Silent Operation Techniques These rocks have voices, you know. You learn to hear them after you've been mining long enough. If you don't believe it, just go ask old Taylor.
You hit it with your pick, and it goes clink-clank, clink-clank... Now that's some fine ore! Still, it's lackin' a certain ring to it. Ore like this is just stubborn and hard, so you can't force your way through. When you're dealing with this kind of ore, us miners know to take it easy. Shoot the breeze, trade some stories... or just sit back and wipe the sweat from your brow. Nobody's going to say a word. This is how you have to handle ore this rigid. If you're too tense, you'll snap the head of your pickaxe. It's that simple. A broken tool is one thing, but injuring a fellow miner is another matter entirely.
Some ore trembles even when you don't strike it. *Thrum... thrum... thrum.* The sound draws closer—unhurried, relentless. It has the certainty of a death knell. That sound tells you it's prime ore, the highest quality there is. You can't be careless with this ore. You have to be on high alert, swallow any words you were about to say, and even if you break a leg, prop yourself up on the other and keep swinging until the whole mine rings with the sound. Don't look where you shouldn't look, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Otherwise, by the time that sound is in your ear, you'll be seeing red for sure, unable to sit or stand... Just listen to the veteran miners. You won't go wrong. --- Isolation Gate Handling Guide Everyone's been to the transfer zone, right? There's a big one there! A Rock Serpent! But don't worry, the black-booted guards have a way with that Rock Serpent. The isolation gate comes down, the sleeping gas sprays, and suddenly you're on a different side of the fence—not you from the serpent, but the fast from the slow... So keep your eyes on those black boots. The moment they start to fall back, you follow! Even if you have to grab them by the belt, you squeeze through that isolation gate with them.
Some of the workers can't handle the pressure. They get picked to go and start shaking like a leaf in the wind. Can't even swing a pickaxe straight. Then the black boots catch 'em, and they get an earful... It's useless. Anyone who works in this pit will get sent there one day. It's a blessing! I heard the food in the transfer zone even comes with a few extra meatballs. You absolutely have to save those. In an emergency, if you pick your moment and hurl them at the Rock Serpent, you'll leave a real dent! --- Vein Processing Techniques A smart miner is always good at planning routes. Only by mastering this skill can you mine more effectively in this district and hope to walk out of the pits alive one day.

First is reading the map. It's an essential skill to learn the direction of the known "ore veins." These routes have already been meticulously charted by other workers. Give them a little something—half a piece of dried meat, a few pages from a magazine... and they'll be happy to share with you. Planning your own efficient mining routes based on the paths of these "ore veins" is the key to becoming a veteran miner.

Next is planning. Find the pattern—always choose a path that doesn't intersect with the main "ore vein" routes. If you absolutely must cross, calculate the timing down to the second, and make sure you get through quickly during a gap in the "ore vein's" flow.

Lastly, remember the principle—mining is a miner's duty, but your body is more important. You have to be alive to mine. It's not smart to let your body collide violently with an "ore vein."
A good miner puts their own safety first. Before you make any decision, think about your family. Think about the sun that's about to rise.