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Skills · RuneScape

Mining

You mine the ore the rework wants, with a pick of the right tier. This page is RuneScape. The Motherlode Mine is the other game. You do not need 99 to use the ore.

Mining in RuneScape

Words on this page

Rockertunity: a spark on the rock. Click it for extra progress. Stone spirit: an item that gives extra ore. Ore box: the box that holds ore so you walk less.

Unlock

Do the Mining and Smithing rework tutorial. The pick has to match the rock. Higher rocks want the Mining level written on them. Check the live wiki before you copy an old layout.

The route

  • Early

    Method
    Mine copper, then tin, then iron. You are learning the swing and the ore box, not hunting a secret rock.
    Place
    Burthorpe, or the mine the tutorial left you in. Keep a bank or an ore box close.
    Click
    Click the rock until it is done. Bank the ore, or put it in the box.
    Leave
    Leave when the next rock on the guide turns white. Staying on copper because it is quiet wastes the hour.
  • Mid

    Method
    Mine the concentrated rock the live wiki still ranks. Concentrated coal in the Living Rock Caverns is the name to check. If it is gone, use the rock the training page names.
    Place
    The Living Rock Caverns, if that coal is still listed. Otherwise the mine printed on the current training page.
    Click
    Click the rock. Click the rockertunity if you are looking. Missing one is fine. Mining the wrong tier is not.
    Leave
    Leave when your pick and your level open the next ore you will actually smith.
  • Late · look away

    Method
    Mine the rock the wiki calls the look-away hour. Animica is the family to check. If the page names a different rock, that rock wins.
    Place
    The mine the training page gives for that rock. Not an Old School guild.
    Click
    Click once, wait, bank. Use stone spirits if you want the extra ore.
    Leave
    Leave when you have the ore your smithing goal needed, or when the wiki moves the rock.
  • Late · click

    Method
    Mine the same tier, and click every rockertunity. This is the fast fork. It is not a second skill.
    Place
    The same mine, or the higher rock the wiki ranks for clicking. Do not paste granite from the other game.
    Click
    Click the spark on the rock. If you will not watch the screen, go back to the look-away rock.
    Leave
    Leave when you are watching a video instead of the sparks. That is the other rock's job.

Inventory

Bring the best pick you can use, an ore box, and stone spirits for the ore you will keep. Wear golem pieces if you have them. Do not bring a Motherlode sack. That is the other game.

Money fork

Ore you will smith is the useful hour. Extra ore is the coin hour if the price says so. A rockertunity hour is for levels, not a shop. Check the wiki. Do not price Old School amethyst here.

Iron fork

Smith what you mine. That is the point of the rework. Do not buy someone else's ore stack and call it your route.

Kit

Wear the magic golem outfit if you own it. Use the best pick you can hold. Bring stone spirits for the ore you mean to keep.

Mistakes

Do not paste the Motherlode Mine onto this page. Do not mine starter iron for a members hour. Do not swing a bronze pick at a rock two tiers above it.

Stop

Stop when you have the ore the smithing tier needed. If you already kill bosses, you can stop there. 99 is a cape.

Official notes

XP rates move. Use the live wiki for the number. This page is the route.