Originally posted by Yakumo_2020:

little tip when mining Silver. I Dig all the way around the vien first. Once you start hitting therock/Silver it will attract and mobs in the area. The pit around the vien makes it harder for the wolves to sneak up on you and you can use the pit walls and Silver vien as cover from the Drakes while you swap in your weapons.

I accidentally figured that out already. I could even handle 'you are being hunted' with a deep ditch and a teleporter behind me. Trench warfare ftw.