Easy Ore Farming Mini-Guide

[TA]

Basically, I'm just going to explain the easiest way to farm for Iron Ore, Copper Ore & Silver Ore. It's really easy, but you need to be at least level 20 for this method.


http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8643/mineore450px3.jpg

Level 20+

Instructions:
Step 1: Enter Dethrone The White Tyrant. Set it to Private so nobody else joins. Make sure you have mine bombs equipped.
Step 2: Mine the two deposits in the first room, kill enough mobs to open the "door" and go in the portal.
Step 3: Approach the main room but stop short of it and hug the wall.
Step 4: Hugging the wall, make your way to the right and mine the ore there and pick them up. Continue hugging the wall and return the way you came and hug the wall going to the left and farm the ore there. Pick those up too.
Step 5: Forfeit and Return to Town. Doing that will give your tokens back. Rinse, repeat.

Easy, right?

Here's a video demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwS14zAEWRI


Level 31+
You can obtain Iron Ore, Fine Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Silver Ore & Gold Ore here.

Instructions:
Step 1: Enter Blood Prince. Set it to Private so nobody else joins. Make sure you have mine bombs equipped.
Step 2: Kill mobs in main room.
Step 3: Kill mobs going up the hall to the first boss room.
Step 4: Lead boss and respawning mob down the hall past the corner.
Step 5: Run back into the room - the boss and mob should stay.*
Step 6: Mine at your leisure.
Step 7: Forfeit and Return to Town. Doing that will give your tokens back. Rinse, repeat.

* = Sometimes the Vampire will chase you into the room. You can kill it if you want, but it'll just keep respawning. Not a big deal.

Note: Alternately, you can skip Steps 4 & 5 and just go straight to mining. Just try to avoid getting killed. It's a bit faster this way, but also a bit more stressful and presents a much higher chance of getting killed.

Here's a video demonstration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lithqs-5t3M

Enjoy! :tea:

Tips:
1. As far as I can tell, the difficulty and Oath doesn't affect the drop, so just keeping it on None is fine.
2. Go naked, that way your armor doesn't get conditioned.
3. Make sure you brought mine bombs.

[Manic]

Nice idea! I had just been farming Frost Stones. @_@

[eoneagle]

Does that map give alot of silver ores? :o

(cause like... I need alot :D)

[TA]

The nodes are always random. If you get lucky it can.

[goldendragon]

Darn. You found out my secret mining idea. :P

One thing I didn't know though. I'd just run in and bring out the bear because I couldn't figure out how to get the camera view "un-stuck" after going too far into the cave. I didn't know you could hug the wall like that.

Very useful. Better than trying to outrun the bear while gathering ore.....

[TA]

Hm... I found a better spot once you hit level 31.

http://i53.tinypic.com/5al7pe.jpg

First room of Blood Prince.

You also get Jelly Tissue (pretty frequently) and some Broken Hand Bones.

[Ruquion]

For step 2, you only need to kill the spiders.

An even better spot would be Red Tyrant HM.
3 ore spots and a chance of getting Gold Ores

[TA]

There, I updated with instructions for the second area.

[Ruquion]

Blood Prince takes 4 minutes for you to mine 2 ores, and requires you to kill a room and lure before you can mine.
Red Tyrant you just ignore the boss, mine 3 ores, and forfeit...

[TA]

Blood Prince takes 4 minutes for you to mine 2 ores, and requires you to kill a room and lure before you can mine.
Red Tyrant you just ignore the boss, mine 3 ores, and forfeit...

Yeah well, it's for level 31, not 35. People will be wanting silver for their Blood Prince (which they just got access to).

I'm not even 35 yet. If it's really better then I'll add it when I get there (I'm 34 / 75%).

[Ruquion]

Bah, I just ran through Red Tyrant 40 times. Turns out that it was a lie. <__<

[zerojw]

Tasha ur my hero >_< now I can be a professional miner.

[happynoobing]

is blood prince really a better place than white tyrant? white tyrant only needs to clear 1 room (a bit more mob than blood prince's 1 room) but u get 5 ore spots in total.

[TA]

is blood prince really a better place than white tyrant? white tyrant only needs to clear 1 room (a bit more mob than blood prince's 1 room) but u get 5 ore spots in total.

