Gold Mine

Gold mines are unlocked as soon as you reach your first one. The gold mines are located (and accessible from) the main Dungeon and each is unlocked when you defeat the stage before it. It takes the place of a stage in that dungeon's map. As an example, when you defeat Chapter 1 Stage 26, Stage 27 will be revealed to be a mine. As it is not a stage (and you do not need to plunder it to continue), Stage 28 will also become unlocked upon completing Stage 26. This is standard of how gold mines are unlocked throughout the game. Each difficulty has it own separate set of mines.

Plundering requires 1 energy on each attempt. In Chapter 1, there are 3 mines per difficulty; subsequent chapters increase this number to 5.

Plundering a gold mine is intuitive. Each mine has 10 positions. After selecting it from the Dungeon or hitting 'Go!' from the menu in the Gold Mines building on the hope screen (pictured), you are asked to choose your position. If you choose a blank position, you will face 5 enemies in an 'X' arrangement; these are not difficult encounters. If you select one belonging to a player, you will face them instead. If you are successful (or if someone is successful against you later on), the previous owner will receive a message with the Copper they've plundered so far and the new owner will begin their mining. If you fail, there is no penalty.

You are able to occupy 3 gold mines; this number will go up as you gain VIP levels.

(Wouldn't it be nice if the gold mines granted gold instead of copper? If only...)

Chapter 1 Mines Chapter 2-4 Mines