Gem rocks | OSRS Index

Variant 1Variant 2Tai Bwo Wannai
Gem rocks



Released								27 January 2003 (Update)
Members								Yes
Quest								No
Location								Shilo Village, Lunar Isle Mine, The Onyx Crest
Map icon
Options								Mine
Examine								A rocky outcrop.

Advanced data

Object ID								11381
Link								MOID

Gem rocks can be mined through the Mining skill. A Mining level of 40 is required to mine gem rocks, granting 65 Mining experience per gem.

Normal gem rocks can be mined in Shilo Village after a player has completed the Shilo Village quest, in the Lunar Isle mine after Lunar Diplomacy, or on The Onyx Crest after 47 Sailing. The rocks regenerate 99 ticks (59.4 seconds) after being mined. Wearing a charged amulet of glory triples the success rate of mining these gem rocks.^[1] There is also another kind of gem rock which randomly appears during the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame with a 5% chance per event.^[2] These rocks can be mined three times before they despawn.

The Shilo Village mine in the north-west part of the village has two sections: overground and underground. The underground section is only available for players who have completed Medium Karamja Diary, and it includes significantly more gem rocks than on the surface as well as a Bank Deposit Chest. For those who can only access the gem rocks on the surface, using a gem bag can extend trips.

Mining enhancers do not work on gem rocks, however wearing either a celestial ring or celestial signet will slightly improve mining success rate due to their passive Mining boosts.

Locations

Location	Spawns	Map	League region
Lunar Isle mine	4	Show map	Fremennik✓
The Onyx Crest	5	Show map	N/A
Shilo Village mine (surface)	7	Show map	Karamja✓
Shilo Village mine (underground)	48	Show map	Karamja✓

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Gem rocks:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining gemstones	417,979	40 (61+ strongly recommended)

Mining info

Gem rocks

Level required					40
Mining XP					65 xp
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					59.4 seconds

Standard gem rocks deplete and produce one uncut gem on every successful mining attempt, and the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup rocks can be mined three times before depleting. On average, each gem received is worth 442.05.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Uncut opal	1	60/128	76	12
Uncut jade	1	30/128	148	18
Uncut red topaz	1	15/128	1,865	24
Uncut sapphire	1	9/128	228	15
Uncut emerald	1	5/128	473	30
Uncut ruby	1	5/128	1,087	60
Uncut diamond	1	4/128	2,439	120

The probability to succeed on a given mining attempt scales with Mining level according to the figure below. Wearing a charged amulet of glory, amulet of glory (t), or amulet of eternal glory increases the success rate considerably.

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Tertiary

The following items can drop together with the main resources. The rates shown are for a successful mining attempt.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Clue geode (beginner)	1	1/211–1/149^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (easy)	1	1/1,801–1/1,203^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (medium)	1	1/2,118–1/1,416^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (hard)	1	1/3,496–1/2,336^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (elite)	1	1/10,594–1/7,080^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Rock golem	1	1/210,886–1/209,411^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The drop rate increases with Mining level; see Clue geode § Rates for more details.
^ The drop rate increases with Mining level; see the pet calculator for more details.

Crafting experience

The following table shows the average Crafting experience gained per gem rock mined given the semi-precious gem cutting rate at the specified Crafting level.

Level	Average XP
50	23.09
60	23.84
70	24.59
80	25.34
90	26.09
99	26.76

Equipment

Celestial rings and signets provide an invisible +4 boost to Mining level, regardless of charges.
Prospector kit boosts Mining experience by 2.5%.
Amulet of glory increases the success rate when charged.
Mining gloves, Mining capes, Varrock armour, and charged celestial rings do not provide any chance to receive extra resources.

Changes

Date	Changes
20 March 2024 (Update)	Map icon for the standard variants changed from to either or .
15 March 2023 (Update \| poll)	The object has been renamed from "Rocks" to "Gem rocks". The "Prospect" option was removed.
7 December 2022 (Update \| poll)	The random tick delay after mining gem rocks has been removed.
21 January 2016 (Update \| poll)	The object was graphically updated

Trivia

When a gem rock is mined, the experience lamp sound will play. This is also the same sound as when a gem is mined from a normal ore rock.
Gem rocks do not access the gem pre-roll table that provides gems from normal ore rocks.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Mod Ash: "You'd be 3x more likely to pass the mining roll at those rocks if you had a charged glory amulet."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Mod Ash: "Nope, those are 5%."

Mining

Mining rocks and sources

Ore rocks	Copper ^(vein) Tin ^(vein) Blurite Iron ^(vein) Daeyalt Elemental Silver Lead Coal ^(vein) Gold ^(vein) Mithril ^(vein) Lunar Lovakite Adamantite ^(vein) Nickel Runite
Other	Rune Essence Clay ^(vein) Rock Limestone Barronite Magical Ash Ore vein Dense runestone Sandstone Gem Granite Daeyalt Essence Soft clay Ancient essence Amethyst Crashed Star Basalt rock Efh salt rocks Te salt rocks Urt salt rocks Salax salt deposit Amalgamation Rubium rocks^(deposit) Sunstone rocks^(monolith)

Ores

Fragments

Salts

Gems

Other mineables

Pickaxes

Mining enhancers

	Celestial ring Celestial signet Mining cape
Mining gloves	Standard Superior Expert
Varrock armour	1 2 3 4

Historical

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