It is. While it takes a little longer (3:00 compared to 2:30), the 2 nodes drop 4-5 per. So, they drop about the same amount (5*2). However, the ones on Blood Prince have a chance of dropping Iron Ore, Fine Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Silver Ore & Gold Ore.*

* = Bolded = unavailable on White Tyrant nodes.

And also... looking at Tyrant's Challenge (Red Tyrant), it looks like it would be a major PITA to try to farm there. I'll try tomorrow when servers come back up, maybe see if you can do it without triggering the cutscene... but it doesn't look like it.

Keep in mind too, you have a chance of getting Jelly Tissue and Broken Hand Bones at Blood Prince (which are actually useful) rather than total crap drops from the White Tyrant one. So... that combined with fine iron and gold ore, I really think it makes it a lot better to farm.

[Invertex]

I have no problems mining with the Red Bearer following me. It saves a bit of time as it doesn't matter if you almost die or not.
Also, you may want to mention the Erg Pot in Blood Prince, gives a chance for some other drops.

[TA]

Yeah, I don't have a problem with leaving him alive either. But, I wanted to post the easiest methods possible for this. It'd be unfortunate if you got a silver ore then accidentally got killed by him. :P

When making guides, plan for incompetence! lol :lol:

[Invertex]

Yeah, I don't have a problem with leaving him alive either. But, I wanted to post the easiest methods possible for this. It'd be unfortunate if you got a silver ore then accidentally got killed by him. :P

When making guides, plan for incompetence! lol :lol:

Fair enough, though I'd think people would be competent enough by the time they're Lv. 31 and are in need of the Blood Prince set.

[Paladuck]

Great guide, thanks :)

[TA]

Well, I added it as a note all the same.

[happynoobing]

It is. While it takes a little longer (3:00 compared to 2:30), the 2 nodes drop 4-5 per. So, they drop about the same amount (5*2). However, the ones on Blood Prince have a chance of dropping Iron Ore, Fine Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Silver Ore & Gold Ore.*

* = Bolded = unavailable on White Tyrant nodes.

And also... looking at Tyrant's Challenge (Red Tyrant), it looks like it would be a major PITA to try to farm there. I'll try tomorrow when servers come back up, maybe see if you can do it without triggering the cutscene... but it doesn't look like it.

Keep in mind too, you have a chance of getting Jelly Tissue and Broken Hand Bones at Blood Prince (which are actually useful) rather than total crap drops from the White Tyrant one. So... that combined with fine iron and gold ore, I really think it makes it a lot better to farm.

oh i see, didn't know the nodes in blood prince gives more ores than the ones in white tyrant

[Ruquion]

Fine Iron Ores would be a lot more useful after the next level cap raise.
Another type of ore needs 4 Fine Iron Ores to craft, so it's a good idea to save a ton of them.

[TA]

I guess this became a bit more useful now that people can't run frost stones and actually need a method that they get their tokens back with. :)

[Icegoten]

This totally seems worth it once you are out of tokens so that you can still put some time into something useful if you are going to play the game anyway. Mining and getting titles sounds like a good idea when you are running low on tokens.

[heretic304]

This totally seems worth it once you are out of tokens so that you can still put some time into something useful if you are going to play the game anyway. Mining and getting titles sounds like a good idea when you are running low on tokens.

Yea it totally is xD I kinda wish I didn't grind all those titles back in EAOB =( Now the only titles I have left are the boss slaying ones D;

[GizMoMan]

Blood prince must hate me. 30 runs and only 2 silver :(

[eoneagle]

oh i see, didn't know the nodes in blood prince gives more ores than the ones in white tyrant

Yea... Tasha had horrible luck in the demonstration video XD
Normally you get 4-5 from both nodes.

[garbanian]

Blood prince must hate me. 30 runs and only 2 silver :(

So yea. Don't complain. I did 17 runs on Blood Prince. I received all iron and fine iron.

[TA]

You know if you guys need Ice Crystals too, you can destroy the ice stalagmites in the first room and the ones you can reach without triggering the cinnematic in the second one (on White Tyrant) for a chance at them at least.

[Chinaboy475]

why u need mine bombs? (im a noob Xd just typing for future refrences)

[Andy-Buddy]

To mine in Vindictus, you throw "Mine Bombs" at "Ore Veins."

If done correctly, there will be various ores scattered about and distributed throughout the party. If done solo, all of the ores shall go to you.

