> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://coppercore-smp.gitbook.io/coppercore-wiki/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://coppercore-smp.gitbook.io/coppercore-wiki/plugin-guides/mcmmo/gathering-skills.md). # ✦ ── Gathering Skills mcMMO's Gathering Skills reward you for collecting natural resources during normal survival gameplay. Coppercore has four main Gathering Skills: * **Mining** * **Woodcutting** * **Excavation** * **Herbalism** Each skill has its own passive bonuses and active abilities which become stronger or unlock as your level increases. *** ### Mining **Mining** is trained by breaking eligible stone, ore and mineral blocks with a pickaxe. Different blocks award different amounts of XP, with valuable or harder-to-find resources generally awarding more. {% hint style="info" %} **Note:** Mining uses a **0.5x mcMMO XP multiplier** on Coppercore. This only affects Mining and is already accounted for automatically when XP is awarded. {% endhint %} #### Mining Abilities | Ability | Unlock | Effect | | ------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Double Drops** | Level 1 | Gives a chance for eligible mined blocks to produce an additional drop. | | **Super Breaker** | Level 50 | Temporarily greatly increases mining speed and improves bonus drops. | | **Blast Mining** | Level 100 | Allows TNT to be remotely detonated for specialised mining bonuses. | | **Bigger Bombs** | Level 100 | Improves the effective blast radius of Blast Mining. | | **Demolitions Expertise** | Level 100 | Reduces damage taken from Blast Mining explosions as it improves. | | **Mother Lode** | Level 1,000 | Adds a further chance for powerful triple drops. | #### Double Drops Double Drops begins from **level 1**. The chance increases with your Mining level, reaching a maximum **100% chance at level 1,000**. Coppercore also allows Mining's bonus-drop system to work with **Silk Touch**. #### Super Breaker Super Breaker unlocks at **Mining level 50**. To prepare it, **right-click while holding a pickaxe**, then begin mining an eligible block. While active, Super Breaker provides a large temporary mining-speed boost and can turn successful Double Drop rolls into **triple drops**. Its duration increases as your Mining level rises. Super Breaker has a **240-second cooldown**. #### Blast Mining Blast Mining unlocks at **level 100** and progresses through eight ranks: | Rank | Mining Level | | ---- | ------------ | | 1 | 100 | | 2 | 250 | | 3 | 350 | | 4 | 500 | | 5 | 650 | | 6 | 750 | | 7 | 850 | | 8 | 1,000 | To use Blast Mining, place TNT and remotely detonate it using the mcMMO Blast Mining ability. As its rank increases, Blast Mining can: * Increase ore yields * Reduce unwanted debris * Increase the effective blast radius * Reduce the explosion damage you take At its highest rank, Demolitions Expertise provides complete protection from the damage caused by your Blast Mining explosion. Blast Mining has a much shorter **60-second cooldown**. #### Mother Lode Mother Lode unlocks at **level 1,000**. It provides an additional chance for eligible Mining blocks to produce a **triple drop**. Unlike regular Double Drops, Mother Lode continues progressing far beyond level 1,000, eventually reaching a maximum **50% chance at level 10,000**. *** ### Woodcutting **Woodcutting** is trained by chopping eligible logs, wood, stems and other tree materials with an axe. Different tree types award different amounts of XP. #### Woodcutting Abilities | Ability | Unlock | Effect | | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Harvest Lumber** | Level 1 | Gives a chance for double wood drops. | | **Tree Feller** | Level 50 | Allows entire trees to be felled rapidly. | | **Leaf Blower** | Level 150 | Allows leaves and similar tree blocks to be destroyed instantly with an axe. | | **Knock on Wood** | Level 300 | Adds additional benefits while Tree Feller is active. | | **Clean Cuts** | Level 1,000 | Adds a chance for triple wood drops. | #### Harvest Lumber Harvest Lumber provides a chance for eligible wood blocks to produce **double drops**. The chance increases with your Woodcutting level and reaches **100% at level 1,000**. #### Tree Feller Tree Feller unlocks at **Woodcutting level 50**. To prepare it, **right-click while holding an axe**, then begin chopping a tree. While active, breaking part of a tree causes connected tree blocks to be rapidly felled rather than requiring every log to be broken individually. Its duration increases with your Woodcutting level. Tree Feller has a **240-second cooldown**. Coppercore also has a Tree Feller safety threshold of **1,000 blocks**, preventing the ability from attempting to destroy absurdly enormous connected structures in one go. {% hint style="warning" %} **Important:** Tree Feller still consumes axe durability. Make sure your axe is in good condition before attacking the world's fattest tree. {% endhint %} #### Leaf Blower Leaf Blower begins unlocking at **level 150** and gains additional ranks at: * Level 150 * Level 350 * Level 650 It allows leaves and other supported non-wood tree blocks to be destroyed instantly using an axe, making tree clearing significantly faster. #### Knock on Wood Knock on Wood enhances **Tree Feller**. Its first rank unlocks at **level 300**, with a second rank at **level 600**. As it improves, Tree Feller can provide additional useful drops from the non-wood parts of trees, including saplings or propagules and XP orbs. #### Clean Cuts Clean Cuts unlocks at **level 1,000**. It gives eligible wood blocks