Mining

[krooger]

How much str do you need to mine a wall?.. sorry for noob question

[anasky]

What kind of a wall?
A cave wall? If yes, it depends on the layer you're in.

When mining, certain rock walls are harder than others. If you attempt to mine a wall that is too hard for you, you will get a message along the lines of "This wall is slightly/far/much too hard for you to mine". The hardness of a wall appears to be equal to the quality of ore and stone you receive from mining it. In order to mine a wall, you appear to need sqrt(Strength * Tool_Quality) >= Wall_Hardness. For example, in order to mine a quality 10 rock wall with a quality 10 stone axe or pickaxe, you would need 10 strength. Note that the pickaxe does not appear to be any stronger than a stone axe at mining, merely faster.

Source: http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Mining

Layer 1 is an average of q10, meaning you'd need a square root(strength * tool quality) of 10 or higher.
Since the lowest quality of a stone axe is 5, and strength is started at 10, you should be able to mine quality 7 or below without ANY upping of stats.

[Foot]

wall hardness is not connected to the quality of stone in such a way it is noted on wiki. As far as my experience goes they aren't connected at all, but there is no way for me to prove that. You should be able to mine softest walls with q10 axe at around 25 str. Though few walls aren't still mineable at 100 str with such tool.