Heart of the Mountain

The Heart of the Mountain, commonly abbreviated as HotM, is a skill tree related to .
== Unlocking ==
Heart of the Mountain is unlocked by completing Rhys quest in the , which requires 15 of any enchanted ore.
As players level up their Heart of the Mountain, they will gain Tokens of the Mountain, which can be used to unlock various perks. Some of these perks will take effect only on public islands with new mining mechanism (alongside with infinite Mining Fatigue).
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== Mechanics ==
The menu can be accessed via the , while inside the and , via the menu, or anywhere via the command.
Players can level up their Heart of the Mountain tiers by gaining HotM experience, which can be accumulated by completing Commissions, participating in various active mining events and completing Crystal Nucleus runs.
Each Commission completed in the or gives up to experience, while Commissions completed in the give experience.
At Tiers 1 and 2, experience from commissions is and each, respectively, while at Tier 3 it becomes , matching .
Players receive additional experience for the first four Commissions of each day, if the Heart of the Mountain tier is below 10. Otherwise players earn an additional , or instead, depending on the area.
The Heart of the Mountain can be reset. This wipes all of the Heart of the Mountain upgrades and returns all spent , , and . HotM tier and Peak of the Mountain levels are kept; thus powder spent on upgrading Peak of the Mountain is not reimbursed.
The first reset is free, but each subsequent reset costs .
==Experience==
The experience required to reach each level is displayed below.
Experience Table
Tier	XP Required	Cumulative XP
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== Abilities==
 Tiers 2, 6, and 10 offer 2 each, for a total of 6. They can all be unlocked on the tree at once, but only one can be selected at a time. They are activated with , and have either an instant effect or a period of effect.
They have a cooldown, which starts immediately upon activation, not at the point of the ability's conclusion. The player must wait for the cooldown to expire before being able to use any other pickaxe ability. The cooldown is preserved across lobbies, and set to zero when entering a Glacite Mineshaft.
 cannot be upgraded with powder, but they can be upgraded by unlocking Peak of the Mountain and with s.
==Perks List==
All formulae describe the cost to level up once, e.g. from level 10 to 11.
The \lfloor x \rfloor symbol means round down to the nearest integer.
=== Powder Cost Calculator===
== Tips==
*Use to increase your by .
*The recommended mining tools progressions are:
**Before entering : , , or .
**HotM 1: for ; for everything else
**HotM 2: for ; for everything else
** HotM 3: for ; or for everything else (use a Pickaxe for things like , which are broken fast and in great quantities, but also not worth the fuel consumption)
**HotM 4: for ; , or for Gemstones; , or for and Pure Ores; for everything else, especially .
**HotM 5: for ; for Gemstones; for and Pure Ores; for everything else, especially .
**HotM 6: can be used for everything, but is way more cost effective for Gemstones and , and are good alternatives for other resources.
**HotM 7-10: , but and the ones mentioned above are more cost-effective.
*The recommended mining armors progressions are:
**HotM 1 - 4: or 
**HotM 4 & 5: with at least Universal Slot unlocked is the best, but is more cost-effective and can be used for its . 
**HotM 6 - 10: with all slots unlocked is the best, but Sorrow Armor with at least Universal Slot unlocked is more cost effective and can be used for its .
**Although and s should be used when mining Ores and Blocks.
**Equipment:
***HotM 2 & 3: 
***HotM 4: 
***HotM 5+: is the best for mining and in all areas and for everything while in ( do not count as Dwarven Mines for this ability); is better in every other instance, but is much, much more expensive.
***HotM 8+: Using 3/4 Titanium Equipment with is an improvement over Full set of Titanium Eq. outside of , and is the best available option when mining or outside of . Using 3/4 Gemstone Equipment with is better outside of , and the best available option for mining resources that aren't Mithril or Titanium and are outside .
***HotM 10: Using 2/4 , and is the best setup for and .Using 2/4 , and is the best setup for everything else.Using 3/4 with is the best setup in the game for .
*For almost any mining related action, there is a designated pet.
** for mining .
** for general mining (due to its and Pickaxe Cooldown reduction) but especially in .
** for mining inside the and moreso in , and especially when grinding .
** for mining Ores, especially in .
** for mining , grinding but also Combat related endeavours on Mining Islands.
** for doing .
** for mining Gemstones, but also grinding .
** for levelling the Mining Skill.
** for mining Blocks other than .
==Trivia==
*Reaching Heart of the Mountain Tier 5 will reward the player with the .
* 2x Powder events also double Powder obtained from the Daily Powder perk, even though the message does not reflect this.
**This is now affected by the powder buff.
*If multiple pickaxe abilities are unlocked, one must be selected in order to be used. However players are able to switch an ability while another is under effect, leading to multiple being active at the same time. 
*All Heart of the Mountain tier 7 perks cost the same amount of .
*Despite being impossible to get every single perk in Heart of the Mountain, if one were to get all of them and max each one out (including Peak of the Mountain), it would cost , and as well as .
*The Fortunate perk costs Mithril Powder to upgrade unlike the other perks in HotM 6.
*The Heart of the Mountain is a reference to the Arkenstone from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
**The Arkenstone is the biggest and rarest gemstone in the Lonely Mountain, and valued most by the Dwarves.
*Lonesome Miner's perk also affects , , s and any other items that affects the buffed stats.
*Mole and Efficient Miner do not trigger within protected structures in the .
**This includes structures that house Gemstone Crystals, and some generated structures.
*It is not possible to reset the Heart of the Mountain if the only unlocked perk is Mining Speed. Unlocking another perk will allow the player to reset it.
* The Sky Mall perk "Gain 15% powder while mining" does not buff powder gain from chests.
*Powder buff from Pets and Holding items are additive, but the one from is multiplicative.
*The Maniac Miner perk is based on a team upgrade in Hypixel Bed Wars, which grants Haste 1 and 2.
==History==
==References==
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