Total noob question.... I Guess this mechanic was introduced after I quit.... But what is battle mining? And why would one want to create a battle miner?
Battle mining existed before with gargoyle pickaxes, but has been greatly encouraged by gargoyle shovels. Battle mining is the act of digging up an ore elemental or golem and killing it for the ore. Why you want to do it? It's way faster than regular mining
So the process is to obtain a gargoyle pickaxe or shovel, use said tool in a cave. kill spawn... get ore?