Mining is a life skill in Grand Blue. Gather resources used to upgrade gear.
Skill Tree
Top Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Heavy Blows 1-5 |
Your pickaxe swings hit 10% harder.
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| Double Strike |
Each rank: +20% chance your swing strike twice,repeating the swing as it lands again (60% at max rank).
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| Aftershock |
Your swings shockwave also striking one other ore within reach for half damage.
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Top Left Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Steady Hands 1-5 |
The swing bar sweeps 10% slower,giving you more time to aim.
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| Forgiving Grip |
Even your worst swings land with at least 25% power (40% at rank 2).
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| Follow-Trough |
Miss the perfect zone on release and the bar keeps swinging – you get one more release before the strike lands. Only the last release counts.
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Top Right Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Sharpend Edge 1-5 |
Critical strikes hit 7.5% harder – multiplies your pickaxes Crit Multiplier.
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| Shatterpoint |
Your critical strikes double crit – the crit lands with extra effect: 15% / 30% / 50% by rank.
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| Flawless Streak |
Each consecutive critical strike adds +1% damage, up to 50%. A single sloppy swing resets it.
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Bottom Left Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Prospector 1-5 |
Fragments are 10% more likely to chip loose from ore you mine.
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| Rich Veins |
Chance a mined ore drops double – 10% at rank 1, 20% at rank 2.
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| Motherlode |
Every mined ore rolls its fragment chances twice.
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Bottom Right Branch
| Upgrade |
Effect
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| Keen Aim 1-5 |
The perfect zone on the swing bar grows 10% larger.
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| Steady Rythm |
Land a critical and the next swings perfect zone grows 25% larger (50% at rank 2). Keep the rhythm going.
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| Zen Focus |
Time thins at the moment of truth – the swing bar moves 30% slower while inside the perfect zone.
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Rebirth Upgrades
Every 100 levels, rebirthing grants one point that can be spent on this life skill's rebirth upgrades.[1]
| Upgrade |
Maximum Rank Listed |
Point Cost Shown |
Effect
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| Seasoned Miner |
5 |
1 |
Muscle memory runs deep. +20% Mining EXP per rank.[2][3]
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| Reforged Habits |
Not specified |
1 |
Respec your Mining tree without spending a Stat Reset.
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| Miner's Presence |
Not specified |
1 |
Ore near you slowly cracks on its own: 5% of your pickaxe's damage per second, per rank.
Requires your pickaxe in hand.
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| Prospector's Instinct |
Not specified |
1 |
Rare and better ores glow through solid rock. 500 stud range, +100 per extra rank.
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| Twin Focus |
Not specified |
1 |
Your swing meter carries a second critical strike zone, the same size as the first -- double the crit coverage per sweep.
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| Rich Veins |
Not specified |
2 |
Silver and better ores are 25% more likely to surface while you're nearby. Doesn't stack with other miners.
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| Hastened Earth |
Not specified |
2 |
Broken ore regrows 15 seconds faster while you're nearby. Doesn't stack with other miners.
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| Gem Seams |
Not specified |
2 |
Every mined ore has a 2% chance to also drop a gem.
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Equipment and Resources
See Pickaxes for tool requirements and stats, and Ores for documented resources.
References
