Editing Mining Guide (section)

== Requirements ==
* A pickaxe must be '''equipped''' - having one in your inventory isn't enough.
* You need the node's required Mining level.
* Higher Mining Power from gear improves your success rate.
* Inventory is 28 slots and ores don't stack, so plan bank trips ahead of time.
* Every ore has a chance to also yield a bonus gem, with rarer ores producing better gems.
* All players start with a [[Copper Pickaxe]] equipped.
* Banking your ores lets you sell them or feed them into Smelting/Smithing; dropping them instead trades that value away for a faster mining rate.