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Mining UI

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 and Geodes can be found in every location.

Uses[edit | edit source]

Mining Locations[edit | edit source]

There is currently a total of 9 Mining Locations available in the game:

Level Name EXP GP Base Time Base XP per Hour Possible Loot
1 Clay Pit 5 1-5 5 Seconds 3,600 Copper Ore Tin Ore Clay Stone Sand Fat Nightcrawler Bait
1 Slate Spire 5 1-15 7 Seconds 2,571 Stone Sand Rune Slate
10 City Outskirts 10 1-20 8 Seconds 4,500 Copper Ore Tin Ore Iron Ore Clay Stone Sand Fat Nightcrawler Bait
20 Village 15 1-20 8 Seconds 6,750 Iron Ore Stone Coal Fat Nightcrawler Bait
30 Desert 30 1-100 12 Seconds 9,000 Iron Ore Gold Ore Mithril Ore Clay Sand Silver Coal Rune Slate Salt
40 Underground 40 1-100 12 Seconds 12,000 Iron Ore Gold Ore Mithril Ore Stone Silver Coal Rune Slate Salt
50 Hidden Mine 60 1-200 15 Seconds 14,400 Gold Ore Mithril Ore Adamantite Ore Runite Ore Stone Silver Rune Slate
60 Volcano 70 1-200 15 Seconds 16,800 Gold Ore Mithril Ore Adamantite Ore Runite Ore Silver Rune Slate
70 Deep Pit [Dangerous] 100 15-500 20 Seconds 18,000* Gold Ore Runite Ore Stygian Ore Rune Slate Void Stone
Greater Demon Greater Demon (Deep Pit) - - - - Gold Ore Rune Slate Air RuneEarth RuneFire RuneWater RuneBlood Rune
Death RuneChaos RuneNature RuneMind RuneCosmic Rune
Ashes Burnt Fish Scroll Ichor Book
Emerald Sapphire Diamond Black Opal Adamantite Boots Runite Boots Molten Ashes Infernal Flame Mysterious Seed Demonic Trial

*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[edit | edit source]

A player's mining speed for each location is determined based on the following formula:

Gathering Table[edit | edit source]

Ores[edit | edit source]

Copper Ore Item GP Location(s) Found Highest Yield/Hour
Copper Ore Copper Ore 5 Clay Pit
Tin Ore Tin Ore 5 Clay Pit
Iron Ore Iron Ore 20 Village
Gold Ore Gold Ore 100 Underground
Mithril Ore Mithril Ore 75 Underground
Adamantite Ore Adamantite Ore 100 Hidden Mine
Runite Ore Runite Ore 200 Deep Pit
Stygian Ore Stygian Ore 500 Deep Pit
Void Stone Void Stone 1,500 Deep Pit

Drop Frequency[edit | edit source]

Copper Ore Tin Ore Iron Ore Gold Ore Mithril Ore Adamantite Ore Runite Ore Stygian Ore Void Stone Clay Stone Sand Silver Coal Rune Slate Salt Fat Nightcrawler Bait Total
Clay Pit 20 20 40 10 10 1 101
Slate Spire 15 15 75 105
City Outskirt 30 30 5 10 10 10 5 1 101
Village 50 25 25 1 101
Desert 9 5 20 3 20 20 10 9 10 106
Underground 5 25 20 5 15 5 15 10 100
Hidden Mine 10 10 35 5 10 20 10 100
Volcano 10 20 20 20 20 10 100
Deep Pit 15 50 15 5 15 100

Note that these numbers represent a frequency, that's why they sometimes add up to more than 100 in total.
To get percentage values, use the following formula: . i.e. Clay in Desert: (3 / 106) * 100 = 2.83%

Average Drop Per Hour[edit | edit source]

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
Clay Pit 144 144 288 72 72
City Outskirt 135 135 22.5 45 45 45 22.5
Village 225 112.5 112.5
Desert 25.47 14.15 56.6 8.49 56.6 56.6 28.3 25.47 28.3
Underground 15 75 60 15 45 15 45 30
Hidden Mine 24 24 84 12 24 48 24
Volcano 24 48 48 48 48 24
Deep Pit 40.91 81.82 40.91 16.36

Gems[edit | edit source]

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.

