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Tainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalonbrings you into a fantasy world, where your path will connect with the legend of Arthur Pendragon. Once you reach Avalon, however, you will find a place that’s far from being the stuff of legends; instead, you’ll need to arm yourself to deal with the evil infesting these lands.
One of the many things you’re able to do in this game is mining, an activity that will prove to be extremely useful for you in the long run. Keep in mind that the better your equipment is, the fewer chances you have of dying at the hands of monsters, skeletons, or worse, humans.
How To Get A Pickaxe
To mine in this game, you’ll first need to find a Pickaxe; by the pointwhen you are done with the Island Asylum section, you should already have at least come across one or two, but here’s where to find more if you missed them.
It is advised tokeep at least one Pickaxe in your stash,as sometimes you’ll need to drop a heavy weapon if you’re overencumbered.
How To Find The Ore Veins
Once you have a Pickaxe in your inventory,you must find a vein of any kind, and you’ll receive a prompt that will trigger a mining animation; after three hits on the vein, you’ll receive the corresponding loot. The ore veinscan be found scattered throughout the map, inside dungeons, mines, and outside towns or fortresses.
Keep in mind that you don’t need to have the Pickaxe equipped to be able to mine, only have it in the inventory.
Mining will automatically equip the pickaxe, so you must change back to your weapons,otherwise, you might be defenseless against monsters.There are multiple types of Ores and metals you can mine, andthey’ll be recognizable by the color of the stone in the veins:
These veins have glowing blue and white stones in them.
Why Should You Mine?
Mining has one particular use for you, asOres are quite necessary for crafting your own weapons and armor down the line.Once you reach the Keeper’s Fortress, you will eventuallyunlock the forge by interacting with the blacksmith Osbryth, and once you can use the crafting table,mining will become crucial to craft and upgrade equipment pieces for your character.
It is highly recommended to follow any side quest Osbryth gives you, asit’ll help you understand the mechanics of Crafting in this game.
