rebirth, your Life Skill level resets to 0, but you earn points that you can spend on a new upgrade. These upgrades are exclusive to Rebirths.

Seasoned Miner [Costs 1 point]

Earn 20% Mining EXP per rank

Reforged Habits [Costs 1 point]

You can respec your Mining Skill Tree without the requirement of a Stat Reset

Miner’s Presence [Costs 1 point]

[Must be holding a pickaxe] Nearby ore automatically cracks without you having to use a pickaxe, dealing 5% of your pickaxe’s current DMG per second, scaling with your rank

Prospector’s Instinct [Costs 1 point]

Rare ores glow through the rock within 500 studs, increasing by 100 studs per rank

Twin Focus [Costs 1 point]

Unlocks a second critical strike zone for your swing meter, doubling the coverage per swing

Rich Veins [Costs 2 points]

Ores that are silver and above are 25% more likely to spawn when you are nearby

Hastened Earth [Costs 2 points]

Ore that has been broken regenerates 15 seconds faster when you are nearby

Gem Seams [Costs 2 points]

Each time you mine an ore, there is a 2% chance for a gem to also drop

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