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!Effectiveness!!Mining level requirement!!Details!!Risk factors!!Other requirements
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|sell={{#expr: {{Exchange:pure_essence|View=price}} - 1}} <!-- Drop the price to get it to sell -->
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|Level 1 (30)
|'''Mining rune/pure essence'''<br>You can mine [[rune essence]] at level 1 mining or [[pure essence]] at level 30 mining and sell it for around {{GEPrice|rune essence|n}} coins each for rune essence or {{GEPrice|pure essence|n}} for pure essence (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 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. Members with 66 [[Magic]] can instead go to [[Wizard Distentor]] at the [[Wizards' Guild]] in [[Yanille]], which is closer to a bank.
|Level 6 Mugger in the mine south-west of Varrock 

|[[Rune Mysteries]] completed.
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|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. You can wear a [[bracelet of clay]], which automatically converts mined clay into [[soft clay]]. Soft clay sells for {{GEPrice|Soft clay}} coins each.
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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]]
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|{{Difficulty|2}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: 20*({{Exchange:Gold_ore|View=price}}) + 152*({{Exchange:Cosmic rune|View=price}}) + 52*({{Exchange:Astral rune|View=price}})+50002}} }}<br>(once daily)
|Level 10
|'''Shooting Stars''' <br>[[Shooting Stars]] give stardust that can be exchanged for a reward of [[gold ore]], [[cosmic rune]]s, [[astral rune]]s and coins. This reward can only be received once per day, but can be a good way to make easy money at lower levels. The maximum reward is 20 gold ore, 152 cosmic runes, 52 astral runes and 50,002 coins, worth {{formatnum: {{#expr: 20*({{Exchange:Gold_ore|View=price}}) + 152*({{Exchange:Cosmic rune|View=price}}) + 52*({{Exchange:Astral rune|View=price}})+50002}} }}. Lower amounts are received for less stardust. Higher mining levels may make it easier to obtain the full reward.
|Only dangerous at a few locations, such as in the wilderness
|A means of finding the star - either a telescope in a [[Player-owned house]] or use of a star chat, often advertised in the ''Distractions and Diversions'' section of the Official Forums.
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|{{Difficulty|1}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: 28*4*({{Exchange:Silver_ore|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} <!-- 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.
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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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|{{Difficulty|1}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: 157*({{Exchange:Silver_ore|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} <!-- F2P player, mining level 40, mining south-west of Varrock -->
|Level 20
|'''Mining silver (crafting guild)'''<br>There are twice as many silver rocks at the [[crafting guild]] as at the [[West Varrock Mine]] or [[Al Kharid Mine|Al Kharid mine]], meaning the mining goes quicker, but its distance from a bank means the final profit is reduced. (unless using a dungeoneering ring to telleport to bank , and a clan vexillium to telleport back to crafting guild)
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* If a player with a higher mining level or a better pickaxe can mine the [[silver ore]] before you can. 
| [[Crafting]] level 40
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|{{Difficulty|2}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: 160*({{Exchange:coal|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} <!-- 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. Players can use the coal trucks west of [[Seers' Village]] for more efficient mining. At the coal trucks your profit is about 108k an hour assuming you get a single coal in 5 seconds and later on sell the coal for 180gp a piece. The [[Seer's headband]]s will increase the amount Stankers will allow in the coal trucks.
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* If a player with a higher mining level or a better pickaxe can mine the [[coal]] before you can. 
|[[Seer's headband]] 1-3(optional).
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|Level 30
|'''Mining coal (Hidden resource dungeon)'''<br> the hidden resource dungeon located in the dwarvern mine (located near the entrance to the mining guild) This contains more coal rocks than at seer village. There is a bank deposit box near the entrance of the mine, which means that there is no need to go to a bank.
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* If a player with a higher mining level or a better pickaxe can mine the [[coal]] before you can. 
|Level 15 [[Dungeoneering]]
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|{{Difficulty|2}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: 56*({{Exchange:gold_ore|View=price}}) round -3 }} }}
|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. 2 minutes). The player can also mine at the [[Arzinian Mine]] which has one-hundred and forty-six rocks. A nearby Dwarven boatman, east of the mine entrance, banks the player's gold ore for a charge of 20% of the gold ores, rounded up. You can also mine at northwest Karamja near [[Brimhaven]], [[Tzhaar City]], and the mine under the [[Grand Tree]] (Grand Tree quest required). If you have completed the [[Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf]] quest, you can mine gold at the [[North Keldagrim mining area]]. And if you have 40 crafting, you can mine from the 7 gold rocks in the [[Crafting Guild]].
