Gold Ore

Gold Ore

Vendor Value	100
Tooltip
A large chunk of gold ready to be smelted into a bar.

Gold Ore is a material gathered by Mining that can be smelted to make Gold Bar Gold Bars or used in Augmenting and Researching mining equipment.

Acquisition

• Gold Ore can be obtained through mining at the Desert Mine, Underground Mine, Hidden Mine, Volcano Mine, or Deep Pit.

• A Geode, Greater Geode, or Dwarven Research Cache have a chance to provide this ore when opened.

• Gold Ore can be purchased at the Marketplace or randomly acquired by Farming a Mysterious Seed.

• This ore may be earned through combat:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Cursed Naga	1–4	2%	All
	Greater Demon	1–10	2%
	Palace of Flame	50–250	50%	All
	Vassal Demon	1–20	10%
	Greater Imp	1	1%	All
	Inferno Demon	1–20	20%
	Lesser Demon	1–10	1%
	Ember Demon	1–10	2%
	Flame Demon	1–20	10%
	Overseer Demon	1–20	20%
	Corrupted Naga	1–25	5%	All

Smithing

Gold Ore is used to smith gold bars. Heat and ore quantity may vary depending on:

• mining level,
• the forge used in Smithing (City Forge, Dwarven Forge or Volcanic Forge),
• heat intensity selected,
• the presence of the Miner Set,
• worn equipment with production cost related enchantments such as Pyromancy,
• and smithing related enchantments such as Pure Metals.

Forge	Heat Intensity	Level	Bar	Exp	Heat Required	Ore Required
City Forge	2	20	Gold Bar	225	20	5 x Gold Ore

Augmentation and Research

Gold ore is used in the augmentation and research of the Miner Set and their prototype counterparts.

Item		XP	Dust	Scrap	Aug. Bonus	Cost
	Miner's Trousers	180			Mining +1	6 6 5 4 Gold Ore 3 2 2 1 1
	Miner's Smock	180			Mining +1	6 6 5 4 Gold Ore 3 2 2 1 1
	Miner's Lantern Helmet	180			Mining +1	6 6 5 4 Gold Ore 3 2 2 1 1