Whether it's a survival game like Minecraft or a cozy, life-sim one like Fields of Mistria, mining is often a pretty important mechanic, and Luma Island puts its own spin on it. You'll be delving deep into old caves located around the island in search of useful metals and valuable gems, and you may even find some treasure too.
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Updated December 30th, 2024 by Haven Smith: We've updated this article to include new information on all the Jungle ores and gems, all Blacksmith and Jewelrycrafter recipes, and their updated Luma Energy costs.
How To Locate The Caves
CloseWhile you can find small amounts of ore nodes in specific mountainous locations or after unlocking certain temple rooms, the main place you'll get ore, and the only place you can mine for gems, is in the biome-specific caves.
- The first available cave is the Abandoned Farm Cave, and it's located next to your house.
- The second available cave is the Lost Forest Cave, and you need to repair the town's bridge so you can access the Forest. It's located in the northern corner of the western side of the area, past the stone bridge.
- The third available cave is the Frozen Mountain Cave, and you need to repair the town's Cable Car to ride it to the Mountain. It's located northwest of the entrance to the area.
- The fourth available cave is the Forbidden Jungle Cave, and you need to repair the boat on your farm using three key materials, including the Lost Jungle Island Map. It's located in the side of a cliff slightly northwest of the boat's drop-off point.
Some areas, such as the Forest, also have minor caves that contain Charcoal and different Ores, but these don't have gems or enemies, are much smaller, and can't be reset once you've mined all the resources found in them.
Many of the minor caves can help you access new areas or give you a shortcut closer to the entrance of an area, so they're still worth exploring.
You'll also begin finding unfinished campsites outside a major cave once you reach the Forest. They'll have all the basic crafting stations, like a Sawmill, Kiln, Ore Smelter, and Simple Workbench, and you can finish their construction with the regional material equivalent.
How To Explore The Caves
When you first go down into a cave, you'll start in a well-lit area with a few trees and bushes, while the rest of the area is in complete darkness except for glowing gems in the distance if they've spawned close enough.
You'll need to use one of three torch types to light the areaaround you as you explore to keep the darkness from consuming you and sending you back to the entrance. Each area has its own Resin and Torch type that differs in light color and effectiveness:
Torch Type
Resin Needed
Light Radius
How Long It Lasts
Farm Torch
Farm Resin
Small
Two In-game Days
Forest Torch
Forest Resin
Medium
Four In-game Days
Mountain Torch
Mountain Resin
Large
Six In-game Days
Jungle Torch
Jungle Resin
Large
Eight In-game Days
Torches will go out after a certain amount of in-game time passes, but you can reignite them by running over them.
Charcoal and the area's ore type can be found throughout the cave, but the gems are always located farther out according to their rarity, with the lowest rarity located closer to the cave entrance, and the rarest one near the edge of the cave's interior.
Each cave, save for the Abandoned Farm Cave, also introduces a rare, dangerous variant of its regional stone that can kill you and send you back to the entrance if you don't avoid it.
- For the Lost Forest Cave, rocks may explode into a cloud of poison gas that will cause your screen to go hazy. These rocks are always large and pointed.
- For the Frozen Mountain Cave, rocks may detonate and explode after a few seconds, destroying rocks and ores around them in a small radius. These rocks are always flat, round, and medium-sized.
- For the Forbidden Jungle Cave, rocks can have either of the previous two dangers: poison gas clouds or detonating after a few seconds.
While exploring, you'll also find Old Barrels and Crates you can break with your Whip, and these mostly contain cave-related items, such as Torches and Flares, and occasionally a small amount of Ore and Charcoal.
Flares are great for revealing a wide radius around you briefly and can save you from dying if you run out of torches.
Rocks will also occasionally fall from the ceiling and create a new boulder that can block a path you've made, but they often fall on top of other boulders instead, and it's rare for them to hit you since they spawn on the outskirts of where you're standing.
How To Deal With Spiders
The longer you stay inside a cave, the more likely it is that a Spider enemy will spawn near your location, and these serve as your main threat while in a cave.
A Spider will start wandering around the cave once they've spawned, and if you or they get close to them, they'll initiate a chase and begin hunting you down unless you run far away enough to lose its attention.
You can tell if a Spider is spawning as they always produce a flash of colored light at their location while spawning, and they make a loud hissing noise.
Besides those that spawn over time, mining a gem of any type also produces a loud noise that attracts Spiders and each hit drastically increases the chance of a Spider spawning near you.
If a Spider comes after you, or you don't want to be bothered by it, use your Whip to fight them off. Each hit with your Whip will stun them for a few moments, and you can time it so you stun them each time they try to move until they're dead, or it can just give you a chance to escape or avoid them.
