Runescape Skill Guide Mining guide |
Intro
Mining is very usefull skill to make fast money, but you can also use it to train your smithing. There are loads of mining spots all around runescape, and loads of different types of ores. This guide is made to help you with all that.
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1. Pickaxes
2. The basics
3. Mining spots
4. Mining extra’s
Pickaxes
The first of all you'll need to find a pickaxe, else u can't mine.
This is a pickaxe:
There are different kinds of pickaxes: Bronze, iron, steel, mithril, admantite, and rune. Under here are the levels shown you must have before you can mine with them and the levels shown you must have to wield them.
| Pickaxe | Mining level required | Attack level required (to wear) |
| Bronze pickaxe | 1 | 1 |
| Iron pickaxe | 1 | 1 |
| Steel pickaxe | 6 | 5 |
| Mithril pickaxe | 21 | 20 |
| Adamantite pickaxe | 31 | 30 |
| Rune pickaxe | 41 | 40 |
The best place to buy a pickaxe is Nurmof's pickaxe shop. This shop can be found in the Dwarven mines. Nurmof sells all kind of pickaxes and he can also repair a broken pickaxe. This are the prices for the pickaxes in Nurmof's pickaxe shop:
| Pickaxe | Price |
| Bronze pickaxe | 1 gp |
| Iron pickaxe | 140 gp |
| Steel pickaxe | 500 gp |
| Mithril pickaxe | 1300 gp |
| Adamantite pickaxe | 3200 gp |
| Rune pickaxe | 32000 gp |
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The basics
When you have a pickaxe you have to find a mining spot. There are many mining spots all around Runescape, but all the main spots have a pickaxe 'sign' on the mini map, so you can easily recognise one.
The sign looks like this:
When you are arrived at a mining spot you'll see that not every rock is the same, so first before you're going to mine you'll have to prospect the rock (unless you already know what's in the rock), this way you'll find out what's in the rock. To prospect a rock you have to right click and then prospect rock.
When you've prospected the rock, and you know what kind of ore is in it, it's time to mine the rock. To mine the rock just left click on the rock and you'll start mining. There are for every kind of ore different levels required to mine, and not every ore can be mined on the same mining spot, so you have to train before you can mine better ores.
This are the levels required to mine the ores, and the experience gained from mining it:
| Ore | Mining level required | Experience | Members only |
| Rune essence | 1 | 5 | no |
| Clay | 1 | 5 | no |
| Copper ore | 1 | 17 | no |
| Tin ore | 1 | 17 | no |
| Bluerite | 10 | 17 | no |
| Iron ore | 15 | 35 | no |
| Silver ore | 20 | 40 | no |
| Coal ore | 30 | 50 | no |
| Gold ore | 40 | 65 | no |
| Mithril ore | 55 | 80 | no |
| Adamantite ore | 70 | 95 | no |
| Rune ore | 85 | 120 | no |
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Mining maps
There are loads of spots all around runescape where you can mine, but there really are a few better than the other spots.
F2p mining maps
Southwest Varrock mines
This is a great spot for mining silver, iron and tin ore. This spot can be easily found, just walk trough Varrock south gate, and then walk straight to the west and you'll find this spot.
- 8x Tin
- 3x Iron
- 3x Clay
- 3x Silver
Southeast Varrock mines
This spot is really good for mining iron, copper and tin ore. This spot can be found by walking trough Varrock south gate, and then walk straight to the east.
Al Kharid mines
This is a very big spot with many different kind of ores, like: iron ore, gold, silver, coal, mithril ore, copper ore, tin ore and adamantite ore. This mining spot can be found north of Al kharid, so just walk straight to the north when you're in Al Kharid.
- 9x Iron
- 5x Silver
- 4x Coal
- 3x Copper
- 2x Gold
- 2x Mithril
- 2x Adamantite
- 1x Tin
Rimmington mines
This mining spot can be found south of Falador, north of Rimmington, and west from Port Sarim. This spot is great for mining: iron, copper, clay, tin and gold.
- 6x Iron
- 5x Copper
- 2x Clay
- 2x Gold
- 2x Tin
The Lumbridge swamp mines
This is a very useful mining place for mining: Coal, mithril and adamantite ore. This spot can be found south of Lumbridge, but beware, there are some goblins walking around in the swamps.
- 7x Coal
- 5x Mithril
- 2x Adamantite
Barbarian Village mining spot
This is a mining spot with coal and tin rocks. It can be found in the centre of Barbarian village.
Wilderness maps
The steel mines (wilderness level 6/7)
This is a very small mining place in the wilderness north of Edgeville. There are only Coal and Iron rocks.
Warning: there are skeletons of level 23 and level 25 walking around there.
Skeleton mine (wilderness level 9/10/11)
This is a very big mining place with only coal rocks. But there are many skeletons walking around there so be careful. This mining place can be found north-west of Edgeville, in the wilderness, so also be careful for PKers.
The hobgoblin mine (wilderness level 29/30/31/32)
This is the biggest wilderness mining place, with coal, mithril, adamantite and iron rocks. But there are many hobgoblins level 28 walking around there and it's high wilderness so be very careful for PKers. The hobgoblin mine can be found by just walking straight to the north when you're in Edgeville, until lvl 29 wilderness.
- 32x Coal
- 19x Mithril
- 16x Iron
- 7x Adamantite
Rune rocks (wilderness level 46)
This is the only f2p spot with rune rocks to mine, that's why it's called: 'Rune rocks' there are 2 rune rocks at this spot. But you have to be careful because there are many deadly red spiders (level 34) walking around there, and rune rocks is also a favourite spot for deep wildy PKers. Rune rocks can be found on lvl 46 wilderniss North of Falador.
Edgville sewers mining spot
This mining spot is in the middle of the Edgeville sewers. There are: Coal, gold, Mithril, adamantite, tin and copper rocks, but beware, there are many monsters walking around in these sewers.
Close bank Edgville and west Varrock [close bank map]
- 6x Coal
- 3x Silver
- 3x Iron
- 2x Adamantite
- 2x Tin
- 2x Copper
- 1x Mithril
P2p mining maps
East Ardougne
This spot is very good for iron. The closest bank is east Ardougne bank.[close bank map]
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Mining extra's
Dwarven stout
A dwarven stout is a beer which gives you +1 mining and +1 smithing level for a short time. This can be very usefull for mining an ore you normally can't mine because your mining level is 1 level too low or for acces to the mining guild.
A dwarven stout can be bought for 3 coins from kaylee who works in the bar in the centre of Falador, near Falador west bank and Falador general store.
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