Skyrim:Mine Ore

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Get paid to mine ore. Quest Giver: Radiant Location(s): Radiant Reward: Radiant Gold Disposition: 0→1 (quest giver) ID: FavorJobsMineOre Required Items: Radiant Suggested Level: Any Difficulty: Easy

Mining for ore

Radiant Options

This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people. Total in the following table is simply the amount you can obtain by mining all the veins in the quest-giver's mine; more money is possible if you also sell ores collected elsewhere.

Quest Giver	Mine	Map Marker	Region	Ore	per Ore	Veins in Mine	Total
Beitild	Iron-Breaker Mine	Dawnstar	The Pale	Iron Ore	7	6	126
Dushnamub	Gloombound Mine	Gloombound Mine	Eastmarch	Ebony Ore	60	16	2880
Gestur Rockbreaker	Rockwallow Mine	Stonehills	Hjaalmarch	Iron Ore	7	4	84
Gharol	Dushnikh Mine	Dushnikh Yal	The Reach	Orichalcum Ore	20	7	420
Grogmar gro-Burzag	Redbelly Mine	Shor's Stone	The Rift	Iron Ore	7	0	0
Kjeld	Steamscorch Mine	Kynesgrove	Eastmarch	Malachite Ore	30	7	630
Leigelf	Quicksilver Mine	Dawnstar	The Pale	Quicksilver Ore	25	5	375
Pavo Attius	Kolskeggr Mine	Kolskeggr Mine	The Reach	Gold Ore	50	17	2550
Perth	Soljund's Sinkhole	Soljund's Sinkhole	The Reach	Moonstone Ore	30	5	450
Shuftharz	Mor Khazgur Mine	Mor Khazgur	The Reach	Orichalcum Ore	20	7	420
Skaggi Scar-Face	Left Hand Mine	Left Hand Mine	The Reach	Iron Ore	7	5	105
Thorgar	Whistling Mine	Whistling Mine	Winterhold	Iron Ore	7	2	42
Verner Rock-Chucker	Goldenrock Mine	Darkwater Crossing	Eastmarch	Corundum Ore	20	4	240

*These people will only buy ore from you if you help them reclaim their mines.

†Iron Ore is the only ore that you can sell for more than its base value. Miners pay you 7 gold per iron ore, but the base value is only 2 gold.

Walkthrough

If you talk to one of the quest givers, they will offer to pay you for any ore you mine. Each quest-giver will only accept a single type of ore, as listed in the above table. You can also mine ore without talking to a quest giver, and either sell them the ore later or use the ore yourself (e.g., by smelting it). For most ores you are paid its standard base value, with the exception of Iron Ore, for which you receive 7 gold instead of 2 gold. The amount you are paid is fixed, and does not depend upon your Speech skill or perks. All ore of the specified type will be purchased.

Information on how and where to mine is provided at Mining.

Achievements

An Achievement is related to mining ore:

• Hard Worker (10 points/Bronze) — Chop wood, mine ore, and cook food
  • To obtain this achievement you do not need to sell the ore, or even talk to any of the quest givers. Simply activating an ore vein is sufficient.

Notes

• This quest does not have any stages or objectives.
• This quest can be repeated indefinitely.
• The dialogue option to sell the ore only appears if you have the specified type of ore in your inventory.
• The quest giver will buy all the ore of the specified type that you are carrying, so if you want to save any, you must remove it from your inventory first.
• Money you earn from mining ore is fixed, and if the ore is sold through direct dialogue rather than the merchant screen, is not affected by your Speech skill. This makes the quest one of the few ways to make money without increasing any skills, which will help control your level. This is useful when wanting to train in a certain skill as many times as possible. It is also one of the few ways to earn money without doing any questing, merchanting, or crafting.
• Completing this quest at Redbelly Mine will raise your favor with the owner, Grogmar, and he will make you blood-kin to the Orcs as a result.
• Because this is a favor quest which affects the quest giver's disposition, it will count towards the "Help the People" part of the thane quest for the quest giver's hold.