Mining
The mining game is a unique daily game found on the Games page under World that requires you to dig (click) repeatedly, with each dig giving you the opportunity to find items or WC in the Midnight Cave. To play you must train one waja in mining and have at least 300 WC on hand. The game can be played daily, and is over for the day when the waja runs out of digs.
The mining game was released on March 16 of 2010, got an overhaul on October 16 of 2014 and again on May 12 of 2015.
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Mining Cave Basics
If you don't already have a mining waja, you will need to select one to play with and pay 10,000 WC to teach it to mine, giving it a mining level of 1. After a waja has been trained once, it does not have to be trained ever again. Once you've trained a waja you will be taken to the mining entances, where you eventually can select different cave entances. But at first only th Cave of Shadows will be open for you (the entrance to the far left side). Once you've clikced on the Cave of Shadows, you will be taken to the mining screen. This screen features your waja's picture in the bottom left, the scenarioox at the left top, the cave image at the right and four directional buttons at the top of the cave. To mine you simply click the direction in which you want to dig and you will encounter a random scenario. One of several possible effects will occur per dig:
- Nothing Happens - Your waja got distracted/scared/sat down/just plain didn't find anything.
- Gain one dig - A Gentle Breeze will refresh your waja and grant them an extra dig.
- Gain two digs -
- Lose one dig - A Mean Bat will hit your waja, causing it to take a break. You lose one dig.
- Lose two digs -
- Gain WC - Encountering a Lucky Butterfly will give you between 10,000 and 30,000 WC. Tricky Raccoons will give you between 1 and 300 WC.
- Lose WC - Annoying Rats steal between 1 and 300 WC.
- Common Item - Your waja will find a common item that is deposited automatically into your inventory.
- Uncommon Item - A popup will appear on your screen giving you the option to attempt to 'catch' the creature. If you choose "Ok", the game will calculate whether or not you succeeded. If you failed or clicked "Cancel", the game will tell you the item escaped. If you succeed, you will get a "congratulations" message and the item will be placed in your inventory.
- Level Gained - Encountering a "Strange Beetle" will increase your waja's mining level by 1.
- Level Lost - Encountering a "Cave-in" will decrease your waja's mining level by 1.
- Injured Bird - If you encounter the Injured Bird, you can choose to start the Raccoon King Plot or not, by either replying to the bird or by ignoring it.
Mining Levels
Levels are gained when the mining waja encounters a "Strange Beetle". Finding this beetle will increase the waja's level by 1. There is no way to increase your chances of encountering the Strange Beetle and gaining a level; some people go months without getting a level, then gain three in one day. It's completely random. Just keep mining every day and eventually your waja will find one.
Levels are lost when a mining waja encounters a "Cave In". Getting caught in a cave in will decrease the waja's level by 1.
Wajas retain their mining levels when they are sold or transferred.
Mining Digs
The basic amount of digs are 40 and pgraded accounts get 80 digs per day. However, by buying a Mining Candle, a Mining Torch or a Mining Lantern you can add more digs to your account.
Mining Cave Entrances
When you first start out the only entrance you are limited to the Cave of Shadows. But by gaining Mining Levels other entrances will be available. By level 25 will The Glowworm Cave open up and by level 45 will The Sparkling Groto be available.
By doing the Raccoon King Plot you will also gain access to Raccoon Forest and eventually Murky Forest.
Mining Cave Items
For a list of all items released via the mining cave, please see Mining Cave Items
The mining cave has four kinds of items. The first are the four Potion ingredients that can be taken to the Mad Scientist and traded for potions that add potion mutations to your waja. These ingredients are always available in the mining cave. They are:
The second are equipables that are always in the mining cave. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Pickaxe (Common)
- Mining Cave Wallpaper (Common)
- Mutant Chicken (Rare)
- Gentle Ghost (Rare)
The third are items that spend a brief time (usually a month or so, but sometimes longer) in the mining cave before being replaced with new items. Past examples included:
And the fourth ar the items exluded to the Raccoon King Plot. Examples include but are not limited to:
Changing Your Mining Waja
You can only change your mining waja if you have not started mining for that day. If you haven't played that day, the mining screen will display a "Change Mining Waja" button above the cave picture. From here, you'll be able to select another waja from your cave to mine with. If the waja you switch to has not been trained in mining yet you will have to pay 10,000 WC to train it.
Mining Game Misconceptions
Many of the more superstitious players will claim that mining in a certain way, at a certain time of day, in certain directions, with a certain breed, being a certain level, etc etc. will increase your chances of finding/catching something good or gaining a level. This is false, as finding items, leveling up, and catching rares are all completely random chance. Having a higher level does not directly affect your chances of finding things, though having more digs does give you more opportunities to find and catch them.
