Mining

This article is about the Mining skill. For training the skill, see Mining/Training.

Mining

Mining is used for Mining ore, Rune Essence, and gems. Each Mining action takes 3 seconds, and can be reduced by 5-50% by purchasing pickaxe upgrades, 15% by purchasing the Master of Nature god upgrade, and 0.2 seconds by reaching the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint. The pickaxe upgrade and Master of Nature reductions are additive with each other, applying before the 0.2 second Mastery reduction, resulting in the lowest possible action time of 0.85 seconds. Ore and rune essence amounts can be doubled by wearing Mining Gloves with active charges. Raising Mining to Level 99 will unlock the Mining Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the Mining Skillcape will give 1 bonus Coal Ore for every Mining action.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each Mastery Level increases maximum Rock HP by 1
10	1% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
20	2% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
30	3% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
40	4% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
50	5% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
60	6% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
70	7% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
80	8% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
90	9% Chance of obtaining 2 ore
99	15% Chance of obtaining 2 ore

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	550,000 xp	+5% increased Mining Mastery XP
25%	1,375,000 xp	Reduced Ore respawn time by 10%
50%	2,750,000 xp	Reduce Mining interval by 0.2s
95%	5,225,000 xp	All Rocks gain +10 Maximum HP (Bonus applied on Rock Respawn)
Total Mastery Pool XP		5,500,000

Rock HP

Rock HP determines how many ores can be extracted from a rock before it has to respawn. All rocks passively regenerate HP at a rate of 1 every 10 seconds, stopping when a rock reaches its maximum HP. Regeneration does not occur while a rock is respawning after being fully depleted.

Maximum rock HP is calculated as follows:

[math] \text{Rock HP}=5 + \text{Mastery Level} + \text{Bonus} [/math]

Where [math]\text{Bonus}[/math] starts at 0, increasing by:

+10 if the 95% Mastery pool checkpoint has been reached
+20 when both the Mole and Bear Summoning synergy and Perfect Swing Potion is active
The below amounts when the relevant bonuses are active:

Source	Type	HP Bonus	Other Modifiers
Terra	Constellation	+1-15 Mining Node HP	+1-15% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Mining +1-15% GP From Monsters +1-15% Global Accuracy +1-15 Hidden Strength Level +1-15% Mining Mastery XP +1-15% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1-15% Chance to receive gems from Mining (Does not work for Rune Essence) +1-15% Strength Skill XP +1-15% Mining Skill XP
Pipe Balance	Agility Obstacle 3	+10 Mining Node HP	+3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Ice Jump	Agility Obstacle 9	+10 Mining Node HP	+5% Chance to Double Items Globally +20 Maximum Hitpoints +10% Food Healing Value +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Slayer Skill XP +10% Slayer Coins
Cool Rock	Pet	+5 Mining Node HP

In addition, the following can be used to provide a chance to deal no damage to rock HP while Mining:

Source	Type	Preserve Chance	Other Modifiers
Perfect Swing Potion IV	Item	+80% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Perfect Swing Potion III	Item	+40% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Perfect Swing Potion II	Item	+20% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Terra	Constellation	+1-15% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence	+1-15% Chance to Double Items in Mining +1-15% GP From Monsters +1-15% Global Accuracy +1-15 Hidden Strength Level +1-15% Mining Mastery XP +1-15% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1-15% Chance to receive gems from Mining (Does not work for Rune Essence) +1-15 Mining Node HP +1-15% Strength Skill XP +1-15% Mining Skill XP
Perfect Swing Potion I	Item	+10% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Miner's Helmet	Item (Helmet)	+3% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence	+2% Mining Mastery XP

Using these bonuses effectively increases a rock's HP to [math]\frac{\text{Rock HP}}{1 - \text{Preserve Chance}}[/math]. For example, a rock with a max HP of 12 while the Perfect Swing Potion III is being used will have an effective max HP of [math]\frac{12}{1 - 0.4} = 20[/math].

Due to passive rock HP regeneration, it is possible (given a sufficiently high maximum rock HP) to ensure a rock always has HP and never has to respawn, no matter how long it has been mined for. To achieve this, the player's chance to deal zero damage to ores must be at least [math]\left \lceil 1 - \frac{\text{Action Interval (seconds)}}{10} \right \rceil[/math].

Therefore, the chance required in order to avoid respawns at the lowest possible interval (0.85 seconds) is [math]\left \lceil 1 - \frac{0.85}{10} \right \rceil = \left \lceil 0.915 \right \rceil = 0.92 = 92\%[/math] or higher. This can be achieved by using Perfect Swing Potion IV, Miner's Helmet, and at least +9% from Terra.

Below lists the rock HP at various Mastery levels with and without the maximum possible bonus:

Mastery Level	Max Rock HP
Mastery Level	Without Bonus	With Bonus
1	6	61
2	7	62
3	8	63
4	9	64
5	10	65
10	15	70
20	25	80
50	55	110
75	80	135
99	104	159

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Effect
	Mining Skillcape	+1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply)

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Mining action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Cool Rock	+5 Mining Node HP

Pickaxes

Pickaxes are permanent upgrades purchased from the Shop that decrease the amount of time it takes to mine ore by their bonus speed percentage. In addition they provide a chance to double ores. The bonuses provided by these upgrades are permanently active once purchased, they do not need to be equipped or otherwise enabled.