[paladin]

why u need mine bombs? (im a noob Xd just typing for future refrences)

Ores come in the form of rocks
to mine in vidictus you blow up the rocks for ore

[Manic]

Thank you for the Blood Prince idea!
I have been farming them and am getting lots of copper and some silver. <333
Of course A LOT of iron ore. xD

[TA]

why u need mine bombs? (im a noob Xd just typing for future refrences)

Gosh, that's bad... Okay, I'll update the guide to be newbie proof.

[shadowscion]

Has this been nerfed or am I just extremely unlucky now? When this guide was posted I was getting a silver ore every 2-3 runs, and now. . .

Two very lonely empty seats for gold and silver. . .
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7263/miningres.jpg

[TA]

Has this been nerfed or am I just extremely unlucky now? When this guide was posted I was getting a silver ore every 2-3 runs, and now. . .

Two very lonely empty seats for gold and silver. . .
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7263/miningres.jpg

You're just unlucky... :/

[Blckmage]

I just start Vindictus a few days ago with a friend, thanks for this awesome guide. I can now easily afford broken ash set for both of us.

[TA]

I'm glad it helped. :D

[scghost]

cool, thanks for the tip! been doing quite a few runs and have almost my entire BP set. and then for the hammer... ouch...
been running with a platinum token and whatever else luck + i could muster... does this help the chance of getting silver ores?

[Applejack]

Thanks but is there any better map then Dethrone for 30-?

[Science]

Thanks but is there any better map then Dethrone for 30-?

It doesn't get any better than 4+(?) nodes

[Andy-Buddy]

cool, thanks for the tip! been doing quite a few runs and have almost my entire BP set. and then for the hammer... ouch...
been running with a platinum token and whatever else luck + i could muster... does this help the chance of getting silver ores?

Nope. Ore veins (so far) are not affected by any outside factors, other than their location.

[Erubus]

Nope. Ore veins (so far) are not affected by any outside factors, other than their location.

Was just told that Plat tokens affect them o.o

[maxadon]

As a scythe evie it takes me less than 2 minutes to farm @ blood prince. the trick is to prepare a wisp for the boss to focus on and have good aim when you need to get the left ore up the hill. almost anywhere you throw it it will blow up the ore IF you hit the ground and not a wall.

[Applejack]

It doesn't get any better than 4+(?) nodes
I mean all what I got was Iron ores 1 Copper thats it in like 20 runs.

[paladin]

Hey tasha i need to get silver for my evie
Which would be faster to run tyrant or prince for silver?

[Applejack]

I suggest BP instead of WT. BP has higher nodes and a higher chance of getting them. But its a bit longer then WT.

[TA]

They're both about the same, but you'll get fine iron a lot more and have a chance at some gold by doing Blood Prince.

[Singleuseonly]

They're both about the same, but you'll get fine iron a lot more and have a chance at some gold by doing Blood Prince.

BP appears to be a lot better imo, higher ore/mine bomb ratio, higher rate of fine iron and copper(dunno for sure about copper) for roughly the same time.

[yowyoo]

I don't think this was mentioned for BP mining runs, but you can lead Red Bearer down the hallway you come from and around a corner, once he starts his attack motion, run back into the ore room and he should get "stuck" (not follow you) and you can mine and collect your ores in peace. This is especially useful for those running nekked to preserve armor condition. I used to not do this but while it takes more time to manipulate red bearer in this way, it's a lot less stressful than dodging around the miniboss as he's chasing you while you try to mine and gather ores. (you can get the vampire add to stay in the hallway in the same fashion).

[Kuchibashi]

No, it's already mentioned in the OP... :what:

Great guide by the way, I've been doing the BP trick for a few weeks now even though I keep getting tons of iron ore. At least I know it isn't worthless now, considering the requirements for future sets.

[TA]

It's not only included, it's also in the video lol...

[Gundam]

Is it worthwhile to use a Platinum Token for better drops and earning EXP on the side?

[TA]

As far as I know, tokens do not affect ore drops.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

JACKPOT
got 2 silver and 1 gold in 1 run <3

[myztikrice]

It's worth noting that if you die you get combat EXP, and as far as I know there's no difference armor-wise between forfeit leaving and dying leaving.

EDIT: Actually it's only a few hundred EXP so not really 'worth noting' just noting.

