The Mines

The Mines are located in the north area of the Mountains (northeast of the Carpenter's Shop and to the west of the Adventurer's Guild). They are blocked-off by rock debris until the 5th day of Spring, when the player receives a letter.

There are a total of 120 floors, or levels, in the Mines. Ore quality (type) and quantity increases as the player moves deeper into the Mines. The Mines are filled with rocks and dirt patches. Rocks can be mined with a pickaxe in order to obtain stone, ore and geodes. A hoe can be used on dirt patches to collect minerals, artifacts, ore, clay, and cave carrots.

To advance deeper in the Mines, a ladder must be revealed on each floor. The ladder will sometimes appear when rocks are broken or after an enemy is defeated (killing enemies is the stamina-free option to finding ladders). If a floor is "infested" or "overrun" by monsters, all enemies must be defeated on that floor before a ladder will appear.

If the player has reached at least level 2 in the Mining skill, floors can be skipped by using a Staircase (crafted from 99 Stone). A Staircase allows instant access to the next floor in the Mines. After every 5 floors, an elevator will be available, allowing access to that floor at any time.

Dying in the Mines causes the player to "forget" several of the most recent floors. Generally, around 5~11 floors will be lost, which means the elevator to those floors will not be accessible until progression is once again made. 10% of the player's gold will also be lost, as well as various items, including weapons, tools, and unique items (except for the Galaxy Sword and rings). If tools are lost, they will be returned in the mail on the following day, though Fishing poles and weapons will not be returned.

A Minecart is located on the entry floor for quick travel to and from the mine. It is unlocked by completing the Community Center boiler room bundles or purchased from the Joja Community Development Form.

Floors

The Mines consist of 120 floors, or levels.

Floor	Theme	Enemies	Treasures	Notes
Entrance	Brown Rock	None	Rusty Sword	A Mine Cart is located here. The Dwarf lives through the blocked passage to the east. (A Steel Pickaxe or a Cherry Bomb is required to break the obstruction.)
1 - 9	Brown Rock	Green Slime Duggy Bug Rock Crab		Gems found: Amethyst, Topaz, Quartz, and Earth Crystal
10	Brown Rock	None	Leather Boots
11 - 19	Brown Rock, Weeds	Green Slime Duggy Bug Rock Crab Grub Cave Fly		Floor 19 is set in a spiral pattern.
20	Brown Rock, Weeds	None	Steel Smallsword	Fishing: Ghostfish and Stonefish
21 - 29	Brown Rock, Weeds	Green Slime Duggy Bug Rock Crab Grub Cave Fly
30	Brown Rock	None	No reward
31 - 39	Dark, Grey Rock	Bat Stone Golem		Abundant Copper Ore, Geodes are common
40	Cold, Rocky	None	Slingshot
41 - 49	Cold, Rocky	File:Frost Jellies.png Frost Jellies Frost Bat Dust Sprite		Abundant Iron Ore, Frozen Geodes, Aquamarine, Frozen Tear, and Jade
50	Cold, Rocky	None	Tundra Boots	Diamonds begin to appear (1 in 500 stones). Each floor after 50 increases frequency by 0.00016 (e.g. 1 in 100 stones on floor 100).
51 - 59	Cold, Rocky	File:Frost Jellies.png Frost Jellies Frost Bat Dust Sprite		Abundant Dust Sprites (Coal). Floor 52 has a bag of coal at the end of the path.
60	Cold, Rocky	None	Crystal Dagger	Fishing: Ice Pip and Ghostfish
61 - 69	Cold, Rocky	File:Frost Jellies.png Frost Jellies Frost Bat Dust Sprite Ghost
70	Cold, Castle-theme	None	Master Slingshot
71 - 79	Cold, Castle-theme	File:Frost Jellies.png Frost Jellies Frost Bat Dust Sprite Ghost Skeleton		Frozen Geodes Abundant Iron Ore
80	Hot, Rocky	None	Firewalker Boots
81 - 89	Hot, Rocky	File:Sludge.png Sludge Lava Bat Lava Crab Shadow Brute Shadow Shaman Metal Head Squid Kid		Gold Ore and Magma Geodes begin to appear. Emeralds, Fire Quartz, and Rubies are common.
90	Hot, Rocky	None	Obsidian Edge
91 - 99	Hot, Rocky	File:Sludge.png Sludge Lava Bat Lava Crab Shadow Brute Shadow Shaman Metal Head Squid Kid		Coal is less common from here onward (from Dust Sprites).
100	Hot, Rocky, Weeds	None	Stardrop	Fishing: Lava Eel and Ghostfish
101 - 109	Hot, Rocky, Weeds	File:Sludge.png Sludge Lava Bat Lava Crab Shadow Brute Shadow Shaman Metal Head Squid Kid		Abundant Gold Ore
110	Hot, Rocky	None	Space Boots
111 - 119	Hot, Rocky	File:Sludge.png Sludge Lava Bat Lava Crab Shadow Brute Shadow Shaman Metal Head Squid Kid
120	Hot, Rocky, Weeds	None	Skull Key	Final floor

