Mining.....

[xShagratx]

Ok I farmed for some cash and got aout 60k. I than though it I would buy the Field set and than try mining. So I spent 20k+4k+6k=30k

Than I bought 2 stacks for pickaxes
2.5k(x2)=5k

so all in all I shelled out 35k

Well I went to Palborough Mines for about an hour and a half or maybe two hours. I got about 7-9 Mythril Ores 6 Iron Ore and 3 Silver Ore. I got other ores such as tin/copper (only got like 3 of these)/ ALOT of Pebbles. But I heard these should be discarded for better Ores and such. So all my axes broke and I head back to town. I came away with like 10k maybe. So I was wondering, how oten does Platinum Ore pop up in Pal.? I am kinda dissapointed I had higher hopes than just 10k for a mine run. I was also wondering when should I stop using my pickaxes on a mining spot? When the first pickaxe breaks? or when its completly gone or what? Thanks in advance for any help.

[Arctyc]

With full Field Gear, I roughly get 2 Platinum Ore per 3 stacks pickaxes.

Mythril Ore should sell for better than 1k per; Kujata they're 1.5k regularly - and Iron Ores are 600 per. That's ~12k even on the shy side.

I always mine a point out fully. Only so many Mining Points are typically active at a time; and you never know when the next strike is gonna be Plat.

[xShagratx]

Thats what I did I mined it out until it wasn't there anymore but by than about 3 pickaxes would break. Also Mythril ores sells for like 1.2k on Asura. Iron can sell up to 600 but usually its lower. Anyways I just feel like I did something wrong or like I could've done better somehow...

From what I hear platinum is becoming even more scarce in mines every since the update. So should I head to Yughot and Mine Darksteel Ore instead of going to Palborough and hopeing for the fateful strike of platinum?

I can't get over thinking there is something im missing here. Any help would be nice.

[Tomado]

I don't think you're missing anything.

Just have to keep at it. You will get Platinum.
Unless you are extremely unlucky.

I started mining because I needed the money to level my now main job PLD.

I started with around 5000-8000GIL.

Now I can safely have over 300 000GIL.
(Haven't mined in a while so it dropped from 400 000GIL).

I just kept at it and got Platinums.
It wasn't often but it was enough.

Not much to mining as it is pretty basic.
Just hit the points as they come up, mine them fully, and see what you get.

Sometimes you'll have bad runs, but others, you'll get a Platinum or two.

If you're lucky, like I was, maybe you'll hit 4 Platinums in a day ^^ (course, they were selling at 35 000 each when I did that).

Tomado

[Karinya]

Well, what you have to remember is that once you buy the Field set, you can *keep* it. So the cost of that mine run was only the pickaxe cost; the field set is an investment.

You can probably sell it back for at least as much as it cost you, if you're going to abandon mining.

What I want to ask the successful miners on this thread: how long (in Earth days) did it take you to sell your ores at AH? I have tried many ways to make gil and they are all choked off by my AH filling up and selling too slowly. The only thing that sells fast is crystals, which don't sell for much. So it seems like if you do a mining run and come back with 20 ores, it could be a week or more before they sell. And that's assuming you don't need to sell anything else (like outdated equipment, if you are leveling some of the other 6 days).

[xShagratx]

I go on the mine run, come back with a good bit o ore. I put 7 most expensive in AH. Goto the NPC's beside the AH send the next mopst expensive Ores to my mule. Log Out. Log On, and have my mule put another 7 up for sale. Usually the way ore sells. You can get rid of the stuff within 2 days. Oh btw I never plan to abandon the Mines =)

[xShagratx]

Hey guys one last question. How often do you guys get a platinum ore in Palborough? Also should I goto the 3rd part of Palborough to get Platinum Ore? Or does it have the same chance of being on the 1st floor as it does the 3rd? Thanks. I wanna get a platinum ore bad =)

[xShagratx]

Hey guys one last question. How often do you guys get a platinum ore in Palborough? Also should I goto the 3rd part of Palborough to get Platinum Ore? Or does it have the same chance of being on the 1st floor as it does the 3rd? Thanks. I wanna get a platinum ore bad =)

[Tomado]

How often?

Don't think I can give an exact time interval but it's not that often.

Most of it is luck. And part of luck is timing.

If you happen to just hit a great spot as it spawns, you'll see:
"You successfully dig up a chunk of Platinum Ore!"

Heh ^^

I know a few times, I've gotten 1 Platinum per run (each run being an hour). That time I got 4 in a day, 2 of them were from the same spot, and within 3 strikes at the spot.

Hard to say how often unless I start counting but let's just say they are rare enough to be worth it

Also, I've gotten pretty much all my Platinum from the 2nd Floor. Mainly due to the 2nd Floor having the most points. I maybe got 1 or 2 from the 1st. Never ventured onto the 3rd due to aggro (mined with MNK30, which is still my highest LVL job).

And on sell times, I can bazaar and sell it overnight in Bastok.

This is on Ifrit. Might be different on your server.

Tomado

[xShagratx]

I was under the impression I should be getting a Platinum Ore once or Twice every two or three runs. Which wouldn't suck but I guess I misunderstood. Awell Mining has been pretty profittable so far. Each time I come back with around 10k profit. Except last night I only got 6k profit which sucks but ahwell. I can't wait to hit Platinum =(. I also heard something about Platinum becoming even rarer now with the recent update? Any words on that to all you miners?

[PhoR]

well i haven't hit a platinum in the last 9 runs i've been on, so i'm starting to believe that they did mess up the chance for it in a patch.

I was hitting at least 1 plat every run before that. :/

[Sabre]

I've never really mined heavily in Palborough, because it just doesn't have enough stuff to get me the most profit (platinum is too rare). I always go to Gusgen with at least 4 stacks of pickaxes and I come away with at least 7/8 darksteel ores, several colored rocks, and a load of zinc/iron ores. I also bring some crystals to synth the copper/tin/zinc ores into ingots to save space. I can easily make near 60K a trip (couple of hours) - 4 stacks of pickaxes (2160g x 4 = 8640g). That's at least 50K of profit.

[Geto]

heres my experience... though i've only mined ~150k of profit so far.

a general "run" for me is aprox 3 hours, each taking 30mins to run around pal mines hitting each spot once. with a full miners set, i strike palt. is once every 1.5 days. (1.5 b/c i know I haven't hit pal every day, but almost within every 1 hour of begining to mine.)

for me, i like spots which give me a hard time. once i striked a spot about 15 times with "unable to mine," until i finally hit a palt. i would have jumped out the window if i sat there for 5 mins mining to strike a pebble. ^^ generally, all my palt. hits are like that.

there was one ocassion when i "sucessfully strike palt." and right after that it said "you sucessfully mined palt. but lost a pickaxe in the process." i nearly fell outta my chair fin disbelief^^

how long does it take to sell at the AH? selling used to limit my mining. being how, you can only hold so much and the mine rate was greater than the sell rate. my suggestion, invest in a mule (1 dollar a month^^) IF you are one hell of a miner who wants to sell 7 more units at the AH at a time and want the extra storage space. the time it take for me to post and sell is 1-2 days. frankly b/c im stuborn and will not submit to falling prices in the economy. "1k for mythril? hell no... i'm selling mine for 1.2k... I can wait for a week..."

hope this helps a bit, and best of luck in mining^^ you WILL hit palt one day and you WILL earn some gil^^