Thieving

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

Thieving

Thieving is used to pickpocket GP and items. Some items obtainable from Thieving are unique to the skill and cannot be found elsewhere. Many of these unique items are Equipment which provide bonuses to Thieving and other non-combat skills. Each Thieving attempt takes a base 3 seconds, and can be reduced as low as 1.8 seconds.

Thieving can be done with Offline Progression, although the player must do so with caution as it is possible to die if the player's success rate against the NPC is below 100%.

Mechanics

Stealth and Perception

Simply put, stealth is a measure of how good the player is at stealing, while perception is a measure of how difficult an NPC is to steal from - The player's stealth competes against an NPC's perception. It is usually preferable to maximise stealth as this increases the success rate, chance to double items, and the chance to receive an NPC's unique item. An NPC's perception is fixed and cannot be reduced.

The player's stealth, the NPC's perception, and the resulting success rate, doubling chance and unique item chance can be viewed in game by first selecting an NPC and then hovering over the icon.

Stealth can be maximised as follows:

Source of Stealth		Stealth	Alternatives
Golbin Mask	Helmet	20
Thieving Gloves	Gloves	75
Sneak-Ers	Boots	40
Thieving Skillcape	Cape	150
Gloves of Silence	Passive	50
Equipment Total		335
10% Mastery Pool Checkpoint		30
95% Mastery Pool Checkpoint		100
NPC Mastery Level (+1 per level)		99
99 NPC Mastery Unlock		75
Mastery Total		304
Skill Level (+1 per level)		99
Gentle Hands Potion IV		75
Rooftop Run		35
Other Total		209
Grand Total		848

Success Rate

The chance of success is [math]min\left(1, \tfrac{100 + \text{Stealth}}{100 + \text{Perception}}\right)[/math], resulting in a guaranteed success once the player's stealth is the same or greater than the NPC's perception.

For example, a player who has stealth of 200 while pickpocketing the Bandit Thug will have a chance of success equal to [math]min\left(1, \tfrac{100 + 200}{100 + 220}\right) = 0.9375 = 93.75\%[/math].

Some NPCs have a perception that is greater than the maximum possible stealth, therefore it is not always possible to guarantee each pickpocket attempt will succeed.

Item Doubling

The additional chance to double items due to stealth is [math]min\left(1, \tfrac{\text{Stealth}}{4 \times \text{Perception}}\right)[/math], double items can therefore be guaranteed from stealth alone if the player's stealth is at least four times the NPC's perception.

For example, a player who has stealth of 330 while pickpocketing the Bandit Thug will have a chance to double equal to [math]min\left(1, \tfrac{330}{4 \times 220}\right) = 0.3750 = 37.50\%[/math].

This is additive with the chance to double items provided by other Thieving specific and global sources (up to a maximum of 100%), and multiplicative with the 35% chance of quadruple items from the Leprechaun and Devil synergy, for a potential 8x multiplier to items received from Thieving.

The item multiplier applies to all possible item drops, being: NPC common drops, general rare drops, NPC unique drops, and area unique drops.

NPC Unique Item Chance

The chance to receive an NPC's unique item upon a successful pickpocket attempt is [math]\tfrac{100 + \text{Stealth}}{10\,000 \times \text{Perception}}[/math].

For example, a player who has stealth of 800 while pickpocketing the Merchant will have a unique item drop chance equal to [math]\tfrac{100 + 800}{10\,000 \times 300} = 0.0003 = 0.03\%[/math].

Loot

- See also Combat#Loot and Rewards

Successfully pickpocketing an NPC will always award the player with GP between the minimum and maximum of that NPC. There is also a 75% chance to receive an item at random from the NPC's common drops, provided the NPC has any possible common drops at all.

In addition, each successful pickpocket attempt will also have a chance to reward the player with the NPC's unique drop (should they have one), the area's unique drop, and all of the following general rare items:

Item	Qty	Price	Chance
Bobby's Pocket	1	4,000	1/120	0.8333%
Chapeau Noir	1	32,000	1/20,000	0.0050%
Sneak-Ers	1	15,000	1/15,000	0.0067%

The chance of acquiring area unique drops is [math]\frac{1}{500}[/math] or 0.20% per item, while the chance of acquiring an NPC's unique drop is dependent on the player's stealth and the NPC's perception (see: NPC Unique Item Chance).

It is possible to receive common drops along with any (or even all) rare or unique drops from the same action. The chance to double items is only rolled once per action, therefore if the quantity of items received is multiplied the number of rare items received will also be increased. Even if the NPC has no common drops, any rare or unique drops can still be multiplied.

The various ways in which loot can be multiplied are detailed within the Item Doubling section.

