Find old miner in Baerlon and tell him, "I want to learn to mine". You will need to pay him and follow his instructions as well as the grand master listed below.
NOTE: you can join but mining will fail until level 31
A grand master says 'Welcome as an apprentice to the smelting guild. Find the old miner in Baerlon. He will teach you to mine and smelt. You can find mines northwest of Deven Ride, in the Braem wood, in Garen's Wall and in the Spine east of Cairhien.'
A grand master says 'Welcome as an apprentice to the woodworking guild. Find the sawmill in Altara, or Amadicia and ask the lumberjacks there about woodworking.'
A grand master says 'Welcome as an apprentice to the leatherworking guild. Find the woman near the lakeshore south of Rhahime Nialle or east of Far Madding and ask her about leather.'
Mining[]
Commands[]
wear gloves
wield pickaxe
hold lantern
say I want to learn to mine
say practice mining
swing pickaxe
mine iron ore
Note: There cannot be any other mirrored lanterns in your inventory, since the old miner's mobol checks there first. Having other mirrored lanterns in inventory will cause the miner to suggest you hold the light and the mobol wil fail.
Walkthrough[]
Walkthrough ahead
Common Room
[ obvious exits: N E W U ]
An old miner is standing here, enjoying his retirement.
A slender woman flips a dagger from hand to hand.
A shapely young woman skillfully weaves amongst the chaos, taking orders.
A bartender serves customers with a greedy smile.
wear gloves
You put a thick pair of leather work gloves on your hands.
wield pickaxe
You wield a sharp pickaxe.
hold mirrored
You hold a mirrored lantern above your head.
say I want to learn to mine
You say 'I want to learn to mine'
An old miner says 'You wish to learn how to mine rocks eh?'
An old miner says 'It is not something done easily, but I am willing to teach you.'
An old miner says 'First thing you need is equipment though.'
An old miner says 'Do you have a pickaxe?'
An old miner studies you carefully.
An old miner nods in agreement.An old miner says 'Very good.'
An old miner says 'Next thing you need is some very good lanterns.'
An old miner says 'Do you have any of those?'
An old miner studies you carefully.
An old miner nods in agreement.
An old miner says 'Alright.'
An old miner says 'There is one more thing you should have before you can begin practicing mining.'
An old miner says 'You will need a good pair of work gloves. You have a pair of those?'
An old miner studies you carefully.
An old miner nods in agreement.An old miner says 'Very good.'
An old miner says 'You may ask me to PRACTICE MINING and I will show you how to do it.'
say practice mining
You ask an old miner 'practice mining'
An old miner says 'First I will show you how to hold the pickaxe.'
An old miner shows Alayla the proper position of his hands on the pickaxe.
An old miner says 'Now show me that same grip again Alayla. I'll tell you when I am satisfied with it.'
swing pickaxe
Ok.You swing the pickaxe and hammer it into the ground.
An old miner says 'Very good Alayla. That's exactly how I did it.
An old miner says 'You now know all you need to to mine your first pieces of iron ore.'
An old miner says 'Now go out and find some veins of iron ore where you can begin mining.'
An old miner says 'Once you have some iron ore come back here.'
An old miner says 'To prove you actually did get some iron ore SHOW it to me. I will then tell you what you can do with it.'
An old miner says 'Good luck.'
T-Junction in the Mine Shaft (Caralain)
[ obvious exits: N E S ]
Veins of iron ore line the rocks here.
Mine iron ore
Ok.
Alayla starts working the rocks with a pickaxe.
You try to break loose the rocks containing iron ore.
Pieces of rock start to fall to the ground.
mine iron ore
Ok.
Alayla gets a piece of iron ore.
Alayla starts working the rocks with a pickaxe.
You try to break loose the rocks containing iron ore.
Pieces of rock start to fall to the ground.
Alayla fails to find iron ore between the pieces of rock.
(Continue to Mine Iron Ore until you can no longer do so)
Mine iron ore
Ok.
Alayla starts working the rocks with a pickaxe.
The rocks are exhausted. Smelt the ore you have accumulated thusfar before you try again.
Smelting[]
Commands[]
show ore miner
open oven
put ore oven
close oven
open oven
get all oven
put bar barrel
get all barrel
Walkthrough[]
Walkthrough ahead
Common Room
[ obvious exits: N E W U ]
An old miner is standing here, enjoying his retirement.
A slender woman flips a dagger from hand to hand.
A shapely young woman skillfully weaves amongst the chaos, taking orders.
A bartender serves customers with a greedy smile.
Show ore miner
You show a piece of iron ore to an old miner.
An old miner says 'Ah..I see you have managed to mine some iron ore.'
An old miner says 'If you need to get workable iron you will have to smelt the ore first.'
An old miner says 'To smelt you first need a smelting oven. Not many of those around so look carefully for one.'
An old miner says 'When you find a smelting oven put the ore in it then close the oven.'
An old miner says 'Then wait a while for the heat to smelt the iron out of the ore.'
An old miner says 'You can then take it out when it is done. Be careful though, the iron is very hot and will probably need to be cooled down.'
An old miner says 'Usually there is water nearby that will allow you to cool the iron off.'
An old miner says 'I'd advise wearing your work gloves while smelting ore, because accidents happen all the time.'
An old miner says 'Good luck.'
Blacksmith's Shop (Tarendrelle)
[ obvious exits: N U ]
A stout wooden barrel stands nearby.
An oven stands here, radiating a dry heat.
A merchant guard, intent on keeping order, stands guard.
A merchant guard, intent on keeping order, stands guard.
The burly blacksmith stands by his forge busily at work.
Open oven
Ok.
Alayla pulls on a lever operating the oven.
The hot oven slowly opens up.
Put ore oven
You put a piece of iron ore in a red hot oven.
Close oven
Ok.
Alayla pulls on a lever operating the oven.
The oven slowly closes.
The heat radiating from the oven increases as it is closed.
Slowly the iron ore inside the oven begins to melt.
The iron ore was too impure to be smelted and is lost.
Open oven
Ok.
Alayla pulls on a lever operating the oven.
The hot oven slowly opens up.
Put ore oven
You put a piece of iron ore in a red hot oven.
Close oven
Ok.
Alayla pulls on a lever operating the oven.
The oven slowly closes.
The heat radiating from the oven increases as it is closed.
Slowly the iron ore inside the oven begins to melt.
The iron is ready to be taken out of the oven. Open oven
Ok.
Alayla pulls on a lever operating the oven.
The hot oven slowly opens up.
Get all oven
You get a red hot bar of iron from a red hot oven.
An iron bar emanates heat.
Put bar barrel
You put a red hot bar of iron in a wooden barrel.
Steam rises from the barrel as Alayla quenches hot iron in it.
The iron has cooled enough to be taken out.
Get all barrel
You get a bar of iron from a wooden barrel.
