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Mining

Introduction

Mining is the skill used to get ores from rocks. To mine, you have to wield a pickaxe. On the tutorial island you'll get a bronze pickaxe. The higher your mining level, the better the rock you can mine. In addition, you mine faster with better mining level and/or better pickaxes. Better rocks are of course more valuable. You can find rocks to mine on "mining sites", which are all over the RuneScape world. The ores can be used in Smithing to make bars, which can then be forged or crafted into various items.

To see which ore a rock contain, you can right click on it and select "Prospect". To mine it, simply click on the rock once and wait until you get some ore. Once you have obtained the ore, there will be no ore in the rock for some seconds, depending on the type of ore it contains. When you have mined a rock, you can wait or move to another rock. If someone else mine the rock before you, then the ore will disappear too. You should see the smithing guide too for smelting and smithing details.
NOTE: In the tables, cells with white background are free, while darker background is members-only!

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Pickaxes

Mining Ores / Rocks

Mining Sites

Gems

- Regular Gems

- Shilo Gems

Additional Items

Pickaxes

You can buy pickaxes from Numorf the Dwarf, he's in the Dwarven Mine. Below, there is a table with information about the different pickaxes.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Shop price
	Bronze pickaxe	1	1 gp
	Iron pickaxe	4	137 gp
	Steel pickaxe	6	490 gp
	Mithril pickaxe	21	1300 gp
	Adamant pickaxe	31	3200 gp
	Rune pickaxe	41	32000 gp (32K)
	Inferno Adze	41	none
	Dragon pickaxe	61	4000000gp

Mining Ores / Rocks

Here is a list with the ores you can obtain with some information.

Picture	Name	Mined pic	Level needed	Earned XP	Respawn Time	Info
	Rune Essence		1	5	0	Used in the Runecrafting Skill
	Clay		1	5	1 sec	Used in low level crafting to make pottery
	Copper		1	17.5	5 sec	Used with tin to make bronze
	Tin		1	17.5	5 sec	Used with copper to make bronze
	Limestone		1	26.5		Used to make Limestone Bricks.
	Blurite		10	17.5	10 sec	Used in the Knight's Sword Quest, untradeable.
	Iron		15	35	10 sec	Used to make iron and steel bars
	Silver		20	40	2 min	Used in crafting
	Elemental		20	40	2 min	Used to make Elemental Shields, after completing Elemental Workshop I.
	Coal		30	50	1 min	Most used ore, used in all medium and high level smithing (steel and better)
	Sandstone		35	30-60	5 sec	Used during the quest Enakhra's Lament.
	Gold		40	65	2 min	Used in crafting to make necklaces, amulets and rings
	Gem Rocks		40	65	2 min	Used for getting Opal, Jade, Red Topaz, Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds
	Granite		45	40-75	6 sec	Used during Enakhra's Lament and King's Ransom and to make Granite Crab pouches.
	Mithril		55	80	4 min	Used to make Mithril bars
	Adamantite		70	95	8 min	Used to make Adamantite bars
	Runite		85	125	20 min	Used to make Runite bars

Mining Sites

There are mining sites all over the RuneScape World: In the members only part, free part, dungeons, wilderness. They're spread all around the world. To see more info about the mining sites, check out our Mining Sites pages in the Atlas.

Below, we have info on locations of the different rocks (italic locations are members only):

Picture	Name	Location
	Rune Essence	Unknown. Look at our Runecrafting Guide for teleporters.
	Clay	Crafting Guild, Dwarven Mine, Al-Kharid Mine, Rimmington, Southwest Varrock, South of Taverley, Port Khazard
	Copper	Dwarven Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Southeast Varrock, Southwest Varrock, Al-Kharid Mine, Rimmington, South of Taverley, Port Khazard
	Tin	Dwarven Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Southeast Varrock, Southwest Varrock, Al-Kharid Mine, Rimmington, South of Taverley, Port Khazard
	Blurite	Ice Dungeon
	Iron	Dwarven Mine, Southwest Varrock, Southeast Varrock, Al-Kharid Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Hobgoblin Mine, Rimmington, East Ardougne, South of Ardougne, South Taverley, Mage Arena, Port Khazard, Tai Bwo Wannai, Entrance to monastery south of Ardougne, Air Obelisk Mine, Desert Camp, Lumbridge Dungeon
	Silver	Crafting Guild, Al-Kharid Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Southwest Varrock, Grand Tree Roots, Tai Bwo Wannai
	Elemental	Elemental Dungeon
	Coal	Mining Guild, Desert Mine, Crandor, Al-Kharid Mine, Lumbridge Swamp, Hobgoblin Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Skeleton Mine, Coal Trucks, Tai Bwo Wannai, Entrance to monastery south of Ardougne, Mage Arena, East Ardougne, Desert Camp, Hero's Guild, Grant Tree Roots, Port Khazard, South of Taverley.
	Sandstone	Desert Granite/Sandstone Quarry
	Gold	Crafting Guild, Al-Kharid Mine, Crandor Isle, Dwarven Mine, Rimmington, Karamja Volcano, Brimhaven, Grand Tree Roots, Both Keldagrim Mines
	Gem Rock	Shilo Village
	Granite	Desert Granite/Sandstone Quarry
	Mithril	Al-Kharid Mine, Dwarven Mine, Mining Guild, Crandor Isle, Lumbridge Swamps, Edgeville Dungeon, Hobgoblin Mine, Port Khazard, Tai Bwo Wannai, Hero's Guild, Mage Arena, Grand Tree Roots
	Adamantite	Al-Kharid Mine, Dwarven Mine, Edgeville Dungeon, Hobgoblin Mine, Lumbridge Swamps, Hero's Guild, Tai Bwo Wannai, Grand Tree Roots, Mage Arena, North Keldagrim Mine
	Runite	Level 46 Wilderness, Mining Guild Hidden Mine, Lava Maze Dungeon, Hero's Guild, Mourning's End Part 2 Quest Dungeon, North Keldagrim Mine

Gems

Regular Gems
When mining, you can randomly get gems. You will get 65 XP to your mining level, and the ore will stay in the rock. These gems can be used in Crafting to make rings, amulets and necklaces. Read more about this in our Crafting Guide.
When wearing an Amulet of Glory (members only), the chance of getting a gem while mining will increase.

Regular Gems
Sapphire	Emerald	Ruby	Diamond

Shilo Gems
Shilo Gems can just be mined from Gem Rocks in Shilo Village, and it's members only. To enter Shilo Village, you will have to do the Shilo Village quest.

Shilo Gems
Opal	Jade	Red Topaz

Additional Items

The Coal Bag can be purchased from the Dungeoneering trader just outside of Demonheim. The cost is 4k tokens, but the bag itself will hold 27 coal at a time. This is a good item to have if mining large amounts of coal ores due to the reduced trips to and from the bank. There are no required levels for use of this item.

The Gem Bag can be purchased from the Dungeoneering trader just outside of Demonheim. The Cost is 2k tokens, but the bag itself will hold 100 gems at a time. The bag will hold Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds. The required levels for use of this item are 25 Dungeoneering and 25 Crafting.

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