Idle Mine Walkthrough Guide

Idle Mine

Play Online: Idle Mine
Developer: Crovie
Genre: Simulation, Upgrades

Idle Mine Guide
List of Mines in Idle Mine
Poo - HP: 100 | D: 0 | $2
Paper - HP: 400 | D:2 | $10
Salt - HP:700 | D:15 | $22
Clay - HP:1400 | D:35 | $50
Rock - HP:2200 | D:90 | $120
Coal - HP:4000 | D:200 | $275
Bone - HP:7000 | D:380 | $580
Lead - HP:12,400 | D:700 | $1,100
Iron - HP:16,000 | D:1,140 | $1,850
Copper - HP:25,000 | D:1,600 | $3,200
Carbonite - HP:40,000 | D:2,500 | $5,200
Quartz - HP:64,000 | D:3,800 | $8,600
Spooky Bone - HP:92,000 | D:5,400 | $14,000
Silver - HP:128,000 | D:7,200 | $20,000
Crystal - HP:200,000 | D:9,999 | $42,000
Topaz - HP:500,000 | D:13,500 | $140,000
Amethyst - HP:1,400,000 | D:18,000 | $480,000
Aquamarine - HP:4,800,000 | D:24,500 | $2,200,000
Emerald - HP:13,000,000 | D:34,000 | $7,200,000
Ruby - HP:42,000,000 | D:50,000 | $25,500,000
Sapphire - HP:120,000,000 | D:80,000 | $85,000,000
Haunted Bone - HP:200,000,000 | D:130,000 | $190,000,000
Gold - HP:360,000,000 | D:200,000 | $400,000,000
Platinum - HP:500,000,000 | D:295,000 | $760,000,000
Diamond - HP:700,000,000 | D:440,000 | $1,600,000,000
Mithril - HP:1,000,000,000 | D:680,000 | $2,800,000,000
Obsidian - HP:1,400,000,000 | D:1,050,000 | $4,800,000,000
Earth Essence - HP:2,000,000,000 | D:1,400,000 | $8,200,000,000
Orbium - HP:2,600,000,000 | D:2,000,000 | $13.50b
Novalite - HP:3,500,000,000 | D:2,800,000 | $24.50b
Magic Crystal - HP:4,900,000,000 | D:4,000,000 | $42.00b
Darkstone - HP:7,200,000,000 | D:5,800,000 | $70.00b
Adamantium - HP:10.00b | D:8,500,000 | $125.00b
Fire Essence - HP:14.00b | D:12,000,000 | $200.00b
Lunalite - HP:20.00b | D:17,000,000 | $340.00b
Mysterium - HP:30.00b | D:24,000,000 | $580.00b
Cursed Bone - HP:45.00b | D:33,500,000 | $1,050.00b
Wind Essence - HP:68.00b | D:48,000,000 | $1,700.00b
Unobtanium - HP:100.00b | D:69,000,000 | $3,000.00b
Sollite - HP:130.00b | D:95,000,000 | $4,800.00b
Water Essence - HP:175.00b | D:138,000,000 | $7,200.00b
Absurdium - HP:240.00b | D:205,000,000 | $12,000.00b
Cosmolite - HP:320.00b | D:300,000,000 | $20,000,00b
Shadow Essence - HP:435.00b | D:440,000,000 | $30,000.00b
Demonite - HP:590.00b | D:640,000,000 | $48,000.00b
Eternium - HP:780.00b | D:95,000,000 | $72,000.00b
Mysticite - HP:1,050.00b | D:1,400,000,000 | $110,000.00b
Light Essence - HP:1,350,00b | D:2,000,000,000 | $170,000.00b
Soulstone - HP:1,800.00b | D:3,100,000,000 | $270,000.00b
Arcanium - HP:2,400.00b | D:4,800,000,000 | $420,000.00b
Hellstone Lv. 1 - HP:3,200.00b | D:7,000,000,000 | $680,000.00b
Hellstone Lv. 2 - HP:3,840.00b | D:10.50b | $1,020,000.00b
Hellstone Lv. 3 - HP:4.608.00b | D:15.75b | $1,530,000.00b
Hellstone Lv. 4 - HP:5,529.60b | D:23.62b | $2,295,000.00b
Hellstone Lv. 5 - HP:6,635.52b | D:35.43b | $3,442,500.00b
Hellstone Lv. 6 - HP:7,962.62b | D:53.15b | $5,163,750.00b
Hellstone Lv. 7 - HP:9,555.14b | D:79.73b | $7,745,625.00b
Hellstone Lv. 8 - HP:11,466.17b | D:119.60b | $11,618,437.50b
Hellstone Lv. 9 - HP:13,759,41b | D:179.40b | $17,427,656.25b
Hellstone Lv. 10 - HP:16,511.29b | D:269.10b | $26,141,484.37b
Hellstone Lv. 11 - HP:19,813.55b | D:403.65b | $39,212,226.56b
Hellstone Lv. 12 - HP:23,776.26b | D:605.48b | $59,818,339.84b
Hellstone Lv. 13 - HP:28,531.52b | D:908.22b | $88,227,509.76b
Hellstone Lv. 14 - HP:34,237.82b | D:1,362.33b | $132,341,264.64b
Hellstone Lv. 15 - HP:41,085.39b | D:2,043.50b | $198,511,896.97b
Hellstone Lv. 16 - HP:49,301.46b | D:2,452.20b | $267,991,060.91b
Hellstone Lv. 17 - HP:59,162.96b | D:2,942.64b | $361,787,932.23b
Hellstone Lv. 18 - HP:70,995.55b | D:3,531.17b | $488,413,708.51b
Hellstone Lv. 19 - HP:85,194.66b | D:4,237.41b | $659,358,506.49b
Hellstone Lv. 20 - HP:102,233.59b | D:5,084.89b | $890,133,983.76b
Hellstone Lv. 21 - HP:122,680.31b | D:6,101.87b | $1,201,680,878.08b
Hellstone Lv. 22 - HP:147,216.38b | D:7,322.24b | $1,622,269,185.41b
Hellstone Lv. 23 - HP:176,659.66b | D:8,786.69b | $2,190,063,400.31b
Hellstone Lv. 24 - HP:211,991.59b | D:10,522.03b | $2,956,585,590.41b
Hellstone Lv. 25 - HP:254,389.91b | D:12,652.84b | $3,991,390,547.06b

