Mining

Mining in Aground is necessary to collect resources from ores, in addition to finding item chests and enemies. It is also required to access special caves or traverse mountains before flight.

To dig underground, a mining tool or mining vehicle is needed of mining strength at least that of the tiles being dug.

Tile Strengths

Mine	Icon	Block
1		Dirt
1		Magic Dirt
1		Snow
1		Western Dirt
2		Stone
2		Desert Dirt
2		Scorched Dirt
3		Western Stone
3		Markings
3		Unnature Dirt
3		Depths Dirt
4		Basalt
4		Magic Stone
5		Magic Stone 2
5		Obsidian
5		Sand
5		Depths Stone
5		Hidden World Dirt
5		Cells 1
6		Concrete
7		Subway
7		Ice Wall
7		Unnature Stone
7		Hidden World Stone
7		Cells 2
9		Bedrock
9		Hidden World Bedrock
9		Cells 3
101		Blackstone

Note that markings will also appear behind some tiles. The given mine value is for when they are visible before being mined.

Special Tiles

Icon	Name	Notes
	Water	No air. Fills any gaps to the side or below. Tiles that are filled with water can be shoveled or pumped, but the sea cannot.
	Ice	The player will slide on it until they reach another type of block. Left behind by Ice Wall.
	Water Barrier	Magic barrier prevents water from passing
	Spirit Guide	Visible with spirit vision, indicates special locations. In the Colosseum and the Spirit World, it acts as a normal block that cannot be mined.

Ores

Most ores are percent generated, but those with numbers in brackets always exist in a certain number.

Icon	Name	Drop	Locations
	Alter Gem		Eastern Island (Magic Dirt, Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone) Divider Island (All) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone, Sand) Enemy HQ (Cells 1)
	Blood Gem		Eastern Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2, Bedrock) Cultivator Island (All) Divider Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) Unoiks 428b (Basalt) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone, Sand) Enemy HQ (Cells 1, Cells 2)
	Chromium		Mars (Basalt) Colony Terraformer Island (Western Stone, Obsidian) Colony Mainland (Western Stone, Obsidian) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone)
	Coal		Starting Island (All) Eastern Island (Magic Dirt) Sunset Haven (Western Dirt) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone, Stone) The Heights (Dirt, Stone) Divider Island (Magic Dirt, Western Dirt) Earth Desert (Obsidian) Earth City (Sand) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Dirt) The Depths (Depths Dirt) Colony Terraformer Island (Western Dirt)
	Diamond		Starting Island (Stone) Eastern Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2, Bedrock) Sunset Haven (Western Stone, Basalt) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone 2, Stone) The Heights (Obsidian) Divider Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2, Western Stone, Obsidian) The Depths (Depths Stone) Mars (Basalt) Colony Terraformer Island (Western Stone) Colony Mainland (Western Stone)
	Evolution Shard		Cultivator Island (Magic Stone [5], Magic Stone 2[15], All [5]) The Depths (Bedrock) Mars (Basalt) Hidden World (Hidden World Bedrock) Enemy HQ (Cells 2 [15] Cells 3 [20])
	Exotic Gas		Hidden World (Hidden World Stone, Hidden World Bedrock)
	Exotic Matter		Unoiks 428b (Obsidian, Bedrock) Earth Desert (Obsidian) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Stone, Bedrock) The Depths (Sand, Depths Stone [8], Bedrock) Mars (Basalt) Colony Mainland (Obsidian) Enemy HQ (Cells 3 [30])
	Focus Gem		Eastern Island (Magic Dirt, Magic Stone) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone) Divider Island (Magic Dirt, Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Dirt, Sand) Enemy HQ (Cells 1)
	Gold		Starting Island (All) Sunset Haven (Western Dirt, Western Stone, Basalt) Cultivator Island (Stone) The Heights (Dirt) Divider Island (Western Dirt) Earth Desert (Basalt) Earth City (Basalt) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Dirt) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Sand) Mars (Desert Dirt) Colony (Obsidian)
	Iron		Start (All) Eastern Island (Magic Dirt) Sunset Haven (Western Stone, Desert Dirt) Cultivator Island (Stone, Magic Stone) The Heights (Dirt, Stone) Divider Island (Magic Dirt, Western Stone) Unoiks 428b (Basalt) Earth City (Sand, Concrete) Earth Desert (Desert Dirt) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Stone) The Depths (Depths Dirt) Hidden World (Hidden World Dirt) Colony Terraformer Island (Western Dirt, Desert Dirt, Western Stone) Colony Mainland (Desert Dirt, Western Stone)
	Lava	N/A (6 Damage)	All Areas except Hidden World Stone, Magic Stone, Western Stone, Basalt, Unnature Stone, Sand, Cells 2)
	Magnegem		Unoiks 428b (Obsidian) Unnature Sanctuary (Bedrock) The Depths (Depths Stone) Colony Terraformer Island (Obsidian) Enemy HQ (Cells 3)
	Moissanite	Moissanite	The Depths (Depths Dirt, Depths Stone, Sand, Bedrock)
	Oil		All Islands (Sand) Sunset Haven (Desert Dirt, Basalt) Divider Island (Obsidian) Earth City (Basalt) Earth Desert (Desert Dirt, Basalt) Colony Terraformer Island (Desert Dirt)
	Quartz		Starting Island (Dirt) Eastern Island (Magic Dirt, Magic Stone, Bedrock) Sunset Haven (Western Dirt) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) The Heights (Dirt, Obsidian) Divider Island (Magic Dirt, Magic Stone, Western Dirt, Obsidian) Earth City (Sand) Earth Desert (Obsidian) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Dirt) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone, Sand) Mars (Desert Dirt) Colony Terraformer Island (Obsidian, Western Stone) Colony Mainland (Desert Dirt)
	Spirit Gem		Eastern Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2, Bedrock) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) Pirate's Island (Magic Stone, Magic Stone 2) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone, Sand) Enemy HQ (Cells 2)
	Sulfur		Sunset Haven (Western Dirt, Western Stone, Desert Dirt) The Heights (Stone) Divider Island (Western Dirt, Western Stone) Earth Desert (Desert Dirt) Unnature Sanctuary (Unnature Dirt, Unnature Stone) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Sand) Colony Terraformer Island (Western Dirt, Western Stone) Colony Mainland (Western Stone)
	Titanium		Eastern Island (Bedrock) Sunset Haven (Scorched Dirt) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone 2) The Heights (Bedrock) Unoiks 428b (Obsidian) Earth City (Concrete) Unnature Sanctuary (Bedrock) Hidden World (Hidden World Stone) Mars (Basalt) Colony Terraformer Island (Obsidian) Colony Mainland (Obsidian)
	Uranium		Eastern Island (Bedrock) Sunset Haven (Basalt) Cultivator Island (Magic Stone 2) The Heights (Bedrock) Divider Island (Obsidian) Unoiks 428b (Obsidian) Earth City (Concrete) Earth Desert (Obsidian, Basalt) Unnature Sanctuary (Bedrock) The Depths (Sand) Hidden World (Hidden World Bedrock, Sand) Mars (Basalt) Colony Terraformer Island (Obsidian) Colony Mainland (Obsidian)