Mining

Mining requires a pickaxe which can be obtained by either waiting for one to appear in stock at a general goods store, or searching for one in one of the many mines in Skyrim where they are literally everywhere. The next step requires located an Ore Vein and using the pickaxe to extract the Ore.
Each ore vein typically yields three pieces of ore (after nine "picks") and a 10% chance of obtaining a levelled gem.
== Bugs ==
* Occasionally, the mining animation plays but no actual mining happens. If you have counted more than nine (9) "pick" sounds, then use on the PC, on an xbox controller or on PS3 to stop the mining activity, then start again.
Category:Game mechanics
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