SL Mining Holiday-2024 FAQ
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What is SL Mining?
It is a Working & Gathering SLMMORPG Simulation with a Free Market Economy where you can Pick Rocks, Chop Trees, Pan, Fish, Hunt, Cook, Smelt, Craft, Trade, and so much more.
The concept of the work simulation goes much deeper than most realize at first, because of how intertwined professions are with each other and how many different activities there are. At the core of the Player Rock system is also a Second Life land traffic/ad system. The land owners/rock owners aren’t just the purchasers of land traffic, they are part of the simulations ecosystem and can gain resources from their rocks or use the Land Owner point system to access unique rare tools to sell to visitors or use themselves.
You can even mine rocks on your own home lands with friends! The skills and stats you gain increase resource production thus producing more craft-able tools to sell or trade to other participants or use yourself.
Can I participate for free?
Yes! The New Panning and Fishing System both have Free Beginner Tools available to everyone! Plus, you can also get shovels and beginner pickaxes in the lobby for free with just a little work! Come talk to Cindy in the HQ lobby, she’s waiting for you there and needs your help! Harriet the Healer is also in the Lobby and will heal you with a nice amount of Health to get started with!
Where do I signup to participate?
No signup is needed, all you need is a free Second Life account to participate in the SL Mining Metaverse MMORPG! The Metaverse land links for mining HQ are at the top of this FAQ.
I’m at an HQ Land area but can’t use any tools or miners hat, what do I do??
Just join the free Second Life Mining Simulation Group, an invite is sent when arriving. You must join and wear the group tag to use tools at HQ lands.
How do I see my base stats like health and inventory??
Just join Use the Miners Hat to see base stats in your chat. To see other stats use other “stat items” like Researchers Backpack etc. All stat items are available in the HQ lobby.
What are “Bills” and what do they do??
When clicked, within a reachable distance, you will pick it up and receive a linden dollar!
But stay close to the Bill until its countdown completes or you will lose the Bill!
Your find will also be announced in Group Chat!
What is Panning?
Panning is a profession open to everyone, even noobs fresh off the boat! Its free from need of health. You can start with free beginner Pans that res on-site. There are also Base Pans available in the Lobby. Base Pans are faster and have a much higher Worm/Resource and Bill find-rate then Beginner Pans, and Crafted Pans are faster, and find more than Base Pans. The Worms you find are used in the Fishing profession. You will also find various other resources depending on the area you Pan, there are Panning sites in all different areas of the HQ Sim. All areas can be traveled to via Mining Cart Hub behind the Church or regular on schedule spaceships, Both the cart and ship travel cycles are announced real-time in group chat.
What is Fishing?
Fishing is a profession open to everyone, with Worms! Its free from “need” of health, but Health can play a factor in finds as well as Focus! You can start with free beginner Fishing Rods that res on-site. There are also Base Fishing Rods available in the Lobby. Base Rods are faster and have a much higher Fish/Resource and Bill find-rate then Beginner Rods, and Crafted Rods are faster, and find more than Base Rods. The Fish you find are used in the Fish Gutting profession. You will also find various other resources depending on the area you go Fishing. There are Fishing sites in all different areas of the HQ Sim. All areas can be traveled to via Mining Cart Hub behind the church or regular on schedule spaceships, both the cart and ship travel cycles are announced real-time in group chat.
What is Fish Gutting?
Fish Gutting is a profession open to everyone, with Fish! Its free from “need” of health, but Health can play a factor in finds as well as Focus! You can start with free beginner Knives that res on-site. Base/Crafted Knives Coming Soon! The Fish-Fillet you find are used in the cooking profession. You will also find various other resources, Bills, Gold, Contest Points and more!
What is digging?
Digging is the first truly free profession open to everyone, even noobs fresh off the boat! Its free from need of health, free from L cost of tools and best of all the resource you collect for free can be sold for profit to others or used to earn profit themselves! So, it’s a free profession that has a resource that’s tied to the game’s real economy, and that resource is DIRT!
