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==Relics== | ==Relics== | ||
===Glorious Gatherer (Silver)=== | |||
[[File:Silver glorius gatherer.png|right]] | |||
* Increases experienced gained in gathering skills by 5%. | |||
===Excavation (Silver)=== | ===Excavation (Silver)=== | ||
[[File:Silver_Excavation.png|right]] | [[File:Silver_Excavation.png|right]] | ||
* Offers a 5% chance to mine two ores at once. | |||
* Inhabitants of the Living Rock Caverns are no longer aggressive. | |||
===Endless Harvest (Gold)=== | |||
[[File:Gold endless harvest.png|right]] | |||
* Resources gathered from Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing, and Farming are doubled and sent directly to the bank. | |||
==Red Sandstone== | ==Red Sandstone== |
Revision as of 00:07, 28 December 2022
Mining is a skill that allows players to obtain ores and gems from rocks. The higher a player's Mining level is the more likely they are to successfully extract ore. With ores, a player can then either smelt bars and make equipment using the Smithing skill or sell them for profit.
Equipment
The only item required to mine is a pickaxe. A certain attack level is required to wield one, but players are still able to use the pickaxe to mine without the Attack level requirement. Players should use the best pickaxe available for the fastest mining speed.
Using an infernal pickaxe will give a 1/3 chance for the ore to automatically combust, which will consume the ore. This reduces the number of ores that need to be dropped, and also grants some passive Smithing experience. Making an infernal pickaxe requires level 85 Smithing, and it can be charged with dragon pickaxes or smouldering stones. This effect can apply to all standard ores, sandstone, red sandstone, and Zalcano tephra. NOTE: Red sandstone and Tephra products will not be destroyed.
The crystal pickaxe has the fastest mining speed, and it should be used if the player has enough crystal shards for it.
Pickaxes
Item | Source | Ticks between rolls | |||
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Bronze pickaxe | 1 | 1 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 8 | |
Iron pickaxe | 1 | 1 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 7 | |
Steel pickaxe | 6 | 5 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 6 | |
Black pickaxe | 11 | 10 | Clue Scrolls | 5 | |
Mithril pickaxe | 21 | 20 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 5 | |
Adamant pickaxe | 31 | 30 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 4 | |
Rune pickaxe[1] | 41 | 40 | Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) | 3 | |
Dragon pickaxe[2] | 61 | 60 | Wilderness Bosses | 2.83[3] | |
Infernal pickaxe | 61[4] | 60 | Smouldering stone from Cerberus + Dragon Pickaxe | 2.83[5] | |
Crystal pickaxe | 71[6] | 70 | Crystal tool seed from Zalcano + Dragon Pickaxe | 2.75[7] |
Prospector kit
The Prospector kit obtained from Prospector Percy in the Lava Flow Mine provides a total of 2.5% bonus Mining experience when worn as well as a additional chance to not deplete the resource while mining.
Item | XP Boost | Deplete chance reduction | Cost (in ) | |
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Helmet | 1% | 10% | 40 | |
Jacket | 1% | 10% | 60 | |
Legs | 1% | 10% | 50 | |
Boots | 1% | 10% | 30 | |
Complete set |
Mining Gloves
Mining Gloves obtained from Belona in the Mining Guild provides additional chance to not deplete the resource while mining. Expert mining gloves are created by talking to Belona and combining mining gloves and superior mining gloves.
Item | XP Boost | Deplete chance reduction | Cost (in ) | |
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Mining gloves | 1% | 10% | 60 | |
Superior mining gloves | 1% | 20% | 120 | |
Expert mining gloves | 1% | 30% | 60 |
Celestial Ring
The Celestial ring can be obtained from the Shooting star activity. While worn it will grant a +4 invisible mining level boost and while charged with stardust will grant a 1/10 chance to double the mined resource.
An Celestial signet grants the effect of the celestial ring while also providing a 1/10 chance to not use a crystal pickaxe charge while mining.
Item | Invis. Mining Boost | Extra Ore Chance | Save Crystal Tool Charge | |
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Celestial ring (uncharged) | 4 | |||
Celestial ring | 4 | |||
Celestial signet (uncharged) | 4 | |||
Celestial signet | 4 |
Gem Bag
The gem bag can store ALL forms of uncut gems with the except of Uncut onyx and Uncut Zenytes.
Players can right-click to open the bag, which will have gems that the player mines from a gem rock or which are found randomly while mining be automatically placed inside the bag, providing there is space for it.
Capacity of the gem bag scales with Donator benefits.
