One of the Lives in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is the Miner. The entire goal of this Life is to mine various gems and ores around the game’s world. Some of these are easy to find, while some might be a little more challenging to locate, especially for the boss-type ores/gems. This page will detail the locations of every single ore-type node in the game.

List of All Ores in Fantasy Life i¶

The following table will have a list of every single ore in the game, including an easily accessible location for each one. This will help those with the Miner Life complete all of the challenges. Note that the level of the ore itself doesn’t affect what it drops, so if you find a good spot with a bunch that are easily accessible, and can be respawned with relative ease, that’s great.

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(1 of 2) Mining ore nodes will be something you do regularly throughout the game.

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Mining ore nodes will be something you do regularly throughout the game. (left), You’ll definitely need to know the locations of specific ores if you take up Miner or Blacksmith. (right)

Ore	Location	Level
Copper Deposit	Eternia Village	2
Great Copper Deposit	Novice Miner’s Pit (Eternia Village)	5-6
Superior Copper Deposit	Banaan Cave	10-12
Amazing Copper Deposit	Banaan Cave	12-13
Iron Ore Deposit	Lulab Forest (second area), Spirit Road	18
Great Iron Ore Deposit	Lulab Forest (second area), Spirit Road	20
Superior Blue Ore Deposit	Lulab Forest (second area), Spirit Road	20-22
Amazing Blue Ore Deposit	Spirit Road	25
Silver Ore Deposit	Tropica Isles, Da Finci Cave	23~
Great Silver Ore Deposit	Tropica Isles, Da Finci Cave	28~
Superior Marine Ore Deposit	Da Finci Cave B2, Profunda Cave	25~
Amazing Marine Ore Deposit	Da Finci Cave B2, Profunda Cave	30~
Gold Deposit	Cave of Trials, Crickneck Canyon, Drakeseye Valley, Drakesnout Range	38 (Cave of Trials); 23-25 (Ginormosia)
Great Gold Deposit	Cave of Trials, Drakeseye Valley (Rank 3+), Drakesnout Range (Rank 2+)	42 (Cave of Trials);
Superior Gold Deposit	Drakesnout Range (Rank 3+), Crickneck Canyon (Rank 2+)	30+
Amazing Gold Deposit	Depths - B2	48
Platinum Deposit	Depths - B2, Scorchrock Mountain, Moltana Wastes	43~ (Depths); 30~ (Ginormosia)
Great Platinum Deposit	Depths - B2, Scorchrock Mountain (Rank 3+)	48~ (Depths); 50~ (Ginormosia)
Superior Red Ore Deposit	Depths - B2, Moltana Wastes	43-44 (Depths);
Amazing Red Ore Deposit	Depths - B2	48
Haniwa Stone	West/East Dryridge Desert	7~ (Rank 1)
Great Haniwa Stone	West/East Dryridge Desert (Rank 2+)	18-27 (Rank 2-3)
Ancient Fossil	Depths - B2, West/East Dryridge Desert	45 (Depths); 9-10 (Ginormosia)
Luminous Magic Ore Deposit	Cave of Trials B1, Warren Willow Hollow B1 (behind sealed areas; post-game only)	55-60
Great Magic Ore Deposit	Treasure Grove, Sker’ri Shrine (Viridia Plateau)	32 (Shrine)
Fire Starcrystal	Banaan Cave, South Greatgut Plains (Rank 5, Great Nayvel Cave)	20 (Banaan); 60 (Ginormosia)
Wind Starcrystal	Spirit Road, Wingtip Valley (Rank 5)	25 (Spirit Road); 70 (Ginormosia)
Water Starcrystal	Profunda Cave, Drakeseye Valley (Rank 5)	35 (Profunda); 80 (Ginormosia)
Earth Starcrystal	Cave of Trials B2, West Dryridge Desert (Rank 5)	50 (Cave of Trials); 60 (Ginormosia)
Giant Ancient Fossil	Depths - B3, East Dryridge Desert (Rank 5; Living Fossil event)	58 (Depths); 48 (Rank 5 Ginormosia)
Graphite Deposit	Depths - B3, Drakesnout Range (Rank 5, Ginormosia)	58 (Depths); 90 (Ginormosia)
Dragon’s Claw	Depths - B3, Scorchrock Mountain (Rank 5, Agekara Cave)	58 (Depths); 80 (Ginormosia)
Heart of Darkness	Treasure Grove	Random
Golemstone	Moltana Wastes (Rank 5), Sker’ri Shrine (Viridia Plateau)	90 (Ginormosia); 35 (Shrine)
Legendary Shiny Geode	West/East Dryridge Desert (Rank 3)	40+ (Rank 1+)

How to Enter Spirit Road¶

Spirit Road is a location found on Faraway Island, but the way to get into it is a little bit of a mystery. If you’ve fully completed Faraway Island, teleport to the Valley of Spirits fast travel spot, then enter Lulab Forest. In the bottom right corner of this area should be a spot with a boss-type fish. Head here and look for the well in that spot, which you can interact with to lead you straight to Spirit Road.