-Ultimate Mining Guide by Tiigon-

[The Runar]

Welcome to my mining guide! This guide is for F2P players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Starting off

 

 

 

2 - Ores and pickaxes

 

 

 

3 - Mining sites

 

 

 

4 - F.A.Q.

 

 

 

5 - Other stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Starting off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To start mining, you need a pickaxe. You can get bronze pickaxe from Mining Tutor at Lumbridge Swamp east mine. To mine ore, simply click the rock you want to mine and wait some seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 - Ores and pickaxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can mine lots of different ores. Here's list of all ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINING LVL - ORE NAME - XP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Tin - 17,5

 

 

 

1 - Copper - 17,5

 

 

 

1 - Clay - 5

 

 

 

1 - Rune Essence (after Rune Mysteries) - 5

 

 

 

10 - Blurite (when doing Knight's Sword) - 17,5

 

 

 

15 - Iron - 35

 

 

 

20 - Silver - 40

 

 

 

30 - Coal - 50

 

 

 

40 - Gold - 65

 

 

 

55 - Mithril - 80

 

 

 

70 - Adamant - 95

 

 

 

85 - Runite - 125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And pickaxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINING LVL - PICKAXE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Bronze

 

 

 

1 - Iron

 

 

 

6 - Steel

 

 

 

21 - Mithril

 

 

 

31 - Adamant

 

 

 

41 - Rune

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 - Mining Sites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can find many mining sites in RuneScape World. Here's info for most of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lumbridge Swamp East Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tin - yellow

 

 

 

Copper - red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is low-leveled players mining site and probably the best to mine tin and copper. Here's route to bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank is at highest floor of Lumbridge castle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Varrock west mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clay

 

 

 

Iron - yellow

 

 

 

Silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is pretty good mine for iron powermining. Nearest bank is Varrock west bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lumbridge Swamp West Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coal - red

 

 

 

Mithril - blue

 

 

 

Adamant - green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is very good mine for Mithril and Adamant mining. It's often used by lvl 60-70 miners. Nearest bank is in Draynor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karamja Volcano Gold Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold - yellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is little mine with 4 Gold ores. It's not recommended for low-leveled players, because there is about lvl-20 Skeletons. There is no bank nearby, I think nearest is Falador East Bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dwarven mines:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clay

 

 

 

Tin

 

 

 

Copper

 

 

 

Iron

 

 

 

Coal

 

 

 

Gold

 

 

 

Mithril

 

 

 

Adamant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very good mining spot. Nearly all ores in RuneScape. If you have 60 Mining, you can enter Mining Guild. Mining Guild contains 37 Coal and 5 Mithril. Dwarven mines contains not only ores, but pickaxe shop, ore shop and Scorpions. Not recommended for low-level miners because of the scorpions. Nearest bank is in Falador:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chasm mine:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tin

 

 

 

Copper

 

 

 

Iron

 

 

 

Silver

 

 

 

Coal

 

 

 

Gold

 

 

 

Mithril

 

 

 

Adamant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty good mining spot, but no bank nearby. Also contains lots of lvl-14 Scorpions. Nearest bank is in Al-Kharid:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runite Mine:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ores:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runite - cyan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only place in F2P where you can mine Runite. Be careful of lvl-33 spiders and PKers! There is no bank close to it. Nearest is in Edgeville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Route to Edgeville bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some other mines too, like Varrock East Mine and Rimmington, but they are rarely used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 - F.A.Q.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing right now, ask if you want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 - Other Stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you want to select a world, use these hints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Square - DON'T PRESS THIS BUTTON. This is worst thing you can do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Square - PRESS THIS BUTTON. Then world are ordered by players on it. Select the first world. Many players go to less crowded worlds, so you can see there's nearly no players at mining sites! Because there is lots of players anyway, ore respawn time is lowest possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: This square marks the 'up' arrow on 'players'...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Square - An example for good world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERCHANTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where to sell ores? What is good price? Best place is Falador east bank:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prices are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORE - PRICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tin - 5 gp each

 

 

 

Copper - 5 gp each

 

 

 

Clay - no one buys or sells

 

 

 

Rune Essence - 30 gp each

 

 

 

Blurite - not tradable

 

 

 

Iron - 50-100 gp each

 

 

 

Silver - don't know

 

 

 

Coal - 150-200 gp each

 

 

