Mining
Mining is a gathering skill that allows players to obtain ore used in Smithing. Mining is also a source of Gems and Salt. Each mining location provides different possible loot, but gems, Geodes and Greater Geodes can be found in every location.
Contents
Uses
- Ore can be smelted into bars through Smithing
- Gems are used in Crafting and Augmenting
- Rune Slates are used in Runecrafting
- Geodes can be opened for a chance at ores, gems, additional geodes, or talismans
- Greater Geodes can be opened for a chance at ores, gems, talismans, Dwarven Whetstones, or very rarely Dwarven Alloy, Dwarven Ingot, or Dwarven Mold
- Salt is used in Crafting and Cooking
- Clay and Sand can be used to create Fertilizer
- Sand can also be used to create Glass Vials for Potions in Cooking
- Stone can be used for Crafting
Mining Locations
There are currently a total of 9 Mining Locations available in the game:
Level | Name | EXP | GP | Base Time | Base XP per Hour | Possible Loot |
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1 | Clay Pit | 5 | 1-5 | 5 Seconds | 3,600 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
10 | City Outskirts | 10 | 1-20 | 8 Seconds | 4,500 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
20 | Village Quarry | 15 | 1-20 | 8 Seconds | 6,750 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
30 | Desert Mine | 30 | 1-100 | 12 Seconds | 9,000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
40 | Underground Mine | 40 | 1-100 | 12 Seconds | 12,000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
45 | Slate Spires | 50 | 1-15 | 13.5 Seconds | 13,320 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
50 | Hidden Mine | 60 | 1-200 | 15 Seconds | 14,400 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
60 | Volcano Mine | 70 | 1-200 | 15 Seconds | 16,800 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
70 | Deep Pit [Dangerous] | 100 | 1-1,500 | 20 Seconds | 18,000* | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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*Time spent in combat is not included.
The Deep Pit is a dangerous location. While mining there, a Greater Demon will occasionally spawn and attack the player. This fight cannot be escaped from, and losing to the Greater Demon will lock the player out of the location for 15 minutes. It is recommended that the player have 50+ in all combat stats and a minimum of at least Adamantite (although Runite is highly recommended) before mining in Deep Pit.
Mining Speed
A player's mining speed for each location is determined based on the following formula:
Gathering Table
Ores
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GP | Location(s) Found | Highest Yield/Hour | |
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5 | Clay Pit | ||
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5 | Clay Pit | ||
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20 | Village Quarry | ||
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100 | Underground Mine | ||
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75 | Underground Mine | ||
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100 | Hidden Mine | ||
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200 | Deep Pit | ||
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500 | Deep Pit | ||
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1,500 | Deep Pit |
Average Drop Per Hour
These numbers represent the number of each item you get per hour at base time
Copper | Tin | Iron | Gold | Mithril | Addy | Runite | Stygian | Clay | Stone | Sand | Silver | Coal | Slate | Salt | Void | Bait | |
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Clay Pit | 142.56 | 142.56 | 285.12 | 71.28 | 106.92 | 7.128 | |||||||||||
City Outskirts | 133.65 | 133.65 | 22.275 | 89.1 | 44.55 | 89.1 | 22.275 | 22.275 | 4.455 | ||||||||
Village Quarry | 222.75 | 279 | 167.4 | 4.455 | |||||||||||||
Desert Mine | 25.47 | 14.16 | 56.7 | 12.735 | 311.85 | 56.7 | 28.29 | 25.47 | 28.29 | ||||||||
Underground Mine | 15 | 52.5 | 90 | 30 | 37.5 | 15 | 45 | 60 | |||||||||
Slate Spires | 128.7 | 128.7 | 1904 | ||||||||||||||
Hidden Mine | 24 | 24 | 84 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 24 | ||||||||||
Volcano Mine | 24 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 24 | |||||||||||
Deep Pit | 40.5 | 54 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 90 | 9 |
Gems
Gems are rare rewards received while mining, chance of receiving a gem can be boosted with the Scroll of the Prospector. Gems are used in Crafting and as a material while Augmenting.
Several Monsters drop gems, including Lesser Demons and Deadly Red Spiders . Gems can also be found by opening Chests, using the Scroll of Refining enchantment while smithing or by using the Scroll of Root Digging while Foraging.
When mining, the chance to obtain a gem is based on the base timer of the area. When hunting gems, it therefore doesn't matter which area is used.
