Mining

Mining is a skill that allows players to obtain ores from rocks. The higher a player's Mining level and the tier of their pickaxe, the more likely they are to successfully extract ore. Ores are used in Smithing to create bars.

You can purchase pickaxes from Master Smelter in the Skilling Zone, or get them as drops from monsters.

Ores

All ores can be found in the Skilling Zone.

Dragon ore can also be found at ::redwoods.

Level	Ore		Experience	Challenge Exp
1		Copper ore	875xp	350xp
1		Tin ore	875xp	350xp
1		Pure essence	450/525xp	180/210xp
15		Iron ore	1,250xp	500xp
30		Coal	1,750xp	700xp
40		Gold ore	3,250xp	1,300xp
55		Mithril ore	3,750xp	1,500xp
70		Adamantite ore	4,250xp	1,700xp
80		Runite ore	5,000xp	2,000xp
85		Celestial shards	8,250	3,300xp
90		Dragon ore	7,500xp	3,000xp

Pickaxes

Pickaxes are needed to mine rocks. They can be equipped as a weapon, giving players one extra space in their inventory. Higher level pickaxes grant more frequent opportunities to obtain an ore from a rock, but have no effect upon the chance of successfully doing so.

You can purchase pickaxes from Master Smelter in the Skilling Zone, or get them as drops from monsters.

A player's Mining level determines the type of pickaxe they can mine with. A player's Attack level determines if you can equip it or not.

Level	Pickaxe		Req. to equip
1		Bronze pickaxe	1
1		Iron pickaxe	1
6		Steel pickaxe	5
21		Mithril pickaxe	20
31		Adamant pickaxe	30
41		Rune pickaxe	40
61		Dragon pickaxe	60
61		Infernal pickaxe	60
81		Crystal pickaxe	1
85		Celestial pickaxe	1

Infernal pickaxe

The Infernal pickaxe is a special pickaxe that requires level 61 Mining to use. It is created by using a Smouldering stone on a Dragon pickaxe, requiring level 61 Mining and level 85 Smithing to create. Mining rocks with it equipped or in the inventory will give a 1/3 chance for the ore to automatically combust. This will consume the ore and will grant some Smithing experience, 2.5 times lower than the amount that would usually be gained when creating a bar from the ore, without requiring coal.

Celestial pickaxe

The Celestial pickaxe is a special pickaxe that requires level 85 Mining to use. it is created by combining a Celestial stone with the Crystal pickaxe. The Celestial pickaxe mines slightly faster than the Crystal pickaxe, it has 1/6 chance to get a noted ore while mining, and a 1/5 chance of receiving an extra Stardust when mining Shooting stars.

Skilling outfit

Outfit		Exp bonus	How to obtain
	Mining hat	+2% Exp	Obtained by completing the easy achievement: Ore Extractor Mine 125 ore
	Mining top	+4% Exp	Obtained by completing the hard achievement: Mineral Maestro Mine 750 dragon ore
	Mining Legs	+4% Exp	Obtained by completing the hard achievement: Mineral Maestro Mine 750 dragon ore
	Mining gloves	+2% Exp	Obtained by completing the medium achievement: Ore Prospector Mine 400 ores
	Mining boots	+3% Exp	Obtained by completing the medium achievement: Ore Prospector Mine 400 ores
Complete set		+15% Exp

AFK Zone

In the AFK Zone located at home you can afk mine the "Ancient Stone" which will net you 150k xp/hr for normal mode and 60k xp/h for challenge mode. Additionally, there are data diamonds in the donator zone (::dz).