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Demonic Pacts League/Guide/Mining

Overview

Training Mining is not initially very different from training in the main game. Pickaxes can be purchased from shops in Cam Torum or Mistrock, and several mines are available in Varlamore. All standard ore types are offered in Varlamore.

At level 41, players can go to Cam Torum and train via calcified rocks, which also provide blessed bone shards for training Prayer. They deplete slowly, thus allowing for low-attention play for players without Endless Harvest.

Mining is modified by the following relics:

Endless Harvest which allows for endless gathering from mining rocks, even if they are depleted by an initial mining action. This allows a player to essentially maximise AFK times at a desired rock.

Barbarian Gathering which allows players to use their fists as a pickaxe, equivalent to crystal, with an additional 50% chance to succeed when a mining action fails. When gaining Mining XP, an additional 10% in Strength and Agility is received. Ores and bars can also be stored in the knapsack for extended inventory space.

Hotfoot gives the player the searing boots, which, along with several Agility-related benefits, will automatically smelt mined ore into bars when equipped. This allows players to train Smithing at the same time with Mining.

Butler's Bell allows the player to summon a demon butler who can perform various activities for them, including mining ores at a rate of 8 per minute (including while offline). No XP is received for this, only the resources.

Training

Common methods

Method Requirements Base xp per hour Area(s)
Rune essence Mining 1 10k Kandarin Kandarin
Iron Mining 15 80k All areas
Coal Mining 30 25k All areas
Motherlode Mine Mining 30 50k Asgarnia Asgarnia
Gem rocks Mining 40 88k [1] Karamja Karamja
Calcified rocks Mining 41 23-49k Varlamore Varlamore
Blast Mine Mining 43 45k-75k Kourend Kourend
Granite Mining 45 125k Desert Desert
Amethyst Mining 92 25k Asgarnia Asgarnia
  1. ^ Gem rocks are slightly less base xp/hr than iron without a charged glory

Rock count by area

Area Coal rocks Adamantite rocks Runite rocks
Varlamore Varlamore 27 6 2
Karamja Karamja 15 7 3
Asgarnia Asgarnia 81 15 4
Desert Desert 17 9 0
Fremennik Fremennik 49 11 1
Kandarin Kandarin 52 4 2
Kourend Kourend 66 4 1
Morytania Morytania 38 18 0
Tirannwn Tirannwn 19 11 7
Wilderness Wilderness 83 15 6

Crashed stars

Mining crashed stars offers low experience rates but requires very little attention. This is ideal for players who don't have a need to mine calcified rocks.

As part of the Shooting Stars Distraction and Diversion, a shooting star will fall at a random spot across all areas. This method becomes available at level 10 Mining, although higher tier stars require higher levels. The mined stardust can be exchanged for a celestial ring Asgarnia, which gives an invisible +4 boost to Mining.

League stars are commonly called out in the official shooting stars chat. They are typically indicated by "(l)" at the end of the message.

Infernal shale deposits

Mining infernal shale deposits in Kourend Kourend with the Barbarian Gathering relic at level 78 Mining allows for low-effort training, while also allowing players to gather infernal shale for oathplate armour. Mining the deposit requires speaking and signing a contract with Yama first.

Barbarian Gathering's chance to force a mining success allows players to mine the deposit at a much faster rate than they normally would, giving a base XP rate per hour of 40k. Mining is only interrupted either when the player's inventory is full or when the deposit swaps places. A hammer and chisel are required to be used to break down the infernal shale into crushed infernal shale if being gathered for oathplate armour.

Barbarian Gathering's knapsack can not hold infernal shale.

Pickaxes

Pickaxes cannot be made using the Smithing skill. The following tables detail common methods to obtain pickaxes in the Demonic Pacts League:

Pickaxe Mining Level Attack Level[1] How to obtain in Varlamore
1 1 Obtained with starting gear. Can be easily obtained from many sources.
1 1 Purchasable from Tizoro's Pickaxes in Cam Torum or Mistrock Mining Supplies in Mistrock.
6 5 Purchasable from Tizoro's Pickaxes in Cam Torum or Mistrock Mining Supplies in Mistrock.
11 10 Easy clue caskets or rarely from beginner clue caskets. Not purchasable in any region.
21 20 Purchasable from Tizoro's Pickaxes in Cam Torum. Can also be acquired from eclectic implings at level 50 Hunter or rarely from earth implings at level 36 Hunter.
31 30 Purchasable from Tizoro's Pickaxes in Cam Torum. Can also be acquired rarely from medium clue caskets.
41 40 Purchasable from Tizoro's Pickaxes in Cam Torum. Can also be acquired as a drop from Amoxliatl after The Heart of Darkness.
61 60 The dragon pickaxe cannot be acquired in Varlamore. It requires the Wilderness or the Desert.
71 70[2] The crystal pickaxe cannot be acquired in Varlamore. It requires both the Wilderness or Desert alongside Tirannwn by obtaining a crystal tool seed from Zalcano.
  1. ^ The listed Attack levels are only required to wield the pickaxes, not use them.
  2. ^ Also requires 50 Agility

Shops

Both the Tizoro's Pickaxes shop in Cam Torum and Mistrock Mining Supplies on Aldarin shop are available in Varlamore.