[Valedrel]

I personally just go naked and buy the noob weapons for my character on the boat. i die every time so i can just click replay instead of getting out and remaking the boat. I mean by the end i get enough exp for 1 run of blood prince, but anything helps. It's a great way to practice counter attacks for fionas too. with the almost endless stream of smaller enemies, and the expendable shield. I thought luck would actually effect the chance of silver and gold drops. i was gonna use the evie hair coupon to get a small bonus of luck but i guess its not worth it.

[aznhick]

In addition it should be noted that repair cost is based on the price of the armor. Light battle mail has a npc value of 0 therefore it all repairs for free and is relatively cheap. Having the armor broken means just more breaks for the equipment mutilator title.

[BlackShuck]

Any update for boat 4 stuff yet?

[Nano]

So boat 4, GOLD ore farming, what mission?

[TA]

I dunno about you guys, but I'm kinda busy actually playing the new content right now. I already have my gold ore from BP mining, so I'm not even going to look for spots in boat 4 for some time, at least until after I finish my Rose Drop, weapon & run out of things to do. Even then though, I'll have to do my Fiona, so... it's probably gonna take some time.

This isn't an individual effort though. If you guys find a good spot, let us know about it here and I can make a video for it (if it's good enough anyways).

[Ruquion]

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbbs.php?come_idx=2071&l=535#4
This site has the location of all the Erg Pots and Ores, but I'm too lazy to find out which one is the best for mining.

[Keijo]

Sorry for the long post. Made a couple of videos to show where those spots where that Ruquion posted.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBm_zRwpzA8

First mining spot thats in the second part of map.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qj1g5j3bQg

Second spot in Prarire Gnoll. After the spikes, before the door to next room.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGV3BAhY9_8

The gate is in the second part of the map.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3MH7n0hvAQ

Kill those bastard archers and by the corner is the ore.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNPebMr8mBU

Right after you go down the stairs in the third part of map.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHV7qNh30E

In the room with the big bridge. The ore is in the water at the bottom.

Sorry if the videos look like crap, but those pics were confusing for me at first and when I figured where the spots where I decided I could add a video. I'll probably do the other maps Sunday or Monday depending on how I feel D:
:thumb:

[avalanch]

Going to try the White Tyrant one.... Lets see if I lose tokens or not lol

*EDIT, it works perfectly!

Some aiming tips would be nice though. I wasted my fair share and noted to aim a bit below some rocks and try to aim at a wall for other rocks.

[placeboing]

Some aiming tips would be nice though. I wasted my fair share and noted to aim a bit below some rocks and try to aim at a wall for other rocks.

I always stand back and aim at the ground a few feet away from the rocks. Never misses once you get it right.

[Neoji]

It should be noted that at level 41 you can mine ore in Hidden it's only a single ore node on the left side here is a screen shot.
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae32/Neoji/2010_12_07_0003.jpg
I will do a video showing a quick run of it later.

[TA]

Hidden is pretty fast, but it only has one node with 4 ores. So, not all that efficient I think. BP takes about 30 seconds more and has 2 nodes with a lot more ore.

It was strange though... When I tried Hidden I first mined 1 ore (so it said) and yet I got no drop. Then, the second mine said the same and then I got 4 drops. Bizarre.

[heretic304]

It happens to me with a lot of mining spots. This happens when you throw a bomb and it explodes JUST outside of the range of the mining point. The game registers it as you mining the point, but the point was not hit, so it doesn't give you ore. You can kinda exploit this bug to get the mining titles if you so wish >_>

[Neoji]

Makes me think you didn't read my entire post or perhaps I'm thinking poorly but the point of me even bringing up hidden is some people find it easier and faster then blood prince I myself also prefer blood prince but here is a video of my quick run, hooray iron ores!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sov7U18wt34



Sorry about the bad quality on the video.

[heretic304]

If you really think about it though, Hidden isn't faster than BP only because of the fact that the SINGLE node only has a chance of giving 2 to 3, maybe 4, ores. Sure it takes longer to do Blood Prince, but if you look at the number of ores you gain per run, it amounts to a lot more. This is also coupled with the fact that you have to view the boat leaving scene multiple times for Hidden in order to gain the same amount of ores as Blood Prince. So in the end, Hidden isn't exactly that much faster than Blood Prince.

