Thieving

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Thieving

Thieving is used to pickpocket GP and items. Each Thieving attempt takes 3 seconds.

Thieving can be done with Offline Progression if the success rate is at 90% or above.

Mechanics

Success Rate

The base success rate of pickpocketing is 57.5%. This is increased by 0.7% for every level in Thieving the player has above the target's level requirement, and is further increased by [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{400} }[/math] or 0.25% per Mastery level the player has for the target. This chance is capped at a maximum of 95%.

Players can go beyond the 95% success rate cap in two ways:

• Thieving Gloves provide +10% success rate as long as they have charges.
• Reaching 99 Mastery means that any pickpocket attempts on that target will be successful.

Two other things may influence the success rate but however will not go above the 95% soft cap, those are:

• Gloves of Silence provides +5% success rate. (Can be acquired through Combat)
• Master pool 25% checkpoint provides +10% success rate. Check Thieving#Mastery Unlocks for more information.

Although it is possible to see a success rate higher than 100% when using Thieving Gloves, going beyond 100% success rate does not provide any actual benefit.

Loot

- See also Combat#Loot and Rewards

Successfully pickpocketing a target will always award the player with GP up to the Max Coins of the target. There is also a [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{3}{4} }[/math] or 75% chance to receive an item from the target's loot table.

In addition to the rewards for the specific target being pickpocketed, successful attempts also have a chance to reward the player with two rare items in addition to the normal loot:

Bobby's Pocket has a [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{120} }[/math] or 0.83% chance of being received on any successful pickpocket. Although the item itself is useless, it can be sold for  4,000.

Chapeau Noir has a [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{10,000} }[/math] or 0.01% chance of being received on any successful pickpocket. When worn, it provides a [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{10} }[/math] or 10% chance to double loot acquired from Combat or Thieving.

It is possible to receive loot, a Bobby's Pocket, and a Chapeau Noir all from the same action. If the quantity of items received is multiplied due to either a potion or equipment effect, the number of rare items received will also be increased, however the chance to multiply items is only rolled if normal loot is also received from the same action.

Loot can be multiplied in three ways: Gentle Hands Potions can be used to provide a [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{20} }[/math] upto [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{4} }[/math] or 5-25% chance to double the quantity of items gained on a successful pickpocket. Agility can provide +[math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{20} }[/math] or +5% chance to double items gained through the Rock Climb obstacle course. Equipment items can also provide a separate doubling effect (currently, the items/skills that provide a chance to double loot are the Chapeau Noir, Master tier Slayer gear and Aorpheat's Signet Ring). All the bonus mentioned stack additively.

Failure

Failed pickpocket attempts will stun the player for 3 seconds and deal damage to them up to the target's Max Hit; damage dealt this way can be reduced by any damage reduction provided by Equipment. Damage taken while Thieving is potentially lethal, although this damage can be offset by consuming food manually, or automatically with the Auto Eat upgrade.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each level provides +1 Thieving Stealth and +1% GP acquired for this NPC only.
50	-0.2s Thieving Interval for this NPC only.
99	+75 Thieving Stealth for this NPC only.

The bonus per mastery level to successfully pickpocket a Thieving target is +[math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{400} }[/math] or +0.25%.

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,700,000 xp	+30 Thieving Stealth, +3% Thieving XP
25%	4,250,000 xp	Decreases Thieving Interval by 0.2s, +3% Thieving Mastery XP
50%	8,500,000 xp	+100% gold from Thieving
95%	16,150,000 xp	+100 Thieving Stealth, chance to gain unique area items from Thieving is tripled
Total Mastery Pool XP		17,000,000

Skillcape

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

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Thieving Skillcape	Level 99	+100% GP From Thieving -0.5s Thieving Interval +150 Stealth while Thieving
	Superior Thieving Skillcape	Level 120	+20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +150% GP From Thieving -0.8s Thieving Interval +270 Stealth while Thieving

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Thieving action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Snek	+50% GP From Thieving

