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Notice that all money-making ways in this table are available for both non-members and members.

[[Mining]] is a fast money making method used among lower level players as a way to make money. More experienced players will find that mining can be slow but still extremely profitable at high levels. It is also useful to have some kind of run refreshing device for quick access to banks. For all mining occupations, you make money quicker the higher your Mining level, as you mine the ores faster. Many players get a friend to mine ore and give it to them to take to the bank, but sometimes people hire and occasionally full-scale mining operations are created.
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!width ="8%"|Effectiveness<br />(coins per hour)
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|sell={{Exchange:Rune essence|View=price}}-1 <!-- Drop the price to get it to sell -->
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|Level 1||'''Mining rune essence'''<br />You can mine [[rune essence]] and sell it for around {{GEPrice|Rune essence|n}} coins each (sometimes you need to drop the price a little bit to get it to sell in the [[Grand Exchange]]). Essences mine quickly; it usually takes less than a minute to fill an inventory, and then another minute or so is needed to get the mined essence to a bank and return to the mine for another load. For fast banking it is recommended that you use [[Aubury]] in [[Varrock]] to get to the essence mines and deposit each load of runes in the bank which is just north of his shop. It is also highly recommended that you wield your pickaxe and nothing else to increase your run time. With a Rune pickaxe wielded, it takes an average of 101.5 seconds per load assuming Varrock east bank is used to bank the essence.
|None
|[[Rune Mysteries]] completed.
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|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Clay|View=price}}
|amount=448}}<!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of Varrock, not converting to soft clay -->
|Level 1||'''Mining clay'''<br />In the [[West Varrock Mine]], in the [[Dwarven Mine]], or near the [[Crafting Guild]], you can mine [[clay]], which sells for {{GEPrice|Clay}} coins each. Players can also wet them at a water source to turn clay into [[soft clay]], which sells for {{GEPrice|Soft clay}} coins. Clay is always in high demand - massive amount of players (F2P and P2P alike) need it for various skills. This means clay & soft clay can always be sold easily and may be sold at a higher price than standard. You can also use a [[Clan vexillium]] and [[Ring of Kinship]] teleport to shorten the bank trips if you're mining at the crafting guild.
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* Level 6 [[Mugger]] in the mine south-west of Varrock
* [[King Scorpion]]s if you enter the [[Dwarven Mine]] from the [[Falador]] entrance
* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[clay]], you may not be able to get any
|Crafting level of 40 to enter the [[Crafting Guild]] (optional)
|-also you could use your clay with a bucket of water to make soft clay which is worth 311gp at the grand exchange
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|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Iron ore|View=price}}
|amount=380}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of Varrock -->
|Level 15||'''Mining iron'''<br />[[Iron ore]] sells for {{GEPrice|Iron ore}} coins, and is very quick to mine. The [[West Varrock Mine]] is decent due to its proximity to a bank, but the [[East Varrock Mine]] and the [[Dwarven Mines]] are also popular. At 15 Dungeoneering, the Dwarven Mines surpass all other F2P mining locations due to the addition of a deposit box in the Resource Dungeon. This allows for extremely fast banking. It should be noted that iron is the best moneymaking ore, as well as the best training ore, until higher levels. As of now iron ore mining is the fastest money making way for f2p with the drop of price of yews and lack of bots making around 75k per hour.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[iron ore]], you may not be able to get any
* Level 6 [[Mugger]] in the mine south-west of Varrock
* [[King Scorpion]]s if you enter the [[Dwarven Mine]] from the [[Falador]] entrance or mine the iron in the southern end of the mine
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|sell={{Exchange:Silver ore|View=price}}
|amount=112}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of [[Varrock]] -->