[Kingofrunes]

Ya, when I was getting gold ore for my Evie I mixed it up between Blood Prince and Hidden when one got too boring on me. Odd thing is I ran blood Prince like 30 times and got 1 gold ore and then I went to try hidden and first bomb I throw gets me a gold ore :lol: Unfortunately, luck wasn't with me from that point on and after 5 hours of spam mining I finally gathered the gold ores I needed for the Rose Drop set.

[Thorne]

Thank you for the guide, it was really helpful. I was spamming White Tyrant until I saw that BP was better, I never would have guessed.

[aznhick]

I think it might be possible to use Nightmare in the Ruins as a farm source if one is an Evie and is really fast at running and bombing.
Summon a golem as a tank have the spiders break enough to allow control of it, then tell the golem to stay to tank and run and bomb.
Of course it is hard to survive long enough to pick everything, but it's still 3 nodes and hopefully a rarer ore shows.
Edit:
Just attempted a quick run a counterclockwise rotation seems to work well. The golem appears to stand up when it hits the 2 o'clock position tell it to stay or attack and it stalls the spiders long enough to pick up every ore.

[PandaSong]

I think it might be possible to use Nightmare in the Ruins as a farm source if one is an Evie and is really fast at running and bombing.
Summon a golem as a tank have the spiders break enough to allow control of it, then tell the golem to stay to tank and run and bomb.
Of course it is hard to survive long enough to pick everything, but it's still 3 nodes and hopefully a rarer ore shows.
Edit:
Just attempted a quick run a counterclockwise rotation seems to work well. The golem appears to stand up when it hits the 2 o'clock position tell it to stay or attack and it stalls the spiders long enough to pick up every ore.

Ehhh, it seems like a waste of a golem kit (1k! ;~; each! I'm cheap) and it's still not as fast as BP. However, golds might drop there more? I know we saw around 2 or 3 in one day in one of our groups.

[TA]

Yeah I would say it's bad since the first room is a real pain to clear solo and then you have to dodge two very vicious spiders and waste 1k gold every time on a kit.

[aznhick]

Yeah I would say it's bad since the first room is a real pain to clear solo and then you have to dodge two very vicious spiders and waste 1k gold every time on a kit.

The mini spiders drop red shells and white striped webs, which alone cover the costs of golem kits. Also I'm farming Bossy title which needs me to summon 500 times anyway.

[blizzire]

Would it be possible for you to map the ore spots in boat 4?

[srimphunter]

Great Hint and post,thx

[Spiritika]

I need 3 more gold ore to finish my rose drop set and going to try the BP method shown in your vid. Great guide. Thanks!

[JkTyrant]

Hey this is a fantastic guide! i was just wondering if you came along with better mining spots for players that 40/50+ ...i dont really pay attention to the ore spots when i do runs, so even if i have the lvl im not sure which one is the best spot haha...but yeah, thanks xD

[phresh]

Hey this is a fantastic guide! i was just wondering if you came along with better mining spots for players that 40/50+ ...i dont really pay attention to the ore spots when i do runs, so even if i have the lvl im not sure which one is the best spot haha...but yeah, thanks xD

Hidden is pretty good. A little less ore but it's much faster to mine than Blood Prince, you can just run past the mobs and you end up forfeiting just as they start attacking you.

I haven't found anything good in the new battles yet, though I haven't really looked.

[Organic]

I don't see how this is that slow. I take about 2 minutes per run, which seems pretty great to me.

[Vikoss]

WoW, Great guide!

[deephawa]

is hidden faster than blood prince?

[blizzire]

Yes, but it gives less ores.

[miahjere18]

does hidden only have 1 mining ore w.e node thingie?

[otoshi]

even though it may not necessarily be the fastest way...which level has a single room with the most nodes? nightmare has three i think? is there a better one?

reason i ask is if a bunch of us go to mine one mission it is fastest to do so if there are a lot of mining nodes in one room

[TA]

The 1st room in the 2nd map of Fruitful has a node, the 3rd map of Rocktune's Cabin has the same room.

The last map of Pursuit has 2 nodes, unless you get the Titan-ish last map, then there's no nodes. Useful to know if you're doing Vehemence a lot for mats.

The 2nd room of the first map (you clear the first room then the red thingy opens), of Taking Initiative has a nice mining spot in the pit below - 2 deposits. That one can be done fairly fast. Then there's one in the boss room too, if you're grinding Inkara.

[Overblood]

They put new restrictions that affect mining speed - that is, you have to stand still and not get hit for a little bit to leave the map.