Mining
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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.
Contents
Mastery Unlocks
Item Mastery Unlocks
Level | Unlock |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
Agility Obstacle 3 | +10 Mining Node HP | +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | |
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 | |
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 |
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Item | +80% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
Item | +40% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
Item | +20% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
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 | |
Item | +10% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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.
Ore | XP | Respawn Time | Ore Value | ||
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Copper Ore | 1 | 7 | 5s | ||
Tin Ore | 1 | 7 | 5s | ||
Rune Essence | 1 | 5 | 1s | ||
Iron Ore | 15 | 14 | 10s | ||
Silver Ore | 30 | 25 | 15s | ||
Coal Ore | 30 | 18 | 10s | ||
Gold Ore | 40 | 28 | 15s | ||
Mithril Ore | 50 | 65 | 20s | ||
Adamantite Ore | 70 | 71 | 30s | ||
Runite Ore | 80 | 86 | 1m | ||
Dragonite Ore | 95 | 101 | 2m |
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 | Gem Chance | Gem Price | |
---|---|---|---|
Topaz | 50.0% | ||
Sapphire | 17.5% | ||
Ruby | 17.5% | ||
Emerald | 10.0% | ||
Diamond | 5.0% |
Potion
The Perfect Swing Potion provides a chance to mine from a rock without lowering the rock's HP.
Potion | Tier | Charges | Effect |
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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.
Familiar 1 | Familiar 2 | Effect | ||
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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 |
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Item | +10% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
Item | +20% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
Item | +40% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
Item | +80% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence | ||
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Item (Helmet) | +3% chance to do zero damage to Ores and Rune Essence +2% Mining Mastery XP |
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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 | |
Item (Summon1, Summon2) | +3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining. Cannot be doubled | ||
Agility Obstacle 3 | +10 Mining Node HP | +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Pet | +5 Mining Node HP | ||
Upgrade | -10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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Upgrade | -5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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Upgrade | -10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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Upgrade | -5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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Upgrade | -15% Mining Interval | -15% Woodcutting Interval | |
Upgrade | -5% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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Upgrade | -10% Mining Interval +1% Chance to Double Ores in Mining |
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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
.
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