|Level 20||'''Mining silver'''<br />[[Silver ore]] sells for {{GEPrice|Silver ore}} coins each, and is found in accessible locations. The best is the [[West Varrock Mine]] due to its proximity to a bank, but the [[Al Kharid Mine|Al Kharid mine]] is also available. Unfortunately, [[silver ore]] rocks only respawn every 2 minutes, which means a lot of time standing around waiting for the ore to become available for mining, which greatly reduces the profit per hour. A way to keep your profit per hour at a steady pace is to mine another type of ore (iron would be best) while waiting on the silver ore to respawn.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[silver ore]], you may not be able to get any
* Level 14 [[scorpion]]s in the [[Al Kharid Mine|Al Kharid mine]]
* Level 6 [[mugger]] in the [[West Varrock Mine]]
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|{{Effectiveness
|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Silver ore|View=price}}
|amount=157}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of [[Varrock]] -->
|Level 20
|'''Mining silver (crafting guild)'''<br />There are twice as many [[silver rock]]s at the [[crafting guild]] as at the [[West Varrock Mine]] or [[Al Kharid mine]], meaning the mining goes quicker, but its distance from a bank means the final profit is reduced.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[silver ore]], you may not be able to get any
| [[Crafting]] level 40
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|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Coal|View=price}}
|amount=290}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 41, mining south-west of Varrock, adamant pickaxe -->
|Level 30||'''Mining coal'''<br />At this level you can mine [[coal]] and sell it for {{GEPrice|Coal}} coins each. However, mining coal is a slow process until much higher mining levels are reached (50+).<br />The most profitable place to mine coal is the Dwarven mine resource dungeon (Need 15 [[Dungeoneering]]) and using the deposit box there. There are 13 coal rocks there and usually 3-5 other people in that mine. Mining at the Lumbridge Swamp south-west mine without an explorer's ring 3 generates {{formatnum: {{#expr: 140*({{Exchange:coal|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} coins/hour; mining in the [[Gunnarsgrunn]] and banking at [[Edgeville]] generates {{formatnum: {{#expr: 130*({{Exchange:coal|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} coins/hour.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[coal]], you may not be able to get any
| [[Explorer's ring 3]] (optional), Level 15 Dungeoneering (optional)
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|{{Effectiveness
|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Gold ore|View=price}}
|amount=56}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 41, mining in [[Rimmington]], [[adamant pickaxe]] -->
|Level 40||'''Mining gold'''<br />You can mine gold ore in the [[Dwarven Mines]], the [[Rimmington Mine]], or in the [[Al-Kharid Mine|Al-Kharid mine]] (each mine has 2 gold rocks). Gold ore sells for {{GEPrice|Gold ore}} coins each. However, this method is not very effective because of the slow respawn rate of gold (approx. 1.56 minutes). Mining in Al-Kharid is most effective to steady your profit per hour, because while gold respawns, you can mine both silver ore and coal to pass the time.Note that silver can only be mined once.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[gold rock|gold]], you may not be able to get any
* Level 14 [[scorpion]]s in the [[Al Kharid Mine|Al Kharid mine]]
* [[King Scorpion]]s in the [[Dwarven Mine]]
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|{{Effectiveness
|buy=14/15
|sell={{Exchange:Gold ore|View=price}}
|amount=92}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 41, [[Karamja volcano]], [[adamant pickaxe]] -->
|Level 40||'''Mining gold (Karamja/Crandor)'''<br />
Although [[Crandor]] island and the [[Karamja volcano]] would seem to be poor locations due to their distance from a bank, the slow respawn rate of gold means that mining in these locations is relatively profitable since there are more rocks (4 in each location). The recommended method is:
* Use the mine inside the Karamja volcano
* Use the cabbage teleport feature of the [[explorer's ring 3]] to get from the mine to the bank in [[Draynor]] or the deposit box near the Monks of Entrana when you have a full load
* Use a [[Varrock teleport]] spell when done to get from the mine to the [[Grand Exchange]]
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[gold]], you may not be able to get any
* Level 14 [[Scorpion]]s
* Level 22 [[Skeleton]]s
| 30 gold (for the boat); must have reached [[Crandor]] island on the [[Dragon slayer]] quest.
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|buy=0
|sell={{Exchange:Gold ore|View=price}}
|amount=157}} <!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of [[Varrock]] -->
|Level 40
|'''Mining gold (crafting guild)'''<br />There are 7 [[gold rock]]s at the [[crafting guild]], meaning the mining goes quicker, but its distance from a bank means the final profit is reduced.