 

Gold - don't know

 

 

 

Mithril - 500-1,000 gp each

 

 

 

Adamant - 2,000-3,000 gp each

 

 

 

Runite - 10,000 gp each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-TRAINING-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to mine at different lvls?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 1: Do Doric's quest - it gives enough xp to lvl 11-12 and it's very easy. You can obtain iron ore from other players or Dwarven Mines ore shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvls 1-15: Mine Tin and Copper. Best places are Lumbridge Swamp east mine and Varrock east mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 6: Buy Steel Pickaxe from Nurmof in Dwarven mines if you can afford it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvls 15-60: Now it's time for some iron. Mine around 7K Iron ores and you have lvl 60 mining.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 21: Buy mithril pickaxe from Nurmof, price is 1,300 gp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 31: Buy adamant pickaxe from Nurmof, price is 3,200 gp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 41: Buy rune pickaxe from Nurmof, price is 32,000 gp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvls 60-99: Mine Coal in the mining guild. You need around 100,000-150,000 coal to lvl 99 mining.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lvl 99: If you're member, buy Mining skillcape from one of the dwarves around the mining guild's entrance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huh, it was lots of writing! I hope this guide helps!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Tiigon

[mucco]

Nice guide, it lacks a couple things to be considered good for a f2p mining guide though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may want to add the southeast Varrock mine, as there are 4 iron rocks there (I believe) and the walk isn't much longer than west mine.

 

 

 

A good place for gold and silver is the crafting guild, although bank is a bit far away, it's probably faster gold than karamja volcano.

 

 

 

Also, for high levels, the hobgoblin mine (halfway from edgeville to rune rocks) can provide a lot of good ores, including a furnace nearby, so you can bank directly addy or mith ores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The advice about worlds is good, but I had to spend a couple minutes trying to find all the squares! Maybe it's just me :XD: but some brighter colours could do.

[Poddy295]

Decent written guide, The closest bank to the gold rocks is actually draylor village, and the world that jagex suggests, is the one that will lag the least for you.

[Kaphias]

Decent written guide, The closest bank to the gold rocks is actually draylor village, and the world that jagex suggests, is the one that will lag the least for you.

 

 

 

I was just gonna say that. :D

[The Runar]

 

Decent written guide, The closest bank to the gold rocks is actually draylor village, and the world that jagex suggests, is the one that will lag the least for you.

 

 

 

I was just gonna say that. :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay...

[madthing70]

Blue Square - PRESS THIS BUTTON. Then world are ordered by players on it. Select the first world. Many players go to less crowded worlds, so you can see there's nearly no players at mining sites! Because there is lots of players anyway, ore respawn time is lowest possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mabe its just me but it looks green to me.

[madthing70]

I don't know if its true (I think it is though), in more crowded worlds the ores come back to rocks quicker.

[SwreeTak]

Nice guide!

 

 

 

Maybe you should add where you should mine when your mining level is like 10-20, 20-30, 30-40 and so on...

[jwrm22]

nice guide but the pictures are way too dark and take a screen when all rocks are full (i cant see the rune rocks in the pic)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also more tips is usefull, and why would i mine gold in karamja volcanos...

[Hereticus]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Varrock East mine is closer to a bank for mining tin and copper than that Lumbridge swamp mine.

[Agshlee]

I don't know if its true (I think it is though), in more crowded worlds the ores come back to rocks quicker.

 

 

 

Yeah the respawn rate goes up to compensate for the larger amount of players. Alright guide.

[Pandaman115]

*Assumes this is yoru first guide*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a good guide for a first guide. There is a tad bit missing, and a tad bit misorganization. Still fairly well written.

[wakka102]

Your price on rune ore is way off. It goes for 11k easily, I had a permanent buyer for 11.5k, if your lucky you can sell for 12k per.

[Striker6]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Varrock East mine is closer to a bank for mining tin and copper than that Lumbridge swamp mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah thats a good point.

[The Runar]

Thank you for comments! I perhaps add the training section here.

[jondea0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some other mines too, like Varrock East Mine and Rimmington, but they are rarely used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

quite the oposite these are very well used!! there are enough tin and copper to go around and 4 iron rocks very near the bank. also rimmington is the best place to power mine in f2p for there arnt usualy people there.

[Captainkidd]

This is like the same thing, just with out prices that are out of date.