Mining Guide

Before you begin

• A pickaxe you can use at your Mining level
• Bank space for ore and coal
• Food and protection if visiting dangerous mines

Click the skill in your in-game Skills tab to inspect its guide. Check equipment, quests and supplies before leaving the bank.

These level bands are recommendations, not extra unlock requirements. Where an option unlocks partway through a band, keep using the earlier method until you reach it.

1. Levels1–15

   Copper and tin

   Use accessible starter mines near Lumbridge or Varrock. Bank both ores together if you want to smelt bronze for Smithing.

2. Levels15–30

   Iron rocks

   Iron provides 35 base XP and a practical sustained-training route. Mine a cluster rather than spending most of each trip walking between rocks.

3. Levels30–55

   Iron for training or coal for supplies

   Coal unlocks at 30 and supports steel and better bars. Iron can remain more convenient when you want frequent mining actions.

4. Levels55–70

   Mithril or continued iron and coal

   Mithril unlocks at 55. Banking useful supplies may be preferable to dropping ore; choose based on your Smithing plan.

5. Levels70–85

   Adamantite or a dependable lower-tier route

   Adamantite unlocks at 70, but waiting for rocks can slow progress. Avoid taking expensive equipment to dangerous locations without a plan.

6. Levels85–99

   Runite for value; faster rocks for training

   Runite unlocks at 85 and gives 125 base XP per ore. Its scarcity makes it a supply/value route rather than a guaranteed fastest route.

Field notes

• A pickaxe may require a separate Attack level to wield; you can still carry a usable pickaxe in your inventory.
• Shooting stars provide a change of pace when announced, but their availability is not a permanent training guarantee.
• Coal demand rises sharply for better bars: plan your ore and coal together.

Use this reference alongside the training route. A level requirement alone does not replace the correct tools, ingredients, location or quest access.

Level	Method / reward	Base XP	Details
1	Copper Rocks	17.5	Per successful resource.
1	Tin Rocks	17.5	Per successful resource.
1	Rune Essence	5	Per successful resource.
1	Clay	5	Per successful resource.
10	Limestone	26.5	Per successful resource.
10	Blurite Rocks	17.5	Per successful resource.
15	Iron Rocks	35	Per successful resource.
20	Silver Rocks	40	Per successful resource.
20	Magic Stone	0	Per successful resource.
30	Coal	50	Per successful resource.
35	Sandstone	30	Per successful resource.
40	Gold Rocks	65	Per successful resource.
40	Gem Rocks	65	Per successful resource.
45	Granite	50	Per successful resource.
46	Rubium	17.5	Per successful resource.
50	Mithril Rocks	80	Per successful resource.
55	Mithril Rocks	80	Per successful resource.
70	Adamant Rocks	95	Per successful resource.
85	Runite Rocks	125	Per successful resource.

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XP values checked against Serenity's skill definitions. Success, resource availability and banking time vary; the table does not promise an hourly training rate.