| “ | Mithril! All folk desire it. It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim. | ” |
–Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark | ||
Mithril ore is the most valuable ore in Middle-earth. It is extremely rare, but the best weapons, tools and armour can be crafted out of mithril.
Occurence[]
Mithril ore can only be found in the Misty Mountains (this includes the Misty Mountain foothills) at layer 16 or below. Every chunk in the Misty Mountains has a one in four chance of spawning a Mithril vein. Each vein can be up to six blocks in size, which leads to an average of 2.2 Mithril ore per ten-thousand blocks.
As of Public Beta 23, Mithril ore may be mined with any pickaxe of iron strength or higher. Prior to Public Beta 23, mining Mithril ore required a pickaxe of Mithril strength, but a Dwarven pickaxe or mattock would work as well.
Some mithril ore
Recognition[]
The ores you can see on the picture from left to right are: Nitre, Tin, Silver, Rock salt, Mithril
When you look at the picture, you'll notice that it is quite difficult to tell the five ores apart in for example a dark cave. You can recognize Mithril ore by its unique texture, it's slight purple or light blue tinge, and its unique glimmer effect that occurs every few seconds.
Production[]
As Mithril smelting is a technology only known to the dwarves, you will need a Dwarven forge to smelt the ore. You receive one Mithril ingot from each ore block.
Trivia[]
- Prior to Public Beta 33 mithril ore could be found in Meneltarma. An in-depth explanation as to why it was removed can be found on that page.
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Vanilla:
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Gold •
Iron
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