Mining helmet
File:Mining helmet1.png 
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| Release date | 31 May 2005 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | Yes, if unlit |
| Equipable? | Yes |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alch | 540 coins |
| Low Alch | 360 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 900 coins |
| Examine | Unlit: A helmet with an unlit lamp on it. Lit: A helmet with a lamp on it. |
| Weight | 1 kg |
The Mining helmet is a light source that can be dropped by level 11 Cave Goblin Miners or bought at Miltog's lamp stall in the Dorgesh-Kaan market. It is a common reward for thieving from chests in Dorgesh-Kaan. It can also be given by Mistag (once) if you give him a Goblin brooch. Players must have completed the Lost Tribe quest to obtain it, but the quest is not required to equip it. This is extremely useful for going into dark places as it does not take up an inventory space, and because they do not go out on their own, a tinderbox is not needed - however, the Seer's headband is by far preferable as it does not need to be lit and cannot go out under any circumstances. Level 65 Firemaking is needed to light the mining helmet and the assist system doesn't help. Mining helmets were once valued at 10,000 coins each when the only way of obtaining them was as a rare drop from the Cave Goblin Miners.
It does not need to be equipped to count as a light source.
The light will go out when in the chamber filled with water in the Haunted Mine quest and also in the Sophanem Dungeon in the Contact! quest. It stays lit if you fail a stepping stone across water, like on the way to Tears of Guthix.
The game text after dropping a lit mining helmet: The helmet goes out as you drop it.
| Hover over image for type | A player wearing a lit mining helmet. A player wearing a lit mining helmet. |
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Dropping monsters
Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity Cave goblin miner 11 1 Rare Cave goblin guard 24,26 1 Rare
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Candle • Black candle • Torch (unlit and lit) • Candle lantern • Black candle lantern • Oil lamp • Oil lantern • Bullseye lantern • Sapphire lantern • Emerald lantern • Mining helmet • Seer's headband 1, 2, 3, 4 |