# Select a mine On the left hand side, find the list of mine available for your clone to run into. As you can see, some mines aren't available from start and have a "Lock" icon on it. Your clone will have to progress threw mines in order to unlock more. The right side shows basically who or what you may encounter into those specific caves.

Overview of the Select mine step. On the left, players can select their mine. On the right, players can have an overview of the monsters they might encounter along with the ingredients/items/tokens that they might get along with various environment hazards.

{% tabs %} {% tab title="MINE SELECTION" %} The left side allows players to choose the mine they want to explore. Every mine shows the expected levels of the monsters present in the first level of the cave (e.g. 1 - 6). When the ongoing mine depth mission has been successfully completed, the next mine automatically unlock.

Hot mine completed, underwater mine in progress, dark mine closed.

As an exemple, the bellow picture shows Apertian Hot Mine marked as completed with 100 depths level. Apertian Underwater mine then got unlocked and any clone running in it will expect to encounter monsters ranging from lvl 3-9. The player will have to complete 120 level depths in Underwater Mine to unlock the next mine, Apertian Dark Mine.\ \ However, the deeper a clone ventures into the mine, the higher the monster level will be (see [exploration](/nbm-shadow-depths/overview/nft-battle-miners-official-wiki/vii-shadow-depths/games-logic/exploration.md)). {% endtab %} {% tab title="MONSTERS AND REWARDS" %} The right side displays the enemies that the player might encounter in the chosen mine along with various materials and ressources available in it. Along with that, some mines might also be subject to various environment hazards such as chemical damage which will likely affect your clone exploration, therefore don't forget to pay attention to it.

Overview of the mine specificities.

Notice that some items can only be dropped by enemies (e.g., Tarantula venom, only dropped by the Giant tarantula), while other items can be found on the ground (e.g., springs, mushrooms), on the walls (Green mold), or in other specific locations. {% hint style="info" %} Clicking on a materials will indicate to your clone to not collect it. This doesn't impact your loot chance of other materials. {% endhint %} {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} Once ready, click on the "PREPARE" button to reach to inventory step. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://nbmofficialwiki.gitbook.io/nbm-shadow-depths/overview/nft-battle-miners-official-wiki/vii-shadow-depths/missions/select-a-mine.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.