Gather and make

Mining and mauls

Swing a maul at rock and it breaks away in chunks. The harder the swing, the more it takes.

Strike a rock with a stone maul and it crumbles into a rubble pile.

Swing it

Hit the rock face with a proper swing. Light taps do nothing, harder swings break more, and a second hand on the handle adds weight. Broken rock piles up as rubble, so walk close to collect it.

TipFists, axes and swords can break rock too, it just takes many more blows.

Swing the maul at a rock face; chips fly and the rock wears away.

Repeated maul blows break the rock down step by step.

Digging into a cave wall with a stone maul.

Better mauls

A stone maul chips away block by block. Copper and iron mauls from the Forge clear whole patches. Iron and gold take more blows than softer rock. Mauls wear out, see Tool wear.

A metal maul digging into stone, breaking it into rubble.