Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24506668-20140105211207/@comment-24108228-20140105223352

Depends how you mean.

If you mean "Mine it yourself", probably over an hour as the last time I wasted time with mining Mithril was when I was a noob learning from the wiki.

If you mean "Earn the tools", probably 20-30 minutes. I have gotten some rather nice gifts through my frigate mass producing.

If you mean "Be in possession of the tools" then probably under 10 minutes. I have found a few mithril tribes near spawnpoints that needed some workers, and were hiring anyone who came.