How do I get a Shovel?
In the HQ Lobby, Cindy will give you them for 2 Inspiration points a piece! So, to get a Shovel you will need to build up a tiny bit of Inspiration, only 2 points! You can use the treadmills there to build inspiration!
How do I get a pickaxe for free?
With just a little work in the digging profession! In the HQ Lobby, Cindy will give you a beginner pickaxe for 50 kg of Dirt! All you need is a free shovel to start digging dirt! There is a big pile of Dirt outside the HQ building! Happy Digging!
Will I get better at collecting dirt over time?
Yes absolutely! Every profession, including Digging has its own Exp Stats. Digging EXP and agility both directly effect your Dirt yields. Agility effects all physical professions.
What is Exp and Agility?
Experience and agility both effect your yields, (each profession has its own Exp Stats), and agility effects all physical professions. So you could work as a Dirt Digger and build agility while skilling your Digging Exp, this gain in agility will effect your mining and all other physical professions even if you haven’t skilled them yet!
What is Health for?
Health is your level of life or HP that you have, when your health goes below 1 you cannot use most tools or hit resource or crypto bonuses. Most low level tools only use a tiny fraction of health. You can gain health in tiny amounts free by warming by fires, napping, or sleeping in Rest and Sleeping areas. Eating and drinking is fastest and most efficient way of gaining Health.
How do I increase my Health??
You can gain health by drinking Water or Milk. drinking water gives 1 health and milk gives 5 health. More drink types and foods coming soon! You can gain health in tiny amounts free by warming by fires, napping, or sleeping in Rest and Sleeping areas. Eating and drinking is fastest and most efficient way of gaining Health.
How do I crush my Stone and other resources?
Use the Grinding Mil by the Lake outside the HQ building. It takes 1Kg of a resource to Crush them!
How do I melt my Crushed resources into Ingots?
Some resources need to be crushed and melted down into Ingots before being used in crafting or Research. You can use your Crushed resources at the Forge and melt them down into Ingots.
Once you unlock Metallurgy Exp, you will start getting back more Ingots than the Crushed Resource used!
You might find a few Screws while making your Ingots, these are needed to craft Pans!
How do I get my Ingots out to sell/trade with others?
Use the Resource Machine in the Shed by the West Creek, it will give you your Ingots, as well as many other Resource types in bowls as sellable/tradable objects.
How do I cut my collected Wood into Planks??
Wood needs to be cut into Wood Planks before being used in crafting. You can use your Wood at the Table Saw outside the HQ building entrance and cut them down into Planks.
Once you unlock Woodcutting Exp, you will start getting back more Planks than the Wood Resource used!
You might find a few Screws while cutting your Wood, these are needed to craft Pans!
How do I pasteurize my Milk?
Use the Milk Pasteurizer machine inside the HQ lobby. Milk needs to be pasteurized before pouring into glasses to drink or used in the Churn to make Butter or Cheese!
How do rocks work?
Rocks work as a defi player to player payment distribution system that you control! Unlike most systems, when you pay rocks, you only pay the commission, and the rest is left with you to be paid out. This allows you to track all of your rock payouts directly in the L$ transactions section of the second life website! It also gives a warmer appreciation from your visitors as its you they see paying them instead of a cold system!
Since you are holding your rocks L payouts, it’s possible to spend what you intended to be paid out, in this event your rocks would stop paying out L So make sure to budget and keep track of what you have set aside to be paid out! Whenever you want a rock to stop paying out just pick it up.
What are Optimal Agility Skill gains??
Each Pick-type now has its own optimal skilling range in Agility. When your Agility is within a tool’s optimal Agility range your Agility skill gains are optimally increased!
Pickaxe Type……………………………..…||………Optimal Agility Range
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Stone Pick………………..||……………0-20
Crafted Stone Pick…….||………………0-25
Steel Pick…………….…..||……………0-10
Diamond Pick………..…||……………0-25
Obsidian Pick…………..||……………0-33
Silver Pick……………….||……………0-40
Gold Pick……………..…||……………0-50
Where do I find a Base Pick axe, Tree axe and Miner’s hat?