GP gained can be increased by the following bonuses. In addition, the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint increases GP gained by 100% and each NPC mastery level increases GP gained by 1% for that NPC only.

Note that any flat bonuses (such as that provided by Gloves of Silence) are increased by any percentage bonuses that are active.

Source	Type	GP Bonus	Other Modifiers
Jeweled Necklace	Item (Amulet)	+5% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Sneak-Ers	Item (Boots, Passive)	+5% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)	+40 Stealth while Thieving
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+100% GP From Thieving	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 +5% Global Skill XP +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
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+100% GP From Thieving	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 +5% Global Skill XP +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
Thiever's Cape	Item (Cape)	+10% GP From Thieving	+2% Thieving Skill XP +25 Stealth while Thieving
Thieving Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+100% GP From Thieving	-0.5s Thieving Interval +150 Stealth while Thieving
Gloves of Silence	Item (Gloves, Passive)	+150 GP From Thieving	-0.1s Thieving Interval +150 GP From Monsters +50 Stealth while Thieving
Golbin Mask	Item (Helmet)	+20 GP From Thieving	+2% Thieving Mastery XP +20 Stealth while Thieving
Thief's Moneysack	Item (Quiver)	+20% minimum GP from Thieving
Aorpheat's Signet Ring	Item (Ring, Passive)	+100% GP From Thieving	-5% Chance to Double Items in Thieving -5% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +10% Chance to Double Items Globally +100% GP From Agility +100% GP from Firemaking. +100% GP From Monsters
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	-15% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)	+3% Global Skill XP
Fine Coinpurse	Item (Shield, Passive)	+10% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Leprechaun	Item (Summon1, Summon2)	+50 GP From Thieving
Coal Stones	Agility Obstacle 4	+20% GP From Thieving	-4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Rooftop Run	Agility Obstacle 5	+20% GP From Thieving	-10% Damage To All Monsters -0.2s Thieving Interval +3% Thieving Skill XP +35 Stealth while Thieving
Pillar of Generosity	Agility Pillar	+10% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)	+10 Bank Space +10% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5 Charges per Potion +5% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Snek	Pet	+50% GP From Thieving

Further, the loot and GP gained can be modified in various ways by Leprechaun Summoning synergies, see Leprechaun for a list of each synergy.

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, which is provided by Equipment, Pets, the Yak Familiar, Damage Reduction Potions, the Agility obstacle Lake Swim and the prayers Safeguard and Stone Skin. Damage taken while Thieving is potentially lethal, although this damage can be offset by consuming food manually, or automatically with the Auto Eat upgrade. For Chef specifically, the Pig and Leprechaun synergy can be used to completely negate damage from failed attempts. For those eating manually, Protect Item can be used as a safety net. Damage dealt by failed thieving attempts does not currently count as an Enemy Attack for the purposes of expending prayer points or potion charges, yet they still provide their respective DR or item protection effects. This is not the case for the newer Yak summoning tablets however, which are expended on every damaging failure, implying this may be a bug or developer oversight. However, while Yak does apply DR while thieving, and consumes a tablet each failure hit, Centaur, Witch, and Minotaur synergies do not apply or expend, as you are not fighting a ranged, melee, or magic enemy.

Areas

The chance of obtaining each area unique drop following a successful pickpocket is [math]\frac{1}{500}[/math] or 0.20%. Each area unique drop is rolled separately, so it is possible to receive multiple area unique drops from a single action. The chance of obtaining area unique drops is tripled when the 95% Thieving Mastery Pool checkpoint is active.

Area	Level	NPCs	Unique Drops
Low Town	Level 1	Man Woman	Jeweled Necklace
Golbin Village	Level 8	Golbin Golbin Chief	Crate of Basic Supplies
Bandit Hideout	Level 12	Bandit Thug Marauder	Thiever's Cape Marksman's Sigil
Farmer's Market	Level 31	Merchant Bob the Farmer	Crate of Food 10 Basic Bag 3 Apple Tree Seeds
Banquet	Level 26	Assistant Cook Chef	200 Bag of Flour Cooking Apron
Port of Lemvor	Level 45	Dock Hand Fisherman	Shipwheel Treasure Chest 1,000 Fishing Hook
Cave of Giants	Level 49	Troll Cyclops	Giant Club Stack of Bones 100 Eyeball
Outskirts	Level 61	Lumberjack Miner	Pile of Logs Pile of Ores
Fort	Level 66	Squire Knight	Knight's Sigil Knight's Cape 1,000 Whetstone
Wizard Tower	Level 75	Acolyte Wizard	1,000 Wizard's Scroll Wizard's Sigil 1,000 Prayer Scroll
Royal Castle	Level 79	Court Jester Princess King	Ring of Wealth Chest of Gems Antique Vase

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

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.