You can farm Spiders for their rare drops, like Webbed Gems or regional Ambers, to sell by hitting a gem long enough to make them spawn near you, but not breaking it, then repeating the process.
Each type of cave has a Spider variant, with a different appearance and spawning light color, but they all do the same amount of damage, and the main difference between them is how fast they go.
- The Farm Spider is the slowest.
- The Forest Spider is the third fastest.
- The Mountain Spider is the second fastest.
- The Jungle Spider is the fastest.
In mid-to-late game caves such as the Frozen Mountain Cave, multiple Spiders can spawn at once, either naturally or by attracting them via striking a gem.
How To Reset A Cave's Interior
Eventually, a cave can run out of resources, and if this happens, you'll need to locate the Cave Reset Beaconand use it to spawn new resources.
Each cave has one, and they're always located somewhere along the very edge of the cave's interior, so they require quite a bit of exploring and torches to reach them. They sit in a well-lit area like the cave's entrance, so you can see them from afar if you've gone deep enough.
When you find the beacon, all you have to do is interact with it and a countdown will start. You'll have 90 seconds to mine any last resources and exit the cave, or else it will collapse on you and send you back to the entrance.
Next time you go back inside, the entire layout will be reset, allowing you to get more resources. There isn't a limit to how many times you can reset a cave, but you will have to find the beacon again each time.
All Mining Resources And Their Uses
Most cave resources are important for upgrading your tools, but ores and gems also provide the main materials needed for the Blacksmithing and Jewelrycrafter Professions, and you'll need metal bars to make magnets if you're a Treasure Hunter.
All Ores And Gems
Resource
Main Cave Found In
Charcoal
Abandoned Farm Cave
Lost Forest Cave
Frozen Mountain Cave
Copper Ore
Abandoned Farm Cave
Bronze Rubble
Mountain Crystal
Tiger's Eye
Kyanite
Iron Ore
Lost Forest Cave
Silver Rubber
Pyrite
Bismuth
Crocoite
Moonstone Ore
Frozen Mountain Cave
Gold Rubble
Fluorite
Azurite
Uvarovite
Volcanic Ore
Forbidden Jungle Cave
Platinum Rubble
Sunset Fire Opal
Ruby
Diamond
All Blacksmith Profession Recipes
For the Blacksmithing Profession, you'll use three different crafters: the Blacksmith's Forge, the Ore Smelter, and the Rubble Refinery.
The Jewelrycrafter is a good pairing for the Blacksmith as a second Profession, as they both share the Ore Smelter and Rubble Refineriesas some of their main crafters and use many of the same materials.
Item
Materials Needed
Luma Energy Needed For First Craft
Selling Price
Profession Tier
Cog
Copper Bar x4
N/A
1,000 Gold
Novice
Spring
Copper Bar x2
Bronze Bar x5
N/A
1,200 Gold
Horse Shoe
Copper Bar x5
Farm Leather x4
Fabric x4
1 Luma Energy
1,400 Gold
Lock
Copper Bar x6
Farm Leather x4
Fabric x4
2 Luma Energy
1,600 Gold
Anchor
Copper Bar x5
Bronze Bar x5
Farm Leather x4
Fabric x4
3 Luma Energy
1,800 Gold
Weight
Copper Bar x6
Bronze Bar x5
Fiber x2
Fabric x4
4 Luma Energy
2,000 Gold
Tongs
Iron Bar x4
Copper Bar x4
5 Luma Energy
3,000 Gold
Skilled
Bucket
Iron Bar x2
Silver Bar x4
Copper Bar x2
6 Luma Energy
3,300 Gold
Cutlery
Iron Bar x6
Forest Leather x6
Fabric x4
7 Luma Energy
3,600 Gold
Bell
Iron Bar x6
Copper Bar x4