Calculation for Hellstone

Here the calculations:
Multiple 1.2 to the HP of the previous, 1.2 to the previous defense and 1.35 to the previous money.

Example
1. To calculate Hellstone Lv.26, take the values from previous level.
Hellstone Lv. 25 - HP:254,389.91b | D:12,652.84b | $3,991,390,547.06b

2. Multiply Accordingly
Hellstone Lv. 26 - HP:254,389.91b * 1.2 | D:12,652.84b * 1.2 | $3,991,390,547.06b * 1.35

3. Tada!
Hellstone Lv. 26 - HP:305,267.89b | D:15,183.41b | $5,388,377,238.53b

List of Upgrades in Idle Mine
Upgrade Blacksmith - Makes the blacksmith sightly better, increasing the base power of the pickaxes he produces.
Blacksmith Skill - Increases the general quality of crafted gear.
Blacksmith Expertise - Increases the likelihood of crafting with + bonuses.
Blacksmith Efficiency - Small chance the Blacksmith will not use a gem while crafting.
Gem Waster - Allows you to use several gems at once to ensure crafting a higher tier of pic. But it's not really worth it.
Manual Click Power - Increases the power of manual clicking.
Auto-Click Power - Increases the power of automatic clicks.
Auto-Click Faster - Increases the frequency of automatic clicks.
Idle Power - Can earn gold even when the game is closed.
Gem Finder - Increases odds of finding a gem.

Recommended Build for Idle Mine
1. Upgrade Blacksmith
2. Manual Click Power
3. Repeat 1 & 2 ten times
4. Craft New Pickaxe
5. Gem Waster
6. Blacksmith Skill
7. Blacksmith Expertise
8. Gem Finder
9. Blacksmith Efficiency
10. Auto-Click Faster
11. Auto-Click Power
12. Idle Power
13. Repeat from 1

Idle Mine Walkthrough
There is no wrong/right way to upgrade in Idle Mine. In my opinion, I would prefer to craft a stronger pickaxe, therefore Upgrade Blacksmith than to slowly stack the Manual Click Power. Mainly because the power from the pickaxe is a leading factor for your overall damage output, while Manual Click Power is a percentage multiplied onto the power. The best way for me is to level up Upgrade Blacksmith first, until you are almost in the same price range as Manual Click Power. Then upgrade both Manual Click Power and Upgrade Blacksmith 7-10 times each. Here's the moment of truth... Try your luck by crafting a new pickaxe! Most of the time you will success with your first try however, craft several times to get the highest quality ones. Continue follow the recommended build above and unlock those upgrades you can afford. Finally, repeat the entire process again!

Gem waster is an extremely useful upgrade later on when you're mining high level hellstone, at least in my experience. Don't worry about wasting gems... The simple way to farm for a decent amount is by attacking the strongest mine that you can one hit auto with, and still earn a fair amount of money. Poo is just the first one you can do this at and not the best. A good way to figure out the most efficient ore to manually click is to find the one with the highest auto g/s. The g/s is more of a representation of earnings than an actual cash producer. It just calculates how long it takes to fully mine an ore, and divides the reward by the amount of seconds it take to mine that ore by idling alone. That's how it comes to that value. This should output a highest average amount of damage and earn you the most amount of gold in any second.

Pro-Tip: Hit alt-shift-num lock and activate the ease keys. Then press and hold '5' & '+' on the num pad. Every time you hit '5' it counts as one click, every time you hit the '+' it counts as two clicks... You'll save yourself from carpal tunnel syndrome and your mouse won't go bad. :D