Thieving Targets

Name		Area	Level	Experience	Max Hit	Perception	GP	Unique Drop
	Man	Low Town	Level 1	5	22	110	1 - 100
	Woman	Low Town	Level 4	7	32	140	1 - 150	Fine Coinpurse
	Golbin	Golbin Village	Level 8	10	40	175	1 - 175
	Bandit Thug	Bandit Hideout	Level 12	13	54	220	1 - 200
	Golbin Chief	Golbin Village	Level 16	18	101	280	1 - 275	Golbin Mask
	Marauder	Bandit Hideout	Level 21	19	68	250	1 - 225	Absorbing Shield
	Assistant Cook	Banquet	Level 26	26	86	275	1 - 250	Chef's Spoon
	Merchant	Farmer's Market	Level 31	29	97	300	1 - 350	Merchant's Permit
	Chef	Banquet	Level 34	31	108	350	1 - 300	Chef's Hat
	Bob the Farmer	Farmer's Market	Level 39	36	137	420	1 - 400	Bob's Gloves
	Dock Hand	Port of Lemvor	Level 45	42	119	375	1 - 375	Sailor's Top
	Troll	Cave of Giants	Level 49	50	151	450	1 - 425
	Fisherman	Port of Lemvor	Level 54	46	101	400	1 - 450
	Cyclops	Cave of Giants	Level 57	53	173	520	1 - 475	Cave Giant Boots
	Lumberjack	Outskirts	Level 61	62	155	480	1 - 500	Lumberjack's Top
	Squire	Fort	Level 66	67	169	550	1 - 525	Training Shield
	Miner	Outskirts	Level 70	73	180	600	1 - 550	Miner's Helmet
	Acolyte	Wizard Tower	Level 75	76	162	575	1 - 575	Book of Scholars
	Court Jester	Royal Castle	Level 79	82	198	715	1 - 625	Jester's Hat
	Wizard	Wizard Tower	Level 84	95	216	750	1 - 700	Amulet of Incantation
	Knight	Fort	Level 88	107	241	820	1 - 750	Knight's Defender
	Princess	Royal Castle	Level 92	120	266	890	1 - 850	300 Jadestone
	King	Royal Castle	Level 95	133	306	950	1 - 1,000	Gold Crested Shield
	Explorer	Lost Ruins	Level 100	184	290	1,000	1 - 1,050	Grappling Hook
	Necromancer	Undead Palace	Level 102	198	345	1,040	1 - 1,090	Necromancers Crown
	Pilgrim	Desert	Level 104	215	320	1,080	1 - 1,135	Amulet of Prayers
	Adventurer	Lost Ruins	Level 105	235	390	1,055	1 - 1,185	Adventurers Backpack
	Dark Knight	Undead Palace	Level 108	257	365	1,110	1 - 1,240	Dark Blade Defender
	Treasure Hunter	Lost Ruins	Level 110	309	440	1,135	1 - 1,365	Hunters Journal
	Sage	Mushroom Forest	Level 110	282	410	1,095	1 - 1,300	Potion Stirrer
	Travelling Merchant	Desert	Level 112	339	480	1,160	1 - 1,435	2,000 Travellers Compass
	Vampire	Twilight	Level 114	371	465	1,185	1 - 1,510	Blood Ring
	Madremonte	Mushroom Forest	Level 116	413	525	1,250	1 - 1,590	Crown of Madremonte
	Vampire Lord	Twilight	Level 118	503	550	1,300	1 - 1,670	Vampiric Cloak

Profit

Assuming a 95% success chance and that every piece of loot - but not mastery tokens - is sold, it is possible to calculate the average profit over a long time for each target.

This strategy was calculated for v0.16.3 and may have changed in newer updates.

Name	GP/theft	GP/hour	GP/hour with
Man	36.80	44,160.00	48,576.00
Golbin	51.05	61,260.00	67,386.00
Lumberjack	85.11	102,136.13	112,349.74
Farmer	156.21	187,455.11	206,200.63
Fisherman	122.19	146,625.18	161,287.7
Chef	123.85	148,615.81	163,477.39
Miner	124.42	149,309.75	164,240.73
Knight	137.60	165,121.13	181,633.24

Potion

The Gentle Hands Potion gives a chance of receiving double loot while pickpocketing. It can be made with Level 45 using 1 Lemontyle Herb and 2 Strawberry Seeds.

Gentle Hands Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	20	+15 Stealth while Thieving
	II	30	+30 Stealth while Thieving
	III	40	+50 Stealth while Thieving
	IV	50	+75 Stealth while Thieving

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