Building a Mining Base

A functioning mining base should provide roughly 35 ore per node per in game day. The only way to improve the rate of ore/hour is deplete the nodes as quickly as possible to start the respawn timer.

Here are example bases that work when away in patch v0.1.5.1 for different stages of the game.

Important: you can only queue 10 structures at a time for construction.
DO NOT BUILD ON TOP OF A DEPLETED ORE NODE.
Build all structures before assigning mining pals to the base.

Level 14 – 160 Ore – First Automated Mining Base.

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Structures

10 Pal Beds.
1-2 Hot Spring.
1 Berry Plantation.
Feed box.
Campfire.
Chests at each node.
Primitive Furnace.

Pals

7 Tombat
1 Killamari
1 tanzee/lifmunk
1 pengullet

You can use any pals you prefer, these are easily obtained at level 14. The base is very limited with 10 pals so even if it is possible to farm more berries with Lv 2 farming pals (Caprity) it is not recommended as it will reduce the amount of ore gathered.

Description

Level 14 unlocks the second base and the ability to have 10 pals at each base.
This base will produce ore and enough food to sustain itself, it works fully automated but it is recommended to cook the berries.

Pal locations are in the video.

Level 24 – 300 Ore

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Structures

13 Fluffy Pal Beds.
2 Hot Spring.
1 Berry and 1 Wheat Plantation.
Feed box.
Campfire.
Chests at each node.
Primitive Furnace.

Pals

1 Azureobe
1 Broncherry
1 Nitewing/Galeclaw
2 Helzephyr
8 Anubis.

You can use any pals you prefer, these are easily obtained at level 24. 13 pals can still barely 8 ore nodes, adding plantations/logging/stone sites will break the base.

Description

Level 24 unlocks the ability to have 13 pals at each base.
Wheat is also unlocked by this point, allowing you to set up breeding which is needed to get Anubis at this point of the game.
Phase out tombat as you breed more Anubis. Digtoise is a good option, but it is currently bugged for many people and will not produce if the player is not present.

This base will produce ore and enough food to sustain itself, it works fully automated but it is recommended to cook the berries. It will also produce wheat.

Pal locations are in the video.

Level 34 – 300 Ore and 270 Coal

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This is the best base location at this stage of the game. It provides 8 Ore and 6 Coal nodes and will carry you through the mid game until you unlock Legendary Spheres.

Since this base has a total of 14 nodes it will create lots of transporting jobs. You can have food production but it will decrease the ore and coal rate.

Structures

15 Fluffy Pal Beds.
2 Hot Spring.
Feed box.
Chests at each node.
Improved Furnace.

Pals

3 Helzephyr
12 Anubis.

You can use any pals you prefer, these work.

Description

Level 34 unlocks the use of coal, which will be needed for spheres/saddles and structures throughout the mid game.
This base will mine and gather all 14 nodes.

Level 44 – 380 Ore and 75 Pizzas

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380 ore and 75 pizzas

Level 44 unlocks Legendary Spheres, which do not require coal. This frees up some space to add plantations for some extra food or income. Pizzas sell for 290 gold each, so this base produces 380 ore and 21k gold per day.

This base is built on 10 ore nodes and an egg spawn.

Structures

2 Big pal beds.
2 High Quality Hot Spring.
Feed box.
Chests at each node.
Primitive Furnace.
Cooler.
5 Wheat Plantations.
5 Tomato Plantations.
3 Berry Plantations.
Buff structures.

Pals

2 Helzephyr.
5 Anubis.
2 Lyleen.
2 Jormuntide.
2 Verdash.
1 Cooling.
6 Astegon.

You can use any pals you prefer, these work.
Astegon will keep mining and Helzephyr will keep gathering throughout the night.

Why this setup works

Mining

Ore nodes respawn 24h in-game time after depletion, each node contains 40 ore.
The goal is to mine all ore nodes and transport the ore to a chest in one 32-minute cycle.

Layout

A Chest next to each ore node for faster transporting. Pals will move ore to the closest storage and ore drops in stacks of 1.
Furnace near the Pal Box. The ore can easily be gathered using the furnace by starting a max work order and then canceling it.

Build beds and other structures along the edge of the base area and don’t block the path between ore nodes and the feeding box/chests. Same reasoning with the hot springs and plantations.

Transitioning from early game

Going from a Tombat base to an Anubis base improves mining and transporting speed, theoretically allowing for some other work since the amount of ore per day is finite.

Getting cake production up and running is important for getting good base pals early, each Lv of work suitability has a huge impact.

Issues

Do not build to many structures that generate transporting work. A logging pit can cause Transporters to haul wood instead of ore. Keep the mining base simple.

If nothing is getting mined the problem is usually:
1. Too much transporting work, Pals are busy hauling wood/stone/ranch items.
2. Pals are getting stuck on top of things. Try smaller Pals or move some buildings around.
3. Pathing issues, same as number 2. Try moving chests.

The bottleneck is often transporting, a mining base produces between 300-400 transporting jobs per day as each ore is carried on its own.