I'm interested in leveling mining as well as smithing, and one way to do this is gold. Is it reasonable to get a high level mining concentrated ore and smelting, or will I go crazy?

It's very reasonable, how high are you interested in going? Make sure you have the goldsmithing gaunts as well.

Don't really have a set goal at this point.

 

Already have the gaunts.

 

Also realized that I need 80 mining for concentrated gold, so I guess powermining iron until 80?

Don't really have a set goal at this point.

 

Already have the gaunts.

 

Also realized that I need 80 mining for concentrated gold, so I guess powermining iron until 80?

Granite would be faster, make sure you use humidify or have completed the Dealing with Scarabs(sp?) quest.

 

I would suggest switching to Concentrated Coal at 77, that is my plan too. :P

Don't really have a set goal at this point.

 

Already have the gaunts.

 

Also realized that I need 80 mining for concentrated gold, so I guess powermining iron until 80?

 

I mined iron until 77 because I don't like granite, but at 77, I'd go for concentrated coal, that way you'll get a glance at the caverns beforehand.

Okay, that sounds good. Thanks for you help.

I'm interested in leveling mining as well as smithing, and one way to do this is gold. Is it reasonable to get a high level mining concentrated ore and smelting, or will I go crazy?

you can superheat gold ores while you mine them, without interrupting the mining

You don't even need to click the concentrated ore rock more than once, so long as your timing is correct

Sure, you'll lose money. But you'll get 99 mining + smithing + magic in the same time it would take you to get 99 mining off concentrated gold ores

I'm interested in leveling mining as well as smithing, and one way to do this is gold. Is it reasonable to get a high level mining concentrated ore and smelting, or will I go crazy?

you can superheat gold ores while you mine them, without interrupting the mining

You don't even need to click the concentrated ore rock more than once, so long as your timing is correct

Sure, you'll lose money. But you'll get 99 mining + smithing + magic in the same time it would take you to get 99 mining off concentrated gold ores

 

Are you implying you can superheat the gold ores as you mine them without having to reclick the rock? If not, then it still would take longer since you need the time to actually cast the superheat spell, and then remine the gold.

Are you implying you can superheat the gold ores as you mine them without having to reclick the rock?

yes, gold ores will in fact still be appearing in your inventory as you cast the superheat spell

 

The caveat as, you cannot cast the spell too quickly. Typically you can cast the superheat spell every 2.4 seconds, HOWEVER you must wait a full 3.0 seconds otherwise the second spell will interrupt your mining and force you to click the rock again.

 

rule of thumb: when your superheating animation ends, you are free to cast another superheat

Whats the time difference of banking iron ores versus dropping them all? I think the 3 piscatoris iron rocks are the best spot for this, right?

To your original inquiry...that is the method I'm using right now in fact :mrgreen:. Have been using it ever since 82 smithing (94 smithing currently). I have amassed over 80k bars, and may not end up ever switching to other methods. You just have to bear in mind that you will be smelting bar, after bar, after bar. I still have 90k bars left if I decide to follow through all the way to 99. Still though, its a unique way to level and racks in plenty of xp (caused me to jump from 13 mill mining xp to 20 mill).

Thanks for your reply Shahdie. As long as someone else can tolerate this method then I should be okay with it :P

I love powerheating gold. It's like alching, but you get smithing xp as a bonus !

I realize i'm bringing this back from the dead, but I thought it made more sense than making a new topic.

 

I'm looking into other ways for raising smithing levels (mith platebodies), and was wondering if it made more sense to sell the gold ore I get from the concentrated mines and use that money for mithril bars, or keep the ore and smelt it, then sell it?

I realize i'm bringing this back from the dead, but I thought it made more sense than making a new topic.

 

I'm looking into other ways for raising smithing levels (mith platebodies), and was wondering if it made more sense to sell the gold ore I get from the concentrated mines and use that money for mithril bars, or keep the ore and smelt it, then sell it?

superheating gold ores is cheaper than smithing mithril platebodies, even with SC hammers.

smelting gold ores without superheating is even cheaper than that.

Once again i highly recommend the superheating as you mine concentrated gold ore method, it's by far the best.

Thanks for the quick response! I appreciate the advice.