OSRS Mining Guide: 1-99 Training - Old School Runescape - Odealo (2024)

Low-requirement Quests are a great way of getting the first few Mining Levels under your belt. Completing them is generally much faster than Grinding through early Mining Levels traditionally. Quests with higher requirements can be used for getting some additional Mining Experience or as a small leap away from the boring grind.They may be slower, but they are also certainly more engaging than constant ore vein clicking.

• Doric's Quest (Recommended, Skill Requirements: 15 Mining if you want to get Ores by yourself. Rewards: 1300 Mining Experience). Very easy, and very short Quest that lets you breeze through first few Mining Levels. You can buy all the required materials (6 Clay, 4 Copper Ore, 2 Iron Ore)from the Grand Exchange and complete it instantly.
• Plague City (Recommended, Skill Requirements: None. Reward: 2425 Mining Experience, Ardougne Teleport Spell that requires 51 Magic to use). Quick and easy Quest that awards a good chunk of Mining Experience and a handy Teleport.
• The Dig Site (Recommended, Skill Requirements: 25 Thieving, 10 Agility, 10 Herblore. Reward: 15300 Mining Experience, 2000 Herblore Experience, 2 Gold Bars). Quite long, but very rewarding Quest (15300 Mining Experience is huge at low Mining levels). If you meet all the requirements, you should definitely do it. Completing this quest is required for the "Another Slice of H.A.M" Quest.
• The Giant Dwarf (Recommended, Skill Requirements: 14 Thieving, 16 Firemaking, 33 Magic, 12 Crafting, and optionally 20 Smithing, 20 Mining. 2500 Mining, Crafting, and Smithing Experience, 1500 Firemaking, Thieving, and Magic Experience). While this does not offer a great Mining Experience reward, it is still recommended for doing, as completing it is required for the"Another Slice of H.A.M" Quest.
• Another Slice of H.A.M (Recommended, Skill Requirements: 25 Prayer, 15 Attack. Reward: 3000 Mining Experience, 3000 Prayer Experience, the ability to buy Goblin Village Teleport Orbs, access to the Dorgesh-Kaan-Keldagrim Train System). A rather short Quest with some worthwhile rewards and low requirements.
• The Lost Tribe(Recommended, Skill Requirements: 17 Mining, 13 Agility, 13 Thieving. Reward: 3000 Mining Experience, access to the Dorgesh-Kaan Mine). Quite easyand not too long Quest with low requirements, good for gaining some additional early Mining Experience.
• Between a Rock... (Optional, Skill Requirements: 40 Mining, 50 Smithing, 30 Defense. Reward: 5000 Mining, Smithing, and Defense Experience, a Rune Pickaxe). This is definitely worth doing if you meet requirements, as it gives you the second best Pickaxe in the game (Rune Pickaxe requires 41 Mining to use).
• Enakhra's Lament(Optional, Skill Requirements: 45 Mining, 39 Magic, 45 Firemaking, 50 Crafting, 43 Prayer. Reward: 7000 Mining, Crafting, Firemaking, and Magic Experience). A medium-length Quest with quite high requirements, but also good Experience rewards.
• Making Friends with My Arm(Optional, Skill Requirements: 72 Mining, 35 Construction, 68 Agility, 66 Firemaking. Reward: 10000 Mining and Agility Experience, 5000 Firemaking Experience, 2000 Construction Experience, access to the Salt Mines). Another high-requirement, high-reward Quest that is worth doing if you meet requirements and want to gain some additional Mining Experience in an alternative and interesting way.
• Dragon Slayer II(Optional, Skill Requirements: 68 Mining, 75 Magic, 62 Crafting, 70 Smithing, 60 Agility, 50 Construction, 50 Hitpoints, 60 Thieving. Reward: 18000 Mining Experience, 25000 Smithing Experience, 15000 Agility Experience, 15000 Thieving Experience, access to the Myths' Guild, various other rewards). Very long and very difficult Quest suited for only the most experienced Players, but it awards Mining experience, so we are mentioning it here just in case.

If there are any OSRS Skilling rules, this is certainly one of them: If there is an item or a piece of equipment that can make your grind easier, you should use it. Below, we present you a list of items that will make your Mining grind a little easier.