At the front desk in the lobby of the Access Business Center.
How do I use a Pick axe?
Just add the pick axe to your right hand, stand in front of rocks in the area, and click the pick axe to start swinging! All messages about what you are getting in yield and skills can be seen by you in local chat.
How do I use a Tree axe?
Just add the tree axe to your right hand, stand in front of a tree in the area, and click your tree axe to start swinging! You must click on your tool and not the tree! Clicking a tree or its branches will give a “Sorry, you don’t have permission to use this tree.” message. Sitting or getting a better camera angle can help from clicking trees or their branches. All messages about what you are getting in yield and skills can be seen by you in local chat.
Can I use more then one Tree axe/Pick axe/Tool at once?
No, and attempting to use more then one pick axe or/and tree axe at once will result in both or all tools added to be locked and unusable. So be very careful and always detach picks/axes before adding a new one!!!
What do chainsaws do??
Chainsaws are a specialized tool for Lumberjacks. Unlike most tools the chainsaw gives no skills, it multiplies the wood production you would normally get at your current skill levels by 2.3X. Each use of a chainsaw takes 0.25 health and cannot be used when your health falls below 1 health.
What are the easiest tools and materials to produce as a beginner player?
Dirt, Inspiration, Shovels, and base stone pickaxes are definitely easy to acquire in time, but in the lumberjack field its tree sap.
Tree sap would have to be the easiest material for a new player with no to low skills to produce. There is a boost to tree sap production for new players till they reach 10 Agility, then the production bonus ends and tree sap production is based on your skills and stats. There will be other periods of production boosts throughout the Lumberjack profession. Skilled lumberjacks will pass the point of production efficiency of the new player production boost of tree sap.
How do I mine at the Salt Rock mines?
Talk to Farmer Greenjeans NPC over at WWA Farms, He’ll tell you how to get a Salt Rock Hammer. Hammers are also buyable from other players as well as the materials to make them.
How do I sell my salt?
Talk to Salty Sal NPC in the back of the HQ building, He’ll help get it in a Salt Shaker, but you’ll need Shaker parts!
How do I get Tree Sap??
Use the Tiny Tree Axe on a Tree to find Tree Sap!
How do I milk the cow??
To successfully milk the cow you must have at least 1kg of leaves to feed it.
What does the handsaw do??
The Handsaw is a lumberjack tool that is used to collect fruit, wood, leaves, and twigs.
How do I find Water??
Water can be gathered by using a normal tree axe, you can also gain it by pick mining the water rock located on the roof of the HQ building!
What does Praying do??
Praying is a free activity open to all players, and lets you build Inspiration! You can Pray inside the Church at HQ.
What does Inspiration do??
Inspiration is used to complete certain tasks but its main influence is acquiring Shovels, Bill minting and gaining Focus! It takes at least 5 points of Inspiration to gain Focus.
What does Being Focused do??
When your avatar is Focused you stay Focused until triggered. When it comes to Mining and Lumber-jacking a Focus can be triggered randomly and used giving you a 20% yield increase and also a Bonus boost using some tools in those fields. Once your focus has been triggered/used, you lose your Focus, so only Focus yourself when your ready for it to be used.
How do I focus my avatar???
You use the Focus Ring available in the HQ lobby to initiate a Focus, but the Ring will only gain you Focus if you have 5 or more points of Inspiration!
How do I Inspire someone else with the inspiration I’ve gained???
Once you get 25 or more Inspiration you can Transfer the Inspiration to an Item that holds the Inspiration so you can give/sell the Inspiration to other players so they can be inspired! You do this by using the Power Transfer laptop in the lobby area. It takes one Power Orb per Inspiration transfer.
What are Power Orbs??
Power Orbs are used to manually boost output of the Power-grid to power Items and Crafting Machine activities that require more power than the current Power-grid conditions can provide.
How do I feed the Chickens??
