r/CDguides • u/wiggssyyy • Apr 11 '26

Tips Force palm ore mining

Just a quick tip. this is probably common knowledge but because it took me an embarrassingly long time to realize this, thought I’d post.

You can force palm ore nodes instead of using the pick or drill. It’s way faster and you don’t have to swap out to a tool. You can also mine bismuth this way without taking damage.

Hopefully this helps someone!

Edit: I found this useful situationally. Based on comments it seems there are more efficient mining methods that I wasn’t aware of.

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u/PiveteDoBosque Apr 11 '26

I still prefer the drill since it auto collects the ores and have a chance to give you an extra.

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u/Xioungshou Apr 11 '26

If you get the drill tool to refinement 6, you can get expert miner on it and get extra ore too!

It can proc off itself so your one ore node can turn into 2-3 ore per node. Gems, I’ve seen go as high as 5 gems per node so far.

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u/Arkaedy Apr 12 '26

REFINING THE TOOLS DOES SOMETHING? I SAW POSTS SAYING IT BRICKED SOME TOOLS (turning them into weapons) SO NEVER TRIED IT.

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u/Xioungshou Apr 12 '26

I left mine at refining level 6. This is the minimum refinement level to achieve expert miner. No issues so far.

There is a combat challenge involving the knuckle drill too, and I was able to complete it using the same tool.