Item | Cost (in ) | Cost (in ) | Cost (in ) | |
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Gem bag | 50 | 100 | 2000 |
Coal Bag
Players can right-click to open the bag, which will have coal that the player mines from a coal rock be automatically placed inside the bag, providing there is space for it.
Capacity of the coal bag scales with Donator benefits.
Item | Cost (in ) | Cost (in ) | Cost (in ) | |
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Coal bag | 50 | 100 | 5000 |
Amulet of Glory
If the amulet has any charges, wearing it while Mining will increase the chances of rolling an uncut gem table from 1/256 to 1/86. It will also significantly increase the speed of mining gem rocks.
Auras
Quarrymaster
When this aura is activated, it increases the odds of successfully mining. These can be purchased from the Loyalty reward shop.
Item | Increased mining success | Cost (in ) | |
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Quarrymaster aura | 3% | 2,500 | |
Greater quarrymaster aura | 5% | 5,000 | |
Master quarrymaster aura | 7% | 12,500 | |
Supreme quarrymaster aura | 10% | 15,000 |
Resourceful
When this aura is activated, it decreases the chance of depleting the resource. These can be purchased from the Loyalty reward shop.
Item | Decreased depletion chance | Cost (in ) | |
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Resourceful aura | 10% | 2,500 |
Lovakengj House
When activated, the Lovakengj house aura will automatically smelt the mined item yielding smithing xp.
This effect can apply to all standard ores, sandstone, red sandstone, and Zalcano tephra.
Relics
Glorious Gatherer (Silver)
- Increases experienced gained in gathering skills by 5%.
Excavation (Silver)
- Offers a 5% chance to mine two ores at once.
- Inhabitants of the Living Rock Caverns are no longer aggressive.
Endless Harvest (Gold)
- Resources gathered from Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing, and Farming are doubled and sent directly to the bank.
Red Sandstone
Red sandstone is the product of mining red sandstone rocks with Mining level 81. It can be made into robust glass by using the robust glass machine or the Superglass Make spell. Robust glass is then used to create 6 dose potion flasks. Players can mine a daily limit of sandstone depending on their donator rank. See Donator benefits page for details on daily limit. See the Red Sandstone article for more details.
Training Mining
Shooting Stars
- Shooting Stars are the best mining XP at any level, are AFK to mine, and provide the player with stardust (Donators get bonus dust)
- Shooting stars will not appear in any of the other methods below since they are mentioned here, but are limited time random events (there is no cap on stars you can mine per day, or stardust you can hand in)
- Stars require their size*10 mining level to mine, and as they are mined, they go down in tier
- If a size 9 star lands, it requires level 90 mining to mine it, once it has been mined through that layer, it will then require 80 mining, and so on
- Gold+ donators can easily get to the star with ;;star, and it will also display the time until the next one if there is no current star
- Pickaxe tier does not matter for the shooting star, which means the bronze pickaxe in your toolbelt is good enough
- Shooting Star loot table
- Star dust can be traded in at the end of the star for rewards, 200 dust is one loot roll
- You will always get: 150k, 150 astral runes, and 150 cosmic runes
- Star dust can be traded in at the end of the star for rewards, 200 dust is one loot roll
Levels 1 - 99
Levels 1-68
- From level 1 to 15 you can mine copper and tin. These can be mined in the Varrock Southeast Mine.
- Level 15 to 30/35/45/68 mine Iron. These can be mined in the Varrock Southeast Mine.
- When you want to stop mining Iron you have a variety of options:
- Coal at 30. This can be mined in the Falador Mine.
- Sandstone at 35. This can be mined at the Bandit camp Quarry.
- Granite at 45. This can be mined at the Bandit camp Quarry.
- When you want to stop mining Iron you have a variety of options:
Levels 68-77+
- The lava flow mine is a minigame where players are mining away the crust from lava pools
- This minigame is extremely AFK, good XP/hr and awards the player with the golden mining set
- The XP/hr here is slightly less than concentrated deposits, but is more AFK
Levels 77+
- The best location for mining Concentrated ore deposits is in the Platinum+ level of the Donator Zone. Alternatively, those without the rank can mine the deposits in the Living Rock Caverns
- The concentrated coal deposits require 77 mining, and the concentrated gold deposits require 80 mining
- Players should have the Excavation silver relic here to avoid getting hit by the NPCs
- If you want the max XP/hr you will need to empty your inventory with ;;e
- If you want to keep your ores, either use the endless harvest relic, which will automatically double the ores and bank them, or teleport home to bank, and teleport back with the Nexus