Mine Antarctica is a Roblox mining experience where you use a pickaxe to climb a frozen mountain, extract valuable crystals, and bring them to base for Cash. Temperature is the main danger: altitude brings colder conditions, and when the cold crosses a threshold, your health starts to drop. Progress centers on raising that limit so you can reach the rarest crystals before freezing or filling your bag.
Quick answer: Climb up, mine crystals, teleport back to base and sell them for Cash, then spend that Cash on the Climb Higher warmth upgrade first so you can safely reach higher, better crystal zones.
How the climb and mining loop works
Scaling the mountain is your only real objective, and every other system feeds into it. You use the pickaxe to break a path through stone, and you can either dig deeper into the mountain or push higher up it. Climbing higher rewards you with higher-rarity crystals. Digging straight down does not improve what you find, so height is what matters.
As you gain altitude the temperature keeps falling. Once it gets cold enough your health drains, and the longer you stay in the freezing zone the faster it drops. A “Too cold” warning appears when you hit your current limit, which can show up as early as around 280 meters on a low warmth stat. Before your health runs out, teleport back to base, sell your haul, and spend the Cash on upgrades and gear that let you climb further next time.
You also sell before your bag fills. When the backpack hits its weight cap you get a Backpack Full notice and cannot pick up anything new until you offload at the Gem Buyer stall. Repeat this loop, pushing a little higher each run, until you can reach the apex and mine the most valuable crystals in the game.
A wooden sign on the mountain spells out the rule plainly: higher height equals rarer crystals. Treat altitude, not depth, as your progression bar.
Controls
- Movement: W, S, A, D
- Jump: Spacebar
- Interact: E
- Equip Tool: E
- Use Tool: Left Mouse Button
Spend Cash on warmth before gear
At the Upgrades station you can put Cash into two stats. Climb Higher raises your cold tolerance, and Carry More raises your backpack capacity. Both help, but warmth is the one that unlocks new ground.
Prioritize cold tolerance in the early game. Every level of it lets you reach a higher band of the mountain, and those higher bands hold better minerals that sell for far more. More Cash means more upgrades and better pickaxes, which in turn let you climb higher still. Carry capacity is worth topping up once you are consistently filling your bag before you reach your warmth limit, since more space means fewer trips back to base.
Pickaxes, bombs, and radars
Pickaxes
The pickaxe is your main tool, used to break stone and chip crystals free. Each one has a Power rating and a Mine Size rating that set how well it performs. As you climb, you run into crystals that are too tough for low-tier picks, and you will even see a pickaxe level warning when a crystal resists your current tool. Some large formations, like the Mossite Boulder with 308.8K HP, require a specific pickaxe such as the Titanium Breaker to break at all. Upgrade your pickaxe as your Cash allows so you are never stuck swinging at rock you cannot clear.
Bombs
Bombs are consumables that all detonate, but their secondary effects differ. A Classic Bomb is a plain explosion, while an Ice Bomb freezes its blast zone into a glacier and causes Frost crystals to drop. They are expensive and stock is limited, so save them for moments where the payoff is worth it.
Radars
Radars reveal buried treasure from a distance. Each has a fixed detection range, and some add secondary effects like applying a Mutation or raising your Luck stat. Like bombs, they are costly consumables, so weigh whether the situation justifies using one.
Raise your Luck with the garden
Luck raises your chances of finding better crystals, and you can increase it passively. When you mine a crystal with a high Luck value, keep it in the garden at your home base rather than selling it. Leaving it there boosts your Luck, making rare finds more likely on future trips. Liking the game and joining the PolarMine Games group also grants +1 Mining Luck.
Mountain RNG and skipping lower sections
The game swaps in a different mountain from time to time, giving you a fresh map with its own crystal types. Rarer mountain types carry better crystals, and common ones carry weaker drops. You can review the possible mountains through the “Mountain RNG” button in the bottom-left corner.
Once you can handle the higher zones, you no longer need to tunnel upward from the bottom on every run. Rather than beginning at ground level on the mountain flank, climb the exterior cliff to your chosen altitude and start mining there. This bypasses the low-value lower sections and helps you use a good mountain fully before the RNG timer rotates it out.
Turn on the Crystal Filter in the settings menu to stop Common, Uncommon, and Rare drops from filling your backpack, so your limited space goes to the crystals actually worth carrying.
Optional game passes
Mine Antarctica costs nothing to play, though optional game passes are available for purchase with Robux. These passes provide permanent boosts rather than code rewards, and none are necessary for progression. The currently available passes and their prices are listed below.
| Pass | Price (R$) | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 2x Speed | 15 | Move twice as fast |
| No Fall Dmg | 99 | No fall damage or ragdoll |
| x2 Coins | 99 | Double Cash per sale |
| 2x Lucky Digs | 149 | ~2x permanent dig Luck |
| x4 Carry KG | 179 | 4x backpack weight |
| 2x Fast Dig | 199 | Dig twice as fast |
| INSTANT Mine Crystal | 249 | Mine with a single tap |
| x2 Crystals | 299 | Two of every crystal dug |
| VIP | 399 | Tag, trail, bonus Cash and Luck |
| 8x Power Damage | 449 | 8x crystal damage |
| 4x Lucky Digs | 899 | 4x Luck when mining |
| Starter Pack | Free | Coins, Luck boosts, warmth upgrades |
Codes status
Mine Antarctica currently has no usable codes. The game description and the PolarMine Games group have shared no code to redeem, so there is nothing to enter for now. Listings for the similarly named games Mine and Grow Mine, plus Mine a Planet and Expedition Antarctica, refer to separate titles; their codes will not work here. Any legitimate code from PolarMine Games would be posted in the experience or in the group. Until one appears, garden Luck crystals, the group join bonus, and your upgrade order are dependable ways to make faster early progress.