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GP | Distribution | |
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1,000 | 40% | |
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2,000 | 30% | |
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5,000 | 20% | |
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10,000 | 7% | |
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50,000 | 3% |
Other
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Exp | GP | Zones Found | |
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1 | 1 | Clay Pit City Outskirts Desert Mine | |
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1 | 1 | Clay Pit City Outskirts Village Quarry Underground | |
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1 | 1 | Clay Pit City Outskirts Desert Mine | |
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25 | 100 | Desert Mine Underground Mine Hidden Mine Volcano Mine | |
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10 | 20 | City Outskirts Village Quarry Desert Mine Underground Mine | |
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10 | 15 | City Outskirts | |
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10 | 10 | Desert Mine Underground Mine |
Equipment
Equipment that can used to support mining outside of enchantments.
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Requirement | Source | Effect | Augmenting Bonus | Enchantment Slots | |
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- | Crafting | 10 Mining Level | +0.5 Mining Level | 1 | |
10 Mining | Crafting | 20 Mining Level | +1 Mining Level | 2 | ||
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30 Mining | Crafting | 30 Mining Level | +1.5 Mining Level | 3 | |
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40 Mining | Crafting | 40 Mining Level | +2 Mining Level | 4 | |
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50 Mining | Crafting | 50 Mining Level | +2.5 Mining Level | 5 | |
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60 Mining | Crafting | 60 Mining Level | +3 Mining Level | 6 | |
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80 Mining | Crafting | 90 Mining Level | +5 Mining Level | 8 |
Enchantments
List of useful Enchantments.
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Slot | Level | Silver Amount | Rune Amount | Runes | Effect per scroll |
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Gloves, Boots | 49 | 600 | 60 | Air, Water, Nature, Cosmic | Increase your chance to gain chests as well as convert standard chests to their greater variants while gathering by 20%. |
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Gloves, Boots | 58 | 700 | 60 | Nature, Mind | Gain a 20% chance to not consume a buff stack (resulting in 25% more uses from a buff on average). |
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Gloves, Boots | 73 | 900 | 70 | Air, Water, Chaos, Mind | Gain 1 more essence per action where essence is acquired. |
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Ring, Necklace | 64 | 800 | 70 | Earth, Fire, Water, Mind, Cosmic | Gain a 10% chance to find an extra resource while gathering. There is a 15% chance that a nature rune is consumed when it procs. Attempts to pull the rune from your stockpile then ammo pouch if none found. |
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Ring, Necklace | 37 | 500 | 50 | Nature, Mind, Cosmic | Automatically sells gathering and production items for 20% of their vendor price. Does not affect Crafting or stack with Scholar. |
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Ring, Necklace | 88 | 1300 | 110 | Chaos, Mind, Cosmic | Increases experience gained from gathering and production by 20% but destroys the item in process. Does not affect Crafting or stack with Wealth. Only active for mastery experience, when a skill is at level 99. |
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Ring, Necklace | 94 | 2000 | 200 | Air, Chaos, Mind, Cosmic | Increases non-combat action speed by 4%. Caps at halving action time. Stacks with Empowered Haste. |
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Tacklebox, Fishing Set, Pickaxe, Hatchet, Mining Set, Foraging Set | 41 | 500 | 50 | Earth, Water, Nature | Gives access to a secondary drop table while gathering with rewards and chances heavily scaling on enchantment strength. The best finds are only found in the hardest to reach zones! |
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Pickaxe, Mining Set | 16 | 200 | 30 | Earth, Fire, Chaos, Mind | Sand, Stone and Clay mined will be destroyed and provide 5 mining experience per piece. Scholar rolls first and does not stack. |
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Pickaxe, Mining Set | 25 | 300 | 40 | Air, Fire, Cosmic | Increase your chance to find gems or silver while gathering by 50%. Has a 10% chance to consume an earth rune on success. Attempts to pull the rune from your stockpile then ammo pouch if none found. |
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Pickaxe, Mining Set | 75 | 900 | 80 | Earth, Water, Cosmic | Items with lower heat costs to process have an increased chance to be gathered. Has a 1% chance to consume a water rune every mining action. Attempts to pull the rune from your stockpile then ammo pouch if none found. |
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Pickaxe, Mining Set | 76 | 900 | 80 | Earth, Fire, Cosmic | Items with higher heat costs to process have an increased chance to be gathered. Has a 1% chance to consume a fire rune every mining action. Attempts to pull the rune from your stockpile then ammo pouch if none found. |
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Pickaxe, Mining Set | 83 | 1000 | 90 | Air, Nature, Mind | Gives a 0.20% chance to massively boost amount gathered. |
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