Mining/Training

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

Training

It is recommended to use Gem Gloves while leveling. They will provide a stream of gems that you can sell for profit. Keep Emeralds for Emerald Bolts and Diamonds for Diamond Luck Potions.

If you don't have money to buy Gem Gloves, either sell Mithril Ore, smelt and sell Gold Bars, or get money through the Fishing money-making method.

It is also recommended to use any Mastery Pool experience to increase the Mastery level of nodes that you're about to mine to level 30. The Mastery level of a node increases the Rock HP, greatly reducing the waiting time for the node to respawn. Later, it is more beneficial to save the pool experience for the Mastery pool bonuses.

Follow the list below. Mine Copper Ore and Tin Ore in approximately equal amounts for Smithing, and keep all Coal Ore for the same reason.

Level	Ore
1-15	Copper Ore or Tin Ore
15-30	Iron Ore
30-50	Coal Ore
50-80	Mithril Ore
80-99	Runite Ore

We transition from Mithril directly to Runite because otherwise we stretch the mastery thin across the ores, which leads to more ore-respawn downtime, resulting in slower progression.

Boosters

XP

Source	Type	XP Boost	Other Modifiers
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen +100% to effective Mastery Pool progress Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Firemaking Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	+100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
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
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	+3% Global Skill XP	-15% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Pit Jump	Agility Obstacle 3	+1% Global Skill XP	-4% Agility Skill XP
Tree Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+3% Global Skill XP	-10% Ammo Preservation -10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -10% Rune Preservation +2% Global Mastery XP
A Lovely Jog	Agility Obstacle 8	+5% Global Skill XP	-6% Global Mastery XP
Terra	Constellation	+1-15% Mining Skill XP	+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
Pyro	Pet	+1% Global Skill XP

Action Time

Source	Type	Action Interval	Other Modifiers
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

Gloves

Mining offers two gloves that can be purchased from the Shop.

Gloves	Price	Boost
Gem Gloves	500,000	Guaranteed gem drops with every mining action, aside from Rune Essence. Gives a small profit if you sell gems. A viable starting money-making strategy for Adventure.
Mining Gloves	75,000	Increases the base mined quantity to 2 for ores and to 4 for Rune Essence. The gains can then be doubled by again by other means such as Mastery.