• Stamina Potions - Energy drinks. These are not really required, but if you plan to take your time and Bank mined Ore instead of just dropping it to clear bag space, you should definitely consider using these for faster traveling.
• Varrock Armour 4- Increase your efficiency. This Armor provides you with a 10% chance of mining 2 mineral Ores at once (up to Amethyst), and a 10% chance of smelting 2 metal Bars at once. You get experience for both Ores if this effect procs, so wearing this speeds up the Mining Leveling process by ~10%. Varrock Armour 4 can be obtained from the elite Varrock Diary. For efficiency's sake, this is a must-have, as it increases both ExperienceandGold (if you are Banking mined Ore) gains per Hour. It also counts as a Prospector Jacket which means that you can wear it in a combination with Prospector Outfit Parts for a full Prospector Outfit bonus (earlier versions of the Varrock Armour do not count as a Prospector Jacket, sadly).
• Prospector Kit- Suit up properly. This is a Mining set that boosts Mining Experience gained. It can be purchased from the Prospector Percy's Nugget Shopsituated in the Motherlode Mine for Gold Nuggets (180 in total). Full set grants you 2,5% bonus Mining Experience and reduces the need for Waterskins in the desert. If you plan to power level Mining, grinding this will not be time efficient, but you might want to get this if you opt for slower, less exhausting methods.
• Pickaxe - the right tool for the job. You should always use the best pickaxe currently available to you because higher level pickaxes have a greater chance of obtaining ore from a rock. Remember that you don't have to have Pickaxe equipped to use it for mining. The list of Standard OSRS Pickaxes and their requirements looks as follows:
  • Bronze Pickaxe (Requirements: 1 Mining).
  • Iron Pickaxe(Requirements: 1 Mining).
  • Steel Pickaxe(Requirements: 6 Mining).
  • Black Pickaxe(Requirements: 11 Mining).
  • Mithril Pickaxe(Requirements: 21 Mining).
  • Adamant Pickaxe(Requirements: 31 Mining).
  • Rune Pickaxe(Requirements: 41 Mining).
  • Dragon Pickaxe(Requirements: 61 Mining, if you have 60 Attack, you can use Dragon Pickaxe's special Attack at Level 58 Mining). This is the strongest Pickaxe in the game (tied with the 3rd Age Pickaxe), and getting it should be your ultimate goal.

Note:The Infernal Pickaxe is the best option for Power-Leveling Mining, as it has a 1/3 chance of instantly smelting mined Ore which reduces the number of ores that have to be dropped (auto-smelting also gives Smelting Experience). 85 Smithing and 61 Mining are required for using it.

• You can use a Pickaxe from your Inventory, there is no need for equipping it.
• Memorize Skill requirements of Pickaxes, and always use the best one currently available to you.
• If you want to maximize your Mining Experience per Hour, you should drop all mined Ores to clear out bag space. This will save you a lot of time otherwise needed for Bank runs at the expense of profits.
• Quests can bea great alternative for grinding Mining Experience traditionally.
• Check your Inventory before embarking on a Mining trip as there is nothing more frustrating and time-consuming as having to run back to the Bank because you have forgotten something essential (like a Pickaxe, for example...).

The Training

For the most part, leveling up Mining is straightforward and can be done in just three major steps.There are also some alternative, more profitable, but also slower methods -we will cover those as well.

• This is done by completing all above-mentioned Recommended Quests (Another Slice of H.A.M., The Lost Tribe, The Giant Dwarf, Plague City, The Dig Site, and the Doric's Quest).
• You will gain a total of 27525 Mining Experience which is enough to advance from Level 1 Mining to Level 37 Mining.
• This is the recommended way of getting the first 36Mining levels, as it is a lot less time-consuming than the standard Experience Grind and it allows you to use the Adamant Pickaxe from the start of your grind.

Note:You can also complete just two of the Quests - The Digsite and the Doric's Quest which is enough to achieve Level 32 Mining and will also allow you to use an Adamant Pickaxe.