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* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[gold ore]], you may not be able to get any
| [[Crafting]] level 40
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|{{Difficulty|2}}||Level 55||'''Mining mithril'''<br /> [[Mithril ore]] sells for {{GEPrice|Mithril ore}} [[coins]] each, but supply is very limited for non-members. The [[Mining Guild]] contains 5 [[mithril rock]]s (but requires 60 Mining), and mining from [[mithril]] rocks in the [[Wilderness]] or [[Lumbridge Swamp]] is also possible. There are 3 mithril rocks at the Al Kharid mining area, and there is also mithril on Crandor, although the distance and the presence of aggressive monsters does not make it a convenient place to mine. The current best place to mine Mithril for Free players is the Resource dungeon in the [[Dwarven Mines]], however competition is an issue in the location. Another option is to use the hidden mine - the resource dungeon in the mining guild.
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|{{Difficulty|3}}||Level 60||'''Mining coal (Mining Guild)'''<br />Once you can enter the [[Mining Guild]], [[coal]] mining speeds up noticeably as there are many coal rocks inside the Guild and the Guild is very close to the eastern bank in [[Falador]].
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|{{Difficulty|4}}||Level 70||'''Mining adamantite'''<br />[[Adamantite ore]] sells for {{GEPrice|Adamantite ore}} each and can be found in the [[Hobgoblin Mine]] (level 34-37 [[Wilderness]]), the west [[Lumbridge Swamp mine]], [[Al Kharid]], [[Crandor]], [[Dwarven Mine]] and the [[Edgeville Dungeon]]. Do not pass through the [[Bandit Camp (Wilderness)|Bandit Camp]] on your way to or from the mine.Mining adamantite ore by hopping worlds can earn you up to 120k per hour.
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|{{Difficulty|5}}<br />||Level 85||'''Mining runite'''<br />[[Runite ore]] is the most expensive ore in the game, at {{GEPrice|Runite ore}} coins each. It is found in two locations; the two rocks in level 46 Wilderness and the runite rocks in the mining guild resource dungeon (45 dungeoneering required). The amount of time it takes runite to respawn is dependant on world population; it will spawn quicker on more-populated worlds (12.5–25 minutes). Most players who mine runite tend to [[World switching|switch worlds]] rather than wait for the ore to respawn. It is recommended not to hop to busy servers, as the rocks may be mined already. Also, turning [[Private chat]] off is effective, so that friends won't be bothered by the spamming messages of the world switches. Also, it is highly recommended ''NOT'' to start mining runite at level 85 because of the number of players at that level trying the same tactic as you. (Level '''89-90+''' is recommended)

'''Timing assumptions (assuming you use no more than 25 energy points)'''
*Walking/running time from [[Grand Exchange]] to bank in [[Al Kharid]] = 3:30
*Walking/running time from [[Al Kharid mine]] to bank in Al Kharid = 1:15
*Walking/running time from Grand Exchange to [[West Varrock Mine]] = 0:45
*Walking/running time from West Varrock Mine to bank = 0:40
*Walking/running time from Grand Exchange to Crafting guild = 3:00
*Walking/running time from Crafting guild to bank = 1:00
*Walking/running time from Grand Exchange to [[East Varrock Mine]] = 2:00
*Walking/running time from East Varrock Mine to bank = 0:45
*Walking/running time from Grand Exchange to north entrance of [[Dwarven Mine]] = 2:15
*Walking/running time from north entrance of Dwarven Mine to south entrance of Dwarven Mine = 0:45
*Walking/running time from south entrance of Dwarven Mine to closest [[iron ore]] = 0:15
*Walking/running time from south entrance of Dwarven Mine to bank = 0:45 (0:25,requires 15 dungeoneering)
*Walking/running time from south entrance of Dwarven Mine to Grand Exchange (overland route through Falador) = 3:15
*Walking/running time from north entrance of Dwarven Mine to closest [[iron ore]] = 0:20
*Walking/running time from north entrance of Dwarven Mine to bank in [[Edgeville]] = 1:15
*Walking/running time from [[Gunnarsgrunn]] to bank in Edgeville = 0:40
*Walking/running time from Grand Exchange to Gunnarsgrunn = 1:00
*Walking/running time from [[Rimmington mine]] to bank in [[Draynor village]] (using cabbage teleport) = 0:45
*Walking/running time from bank in Draynor village to Rimmington mine = 1:00
*Walking/running time from Rimmington mine to Grand Exchange (using cabbage teleport) = 2:30
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