Runite rocks

Runite rocks
Level required	85
Mining XP	125 xp
Required tool	Pickaxe
Respawn time	12 minutes; 6 minutes in Mining Guild

Variant 1Variant 2Prifddinas
Runite rocks
Released	13 August 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest	No
Location	Varies
Map icon
Options	Mine
Examine	A rocky outcrop.
Advanced data
Object ID	11377

Runite rocks are the second-highest level rock in Old School RuneScape, bested only by amethyst crystals, and require 85 Mining to mine. When successfully mined, the player receives a runite ore and 125 Mining experience. After being mined, runite rocks take 12 minutes to respawn. They are highly popular and often are depleted of their resources, which prompts players to switch worlds to find rocks that haven't been mined. It is recommended not to hop to busy servers as busy worlds are more likely to have their ores already depleted.

Mining runite ore is not recommended for players who are solely interested in levelling their mining skill due to how slowly the rocks are successfully mined. For example, to level from 98 to level 99, most players will need to spend at least 139814 mining attempts to gather enough to runite. This amounts to roughly 3 days of continuous mining.

When mining runite, players may find it useful to keep track of the time that they mined the ore as well as the world number. If done accurately, players can hop to other worlds (keeping more such notes along the way) to mine runite while keeping an eye on the time, and then hop back to worlds where they previously mined runite when it is about time for the ore to respawn. This method of collecting runite ore does not need to be used when mining outside of popular member areas, such as the Fossil Island mine requiring Bone voyage to access said mine, or at secluded areas like the Central Fremennik Isles mine, which requires starting The Fremennik Isles. Moreover, starting Mourning's End Part II and wearing Mourner gear opens up the Mourner Tunnels mine, which is another remote mine for members.

Runite rocks in places like the Central Fremennik Isles mine are not often targeted by players, and as such, there is less need to worry about the ore being contested, whereas the popular Lava Maze runite mine among free players is almost always taken. Member worlds are more empty. However, such places in the Wilderness are usually dangerous due to high-level monsters and, more importantly, player killers. The amount of players and especially bots change every few hours and some mines are better at certain hours.

Wearing expert mining gloves makes the rock not deplete upon mining runite, allowing you to mine an additional ore before depleting.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location	Spawns	Map	League region
Central Fremennik Isles mine	1	Show map	Fremennik✓
Fossil Island mine	2	Show map	Misthalin✓
Frozen Waste Plateau mine	3	Show map	Wilderness✓
Heroes' Guild mine	2	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Isafdar mine	2	Show map	Tirannwn✓
Isle of Souls Dungeon	1	Show map	Misthalin✓
Lava Maze Dungeon	1	Show map	Wilderness✓
Lava Maze runite mine	2	Show map	Wilderness✓
Mining Guild	2	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Mourner Tunnels	1	Show map	Tirannwn✓
Myths' Guild mine	2	Show map	Kandarin✓
South Mor Ul Rek mine	3	Show map	Karamja✓
The Stranglewood mine	1	Show map	Varlamore✓
Trahaearn mine	4	Show map	Tirannwn✓
Ruins of Tapoyauik	2	Show map	Varlamore✓

Mining info[edit | edit source]

Pre roll drops[edit | edit source]

A gem table rolls before the main drop table.^[1] There's a chance to receive nothing here so that players can receive no items from a runite rock even if they are guaranteed to receive a runite ore in the main drop table.^[2] The table gets more likely to be rolled if the player has a glory amulet equipped: the probability grows from 1/256 to 1/86.^[3]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	70/32,768; 70/11,008^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	32/32,768; 32/11,008^{[d 1]}	247	15
Uncut emerald	1	16/32,768; 16/11,008^{[d 1]}	455	30
Uncut ruby	1	8/32,768; 8/11,008^{[d 1]}	1,039	60
Uncut diamond	1	2/32,768; 2/11,008^{[d 1]}	2,358	120

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The drop rate is increased while wearing an amulet of glory

Main drops[edit | edit source]

The probability for a player to receive a runite ore drop depends on the player's mining level. The rock will deplete after receiving the Runite ore, unless affected by the effect of superior or expert mining gloves.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Runite ore	1	Always	10,871	1,920

The chance of successfully mining a runite rock varies from 11/256 at level 1 (if such a thing were possible), up to 19/256 at level 99.^[4]

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Conditional drops[edit | edit source]

The following table shows items that can be received in addition to the main resource.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Clue geode (beginner)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (easy)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (medium)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
Unidentified minerals	1	1/20^[5]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Crystal shard	1	1/65^[6]^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Loop half of key (moon key)	1	Unknown^{[d 3]}	Not sold	60
Rock golem	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A

^ Unidentified minerals can only be obtained while in the Mining Guild.
^ Only dropped from rocks in Prifddinas.
^ The Loop half of key (moon key) can only be received in Varlamore.

Tools & equipment[edit | edit source]

There's a 10% chance of mining 2 runite ores at once by wearing Varrock armour 4.
The expert mining gloves will allow you to mine an additional Runite Ore before depleting the rock.
It is recommended to use a dragon pickaxe to speed up the mining process.
The prospector kit can be worn to boost mining XP by 2.5%.
The celestial ring can be worn to provide an invisible +4 boost to mining level, regardless of charges. However, it does not provide any chance to receive additional runite ores. Note also that invisible boosts do not allow you to mine ores earlier than their required level.
Wearing a charged amulet of glory will increase the chance of obtaining gems while mining. A gem bag can be used to store them.
Wearing the Mining cape will provide a visible +1 boost to mining level. However, it does not provide any chance to receive additional runite ores.

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
20 March 2024 (update)	Map icon for the 2 standard variants changed from to .
15 March 2023 (update \| poll)	The object has been renamed from "Rocks" to "Runite rocks". The "Prospect" option was removed.
7 December 2022 (update \| poll)	The random tick delay after mining runite has been removed.
21 January 2016 (update \| poll)	The object was graphically updated

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "It adds a gem roll before each ore roll, and if you receive a gem you don't get the ore roll."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "Yes, [the mining gem table has] got [...] chance of giving no gem."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Mod Ash: "[the actual increase when wearing the Amulet of Glory while mining is] 1/86 rather than 1/256 for a gem."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Mod Ash: "7.1% per roll at 99, 3.9% per roll at level 1 (assuming you were even allowed to try)."
^ Mod Ed. "Mining Guild Expansion." 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Old School Announcements Forums.
^ "Araxxor CAs, Poll 82 Updates & More!". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 11 September 2024. Archived from the original. "Mining: Quantity is unchanged. Rate is improved to 1/65 from 1/127."

[row-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The drop rate is increased while wearing an amulet of glory

[7] Unidentified minerals can only be obtained while in the Mining Guild.

[9] Only dropped from rocks in Prifddinas.

[10] The Loop half of key (moon key) can only be received in Varlamore.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "It adds a gem roll before each ore roll, and if you receive a gem you don't get the ore roll."

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "Yes, [the mining gem table has] got [...] chance of giving no gem."

[3] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Mod Ash: "[the actual increase when wearing the Amulet of Glory while mining is] 1/86 rather than 1/256 for a gem."

[5] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Mod Ash: "7.1% per roll at 99, 3.9% per roll at level 1 (assuming you were even allowed to try)."

[6] Mod Ed. "Mining Guild Expansion." 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Old School Announcements Forums.

[8] "Araxxor CAs, Poll 82 Updates & More!". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 11 September 2024. Archived from the original. "Mining: Quantity is unchanged. Rate is improved to 1/65 from 1/127."

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