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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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*[[Gold helmet]]
*[[Ring of charos(a)]]
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|{{Difficulty|2}}<br>
{{formatnum: {{#expr: (92*{{Exchange:gold_ore|View=price}} - 90 - {{Exchange:law_rune|View=price}} - {{Exchange:fire_rune|View=price}} - 3 * {{Exchange:air_rune|View=price}}) round -3 }} }} <!-- 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 a good location for members as you can go through to
tzhaar city and bank there.
* If a player with a higher mining level is also mining the [[gold]], you may not be able to get any
90 gold (for the boat); must have reached [[Crandor]] island on the [[Dragon slayer]] quest.
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|{{Difficulty|4}}<br> 250k-500k p/h||Level 40||'''Mining Gems (Shilo Village)'''<br>
This is a very crowded place but you can still make a lot of money. You can get very bad gems like uncut opals, and you can get things like uncut emeralds, rubies, and diamonds which go for about {{GEPrice|Uncut_emerald}}, {{GEPrice|Uncut_ruby}} and {{GEPrice|Uncut_diamond}} coins respectively. You can get about 200k-400k depending on your luck. Another option is the use the Al Kharid scorpion mine Resource dungeon if achieved level 75 Dungeoneering, this area is usually less crowded.
In order to maximise profit and stay without banking for longer periods of time one may use, if obtained (cannot be bought in GE), a [[Gem bag]] from Dungeoneering (with 25 Dungeoneering, 25 crafting), allowing storage of up to 100 gems from Sapphires to Diamonds. The far more common semi-precious gems can be cut and then crafted into bolt tips using a chisel for some fletching and crafting xp, but you will lose money. Banking all gems (even cheap semi precious gems) may earn more money depending on the time spent. Players may also consider cutting gems before banking, since semi-precious increase in value after cutting, and crushed quite often, therefore you can save some banking time if cutting gems before banking. A way to maximise profit is after cutting semi-precious gems, sell them to the tai bo wanna general store, which isn't too far from shilo village, and then sell the trading sticks gained from selling. Another method (with high enough crafting level) is crafting these gems into necklaces, rings, bracelets, or amulets. To make even more money (with a 57 mage)is to enchant (level 4) diamond bracelets into Forinthry braces with a earth staff and several cosmic runes. This brings in anywhere from 2k to 10k coins per brace. The current price of the Forinthry Brace is 9,2k.
| Requires completion of [[Shilo Village]]
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|Level 45
|'''Mining Granite'''<br> First, start out at the [[Shantay Pass]]. You need one pass each time you wish to enter the desert, so it is a good idea to stock up on them. You should wear full desert clothing to protect from the heat. Your inventory should be 2 or 4 full waterskins, a shantay pass, and you should have 200 gold. Walk through the gate and take the carpet ride to Bedabin Camp. From there, run south to the mine and get an inventory full of [[granite 5kg]]. Then, cast Home Teleport to Lumbridge. Refill your waterskins at the fountains, run back to shantay pass, and use the bank chest there. Each granite 5kg currently costs {{Exchange:Granite_(5kg)|View=price}}. It is wise to use this method when it's cost is over 2k because then each inventory is 50k. Another method is to teleport to clan wars to bank, and then transport back again using the lodestone northeast of the quarry. If players mine granite in around level 70 it will be easy to make 350-450k gp per hour, assuming that they have a terrorbird or better BoB. It does also yield around 40k exp an hour if using urns, and 35k if not.
|Can die due to dehydration in the desert
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|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 rocks (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. <!--Members can find many rocks at the [[Jatizso]] mine and a few at the [[Grand Tree]].-->
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|Level 60
|'''Mining coal (Mining Guild)'''<br>Once you are allowed to 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]] along with the deposit box inside the Dwarven mine resource dungeon with a level of 15 Dungeoneering required. As opposed to the recent previous situation, after the bot nuke event, mining either in the mining guild or in the Dwarmen mine resource dungeon doesn't result as a problem anymore, and, furthermore, in less populated worlds these places might be found empty.
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|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 mines, Crandor, or the Grand Tree mine (members). <!--For members mining in the Hobgoblin Mine, a [[forinthry bracelet]], [[ring of life]], and charged [[amulet of glory]] are suggested; however, the ring and the teleport function of the amulet do not function past level 30 Wilderness.--> If you mine in the Wilderness mine, also note that the risk of dying from player killers is present. Do not pass through the [[Bandit Camp (Wilderness)|Bandit Camp]] on your way to or from the mine. At First this seems very profitable but with the amount of time to switch worlds or waiting for the ore to respawn it greatly decreases in profit per hour.