a chance to produce **triple drops**, separately from Harvest Lumber's double-drop system. Clean Cuts continues progressing beyond level 1,000 and reaches a maximum **50% chance at level 10,000**. *** ### Excavation **Excavation** is trained by digging eligible blocks with a shovel. Common XP sources include: * Dirt and Grass Blocks * Sand and Red Sand * Gravel * Clay * Mud * Soul Sand and Soul Soil * Snow Excavation also has its own treasure system through **Archaeology**. #### Excavation Abilities | Ability | Unlock | Effect | | ---------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Archaeology** | Level 1 | Gives eligible dug blocks a chance to contain bonus treasure. | | **Giga Drill Breaker** | Level 50 | Temporarily increases digging speed and greatly improves treasure finding. | #### Archaeology Archaeology gives eligible Excavation blocks a chance to uncover additional items while digging. Different treasures have their own: * Drop chances * Required Excavation levels * Blocks they can be found inside Your available treasure pool grows as your Excavation level increases. Possible finds range from simple materials such as sticks, bones and gunpowder to much rarer finds such as: * Diamonds * Name Tags * Music Discs * Tridents * Heart of the Sea Some rare treasures require very high Excavation levels before they can be found. #### Giga Drill Breaker Giga Drill Breaker unlocks at **Excavation level 50**. To prepare it, **right-click while holding a shovel**, then begin digging an eligible Excavation block. While active, it greatly increases digging speed and **triples your chance of finding Archaeology treasures**. Its duration increases with your Excavation level. Giga Drill Breaker has a **240-second cooldown**. *** ### Herbalism **Herbalism** is trained by harvesting crops, plants and other eligible vegetation. This includes far more than ordinary farm crops - many flowers, mushrooms, vines, mosses, coral, sugar cane and other plant blocks can also award Herbalism XP. Mature crops provide the most useful progression, and Coppercore has mcMMO's protection against **AFK Herbalism levelling** enabled. #### Herbalism Abilities | Ability | Unlock | Effect | | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Double Drops** | Level 1 | Gives eligible plants and crops a chance for double drops. | | **Green Terra** | Level 50 | Temporarily strengthens Herbalism effects and guarantees Green Thumb while active. | | **Farmer's Diet** | Level 200 | Improves hunger restored by certain grown foods. | | **Green Thumb** | Level 250 | Automatically replants harvested mature crops and can transform certain blocks. | | **Verdant Bounty** | Level 1,000 | Adds a further chance for triple Herbalism drops. | Herbalism also includes **Hylian Luck** and **Shroom Thumb**. #### Double Drops Herbalism Double Drops begins from **level 1**. Its chance increases with your Herbalism level, reaching **100% at level 1,000**. #### Green Terra Green Terra unlocks at **Herbalism level 50**. To prepare it, **right-click while holding a hoe**, then perform an eligible Herbalism action. While Green Terra is active, Herbalism becomes significantly more effective and **Green Thumb succeeds automatically**. Its duration increases with your Herbalism level. Green Terra has a **240-second cooldown**. #### Green Thumb Green Thumb allows mature crops to be **automatically replanted** after harvesting. Coppercore supports automatic replanting for: * Wheat * Carrots * Potatoes * Beetroot * Nether Wart * Cocoa * Sweet Berry Bushes Its success chance improves as Herbalism increases, reaching **100% at level 1,000**. Green Thumb has progression ranks at levels **250, 500, 750 and 1,000**. #### Farmer's Diet Farmer's Diet improves the amount of hunger restored by certain farm-grown foods. Ranks unlock at: | Rank | Herbalism Level | | ---- | --------------- | | 1 | 200 | | 2 | 400 | | 3 | 600 | | 4 | 800 | | 5 | 1,000 | Each rank further improves the food benefit. #### Hylian Luck Hylian Luck gives you a small chance to uncover hidden items while interacting with supported plants, flowers and flower pots. The chance increases with Herbalism level, reaching a maximum of **10% at level 1,000**. Possible finds depend on what you're breaking and can include seeds, crops and rarer items from flower pots. #### Shroom Thumb Shroom Thumb allows you to convert suitable dirt or grass into **Mycelium** using mushrooms. Its success chance improves alongside Herbalism, reaching a maximum of **50% at level 1,000**. #### Verdant Bounty Verdant Bounty unlocks at **level 1,000**. It adds an additional chance for a successful Herbalism harvest to produce a **triple drop**. Like Mother Lode and Clean Cuts, this is a very long-term progression bonus. Its chance continues increasing all the way to **level 10,000**, where it reaches a maximum **50% chance**. *** ### Active Ability Cooldowns The Gathering Skill active abilities currently use: | Ability | Cooldown | | ------------------ | --------- | | Super Breaker | 4 minutes | | Blast Mining | 1 minute | | Tree Feller | 4 minutes | | Giga Drill Breaker | 4 minutes | | Green Terra | 4 minutes | Ability duration generally increases as the associated skill becomes higher level. {% hint style="info" %} **Final reminder:** Gathering Skills are designed to reward the resource collecting you're already doing. Even without actively grinding mcMMO, mining ores, chopping trees, digging terrain and tending farms will steadily build these skills and unlock increasingly useful bonuses. {% endhint %}