Sapphire Item GP Distribution
Sapphire Sapphire 1,000 40%
Emerald Emerald 2,000 30%
Ruby Ruby 5,000 20%
Diamond Diamond 10,000 7%
Black Opal Black Opal 50,000 3%

Other[edit | edit source]

Stone Item Exp GP Zones Found
Clay Clay 1 1 Clay Pit
City Outskirts
Desert

Deep Pit

Stone Stone 1 1 Clay Pit
City Outskirts
Village
Underground

Slate Spires

Hidden Mine

Deep Pit

Sand Sand 1 1 Clay Pit
City Outskirts
Desert

Slate Spires

Silver Silver 25 100 Desert
Underground
Hidden Mine
Volcano
Coal Coal 10 20 City Outskirts
Village
Desert
Underground
Rune Slate Rune Slate 10 15 City Outskirts

Desert
Underground
Slate Spires

Hidden Mine
Volcano
Deep Pit

Salt Salt 10 10 Desert
Underground

Equipment[edit | edit source]

Equipment that can used to support mining outside of enchantments.

Stygian Pickaxe Item Requirement Source Effect Augmenting Bonus Enchantment Slots
Bronze Pickaxe Bronze Pickaxe - Crafting 10 Mining Level +0.5 Mining Level 1
Iron Pickaxe Iron Pickaxe 10 Mining Crafting 20 Mining Level +1 Mining Level 2
Mithril Pickaxe Mithril Pickaxe 30 Mining Crafting 30 Mining Level +1.5 Mining Level 3
Adamantite Pickaxe Adamantite Pickaxe 40 Mining Crafting 40 Mining Level +2 Mining Level 4
Runite Pickaxe Runite Pickaxe 50 Mining Crafting 50 Mining Level +2.5 Mining Level 5
Stygian Pickaxe Stygian Pickaxe 60 Mining Crafting 60 Mining Level +3 Mining Level 6
Dwarven Rocksmasher Dwarven Rocksmasher 80 Mining Crafting 90 Mining Level +5 Mining Level 8

Enchantments[edit | edit source]

List of useful Enchantments.

Scrollcrafting Scroll Slot Level Silver Amount Rune Amount Runes Effect per scroll
Scroll of the Soul Wisdom Scroll of the Soul Wisdom Ring, Necklace, Weapon, Shield, Helm, Body, Legs, Gloves, Boots, Cape, Arrows, Pickaxe, Hatchet, Hoe, Tacklebox, Tongs, Tome, Ladle, Combat-Amulet, Chisel 48 600 60 Chaos, Mind, Cosmic ONLY APPLIES TO THE ITEM THIS ENCHANTMENT IS ON. Increases soulbound item XP gain by 6%.
Scroll of Naturalist Scroll of Naturalist 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%.
Scroll of Prolonging Scroll of Prolonging 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).
Scroll of Enlightenment Scroll of Enlightenment Gloves, Boots 73 900 70 Air, Water, Chaos, Mind Gain 1 more essence per action where essence is acquired.
Scroll of Gathering Scroll of Gathering 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.
Scroll of Wealth Scroll of Wealth 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.
Scroll of the Scholar Scroll of the Scholar 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.
Scroll of Haste Scroll of Haste 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.
Scroll of Archaeology Scroll of Archaeology 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!
Scroll of Destructive Testing Scroll of Destructive Testing 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.
Scroll of the Prospector Scroll of the Prospector 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.
Scroll of Supercooling Scroll of Supercooling 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.
Scroll of Superheating Scroll of Superheating 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.
Scroll of Dwarven Engineering Scroll of Dwarven Engineering Pickaxe, Mining Set 83 1000 90 Air, Nature, Mind Gives a 0.20% chance to massively boost amount gathered.