Fabric x4
8 Luma Energy
3,900 Gold
Magnifying Glass
Iron Bar x5
Silver Bar x5
Forest Leather x2
Fabric x4
9 Luma Energy
4,200 Gold
Watch
Iron Bar x5
Silver Bar x5
Copper Bar x2
10 Luma Energy
4,600 Gold
Bracers
Moonstone Bar x4
Iron Bar x3
11 Luma Energy
6,000 Gold
Expert
Gloves
Moonstone Bar x2
Gold Bar x4
Iron Bar x2
12 Luma Energy
6,400 Gold
Boots
Moonstone Bar x6
Mountain Leather x6
Fabric x4
13 Luma Energy
6,800 Gold
Legs
Moonstone Bar x6
Iron Bar x5
Fabric x4
14 Luma Energy
7,200 Gold
Helmet
Moonstone Bar x4
Gold Bar x5
Copper Bar x2
Fabric x4
15 Luma Energy
7,600 Gold
Armor
Moonstone Bar x3
Gold Bar x5
Iron Bar x4
16 Luma Energy
8,000 Gold
Crossbow
Volcanic Bar x5
Moonstone Bar x4
17 Luma Energy
10,000 Gold
Master
Halberd
Volcanic Bar x3
Platinum Bar x3
Moonstone Bar x2
18 Luma Energy
11,000 Gold
Flail
Volcanic Bar x6
Jungle Leather x6
Fabric x4
19 Luma Energy
12, 000 Gold
Shield
Volcanic Bar x5
Moonstone Bar x2
Jungle Leather x6
Fabric x4
20 Luma Energy
13,000 Gold
Axe
Volcanic Bar x4
Platinum Bar x4
Iron Bar x4
Fabric x4
20 Luma Energy
14,000 Gold
Sword Of The Lost Druids
Volcanic Bar x75
Platinum Bar x50
Moonstone Bar x50
40 Luma Energy
100,000 Gold
All Jewelrycrafter Profession Recipes
Like the Blacksmith, the Jewelrycrafter also makes use of the Rubble Refinery and the Ore Smelter, while the jewelry recipes themselves are made at the Jewelrycrafter's Workbench.
Item
Materials Needed
Luma Energy Needed For First Craft
Selling Price
Profession Tier
Mountain Crystal Earrings
Bronze Bar x1
Mountain Crystal x2
N/A
1,000 Gold
Novice
Mountain Crystal Necklace
Bronze Bar x4
Mountain Crystal x3
N/A
1,200 Gold
Tiger's Eye Ring
Bronze Bar x5
Tiger's Eye x3
1 Luma Energy
1,400 Gold
Tiger's Eye Necklace
Bronze Bar x4
Tiger's Eye x3
Mountain Crystal x2
2 Luma Energy
1,600 Gold
Kyanite Ring
Bronze Bar x4
Kyanite x4
3 Luma Energy
1,800 Gold
Bronze Tiara
Bronze Bar x2
Mountain Crystal x2
Tiger's Eye x2
Kyanite x2
4 Luma Energy
2,000 Gold
Pyrite Earrings
Silver Bar x4
Pyrite x4
5 Luma Energy
3,000 Gold
Skilled
Pyrite Necklace
Silver Bar x4
Pyrite x4
6 Luma Energy
3,300 Gold
Bismuth Ring
Silver Bar x6
Bismuth x3
7 Luma Energy
3,700 Gold
Bismuth Necklace
Silver Bar x5
Bismuth x2
Pyrite x2
8 Luma Energy
4,000 Gold
Crocoite Ring
Silver Bar x4
Crocoite x4
9 Luma Energy
4,100 Gold
Silver Tiara
Silver Bar x2
Pyrite x2
Bismuth x2
Crocoite x2
10 Luma Energy
4,400 Gold
Fluorite Earrings
Gold Bar x4
Fluorite x4
11 Luma Energy
6,000 Gold
Expert
Fluorite Necklace
Gold Bar x5
Fluorite x4
12 Luma Energy
6,400 Gold
Azurite Ring
Gold Bar x5
Azurite x4
13 Luma Energy
6,800 Gold
Azurite Necklace
Gold Bar x4
Fluorite x3
Azurite x2
14 Luma Energy
7,200 Gold
Uvarovite Ring
Gold Bar x4
Uvarovite x4
15 Luma Energy
7,600 Gold
Gold Tiara
Gold Bar x2
Fluorite x2
Azurite x2
Uvarovite x2
16 Luma Energy
8,000 Gold
Sunset Fire Opal Earrings
Platinum Bar x4
Sunset Fire Opal x4
17 Luma Energy
10,000 Gold
Master
Sunset Fire Opal Necklace
Platinum Bar x5
Sunset Fire Opal x4
18 Luma Energy
11,000 Gold
Ruby Ring
Platinum Bar x4
Ruby x4
19 Luma Energy
12,000 Gold
Ruby Necklace
Platinum Bar x3
Ruby x3
Sunset Fire Opal x2
20 Luma Energy
13,000 Gold
Diamond Ring
Platinum Bar x4
Diamond x4
20 Luma Energy
14,000 Gold
Crown Of Luma Island
Platinum Bar x40
Sunset Fire Opal x20
Ruby x20
Diamond x20
40 Luma Energy
100,000 Gold
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