Mining armor

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	3 (set)
Set Bonus	30% increased mining speed
Rarity
Sell	1 (set) ; 180 (set)

Mining armor is an armor set consisting of the Mining Helmet or Ultrabright Helmet, Mining Shirt, and Mining Pants. The helmets alone provide light when worn in the armor slot, but not when worn in the social slot. Each piece grants 1 defense (aside from the Ultrabright Helmet, which grants 4), for a total of 3 (or 6 with the Ultrabright Helmet) when the full set is worn. A full set also provides a set bonus of 30% increased mining speed.

The Mining Shirt and Mining Pants are dropped from Undead Miners with a 12*3/25 (12%) / 2.4*3/125 (2.4%) chance.
The Mining Helmet can be purchased from the Merchant for 4 / 8.
- The Mining Helmet is also a drop from Undead Miners with a 5*1/20 (5%) chance in the Desktop version, Console version, Mobile version, Nintendo Switch version, and tModLoader version.

Set[]

Mining Helmet

Statistics

Type	ArmorCrafting material
Defense	1
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	Provides light when worn
Rarity	01*
Buy	4 / 8
Sell	80 / 160
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 88
Internal Armor ID: 11

Ultrabright Helmet

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	4
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	Improves vision and provides light when worn 'The darkness holds no secrets for you'
Rarity	05*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 4008
Internal Armor ID: 216

Mining Shirt

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	1
Body slot	Shirt
Rarity	01*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 410
Internal Armor ID: 20

Mining Pants

Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	1
Body slot	Pants
Rarity	01*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Internal Item ID: 411
Internal Armor ID: 19

Crafting[]

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Ultrabright Helmet	Mining Helmet Night Vision Helmet	Tinkerer's Workshop

Tips[]

Mining armor is most valuable for digging tunnels, especially with Smart Cursor enabled.
Using the Picksaw/Shroomite Digging Claw/Luminite Pickaxes along with the mining armor is the best for digging hellshafts/hellevators, mainly because of their speed.
Using a Mining Potion along with the Mining armor makes digging a lot faster, as the mining bonuses stack. You can combine this even further with an Ancient Chisel, found in Oasis Crates and Mirage Crates.
Using a Shroomite Digging Claw with the Light modifier, Mining armor, and the Well Fed buff a player can achieve the fastest mining speed in the game.