Ore

• Ore is a raw unrefined material that can be obtained through mining nodes, however it can also be obtained via salvaging items.
• Ores can be refined into ingots.
• Ore will appear on the minimap as the icon. Hovering your cursor over the icon will show the type of ore and kind of node.

Ore vein

Ore veins are scattered throughout all Tyria. Mining a node requires the respective gathering tool. Once a player interacts with the ore, they will enter a mining animation and receive ore every time the node is hit.

Rich Ore Veins are a special type of node. Rich Veins can be mined ten times as opposed to three and have a greater chance to give gemstones.[citation needed]

Vein	Rich Vein	Ore	Mining Pick Required
Copper Ore	Rich Copper Vein	Copper	Copper Mining Pick
Silver Ore	Rich Silver Vein	Silver	Iron Mining Pick
Iron Ore	Rich Iron Vein	Iron	Iron Mining Pick
Gold Ore	Rich Gold Vein	Gold	Steel Mining Pick
Platinum Ore	Rich Platinum Vein	Platinum	Darksteel Mining Pick
Mithril Ore	Rich Mithril Vein	Mithril	Mithril Mining Pick
Orichalcum Ore	Rich Orichalcum Vein	Orichalcum	Orichalcum Mining Pick

Trivia

• Mithril is a fictional metal first appearing in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy writing The Lord of the Rings.
• Orichalcum is a mythological metal associated with the city of Atlantis.