To feed a Chicken you must have at least 1Kg of Chicken Feed and your avatar must be Focused! If successful, the Chicken will lay a fresh Egg for you!
How do I make Chicken Feed??
You can use the Blender in the HQ Kitchen area to blend Raw Corn and Corn Stalks with Water into Chicken Feed, a Power Orb may be required to power up the Blender!
What can I do with Raw Eggs???
You can fry them on a Stove in any Kitchen/Cooking area, but you’ll need some Butter to get the job done!
How much Health does eating Fried Eggs give me??
Fried Eggs give you 4 Health per 0.1Kg Bite, so Eating 1Kg of Fried Eggs gives a total of 40 Health!! You can eat your Fried Eggs at any Restaurant or Eating area.
What does the Mining Sword do??
The Mining Sword is a specialized mining tool that lets you auto-mine. just stand in front of a rock, click the sword once, and you’ll begin auto-mining. To stop auto-mining, just walk away from the rock. The mining sword uses 0.06 health per swing and cannot be used once you go below 1.
How do I farm corn??
You can start the Farming profession at WWA Farms by using a Farmer’s Sythe on cornfields. Your yield will be based on your Farming Exp. and Intel Stat. Farming uses a tiny bit of health, so your HP must be above 1 in order to farm. Corn can be taken out of stats in 1kg increments from the freezer in the Kitchen in back of HQ building. You can eat raw corn in increments of 0.1 Kg bites in the kitchen giving 0.8 HP per bite.
How do I make butter??
Use 1 Liter of milk in the Butter Churn located in the kitchen.
How do I cook corn??
Use the Stove located in the kitchen and click the stove top to begin. You’ll need 1 Kg. of Corn + 0.5 Kg. of Butter to make 1 Kg of Cooked Corn. Cooked Corn can be eaten in 0.1 Kg. bite increments giving 2 Hp per bite.
What are the pick mining production boosts for each agility range?
You get special production yield boosts when finding certain resources/materials with certain tools, heres a list of the currently known boosts, more will be added in near future.
Agility 0-10: Boost producing Tree Sap using Tiny Tree Axe
Agility 10-20: Boost Producing Unknown resources using Tiny Pick Axe (crafted)
Agility 20-30: Boost Producing Coal using Tiny Pick Axe (crafted)
Agility 30-40: Boost Producing Stone using Tiny Pick Axe (crafted)
Agility 40-50: Boost Producing Diamond using Steel Pick Axe (crafted)
Agility 50-60: Boost Producing Tin using Stone Pick Axe
How do I get paid Lindens for picking?
Every time you mine up lindens while picking rocks or chopping trees you will be paid instantly and directly from the tree’s / rock’s budget. You will also make much more on top of that by selling your resources and crafted picks. The amount of resource a tree axe / pickaxe can yield is based on your skills/stats like Agility, Strength, and Exp.
Do I get paid Lindens for Lumber jacking?
Yes! there are now 1x, 2x, and 3x Oak trees / Fruit trees.
Where do I find Rocks, Trees, Mining Areas and Events?
You can see all the latest mining locations and events on the Mining Location’s Page..
How do I craft and smelt?
The Crafting and Smelting functions can be accessed by using a crafting machine, they are located in the church and in the crafting shack.
How do I enter the underground caves area??
There is a mining cart by the church, it will bring you into the caves. You may have to wait a short period for the cart to return.
How do I do Research??
The Research Laboratory is located on a Space Station orbiting the planet. To get there, you need to catch a space flight outside the HQ building or the roof docking area, there are many flights in route, so shouldn’t be a long wait in between flights. There are 2 Research Stations now open in the facility. You must have a minimum of 1Kg Unknown resources to have a successful identification of the material! Clicking on the little blue ball in front of a research station initiates a research cycle.
What does the Intelligence Stat do/effect?
Your intelligence stat determines your Researcher level, after each successful identification you can see what intelligence is needed to unlock the next Researcher level. Intel can also effect high level crafting.