				Mine Time Decrease		2x Ore Chance
Name		Level	Cost	This Pick	Total	This Pick	Total
	Iron Pickaxe	1	250	-5%	-5%	+1%	+1%
	Steel Pickaxe	10	2,000	-5%	-10%	+1%	+2%
	Black Pickaxe	20	10,000	-5%	-15%	+1%	+3%
	Mithril Pickaxe	35	50,000	-5%	-20%	+1%	+4%
	Adamant Pickaxe	50	200,000	-10%	-30%	+1%	+5%
	Rune Pickaxe	60	1,000,000	-10%	-40%	+1%	+6%
	Dragon Pickaxe	80	5,000,000	-10%	-50%	+1%	+7%

Ores

Higher tiers of ore are unlocked as the player's Mining level increases. Mining Rune Essence yields double the amount of ore, however Gem Gloves will not work when Mining it. To begin Mining Dragonite Ore the player must have at least 271 Mining mastery levels in total.

	Level	XP	Respawn Time	Ore Value
Copper Ore	1	7	5s	2
Tin Ore	1	7	5s	2
Rune Essence	1	5	1s	0
Iron Ore	15	14	10s	5
Silver Ore	30	25	15s	25
Coal Ore	30	18	10s	13
Gold Ore	40	28	15s	30
Mithril Ore	50	65	20s	65
Adamantite Ore	70	71	30s	88
Runite Ore	80	86	1m	100
Dragonite Ore	95	101	2m	135

Gems

Each Mining action has a 1% gem find chance, which can be increased by +1-15% when the increased chance to receive gems modifier from Terra is active, or can be increased to 100% when wearing Gem Gloves. If the Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped, then this chance is increased by 10% of its current value (For example, a 20% chance becomes [math]20\% \times 1.1 = 22\%[/math] when Clue Chasers Insignia is equipped). The chance to receive a gem is capped at 100%, so any bonuses above this limit have no effect.

The Mole and Octopus synergy may also be used for a 15% chance to receive an additional gem of any type whenever a gem is dropped while Mining.

The possible gem drops are shown in the table below:

	Gem Chance	Gem Price
Topaz	50.0%	225
Sapphire	17.5%	335
Ruby	17.5%	555
Emerald	10.0%	555
Diamond	5.0%	1,150

Potion

The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP.

Tier	Charges	Effect
I	30	+10% Chance to deal no Damage to a Mining Node
II	50	+20% Chance to deal no Damage to a Mining Node
III	80	+40% Chance to deal no Damage to a Mining Node
IV	100	+80% Chance to deal no Damage to a Mining Node

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the Summoning Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Mining.

		Effect
Mole		+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining. Cannot be doubled
Mole	Octopus	When receiving a Gem from Mining or Fishing, there is a +15% chance to get another random Gem.
Mole	Crow	Base quantity for Rune Essence in Mining is doubled.
Mole	Monkey	Base quantity for Silver Ore & Gold Ore is doubled in Mining.
Mole	Salamander	+15% chance to receive a smithed version of the Ore you are Mining.
Mole	Bear	While the Perfect Swing Potion is active in Mining, all Mining Nodes have +20 Max HP.

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Mining-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.

Source	Type	Mining Boosts	Other Modifiers
Perfect Swing Potion I	Item	+10% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Perfect Swing Potion II	Item	+20% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Perfect Swing Potion III	Item	+40% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Perfect Swing Potion IV	Item	+80% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence
Miner's Helmet	Item (Helmet)	+3% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence +2% Mining Mastery XP
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Mining Skill XP	+8% Alt. Magic Skill XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP +8% Fishing Skill XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP +8% Cooking Skill XP +8% Smithing Skill XP +8% Farming Skill XP +8% Thieving Skill XP +8% Fletching Skill XP +8% Crafting Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP +8% Herblore Skill XP +8% Agility Skill XP +8% Summoning Skill XP +8% Astrology Skill XP
Mole	Item (Summon1, Summon2)	+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining. Cannot be doubled
Pipe Balance	Agility Obstacle 3	+10 Mining Node HP	+3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Rock Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+5% Chance to Double Items in Mining	-10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Chance to Double Items in Fishing +5% Chance to Double Items in Woodcutting +5% Chance to Double Items in Thieving
Ice Jump	Agility Obstacle 9	+10 Mining Node HP	+5% Chance to Double Items Globally +20 Maximum Hitpoints +10% Food Healing Value +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills +5% Slayer Skill XP +10% Slayer Coins
Terra	Constellation	+1-15% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Mining +1-15% Mining Mastery XP +1-15 Mining Node HP +1-15% Mining Skill XP	+1-15% GP From Monsters +1-15% Global Accuracy +1-15 Hidden Strength Level +1-15% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1-15% Chance to receive gems from Mining (Does not work for Rune Essence) +1-15% Strength Skill XP
Cool Rock	Pet	+5 Mining Node HP
Adamant Pickaxe	Upgrade	-10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Black Pickaxe	Upgrade	-5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Dragon Pickaxe	Upgrade	-10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Iron Pickaxe	Upgrade	-5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Master of Nature	Upgrade	-15% Mining Interval	-15% Woodcutting Interval
Mithril Pickaxe	Upgrade	-5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Rune Pickaxe	Upgrade	-10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining
Steel Pickaxe	Upgrade	-5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining

Trivia

Prior to the release of V1.0, the source code file for the Mining skill was called rockHitting.js, which is in contrast to other skills' source files which are named eponymously (i.e., woodcutting.js for Woodcutting). This used to be case for Mining as well[1], however it turned out that some browsers or extensions block a script called mining.js, likely in an attempt to prevent unwanted crypto mining, so the file was eventually renamed.

Upon release of V1.0, Mining became one of a small number of tick-based skills, at which point the source file was renamed once more to rockTicking.js.

Anonymous

Search

Mining

Namespaces

More

Page actions

Contents