Gold Rush

Gold Rush is an event on Craftland. It begins randomly when there are at least 20 players signed into Craftland. Once Gold Rush begins there is a message in chat reading "Goldrush has started! /warp mining to try your luck. Top prizes include perfect diamonds and up to 33333 coins". Gold Rush lasts for 30 minutes total, once 10 minutes have passed, "goldrush is on /warp mining to try your luck" pops up in chat, the same message is repeated at the 20 minute mark, and one final message pops up when there is 5 minutes left.

To win goldrush, one must mine the most ores in 30 minutes. Each ore has a specific point value, there is a scoreboard that appears during goldrush for all players in the mining world that keeps track of how many of each ore they have mined, how much each type of ore is worth, and the players total score. Whoever has the most points at the end of goldrush wins the main prize of 1,2, or in EXTREMELY rare cases 11 perfect diamonds along with a few thousand coins (it depends on how many points the winner has at the end). Second place also recieves a guaranteed 5000 coins minimum as well.

The two most popular strategies for winning goldrush (assuming there is competition, it is possible to win with just 1 point) are teaming and pre-digging. Both are what they sound like, bring some friends along and team up to raise the chances of one of you winning and then split the reward; or Pre-dig (uncover) as much ore as you think it will take to win. Be warned, nothing you dig ahead of time is safe, you always run the risk of another player finding it and mining it for themselves.

Finally, it is strongly recommended that a pick with efficiency high enough to instantly break stone is us used as this will greatly increase the speed in which ore is found. The best way to win is with a spectral pick that insta breaks stone. It is expensive to do and a somewhat guarded secret, but nevertheless, every player has the potential to insta break with a spectral pick. Its just a matter of being clever enough to find out how.

Have fun mining! -Whale