Mining

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Mining 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.

Silver Excavation.pngUseful things and infoDragon pickaxe.png

  • The excavation silver relic offers a 5% chance to give double ores when mining, and creatures in the Living Rock Caverns will no longer be aggressive
    • This is very useful once the player is mining concentrated coal and gold deposits
  • All ores have a greatly increased re-spawn timer, no waiting 12 minutes for a runite ore to come back
  • The golden mining set, obtained from Lava Flow Mine, will provide a 1% XP boost per piece, and 6% xp boost while the full set is worn
  • The infernal pickaxe can be made by combining a smouldering stone with a dragon pickaxe
    • The infernal pickaxe has a 1/3 chance of instantly destroying the ore you mined, and giving you the smithing XP for that ore (no coal required)
  • The endless harvest gold relic can be used most effectively when mining concentrated coal and gold deposits, this will allow the player to mine without having to bank or drops ores
  • A coal bag (purchased from the Dungeoneering rewards shop, or web store) can be useful when mining concentrated coal, if you're not dropping the ore

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.

The crystal pickaxe has the fastest mining speed, and it should be used if the player has enough crystal shards for it.

Pickaxes

Item Mining Attack Source Ticks between rolls
Bronze pickaxe.png Bronze pickaxe 1 1 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 8
Iron pickaxe.png Iron pickaxe 1 1 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 7
Steel pickaxe.png Steel pickaxe 6 5 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 6
Black pickaxe.png Black pickaxe 11 10 Clue Scrolls 5
Mithril pickaxe.png Mithril pickaxe 21 20 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 5
Adamant pickaxe.png Adamant pickaxe 31 30 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 4
Rune pickaxe.png Rune pickaxe[1] 41 40 Tobias Bronzearms (Ironmen) Skilling Tools Shop (Normal) 3
Dragon pickaxe.png Dragon pickaxe[2] 61 60 Wilderness Bosses 2.83[3]
Infernal pickaxe.png Infernal pickaxe 61[4] 60 Smouldering stone from Cerberus + Dragon Pickaxe 2.83[5]
Crystal pickaxe.png Crystal pickaxe 71[6] 70 Crystal tool seed from Zalcano + Dragon Pickaxe 2.75[7]
  1. The Gilded pickaxe and Inferno adze are functionally equivalent.
  2. The 3rd age pickaxe is functionally equivalent.
  3. 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.
  4. Also requires 85 Smithing to use.
  5. 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.
  6. Also requires 50 Agility to use.
  7. 3 ticks by default, 1/4 chance to be 2 ticks.

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 Golden nugget.png) Sells for (in Golden nugget.png)
Prospector helmet.png Helmet 1% 10% 40 32
Prospector jacket.png Jacket 1% 10% 60 48
Prospector legs.png Legs 1% 10% 50 40
Prospector boots.png Boots 1% 10% 30 24
Complete set
4%
40%
180
144

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 Unidentified minerals.png)
Mining gloves.png Mining gloves 1% 10% 60
Superior mining gloves.png Superior mining gloves 1% 20% 120
Expert mining gloves.png Expert mining gloves 1% 30% 60

Red Sandstone

115px-Red sandstone detail.webp 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

Crashed star.webp
  • 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
Item Name Rarity Quantity
Uncut sapphire.png Uncut sapphire 111/1000 250
Uncut emerald.png Uncut emerald 111/1000 100
Uncut ruby.png Uncut ruby 111/1000 50
Coal.png Coal 111/1000 250
Gold ore.png Gold ore 111/1000 100
Mithril ore.png Mithril ore 111/1000 50
Uncut diamond.png Uncut diamond 83/1000 25
Uncut dragonstone.png Uncut dragonstone 83/1000 10
Adamantite ore.png Adamantite ore 83/1000 25
Runite ore.png Runite ore 83/1000 10
Uncut onyx.png Uncut onyx 1/1000 1


Levels 1 - 99

Iron ore detail.pngLevels 1-68Gold ore detail.png

  • 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.

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

Coal.pngLevels 77+Gold ore detail.png

Concentrated gold deposit.webp
  • 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
  • Silver Excavation.pngPlayers 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