Sacred Pickaxes or Rune Pickaxe?

[Sentry_Wolf]

Hello,

 

 

 

After finished my Agility goal, I am moving onto my Mining goal of 100k coal, but i'm stuck inbetween two choices.

 

 

 

Sacred Pickaxe or Rune Pickaxe.

 

 

 

With the new update, (double the XP) I would get 97 mining with 100k coal, and only 91 mining if I stuck with rune.

 

They are the same speed, and you can get up to 400 xp a rock from mining coal if you have varrock amour.

 

Problem is, getting the tools. It took me an hour to get 5 tools, and the pickaxe dosen't crumble until after a few loads.

 

 

 

Question I am asking, is it worth it to spend the extra time at SC to gather the points for the tools? Or will I just stick with a rune pickaxe? Which in the long run, would be easier to 99?

 

 

 

Thanks if you can help.

 

-Sentry.

[awesome400]

i highly doubt that it takes longer to get enuf picks to mine coal then mining 100k coal...

[Master_Smither]

This can easily be done yourself. Since I don't know the new point system I can't realy say 100%. But you can see howlong 1 pickaxe lasts and see how long it takes to get enough points for 1 pickaxe. If in the time it lasts plus the time it takes you get double the coal than you did with the time it lasts then it's not worth it.

 

 

 

So like lets say it lasts 4 loads (112 coal) and in a regular game (20 minutes) you get 2 pickaxes or so. So in that 25-30 minutes you got 112 coal and a potentional for 224 coal. So if you can get 672 coal in that 25-30 minutes with a rune pick it is not worth it.

 

 

 

I hope I made sense because it does to me :mrgreen:

[ladycai]

In the long run, a sacred pick would give you more xp per yield, while a rune pick would give normal experience; I get that you're looking for the fastest way, not the cheapest way; I would swap between the two, use a sacred pickaxe for a while, and then back to rune if you don't feel like taking a break; if you do, then go back over to Stealing Creation and get yourself another one! :thumbsup:

 

 

 

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[Sir_Redhead]

I have noticed that the sacred pic is slower. At least, it appears to me that it is.