Members who have started "The Fremennik Isles" quest can mine the 11 rocks in the Jatizso mine. These mines are never taken, and can be freely mined on populated worlds without ever catching up to yourself. (Tested with level 70 Mining and a Dragon Pickaxe on world 2)Also this mine is close to a bank. It is worth noting however that these mines are deserted because of the aggressive ice trolls that are present. They hit hard even with good armour, but can be reasonably avoided. Caution advised.

Money/ore amount scale:
*15 Adamantite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Adamantite ore|View=price}}*15 round 0 }} coins.
*28 Adamantite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Adamantite ore|View=price}}*28 round 0 }} coins.
*50 Adamantite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Adamantite ore|View=price}}*50 round 0 }} coins.
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|Level 73
|'''Living Minerals'''<br>[[Living Minerals]] may not be worth much individually, but you can mine a huge amount of it at the [[Living Rock Caverns]]. The [[Living rock creatures]] drop large amounts of these and they are stack able making banking very obsolete.
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|Level 77
|'''Concentrated Coal'''<br>[[Coal]] may not be worth much, but you can mine a huge amount of it at the [[Living Rock Caverns]]. Refer to below (concentrated gold) for more information (besides money made). This ore is a logical precursor to concentrated gold. Mining it is slightly worse than granite for xp/hour, but you don't have to drop it, so you make money. Mining this ore is one of the very best ways to make money with mining, although the experience gained per hour is less than concentrated gold, when using a [[Dragon Pickaxe]] and [[Coal Bag]] the profit per hour is much higher.
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|Level 80
|'''Concentrated gold'''<br/>[[Gold ore]] may not be worth much, but you can mine a huge amount of it at the [[Living Rock Caverns]]. You can make anywhere from 140-200k per hour depending on if you're using a rune or dragon pickaxe, and if you're using a summon or not (no summoning familiars and a rune pick yields approximately 140k/hr at level 80 mining, adding familiars and better picks, as well as an increase in level, as these rocks yield approximately 35-40k xp/hr with a rune pick and no summon, drastically increases money made as well). World 84 has a network of players mining, fishing, and killing rock monsters, so you're less likely to die there. The experience is also on-par with granite, so this is a great place for xp, cash, or smithing/crafting materials.
|Very dangerous for low level players, level 120, 140 and 200 monsters are here
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|Level 85
200k-400k gp/hr
|'''Mining runite'''<br>[[Runite ore]] is the most expensive ore in the game, at {{GEPrice|Runite ore}} coins each. It is only found in a few locations, including a few rocks in deep Wilderness. This is one out of the two locations free to play players can mine runite. <!--Members can mine runite at the [[Heroes' Guild]], at the single runite rock on the Fremennik Isles, or in the Lava Maze, although this location is very dangerous.--> The amount of time it takes runite to respawn is dependent on world population; it will spawn quicker on more-populated worlds. Most players who mine runite tend to [[World switching|switch worlds]] rather than wait for the ore to respawn. Again this is the same as with Adamantite ore. The amount of time world hopping and waiting decreases the profit per hour. Another effective method of mining runite is using the superior locator, a reward from Mobilising Armies to teleport you to runite rocks. Beware that you can be teleported to the wildernesss. Money made using the common "world switching" method, in combination with timing the respawns of the runite ore you already mined, can yield profits ranging from 200k-700k/hr. The most effective methods of mining runite ore include using a Dragon Pickaxe, mining in the [[Keldagrim North mine]] (access restricted to those who have completed the quest [[Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf]] ), and timing ore respawns based on the current world population.

Money/ore amount scale:
*15 Runite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Runite ore|View=price}}*15 round 0 }} coins.
*28 Runite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Runite ore|View=price}}*28 round 0 }} coins.
*50 Runite ore= {{#expr:{{:Exchange:Runite ore|View=price}}*50 round 0 }} coins.
NOTE: After the release of the [[resource dungeons]], it is possible to mine Runite ore quite safely in the [[Mining guild]] resource dungeon(Requires 45 Dungeoneering for access.) There is also a convenient bank deposit box close by. Although this is not recommended due to the fact that the rocks are almost always crowded with players, on both free-to-play and members' worlds.
|Note: the best thing to do is only mine the item if you are 10 levels above the requirement's. Example: Mine runite ore at level 95
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