Poly Loot Mining Guide: Pickaxes, Ore Spots and the Gold Mine

What do you need before following this Poly Loot mining guide?

You need a pickaxe and Miner Frank’s pickaxe quest line. This Poly Loot mining guide combines the official Update 1.5 notes with Dannie’s walkthrough: craft a Wooden pickaxe, upgrade it through Iron and Gold to Diamond, and spend the ores on better pickaxes, Crystal gear and passive gold. Mining arrived with Update 1.5, the official “Abilities + Mining + Bows” event that started on September 5, 2026.

Two creators show the starting point. ItsChalls shows pickaxes in the crafting menu next to swords, scythes, bows and armor, and Dannie’s beginner walkthrough points at the NPC who gives the pickaxe quest. The official notes name him Miner Frank. The auto-captions on Dannie’s mining guide render the name as “Miner Tom”. The same update added a crafting station inside the mine.

Which pickaxe recipes lead to the diamond pickaxe?

There are four craftable pickaxes: Wooden, Iron, Gold and Diamond. Dannie’s crafting screen shows what each one costs, and calls the Diamond one “the last pickaxe” for now (unverified):

The shard costs mean mining is tied to combat. Dannie says you have to “farm some mobs” for the shards on the later pickaxes.

Where are the best ore spots?

The five ores are Coal, Iron, Gold, Diamond and Crystal. Where to find them comes from Dannie’s walkthrough alone, and Dannie’s advice depends on your level (unverified):

• Early game (around level 20 and below): don’t pick a single farm spot. Roam the map and mine every ore you pass.
• Mid to late game: farm the cave, and especially its bear entrance.

Here is how Dannie describes the cave (unverified):

1. There are two routes. The cave entrance is “usually where you want to go”, and Dannie points new players to a second spot “by the very entrance”.
2. Ore spots sit to the left and right just inside the main entrance. Past them the cave splits into five openings.
3. Going straight down from the entrance only leads to skeletons, with no ores.
4. The closest left opening has five ore spots and a passive mob that drops rare to legendary weapons.
5. Further along, an extra cave entrance has a crystal ore. Crystals are what late-game players want for Crystal armor.
6. The Bear Mountain entrance has the densest cluster: five ore spots that respawn by the time you finish the next ones.

Dannie also notes that any ore spot can roll any ore type, so a spot that gave iron once may give crystal next time (unverified).

POLY LOOT Mining Guide (Dannie) — YouTube

POLY LOOT Mining Guide (Dannie)

Is mining safe from other players?

Not everywhere. Dannie’s footage shows the lower cave area flagged as PvP on, while an upper area near two ore spots has PvP off. Dannie recommends those spots for players under level 10, and suggests going back there or placing a safe zone totem if you get targeted (unverified).

Other creators confirm that PvP itself is a real risk. Gravy Live ran into it in the first session, and Dannie’s gorilla-quest video shows another player killing the creator while farming. The beginner guide covers staying safe in your first hours.

What is the gold mine, and how do you upgrade it?

It produces gold over time. The official Update 1.5 notes say upgrades raise its production and storage, and that adding Coal Ore doubles production while the fuel lasts. Dannie’s beginner walkthrough points to the NPC who gives it to you and calls it useful for “getting gold AFK”.

Dannie’s point is that coal, gold and iron stay useful after your last pickaxe, because the mine keeps asking for them.

What are ores used for?

Ores feed three things in the current game:

Official Poly Loot promotional art of crystal armor and a crystal sword. Update 1.5 added a craftable Crystal set and Crystal Blade; the art is not labelled, so it may not match the in-game models exactly.

• Pickaxes: each tier uses the next material up, as shown in the recipe table.
• Crystal gear: the Crystal armor set (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings and Boots), the Crystal Blade and the Crystal Scythe, all craftable since Update 1.5. Crystal is also one of the four original Index sets, and completing a set gives a permanent stat boost.
• Passive gold: gold, iron and coal for Gold Mine upgrades, and Coal Ore to double its output.

The weapons and armor page lists every set and where it comes from. Gold is not the same as coins in the official store data: VIP lists 1.25x gold and 10k coins as separate perks, and Gold Packs are sold on their own. None of the sources here explain everything gold buys, so check the shop in game. The tier scrolls guide explains the coin-and-shard upgrade path, and the update log shows how mining fits into the wider timeline.

Sources

• Poly Loot official Discord announcements (U6): Update 1.5 notes on the five ores, four pickaxes, Miner Frank, Crystal gear, the mine’s crafting station, the Gold Mine and Index sets. official
• Roblox experience events for Poly Loot (A9): “Abilities + Mining + Bows” event dates. official
• Roblox game passes (A7) and developer products (A8): VIP gold and coin perks, Gold Packs. official
• POLY LOOT Mining Guide, Dannie (A17): recipes, ore spots, PvP zones, Gold Mine costs and payout. unverified (single source for these details)
• POLY LOOT Beginners Guide + Quests NPC, Dannie (A16): pickaxe quest NPC, Gold Mine NPC. community (matches the official notes)
• POLY LOOT Gorilla Mount Quests, Dannie (A43): PvP while farming, safe zone totem. community for PvP; unverified for the safe zone totem
• Poly Loot GUIDE! (Codes, Elemental Locations, Tips & Tricks), ItsChalls (A12): pickaxes in the crafting menu. community
• I Upgraded From NOOB to MAX LEVEL in Roblox Poly Loot, Gravy Live (A21): PvP exists. community