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74 Mining

 

Need 2800 Iron

 

 

 

Question:

 

Best place in F2P to mine iron and bank it.

 

Also is it possible within a week of playing 2 hours a day?

 

I know it's 100 trips...

 

But I'm no good at working out the time

 

 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Samari81 :

I think varrock mine is good is close to bank and not crowded :D

 

Or you can go to mining guild...

I think varrock mine is good is close to bank and not crowded :D

 

Or you can go to mining guild...

 

 

 

I was thinking Varrock

 

But do you have any ideas on timing differences between the two? :

Varrock east mining location was the best for me, it seemed, but you might want to try the west mine as well.

 

 

 

Mine at the east mine, until full inventory, then walk north, along the east wall of Varrock, and then bank at the small/east bank and reverse the path back to the mine.

 

 

 

Mine the three rocks in the mine that are facing the outside.

 

 

 

The iron in the mine looks like this sorta (the little "o" is an iron rock):

 

----o

 

oo

 

o

 

 

 

Mine the top three there.

 

 

 

 

 

Try to go to a world with 1500+ people in it, but no one else at the mine (or no one near your level) - world hop until you find a good world.

 

Tip: Surprisingly, world 1 is usually empty in the mine, but has a lot of people, so the iron rocks spawn faster.

 

Make sure you have a rune pickaxe.

 

 

 

I definitely think you can mine 2800 iron in a week, 2hr/day :)

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

Or you can go to mining guild...

There is no iron in the mining guild :D

Varrock east mining location was the best for me, it seemed, but you might want to try the west mine as well.

 

 

 

Mine at the east mine, until full inventory, then walk north, along the east wall of Varrock, and then bank at the small/east bank and reverse the path back to the mine.

 

 

 

Mine the three rocks in the mine that are facing the outside.

 

 

 

The iron in the mine looks like this sorta:

 

----.

 

..

 

.

 

 

 

Mine the top three there.

 

 

 

 

 

Try to go to a world with 1500+ people in it, but no one else at the mine (or no one near your level) - world hop until you find a good world.

 

Tip: Surprisingly, world 1 is usually empty in the mine, but has a lot of people, so the iron rocks spawn faster.

 

Make sure you have a rune pickaxe.

 

 

 

I definitely think you can mine 2800 iron in a week, 2hr/day :)

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

Or you can go to mining guild...

There is no iron in the mining guild :D

 

 

 

Great thanks.

 

Any ideas on time per 1k ores?

I timed myself mining iron ore at the mine near the wizard's guild (P2P area)...

 

I get 403 rocks (banked) in 47 minutes.

 

 

 

That mine, however, is a little bit closer to a bank than the Varrock mine is to a bank.

 

At the above, rate, though, it would take 116 minutes to get 1000 iron.

 

 

 

Assume a little bit longer for the varrock mine, so maybe 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes for 1k rocks :D

 

 

 

NOTE: I was multitasking when mining those rocks, too, btw.

 

Also note, I am level 3, so my pickaxe was in my inventory which means I can only carry 27 ore per load, so that's slower than you

I got 500 ores powermining in less then 1 hour lv 47-49

Great, so now I'm set

 

Thanks guys :D

 

 

 

So it is:

 

 

 

Varrock east mine

 

Varrock east bank

 

Around 1k rocks in about 2hours

 

So that should be done in around 3 days :D

 

Perfect

 

 

 

Thanks alot

Good Lucky :thumbsup: