Mine a Planet Ore Tiers: Azurite, Aurum, and Unknowns

The official Mine a Planet description gives players a real ore progression anchor: ore appears in tiers from Azurite to Aurum and beyond. That sentence confirms two names and continued progression. It does not confirm a complete roster, exact order of every intermediate resource, rarity percentages, health, respawn time, or sale value.

This page keeps that boundary visible so colorful promotional art and copied community tables do not turn into invented game data.

Confirmed ore names

Azurite

Azurite is explicitly named in the official description as one end of the advertised ore range. Public creator text does not establish its exact tier number, value, hardness, or required planet on August 1, 2026.

Aurum

Aurum is also explicitly named. The description places it later in the phrase “from Azurite to Aurum and beyond,” but that is not a complete tier table. Do not assume every ore between them follows a particular color or real-world mineral sequence.

Beyond Aurum

“Beyond” confirms that progression continues. It does not reveal later names. A screenshot or current UI record is required before adding another ore as a published entry.

What planet evolution changes

The official description connects two systems:

• cinematic planet evolutions;
• rarer ore and bigger worlds.

That supports a progression relationship: evolution opens access to later mining opportunities. It does not supply a numeric ore-value multiplier or prove that every evolution resets the same assets.

When an evolution prompt appears, record the names visible before and after. Pair that observation with the planet evolution guide instead of importing a cost or multiplier from a different build.

Do not read values from promotional artwork

Official Roblox thumbnails are valuable because their provenance is clear: they are developer-supplied promotional media returned by Roblox. They are not necessarily live gameplay captures.

Several official thumbnails contain large cash figures such as billions per second. This wiki labels those numbers as artwork. They cannot be used as:

• a starter cash rate;
• an Aurum sale value;
• an evolution threshold;
• a guaranteed late-game rate;
• proof of a specific multiplier.

Likewise, a rainbow pile does not automatically create six named ore tiers. A current in-game label is the evidence needed for a name.

Measure an ore route without a hidden table

You can still make useful decisions with player-entered measurements.

1. Choose one visible ore target.
2. Record its current name exactly.
3. Measure how long one drone takes to break and collect it.
4. Record Cargo used per trip.
5. Measure round-trip travel time.
6. Record the cash produced by the completed load.
7. Repeat several cycles and use the median or a simple average.

From those observations:

cash per cycle = observed completed-load cash

cycles per hour = 3600 ÷ observed cycle seconds

route cash per hour = cash per cycle × cycles per hour × active drones

The final multiplication should include only drones with active dock positions. If several drones compete for or split targets, measure the fleet as a whole rather than assuming perfect linear scaling.

Match upgrades to the ore route

The official description names Mining Power, Cargo, and Speed. Their value depends on the selected ore:

Use the Drone Fleet Optimizer to compare those measurements without labeling them official defaults.

A responsible ore record

A future catalog entry should contain:

• exact visible name;
• current planet or world label;
• screenshot or reproducible source;
• checked build and date;
• observed value with units;
• whether temporary boosts were active;
• sample size;
• confidence and any conflicting observation.

That structure makes a patch change obvious. It also prevents an old value from looking permanent simply because it appears in a polished table.

Current evidence boundary

As of August 1, 2026:

• confirmed: Azurite, Aurum, rarer ore, bigger worlds, evolution connection;
• not published here: full ore roster, exact values, exact hardness, exact thresholds, full planet-to-ore mapping;
• safe tool behavior: ask the player to enter target ore work, route distance, and value;
• unsafe tool behavior: ship invented values and call them the BETA 9 economy.

For connected systems, read planet evolutions and alien companions and UFOs. Neither side system should be converted into an ore multiplier without a current observation.