Mine hole

[kerianor]

300 blocks of wood
40 boards
20 ropes
10 hardened leather
20 leather

prospecting

is there anything else i need to know about mining before I attempt this?
Can I dig it even with VERY low strength?

[cobaltjones]

You can MAKE the minehole just fine, but being able to dig your way out of it is unlikely with anything less than 50 STR.

[ScegfOd]

which is pretty easy to get if you can kill a bear, just get a bearcape and beartooth necklace and you should be almost there in no time
eat the meat roasted for maximum STR bonus...
tho a newb chopping up a bear like that is kind of a waste

[thirty-seven]

Things to keep in mind:
1) Avoid cave-ins, if they happen always heal ur HHP ans SHP and break all the rocks before continuing mining. Also, mine supports have a radius which u can see in custom clients. Make sure that tile u're gonna mine is 100% covered by green circle.
2) Build a hole some tiles away from the spot.
3) Surround your minehole with brickwall or at least palisade
4) Make "snake" tunnels if u cant build supports yet(3 tiles up, 3tiles left, 3tiles up, 3 tiles right etc)

Also, build a good q kiln, smelter, finery forge, anvil and craft a good smithy's hammer. Update them if u get any better material. Use good q coal - raise your saw and trees quality. There is also a bug with kilns, smelters and forges which allows u to use ony 1 coal or branch per load(1 tick).

I think that's all u have to know.

[MagicManICT]

Things to keep in mind:
1) Also, mine supports have a radius which u can see in custom clients. Make sure that tile u're gonna mine is 100% covered by green circle.
2) Build a hole some tiles away from the spot.
3) Surround your minehole with brickwall or at least palisade
4) Make "snake" tunnels if u cant build supports yet(3 tiles up, 3tiles left, 3tiles up, 3 tiles right etc)

1. You actually only need greater than 50% coverage. There's a template on the wiki page for mining or mine supports one.
2. He means after prospecting a spot. Prospecting first is greatly suggested to at least ensure you're digging towards ore.
3. A must. Make sure you orient any gates properly, otherwise you won't be able to get out. A palisade around the minehole is more than enough. Underground at the bottom of the ladder, you might want a brickwall, though. This is to prevent anyone else from going into your mine or anyone coming up out of your mine.
4. This can actually be a zig-zag, too. just make sure you do exactly 3. This is also not a 100% guarantee to prevent a cave in. Also, pick one method or the other--snake or zig-zag. Changing tunnel types is the greatest chance of cave-ins doing this.

[kralmir]

1. no actually the EXACT center pixel needs to be covered. don't risk it needlessly.

[MagicManICT]

1. no actually the EXACT center pixel needs to be covered. don't risk it needlessly.

I'd go through the math for you, but if there's >50% coverage, the center pixel will be covered. Again, see the template on the wiki under mine support.

For ease, here it is:

[ScegfOd]

yes >50% would definitely include the center pixel. Also you can cover the center pixel without covering 50% of the square (but its hard to see that small a difference -dont risk it-)

[DatOneGuy]

4) Make "snake" tunnels if u cant build supports yet(3 tiles up, 3tiles left, 3tiles up, 3 tiles right etc)

2 up 2 left 2 up 2 right is what you mine.

[Dataslycer]

I was the one that submitted the coverage of the mine support based on my mining method in World 4. It is nice for layer 1 but anything below that I would not go too close to the edge less a misclick or lapse of attention renders your body a pile of compressed flesh and bone.