Food

Useful food when spelunking in the Mines.

Image	Name	Description	Stat Bonus	Duration
	Lucky Lunch	A special little meal.	Luck (3)	11m11s
	Pumpkin Soup	A seasonal favorite.	Luck (+2) Defense (+2)	7m41s
	Spicy Eel	It's really spicy! Be careful.	Luck (+1) Speed (+1)	7m
	Fried Eel	Greasy but flavorful.	Luck (+1)	7m
	Coffee	It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost.	Speed (+1)	1m23s
	Crab Cakes	Crab, bread crumbs, and egg formed into patties then fried to a golden brown.	Speed (+1) Defense (+1)	15m10s
	Pepper Poppers	Spicy breaded peppers filled with cheese.	Speed (+1) Farming (+2)	7m
	Super Meal	It's a really energizing meal.	Speed (1) Max Energy (+40)	3m30s
	Autumn's Bounty	A taste of the season.	Foraging (+2) Defense (+2)	7m41s
	Eggplant Parmesan	Tangy, cheesy, and wonderful.	Mining (+1) Defense (+3)	4m39s
	Stuffing	Ahh... the smell of warm bread and sage.	Defense (+2)	5m39s

Combat

You will face many Monsters in the Mines. Be prepared. Make sure to bring lots of food that refill HP and energy, or craft life elixirs which refill all health when used.

Losing all your health in the Mines is not ideal. You will lose money, items from your inventory and you will "forget" previous floors you've discovered (meaning you can no longer use the elevator to access them until you reach them again). The amounts of items, gold and knowledge lost vary.

You will either awake in the mine entrance.

If the screen becomes "Misty" or "Glowy" be prepared to fight. When this happens lots of the current biomes' flying monster will spawn and attack you.

Infested floors

Occasionally you will enter a random floor with a surplus of monsters and no rocks, and a message saying, "This area is overrun with monsters".

You must continue to fight until a ladder appears and you receive a message saying, "A way down has appeared"; this is typically after the last enemy is defeated.

A Staircase can be used to escape an infested floor.

Skull Cavern Mine

On floor 120 of the Mines is the Skull Key. The skull key is used to open a door in a cave in The Desert, leading to the Skull Cavern. It is also used to unlock the Junimo Kart arcade machine for play in The Saloon.

Trivia

• The axe, scythe or pickaxe can be used to kill monsters in lieu of the sword.
• Stone can be purchased from the Carpenter's Shop for data-sort-value="20">20g each, making it possible to skip all 120 floors for just under data-sort-value="250,000">g (useful for unlocking all the floors in order to return later)

Gallery

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  An example of the message upon entering an overrun area
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  A minecart stash filled with coal