I only mine diamonds, so I cannot speak on the rest of the gems.
MkRib and Kol Huroo are the only places I mine diamonds.
Skill Points:
Minimum - 46 points
- Power: 8/8
- Luck: 8/8
- Attributes: 5/5
- Hammer Mastery: 5/5
- Hammer Epic: 1/1 (5 points)
- Durability Drain Epic: 1/1 (5 points)
- Volatile Protection: 5/5
- Damage Epic: 1/1 (5 points)
Recommended - 32 additional, 78 total
- Control: 6/8
- Dexterity: 8/8
- Zeal: 8/8
- Energy Epic: 1/1 (5 points)
- Energy Regen Epic: 1/1 (5 points)
Ease of access - 17 additional, 95 total
- Control: 8/8
- Shadow Effect: 1/1 (5 points)
- Potent Protection: 5/5
- Caustic Protection: 5/5
Atlas/Location:
Viewing your atlas with a light source equipped can help reduce the glow around the edges slightly, keeping you closer to the higher density areas and away from the boundaries.
For Diamonds with max control, I stand on 6-8 height and mine relatively flat, then spam upwards occasionally to reveal all of the blocks above me as well. Mine ALL coal, ores, and other blocks you might find to open up more area as well as cash in on those lower valued items. You shouldnât be only worried about gems!!
Donât fear lava, just approach it with the respect it deserves. I often find a lot of diamonds close to the lava. Just make sure when you find lava you quickly mine down a place for it to flow so it doesnât run towards you. I usually follow the edge of the lava when I encounter it until I make it to the other side. If it is a large lava lake, I will go over it.
You can check your height by opening your locations menu and viewing it there, or if you play on PC open your debug menu and have it float at the top of your screen while mining.
The altitude is listed under the main section of the debug information. You can scroll the bar on the right-hand side so that it is the highest item on the menu, then reduce the size of the debug screen so that it only displays the player position like in the above screenshot.
Location, location, location. The area I am currently at in Kol Huroo is my go-to mining spot. If you happen to die from lava or open into a cave with hostile mobs, the valley directly above my location is very low elevation. It is a small seam between two mountain ranges. You can get back down to the mining area very quickly by mining straight down from the bottom of the valley.
Gear:
- T6 AoE Hammers
- Light/Lootsitck
- Food (persisting pies, starberry pies or teaching pies AND cooked meat to restore energy between pies)
- Potions (Speed Brews)
- Grapple for rare instances
- Liquidbreak hammer for rare instances
- Healing bombs for rare instances
- Regen bombs for rare instances