Region Shop Bronze
Iron
Steel
Black
Mithril
Adamant
Rune
Asgarnia Asgarnia Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop 1 140 500 N/A 1,300 3,200 32,000
Asgarnia Asgarnia Yarsul's Prodigious Pickaxes 1 140 500 N/A 1,300 3,200 32,000
Fremennik Fremennik Pickaxe-Is-Mine 1 N/A 650 N/A 1,690 4,160 41,600
Tirannwn Tirannwn Gwyn's Mining Emporium N/A 140 500 N/A 1,300 3200 32,000
Kourend Kourend Toothy's Pickaxes 1 182 650 N/A 1,690 4,160 41,600
Varlamore Varlamore Mistrock Mining Supplies 1 140 500 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Varlamore Varlamore Tizoro's Pickaxes 1 140 500 N/A 1,300 3,200 32,000

Dragon pickaxe

Dragon pickaxes are only dropped by several of the Wilderness bosses Wilderness and the Kalphite Queen Desert.

SourceLevelQuantityRarityLeague region
King Black Dragon276 11/1,000Wilderness
Kalphite Queen333 11/400Desert
Chaos Elemental305 11/256Wilderness
Callisto470 11/256Wilderness
Vet'ion454 11/256Wilderness
Venenatis464 11/256Wilderness
Artio320 11/358Wilderness
Calvar'ion264 11/358Wilderness
Spindel302 11/358Wilderness

Other equipment

Item Region Notes
Prospector kit Asgarnia Asgarnia The full set, when worn, grants a 2.5% bonus Mining experience.
Expert mining gloves Asgarnia Asgarnia Requires level 70 Mining. May be purchased for 240 unidentified minerals from Belona in the Mining Guild.
Celestial ring Asgarnia Asgarnia Provides an invisible +4 boost to Mining. When charged, the ring has a 10% chance to mine an extra resource up to adamantite. May be purchased for 2,000 stardust from Dusuri's Star Shop.
Amulet of glory(4) Asgarnia Asgarnia OR Fremennik Fremennik OR Kandarin Kandarin A charged amulet of glory significantly increases the speed at which a player can mine gem rocks. Also increases the chance of randomly finding uncut gems while mining. A glory can only be charged if Heroes' Quest is completed, which is auto-completed when unlocking Asgarnia, Fremennik, or Kandarin. It can be charged at the Fountain of Heroes Asgarnia, Fountain of Rune Wilderness, Fountain of Uhld Kandarin, or with charge dragonstone jewellery scrolls (from completing Treasure Trails).
Infernal pickaxe Wilderness Wilderness Desert Desert
and one of: Asgarnia Asgarnia Wilderness Wilderness Kandarin Kandarin Kourend Kourend
Boosts Mining by 3. Requires 85 Firemaking, a dragon pickaxe Wilderness Desert, and a smouldering stone, which may also be obtained from Cerberus Asgarnia or (very rarely) from hellhounds Wilderness Kandarin Kourend.
Crystal pickaxe Tirannwn Tirannwn and one of: Wilderness Wilderness Desert Desert Boosts Mining by 3. Requires a dragon pickaxeWildernessorDesert and a crystal tool seed from ZalcanoTirannwn. Consumes crystal shards.

Temporary boosts

Item Region Notes
Dragon pickaxe Desert Desert Wilderness Wilderness Boosts Mining by 3. Boost is also available on the crystal pickaxe and infernal pickaxe variants.
Dwarven stout Varlamore Varlamore Boosts Mining by 1. Can be purchased from The Lost Pickaxe in Cam Torum or Stick Your Ore Inn in Mistrock.
Dwarven stout(m) Varlamore Varlamore Boosts Mining by 2. Must be made with brewing at level 19 Cooking, more easily produced by using the stuff from Trouble Brewing Morytania.
Steamforge brew Varlamore Varlamore Boosts Mining by 1. Can be purchased for 8 coins at the Stick Your Ore Inn at Mistrock or The Lost Pickaxe at Cam Torum.

Skillcape

Item Region Master Notes
Mining cape Asgarnia Asgarnia Gadrin While equipped, there is a 5% chance of receiving an extra ore while mining ore up to adamantite, granting experience for both ores mined. This effect stacks with those of the mining glovesAsgarnia, superior mining glovesAsgarnia, and expert mining glovesAsgarnia.
Max cape Varlamore Varlamore Leagues Tutor The max cape provides the same bonuses as the Mining cape.

Quests

Quest Base XP
Reward
Requirements Required Regions Autocompleted Regions
Doric's Quest 1,300 - Asgarnia Asgarnia Desert Desert Fremennik Fremennik
Between a Rock... 5,000 Mining 40 Mining
Defence 30 Defence
Smithing 50 Smithing
Asgarnia Asgarnia
Kandarin Kandarin
Fremennik Fremennik
The Heart of Darkness 8,000 Mining 55 Mining
Agility 46 Agility
Slayer 48 Slayer
Thieving 48 Thieving
Varlamore Varlamore

XP rewards with skill choice

Quest Base XP
Reward
Requirements Required Regions Autocompleted Regions
In Search of Knowledge 10,000 - Kourend Kourend
Sins of the Father 15,000 6 times Woodcutting 62 Woodcutting
Fletching 60 Fletching
Crafting 56 Crafting
Agility 52 Agility
Attack 50 Attack
Slayer 50 Slayer
Magic 49 Magic
Morytania Morytania

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