Difference between revisions of "GTA:Mining"

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Getting Started

Mine Shaft

To start a mining run, you need to prepare prior to going. You'll need to secure a pickaxe, which you can purchase from a General Store. The mineshaft is located in the middle of the map, and south of Fort Zancudo. Upon entering the mineshaft, you will be able to find multiple places to mine materials, the deeper you go the more chance you have for valuable stuff. Go to an ore and stand on it, you will get a notification that you will be able to mine. Then press Left Alt in order to start mining. Once your inventory is full, head to your car and press Y to place the goods inside of your vehicle. Once the car is filled, you're good to go to the processor. There is only one mineral that does not need to be processed.

Processing Minerals

Smelting Cauldron

Once you're finished with filling your pockets with ores, you have to process what you collected, this location is marked on the map, in the southeast of the city. Head inside of the factory and to the large cauldron. Here you will find an area with floating text prompting you to press Left Alt to start smelting, this will open an inventory menu, at which point you can drag the mineral and begin processing.

Selling Minerals

Selling minerals is done entirely through other players. There are entire groups dedicated to the buying and selling of materials in addition to independent players buying them as well. You will need to put in the leg work through Tweedle and connecting yourself with other people in the mining community, with great effort will come great reward.

Experience

Different minerals and materials take experience to work with safely and successfully. You won't be able to mine the rarest minerals on the island immediately and to do so will require time and effort on your part. You also can't be an expert in everything! Mining is a full-time job and so is knowing how to operate a foundry, this is where it helps to have friends or business partners.

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-== Collecting minerals ==
+== Getting Started ==
-To start the mining run, you need to go to the mine first. The mineshaft is located in the middle of the map, and south of Ford Zancudo. It is also marked on the map, so you can easily find it in the legend. Make sure you get a mining drill from the general store before you arrive here. Upon entering the mineshaft, you will be able to find multiple places to mine your materials, the deeper you go, the more chance you have for valuable stuff. Go to an ore and stand on it, you will get a notification that you will be able to mine. Then press '''{{Key|E}}''' in order to start mining. You can mine coal, iron, copper, gold and more. Once your inventory is full, head to your car and press '''{{Key|Y}}''' to place the goods inside of your vehicle. Once the car is filled, you're good to go to the processor. Keep in mind that diamonds do not need processing and you can sell them instantly to the shop.
+[[File:Mine Shaft.png|thumb|Mine Shaft]]
-== Processing the minerals ==
+To start a mining run, you need to prepare prior to going. You'll need to secure a pickaxe, which you can purchase from a [[GTA:Locations|General Store]]. The mineshaft is located in the middle of the map, and south of Fort Zancudo. Upon entering the mineshaft, you will be able to find multiple places to mine materials, the deeper you go the more chance you have for valuable stuff. Go to an ore and stand on it, you will get a notification that you will be able to mine. Then press '''{{Key|Left Alt}}''' in order to start mining. Once your inventory is full, head to your car and press '''{{Key|Y}}''' to place the goods inside of your vehicle. Once the car is filled, you're good to go to the processor. There is only one mineral that does not need to be processed.
-[[File:Map of the Metal Smelting (RPUK).png|thumb|300x300px|Metal Smelting Factory]]
-Once you're finished with filling your pockets with ores, you have to go to the metal smelting, which is also marked on the map, in the south east of the city. Head inside of the factory and then up the platform. There will be a circle to process the gold, and one to process the iron (each on a different side). Press '''{{Key|E}}''' in order to start the processing. Once done with all the processing, you're ready to go to the jewellery store or the White Company to sell your processed materials.
-== Selling the minerals ==
-Once the processing is done, you can go to the T.B.Jewellers shop or the White Company in order to sell. The shop is located besides the Los Santos City Hall. Walk inside of the shop and speak to the person inside by pressing '''{{Key|E}}''' and sell. Every processed mineral will have a different price. Use '''{{Key|Y}}''' to take the minerals from your car into your own inventory.
-== Experience ==
-So you want to mine Iron? Well iron is harder to mine so you must have experience in the mine for that. As you mine starting at coal you can gain experience and learn how to mine iron. Be warned you can not be an amazing miner and smelter at the same time as you will forget how to smelt when mining. Maybe a friend can smelt and you split it.
-So you want to make iron bars? Well iron bars are harder to make so you need experience in the forge. As you learn more, you can make more. However the more you smelt the more you forget how to mine. Maybe a friend can help mine.
+==Processing Minerals==
+[[File:Smelter.png|thumb|300x300px|Smelting Cauldron]]
+Once you're finished with filling your pockets with ores, you have to process what you collected, this location is marked on the map, in the southeast of the city. Head inside of the factory and to the large cauldron. Here you will find an area with floating text prompting you to press '''{{Key|Left Alt}}''' to start smelting, this will open an inventory menu, at which point you can drag the mineral and begin processing.
+==Selling Minerals==
+Selling minerals is done entirely through other players. There are entire groups dedicated to the buying and selling of materials in addition to independent players buying them as well. You will need to put in the leg work through Tweedle and connecting yourself with other people in the mining community, with great effort will come great reward.
+==Experience==
+Different minerals and materials take experience to work with safely and successfully. You won't be able to mine the rarest minerals on the island immediately and to do so will require time and effort on your part. You also can't be an expert in everything! Mining is a full-time job and so is knowing how to operate a foundry, this is where it helps to have friends or business partners.
+[[Category:GTA Guides]]
+[[Category:GTARP]]