• The best spot for Mining Tin and Copper is located at the Lumbridge Swamp Mining Site, situated south of the Fishing Tutor (it contains 5 Copper Rocks and 5 Tin Rocks).
• Both Copper and Tin Ores give 17.5 Mining Experience and a total of 138 of them has to be mined to reach level 15 Mining.

Note: The Mining Tutor found at the site will give you a Bronze Pickaxe if you need one.

• This is the fastest method below Level 75 Mining if you drop all mined Ores.
• It is done by Mining in places with three Iron Rocks close to each other (forming a triangle), which allows you to mine them without moving.
• Varrock Armour boosts this method's effectiveness by a lot.
• You should be able to reach about 60000 Mining Experience per Hour with this method at higher Skill levels.
• There are 9 Iron Ore Triangles in the game:
  • Resource Area(Level 51 Wilderness, not advised for obvious reasons)
  • Al Kharid Mine
  • Fossil Island Valley
  • Legends' Guild Mine
  • Mining Guild (Two Triangles here)
  • Lovaakengj Mine
  • Piscatoris Mine
  • Mount Karuulm Mine

• Motherlode Mine is available only to Membersand is situated in the Dwarven Mine, entrances are located at north-east Falador, the Mining Guild and north-west of the Barbarian Village.
• Low-effort/decent-profit alternative method. This place is worth considering especially if you want to get the Prospector Kit.
• You can get Golden Nuggets needed for the Prospector Kit from cleaning Pay-Dirsvia the hopper attached to the water circuit in the Mine.
• You should be able to get about 27k Mining Experience per Hour at Level 70 Mining in the Motherlode Mine.

• The best spot for Mining Granite is located in the south-west part of the Quarry (4 Granite Rocks close to each other are situated there).
• The Quarry itself is situated south of the Kharidian Desert's Bandit Camp, which isin the Desert, so heat protection is necessary (Waterskins+Humidify Spell and the Prospector Kitor, preferably, the Desert Amulet 4).
• Using the 3-Tick method provides highers Experience per Hour, but is very click-intensive (with some practice it is possible to achieve about 120k Mining Experience per Hour, assuming that you drop all the mined Ore).
• Without the 3-Tick method usage, you should still be able to gain 55-60k Experience per Hour with this method, assuming that you drop all the mined ore.
• Varrock Armour (at least 2) and the Infernal Pickaxe are highly recommended for power leveling in the Quarry, as they will noticeably boost your Experience gains per hour.

• Very explosive, alternative, fun approach to leveling up the Mining Skill.
• This method requires 100% Lovakengj Favour and is agood way of obtaining Runite Ore below Level 85 Mining which makes it very profitable.
• The Blast Mine Minigame allows you to obtain ore 10 levels below their normal requirements (chance of getting high-level ores depends on your current Mining Skill level).
• Specific inventory setup is required for this method, noted and unnoted Dynamites are necessary, a tinderbox and a chisel are also essential. Graceful Set and Stamina Potionshelpto improve overall blasting efficiency.
• Dynamite is made from the Juniper Charcoal, Volcanic Sulphur, Saltpetre, and a Pot with a Ball of Wool added as a fuse.
• At level 75 Mining you should be able to gain around 50k mining Experience per Hour in the Blast Mine.

• The slowest, but also the most profitable way of reaching Level 99 Mining.
• This method is suited for Players who can't wait to make a lot of Gold out of their Mining Skill and want to start Gold making early.
• Skilling Mining from 85 to 99 with just Runite Mining will net you around 850kk Gold.
• Multiple spawns (at least 2) of Runite Rocks are located at:
  • The Frozen Waste Plateau, west of the Mage Arena Bank (3 Rocks), Level 53 Wilderness, not recommended.
  • The Lava Maze Runite Mine, north-west of the Lava Maze (2 Rocks), level 46 Wilderness, not recommended.
  • Heroes' Guild Mine (2 Rocks), this is a recommended spot for farming Runite, but it might be taken due to its popularity.
  • The Fossil Island Mine, east of the Campsite Bank Chest (2 Rocks)
  • Myths' Guild Mine, myths' guild basem*nt, western side of Corsair Cove Dungeon (2 Rocks)