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,150,000 xp	+30 Thieving Stealth, +3% increased Thieving XP
25%	2,875,000 xp	Decreases Thieving Interval by 0.2s, +3% increased Thieving Mastery XP
50%	5,750,000 xp	+100% increased gold from Thieving
95%	10,925,000 xp	+100 Thieving Stealth, chance to gain unique area items from Thieving is tripled
Total Mastery Pool XP		11,500,000

Skillcape

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

Skillcape	Name	Effect
	Thieving Skillcape	-0.5s Thieving Interval +100% GP From Thieving +150 Stealth while Thieving

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Thieving action.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Snek	+50% GP From Thieving

Potion

The Gentle Hands Potion increases stealth. It can be made with Level 45 using 1 Lemontyle Herb and 2 Strawberry Seeds.

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

Summoning Boosts

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

Familiar 1		Familiar 2		Effect
	Leprechaun			+50 GP From Thieving
	Ent		Leprechaun	When successfully pickpocketing the Lumberjack in Thieving, grants +1 Bird Nest instead of GP.
	Mole		Leprechaun	When successfully pickpocketing the Miner in Thieving, +20% chance to get a random Gem.
	Octopus		Leprechaun	+50% Thieving Skill Interval for Fisherman only. Also grants +2 Base Thieving Item Qty from Fisherman only.
	Pig		Leprechaun	The Chef in Thieving now deals no damage to you.
	Crow		Leprechaun	Successfully pickpocketting the Miner in Thieving will now grant +1 Rune Essence.
	Leprechaun		Monkey	Upon receiving a Common Drop from Thieving, automatically sell it for 1500% of its base sale price.
	Leprechaun		Salamander	Upon successfully pickpocketting an item from the Miner in Thieving, 50% chance to receive a random Bar.
	Leprechaun		Bear	+3% chance to obtain a single Herb Sack while Thieving the Farmer, on top of the original item obtained.
	Leprechaun		Devil	While Thieving any NPC, 50% chance to grant +100% GP, 35% chance to grant 4x Items, or 15% chance to receive no items or GP at all.

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Thieving-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	Thieving Boosts	Other Modifiers
Gentle Hands Potion I	Item	+15 Stealth while Thieving
Gentle Hands Potion II	Item	+30 Stealth while Thieving
Gentle Hands Potion III	Item	+50 Stealth while Thieving
Gentle Hands Potion IV	Item	+75 Stealth while Thieving
Sneak-Ers	Item (Boots, Passive)	+40 Stealth while Thieving	+5% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	-0.5s Thieving Interval +100% GP From Thieving +150 Stealth while Thieving	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -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 +5% Global Skill XP +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
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-0.5s Thieving Interval +100% GP From Thieving +150 Stealth while Thieving	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -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 +5% Global Skill XP +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
Thiever's Cape	Item (Cape)	+10% GP From Thieving +2% Thieving Skill XP +25 Stealth while Thieving
Thieving Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-0.5s Thieving Interval +100% GP From Thieving +150 Stealth while Thieving
Gloves of Silence	Item (Gloves, Passive)	-0.1s Thieving Interval +150 GP From Thieving +50 Stealth while Thieving	+150 GP From Monsters
Golbin Mask	Item (Helmet)	+20 GP From Thieving +2% Thieving Mastery XP +20 Stealth while Thieving
Chapeau Noir	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+10% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+10% Chance To Double Loot in Combat
Slayer Cowl (Master)	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Slayer Helmet (Master)	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Slayer Leather Body (Master)	Item (Platebody, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Slayer Platebody (Master)	Item (Platebody, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)	Item (Platebody, Passive)	+3% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	+3% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +40% Slayer Skill XP +20% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Thieving Skill XP	+8% Alt. Magic Skill XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP +8% Fishing Skill XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP +8% Cooking Skill XP +8% Mining Skill XP +8% Smithing Skill XP +8% Farming 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
Aorpheat's Signet Ring	Item (Ring, Passive)	+100% GP From Thieving	-5% Chance to Double Items in Thieving -5% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +10% Chance to Double Items Globally +100% GP From Agility +100% GP from Firemaking. +100% GP From Monsters
Leprechaun	Item (Summon1, Summon2)	+50 GP From Thieving
Rope Climb	Agility Obstacle 1	+2% Thieving Mastery XP
Coal Stones	Agility Obstacle 4	+20% GP From Thieving	-4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Rock Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+5% Chance to Double Items in Thieving	-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 Mining
Rooftop Run	Agility Obstacle 5	-0.2s Thieving Interval +20% GP From Thieving +3% Thieving Skill XP +35 Stealth while Thieving	-10% Damage To All Monsters
Snek	Pet	+50% GP From Thieving

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