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Mining

• Introduction

• Training Guide

• Mining Chart

• Pickaxes

• Mines

• Mining Guild

Introduction

    Mining is one of the most profitable skills in Runescape, especially if you can put it together with Smithing, but that requires a lot of work.  The easiest is to pick one and focus, since you can never mine enough to smith.  No matter what you choose to do in Runescape, you will want to at least get your mining up to 15, since that can provide you with some basic ores for other things, such as crafting.  

    To start mining, you need a pick axe.  A simple bronze pick axe will do for now, until you have a higher mining.  Once you have a pick (you should have from tutorial island), go to a mine.  You can find a mine by looking on the world map, or by asking someone nice enough to help, but don't beg.  Simply (left) click on the rock you want to mine.  This may not be a rock you can mine yet, if you repeatedly get no ore.  Compare what the rock looks like to the chart below.  Note: you can also right-click on a rock, and select prospect to see which ore is in the rock, if you can not tell after a few tries, it is probably out of your mining range.

    When you start you can only mine copper and tin, but with a little work you can soon start to be mining coal and making the money.  Do not try to sell any of your copper or tin ore, most players will not buy, and it will waste time you can otherwise be spending mining.  If you do not plan to smith your copper or tin into bronze, my recommendation would be to just drop the ore, since it will do no good taking up bank space. 

    One of the most popular mines is the Dwarven mine, located under Ice Mountain, and another entrance from Falador.  It has every type of ore in it (except rune), and it is close to a bank for convenience.  This makes it one of the most crowded mines, which can make it hard to get ore with so many competitors.

    Many places in Runescape have monsters, as you have seen, and mines are not an exception.  The most common monster in mines is the scorpion (lvl 21), which has killed many miners, both strong and weak.  Until you are confident in your ability to defeat a scorpion, bring protection (sword, armour), especially in case of the King Scorpion (lvl 36).

Training Guide

Levels 1-10:  For these first levels, it does not matter where you mine, since all mines contain the basic metals.  Start mining either copper or tin, but once you have a ]full load, don’t put it in your bank unless you want to be a smither, and smith it later.  Let the ore drop on the ground, because there is little value in selling the tin or copper, and traveling back and forth is a waste of your time.  

Levels 10-20:  Now that you can start mining iron, you need to find a good mine.  The Dwarven mine in one of the most popular, but because of its crowds and scorpions (if you have a lower combat level) is not suitable for mining.  For a mine that works for you, and if you are unsure, the south-west Varrock mine is a good place to start.  Iron is valuable enough to store in your bank, so take the time to do that. 

Levels 20-30:  Your mining should be high-enough now that you can start to make a profit. These levels are probably the hardest to get through, since you are still mining iron, but after you get to level 30 you can mine coal.  Keep mining iron in the same location as you were, unless you want a change of scenery :) 

Levels 30-40:  You have two choice upon reaching level 30, either mine coal to make a profit, or keep mining iron to get your level up.  Even though the first choice might seem better; the second will benefit you in the long run mining coal at its lowest level takes a while, and when you are competing with people who have the same mining level if not higher, they will usually get the coal before you.  (You should switch to Dwarven Mine). 

Levels 50-60:  Now that you can mine coal in the guild, your mining ability will almost double, and your profits will soar.  Don’t mine the Mithril in the guild even thought it is tempting, since you will rarely get it because of higher level people competing to get it. You can also get 3-4 coals before you can get 1 Mithril, which means making money faster and leveling up faster. 

Levels 60-70:  Levels used to seem short compared to now, right?  Since you will be needing hundreds of thousands of experience points to get these higher levels, you must fully commit to mining.   Some people take a “vacation” to take a break from mining, and work on other skills, but if if you do stay away for a long time your hard work will go to waste.  Hold off on the Mithril until your mining is 65 or more.  Keep banking your coal, and periodically cert it and sell them to make some money. Remember, Adamantite is level 70...

Levels 70-85:  If you want to go all the way to rune everything you’ve done will seem like nothing, since you need almost 14 million experience points.  Coal and Mithril should be your main mining metal, but Adamantite is easy to get once you get a few levels past level 70.  Choose which one will help you make the most profit and sell it.  Remember level 85 is the goal for all miners in Runescape. 

Levels 85-99:  Now that you have reached your goal, you are among the elite miners of Runescape.  The only place where you can mine rune is the Wilderness, so make sure you higher protection when you go in.  They can be friends, bodyguards or your own weapons, it is a personal choice.  

Mining Chart

Ore	Picture		Mining Req.	Exp.	Respawn Time
Any Gem			1	0
Clay			1	5
Tin			1	17.5
Copper ore			1	17.5
Iron ore			15	35
Silver			20	40
Coal			30	50	30 seconds
Gold nuggets			40	65
Mithril ore			55	80
Adamantite ore			70	95	4 minutes, 30 seconds
Rune ore			85	125

Pickaxes

Mining requires a pickaxe, which you simple click on the rock to mine.  The different pickaxes determining how many times the pickaxe will swing automatically (repeats) for your one click until it get the rock.

The new axes can be bought from a Dwarf in the Dwarven Mines. Different types aren't essential but are useful for Mining higher level ores.

Mining Locations

See the Maps for the Mines in the Map Section.

As you can see their are 3 main mines in Runescape, Scorpion Pit, Dwarven Mine, and Edgeville Dungeon.  Of these, two are widely used because of their ease in transport, since Edgeville is in a dungeon, of course.  However, if you know you will be mining one of a certain type of rock that can be found elsewhere, I recommend to mine their since less people will be there.

Mining Guild

    You may enter the mining guild once you have a mining level of 60. Inside you will find more than 20 coal rocks and 3 Mithril rocks. There are two entrances to this guild, one through the building right behind Falador bank, and another in back of the Dwarven Mines by the coal rocks.  If you are level 59 and wish to enter, you can drink a Dwarven stout to boost your mining level by one, but it will wear off.

Written by Duke Atreide, level 70 miner.

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