Mining

Mining is one of the possible activities in GraalOnline Era.

Locations
There are six main locations for mining.
 * Wiluna Mine: located northwest from the casino and just under the Chinese New Year street.
 * BBZ Mine: located southwest from Mercy East hospital and directly below Blazian Bandits Zone base and the spar complex.
 * BH Mine: located in between Gun Upgrades store and Blackholst base.
 * iFreeze Mine: located near the same area as the iFreeze subway station
 * Southridge Mine: located directly at the north of the street that goes to the Mall.
 * Guerre Mine: located in the Guerre base in Southridge, the only mine to be located in a PK area.

There are also other several locations where players may choose to go to mine. However, unlike the main mining locations, these ones lack grinding machines, where players can change rocks into minerals, which can later be sold for gralats.

Equipment
A drill is required in order for a player to mine. There are two spots where one may purchase drills, one at the surface entrance to the Wiluna Mine, and the other at the Southridge Mine. Each drill costs 140 gralats, and every player only needs to buy it one time.

Any drill one purchases comes with a fully charged battery. Anytime the drill is used to mine, the battery is drained. When a player tries to use their drill when the battery has expired, they will see a message saying that their battery is dead. Replacing one's battery costs 80 gralats, which is cheaper than buying a new drill. Batteries are sold at the same place where the drills are sold.

Starting Out
A player can enter a mine by moving towards the red button at the surface of the mine. This will activate the mine's elevator, which may lower them into the mine. Doing the same thing from underneath takes one back to the surface.

By equipping one's drill as if it was a melee, one can begin mining. After selecting a spot, one should collide with a rock wall and hit the attack button towards the wall. One should see the drill spin and an animation of rocks flying around the drill bit. One should also see a "mini-rock" (sometimes called a pebble) appear on the ground behind themself. Staying at the same spot without moving and continuing to tap the attack button at least once every second will end up leaving a patch of glowing pebbles. A message will show across the bottom of the screen, telling the player how many rocks they have mined, how many they currently have in their inventory, and how many to go until they reach the next level.

If a player attempts to mine the same spot twice in a row, they will end up seeing the message,, and they will have to wait around 10 seconds before a mini-rock can appear.

Leveling Up
All miners begin at level 0. Levels are achieved based on the amount of rocks a player has mined. Each level (except level 6) requires a greater number of rocks to level up than the previous one. At level 0, the time between each appearance of "mini-rocks" is 10 seconds. With each level, the time until the next "mini-rock" appears decreases by 0.1 seconds, until one finally reaches level 99, where the time stays constant at 0.1 seconds per "mini-rock".

Each time a miner achieves a new level, an announcement with their name and face is flashed at the bottom of every player’s screen. For the first 50 levels (except level 6), each level takes more time to complete than the previous one. However, at above level 50, each new level is quicker to complete than the previous one.

Achievements (EC pieces) are given for reaching level 1, level 10, level 30, level 50, and level 100.

Trivia

 * While players can trade drills at the trade tables, it is impossible to trade batteries.
 * Typically, a battery can last until 800 rocks are broken.
 * Most spots in the mine will always work, but in the case a player doesn’t see anything happening after 10-15 seconds, it is recommended that they try a new spot. The drilling animation sometimes messes up drilling and one might need to tap the drill in the opposite direction and then back towards the wall, or hit the movement button towards the wall to get the rock pile to grow.