Mining Level

Mining level refers to the material strength of a tool necessary to mine any given material. If an ore requires a mining level greater than that of the tool used to mine it, the mining process will take significantly longer and the block will not drop any materials when broken. While this is also true in vanilla Minecraft, the Hexxit modpack has several new materials and new mining levels, which may confuse newcomers.

Mining Levels of Various Materials

The following mining levels are based on the construction of tools using the methods provided by the Tinkers' Construct mod.

Mining level 0: Wood, Paper

Mining level 1: Stone, Flint, Cactus, Bone, Blue Slime, Copper

Mining level 2: Iron, Netherrack, Bronze

Mining level 3: Obsidian, Green Slime

Mining level 4: Alumite, Cobalt, Ardite, Steel

Mining level 5: Manyullyn

In addition to these, some materials cannot be made into tools with Tinkers' Construct, but require a crafting table to be produced.

Mining level 1: Cobblestone, Gold

Mining level 3: Diamond

Mining Level Requirements

Each material requires a certain mining level (or higher) to be mined.

Mining level 0: Stone, Coal Ore, Netherrack, Nether Quartz Ore

Mining level 1: Iron Ore, Lapis Lazuli Ore, Tin Ore, Copper Ore, Aluminum Ore

Mining level 2: Redstone Ore, Diamond Ore, Gold Ore, Emerald Ore

Mining level 3: Obsidian

Mining level 4: Cobalt Ore, Ardite Ore