Heart of the Mountain

The Heart of the Mountain (HotM) is the Mining perk tree. Each tier you reach gives Tokens of the Mountain to unlock perks, which you then level with Mithril Powder, Gemstone Powder and Glacite Powder.¹ The tree, every perk and the items each tier unlocks are shown below.

Unlocking and opening

You unlock it with the quest "There are Dwarves?" from Rhys: hand him 15 enchanted ores of any kind and reach Mining 12.¹ Open it with /hotm, from the Mining skill menu anywhere, or from the SkyBlock Menu in the mining areas.¹

Levelling the tree

HotM XP comes from:

• Commissions in the Dwarven Mines, Crystal Hollows and Glacite Tunnels. The first 4 each day give a bonus, which turns into powder once the tree is at tier 10.¹
• mining events and Crystal Nucleus runs.¹

Pickaxe abilities

Tiers 2, 6 and 10 unlock two pickaxe abilities each. You can own all six but only one is selected at a time. It is used with right-click and works with any mining tool (pickaxe, drill or gauntlet); the cooldown starts when you use it and resets when you enter a Glacite Mineshaft.¹ Abilities can be raised from level 1 to 3: once through Core of the Mountain and once with a Blue Cheese Goblin Omelette in a drill.¹

Reset

The tree can be reset: every perk is refunded, with its powder and tokens. Your tier and Core of the Mountain levels stay, so what you spent on Core of the Mountain is not returned.¹

Sources

1. Heart of the Mountain · Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki Community wiki read 2026-09-26