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Stronghold Mines
Mines under Strongholds with iron, sulfur and silver nodes; enemies live in them since Alpha 4.
What’s here
What turns up at Stronghold Mines.
Facts
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Strongholds have their own mines, which enemies now occupy.
Steam post: Alpha 4 arrives September 17 (opens in a new tab)
Enemies now live in Stronghold mines.
Some strongholds have mines under them about the footprint of the stronghold; the mining complex has a giant one.
Large procedural mines under strongholds are bigger and more rewarding than vignette mines, but have no enemies yet.
Enemies in the deep procedural mines are wanted but not added yet.
Teams want to add enemies inside deep mines.
POI mines inside strongholds can now contain enemies.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) at 3:50:36 (opens in a new tab)
Mines now contain AI and bats; AI in mines was added for Alpha 4.
Mines contain sulfur, gold and silver nodes.
Mines can sit underneath enemy strongholds with diggable voxels.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 1:12:53 (opens in a new tab)
Some Strongholds have large mines; one big mining complex sits over an enormous mine with many minerals.
Video: It wouldn't be California in the 1800s without mining. at 0:44 (opens in a new tab)
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Patch history
3 versions
Every fact about Stronghold Mines by game version, newest first.
| Version | What we know |
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Sources
7
Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.
| Source | Date | Used |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) Video | Sep 20, 2026 | 2 |
| Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab) Steam post | Sep 16, 2026 | 1 |
| Alpha 4 arrives September 17 (opens in a new tab) Steam post | Aug 15, 2026 | 2 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) Video | Aug 15, 2026 | 1 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) Video | Jun 6, 2026 | 1 |
| It wouldn't be California in the 1800s without mining. (opens in a new tab) Video | Mar 27, 2026 | 1 |
| Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) Video | Mar 22, 2026 | 5 |