What does Research Level do/effect?
Your Research level determines what materials you are able to identify, the higher your Researcher level is, the more materials you are able to identify.
What are the Crafting Experience requirements to Craft each Pick Axe type?
Crafted Stone Pick: Entry Level
Tiny Pick Axe: Entry Level
Steel: 20 Crafting Exp.
Steel Pick Axe: 30 Crafting Exp.
Diamond Pick Axe: 60 Crafting Exp.
Obsidian Pick Axe: 150 Crafting Exp.
Silver Pick Axe: 500 Crafting Exp.
Gold Pick Axe: 650 Crafting Exp.
Researcher Pick Axe: 800 Crafting Exp.
Geologist Pick Axe: 1200 Crafting Exp.
How do I get my resources out of stats into Bowls to sell?
Resources can be taken out of your Stats and into the second life world as an item. You can only take out resources when amount is 1 or more, you cannot take out decimal amounts. To do this click the crafting machine, choose crafting, then choose get resources, and lastly choose the resource you wish to take out. You will then be sent that resource as an item from the crafting machine! Don’t accidentally decline the resource item send! Choose Accept.
How do I sell and trade resources and crafted tools?
To give someone else a resource you brought into the world from your Stats as an item, just drag and drop the item from your inventory, (usually in objects folder), to the person you wish to give it to. But for less casual and more secure selling, simply teleport to a second life sandbox. There is a sandbox poster in the lobby that brings you to one.
A sandbox is a place you can “Rez” your objects. You drag your item to the ground, right-click and edit it, set the items price your asking, and check the box to set the item for sale! The buyer can then teleport to you, buy it, pick it up and its theirs! Be very careful not to click your resource item accidentally while setting it for sale, doing so will send it back to your stats again!
A note on Vendors
Whats a vendor?
A vendor is a player created object that contains tools/items in mass quantities. Since you cant see a Tool/Item’s hover stats inside a vendor, there’s no guarantee of hover stats, so only buy from vendors if you know/trust the vendor owner! You can always check creator of a buy-able tool/bowl/item. If AccessSec is creator and its Version 11+in Description, it’s a legit raw tool/food/resource/item and safe to buy. Following these guidelines will keep you selling/buying safe and securely. Remember if your unsure of a vendor, contact owner, they can take out the raw items and sell to you securely detailed in paragraph above this one.
How much should I sell my crafted picks for?
The only direct buy-able pick axe in the game is the Stone Pick axe, and the rest of the picks are crafted and must be bought from other players or made yourself. Since most crafted picks, including crafted stone picks, have higher stats then the bought stone pick. The price of the Stone Pick in the lobby would be a good indicator for the value of others above it.
What are some of the crafting recipes for Picks?
What do I need to smelt Steel?
Smelting 1 coal + 1 iron + 1 antimony = 1 Steel
Where can I find Antimony?
Smelting Antimony can be found by mining at Smelters Rock, located in the Enchanted Forest! To get to the Enchanted Forest catch a mining cart by the Church. Mining Cart departures are announced via the group chat.
What are the benefits of owning rocks for my land?
One obvious benefit is the traffic generated by players picking at your rock. But it goes further then that, every time a player (including rock owner) mines up Lindens from the rock, the owner of the rock gains agility and LO Points for the LO Store. The more players that mine up Lindens from the rock, the more Agility and LO Points the rock owner will gain. So, rock owners can gain agility without even picking or being online! This agility directly increases your mining yields in real time, thus making it easier and cheaper over time to craft tools to either use to skill more or to sell to your land visitors to use.
Where can I get Rocks for my land?
There are 3x and 4x Rocks for sale in the lobby by the front door!
Does a 3X Rock give its owner more agility than a 2x Rock?
Absolutely! A 3X Rock gives its owner double the agility and more LO Points then a 2X every time someone mines up Lindens from it! 4x rocks give 4 LO Points and rare resource benefits setting them apart from the 2x and 3x Rocks.
More additions to this FAQ coming all the time!
