Quarrying
Quarrying is a gathering skill. You cut stone at the quarry. Masonry shapes the stone into blocks, and Construction builds with the blocks.
How to train
- Start with Quarry fieldstone at level 1. New activities open as you level up: see the table below.
- All 10 activities can only be done at Collapsed quarry, once it is rebuilt.
- Tool: Mason's chisel (+10% speed, made with Smithing). Better ones: Iron chisel (+15%), Cobalt chisel (+25%).
- Potion: Quarrymen's potion (+10% speed, made with Medicine).
Activities
| Level | Activity | Makes | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quarry fieldstone | Fieldstone | 1 |
| 6 | Quarry sandstone | Sandstone | 2 |
| 12 | Quarry limestone | Limestone | 5 |
| 20 | Quarry slate | Slate | 8 |
| 30 | Quarry granite | Granite | 11 |
| 42 | Quarry marble | Marble | 14 |
| 55 | Quarry basalt | Basalt | 17 |
| 68 | Quarry porphyry | Porphyry | 20 |
| 82 | Quarry onyx | Onyx | 23 |
| 95 | Quarry moonstone | Moonstone | 26 |
"Sells for" is what one action's items sell for, at the level the activity opens, before bonuses. Every skill uses the same XP table: see Levels and XP.
Mastery
Each of the 10 Quarrying activities has its own mastery level, from 1 to 99. Every completed action gives that activity mastery XP, and higher mastery makes the activity better (table below).
A quarter of that mastery XP (half once Quarrying is level 99) also goes into the Quarrying mastery pool, which holds up to 9,250,000 XP. You can spend pool XP on any Quarrying activity: 1 pool XP gives 1 mastery XP. See Mastery for the exact numbers.
Each activity's own mastery
| Activity mastery | Adds to that activity |
|---|---|
| 10 | +2% speed |
| 20 | +2% speed |
| 30 | +2% speed |
| 40 | +2% speed |
| 50 | +2% speed |
| 60 | +2% speed |
| 70 | +2% speed |
| 80 | +2% speed |
| 90 | +2% speed |
| 99 | +10 points high-quality chance, +50% rare drop chance |
Pool checkpoints
While the pool is filled to a checkpoint or above, its bonus counts for every Quarrying activity. If you spend the pool below a checkpoint, that bonus stops until the pool fills up again.
| Pool filled | Pool XP | Adds to every activity of the skill |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | 925,000 | +5% mastery XP |
| 25% | 2,312,500 | +10% XP |
| 50% | 4,625,000 | +25% rare drop chance |
| 95% | 8,787,500 | +5% speed |
Gear for this skill
- Mason's chisel — +10% speed
- Miner's lens — +8 points high-quality chance
- Well-water flask — +10% XP
- Iron chisel — +15% speed
- Cobalt chisel — +25% speed, +1 item per action
- Hand cart — +1 item per action
- Quarryman's clogs — +8% speed
- Tin lantern — +8% speed
Gear only helps while it is equipped. A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times the bonus, rounded down. See also every boost for Quarrying.
Faster from rebuilt places
- The capital — +5% speed everywhere, once it is rebuilt
Story
Cut stone at the quarry, from plain fieldstone up to marble and moonstone. Masonry shapes the stone into blocks.