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Gold ore



Released							4 January 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Drop
Examine							This needs refining.

Values

Value							150 coins
High alch							90 coins
Low alch							60 coins
Weight							2.267 kg
Respawn time							500 ticks (300 seconds)

Grand Exchange

Exchange							144 coins (info)
Buy limit							30,000
Daily volume							14,320,772

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Advanced data

Item ID							444
Link							MOID

Gold ore can be mined from gold rocks at level 40 Mining, providing 65 Mining experience. After it is mined, it takes 60 seconds to regenerate. Gold ore is used to smelt gold bars at a furnace. Smelting a gold bar requires level 40 Smithing and gives 22.5 Smithing experience, or 56.2 with goldsmith gauntlets equipped. The bar can then be used again on a furnace to craft various types of jewellery, with sufficient Crafting skill, and an appropriate mould. An anvil is only used to make a gold helmet, and golden bowl for the quests Between a Rock... and Legends' Quest respectively.

A frequently occurring item, gold ore can be acquired through various means, beyond mining. It can be bought from shops, obtained from monster drops and pick-pocketing, as a reward from a variety of chests and reward crates, through the Gnome Restaurant and Volcanic Mine minigames, and can also be obtained by handing in nuggets to Terry Balando at the Digsite.

The chance to successfully mine gold ore scales linearly with the player's mining level. Were it possible to mine gold ore at level 1, players would have a 3% chance per mining cycle to successfully mine the ore. At level 99, players have a 29% chance to successfully mine the ore per mining cycle.^[1]

Wearing either mining gloves, superior mining gloves, or expert mining gloves while mining a gold rock generates additional mineable gold. This allows you to mine the same rock once, twice, or thrice more, respectively, before depletion.

Smelting gold ore currently gives some of the fastest Smithing experience available in the game whilst wearing goldsmith gauntlets (or a Smithing cape/Max cape) and smelting at the Blast Furnace. This method tends to average 250,000-350,000 experience per hour, but at maximum efficiency players can reach upwards of 420,000 experience per hour. For non-Ironmen, this method currently has a profit/XP of −1.03, along with additional costs of 72,000/hour to use the Blast Furnace, and 31,599/hour, assuming an average of 36 doses of Stamina potion used per hour. See Blast Furnace/Strategies.

Ordan sells gold ore at a set price of 225, regardless of stock held, and also restocks significantly faster than an ordinary shop. When bought from Ordan and smelted with goldsmith gauntlets equipped, gold ore has a cost of 4.00 per Smithing XP, along with an additional cost of 72,000/hour if using the Blast Furnace.

Mining info

Gold rocks

Level required					40
Mining XP					65 xp
Rock					Gold rocks
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					1 minute

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Gold ore:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining gold ore	70,500	40+ , 40+ (optional)

Products

	Skills	XP	Materials
Gold bar (Blast Furnace)	40	22.5	1 × Gold ore
Gold bar (Regular furnace)	40	22.5	1 × Gold ore
Gold bar (Superheat)	40 43	22.5 53	1 × Gold ore 1 × Nature rune 4 × Fire rune

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
King Black Dragon	276	100 (noted)	2/128
Lesser demon Regular	82; 87; 94	1	2/128
Lesser demon Wilderness Slayer Cave	94	5 (noted)	2/39
Kalphite Queen	333	250 (noted)	4/126
Pyrefiend	43; 48	1	8/128
Greater demon Wilderness Slayer Cave	104	10 (noted)	1/41
Harpie Bug Swarm	46	1	8/128
Bloodveld	76; 81	1	2/128
Gargoyle	111	10–20 (noted)	10/128
Tribesman	32	1	5/138
Mummy (Ancient Pyramid)	103	1	100/513
Hero	80	1	1/128
Earth impling	36; 46	1	1/10
Gold rocks	40	1	Always
Skeleton brute	132	1	2/128
Eclectic impling jar	N/A	1	1/10
Gnome	75	1	8/128
Barrel (Shaman Caves)	N/A	1 (noted)	Rare	&&
Eclectic impling	50; 60	1	1/10
Earth impling jar	N/A	1	1/10
Vet'ion	454	675 (noted)	6/126
Venenatis	464	675 (noted)	6/126
Thermonuclear smoke devil	301	200 (noted)	2/107
Gnome child	75	1	8/128
Angry barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Berserk barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Enraged barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Skeleton heavy	130	1	2/128
Skeleton hero	146	1	2/128
Skeleton thug	130	1	2/128
Skeleton warlord	132	1	2/128
Professor Manglethorp	N/A	6–11 (noted)	23/512	&
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	100	1	2/128
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Low level	40–56	3	2/128
Mutated Bloodveld	123	1	7/128
Flaming pyrelord	97	1	3 × 8/128
Marble gargoyle	349	10–20 (noted)	3 × 10/128
Insatiable mutated Bloodveld	278	1	3 × 7/128
Insatiable Bloodveld	202	1	3 × 2/128
Extra supply crate	N/A	8–11 (noted)	Varies
Deranged archaeologist	276	10 (noted)	6/131
Grotesque Guardians		40–50 (noted)	2 × 7/142
Shop Counter (ore)	82	1	10/80
Skeleton (mage)	94	1	2/128
Gnome woman	75	1	8/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Medium level	40; 63; 72; 77	1	2/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) High level	81; 87	1	2/128
Brimstone chest	N/A	100–200 (noted)	4/60
Elf (Thieving)	85	1	1/128
Zalcano	336	86–756 (noted)	3/36
Larran's big chest	N/A	150–250 (noted)	4/60
Larran's small chest	N/A	81–179 (noted)	4/60
Elven Crystal Chest	N/A	350–500 (noted)	12/256
The Nightmare	814	9–176 (noted)	4/100
Monumental chest	N/A	300–360 (noted)	3 × 1/30
Pyrelord	60	2	8/128
Infernal pyrelord	134	2	3 × 8/128
Phosani's Nightmare	1024	165–305 (noted)	4/100
Chaos Golem	70	2–3	6/52
Ancient chest	N/A	1–2,978 (noted)	2 × 1/33
Gold vein	40	1	Always
Chest (Tombs of Amascut)	N/A	12–569 (noted)	3 × 1/27
Tribeswoman	32	1	5/138
The Whisperer	587; 791; 1146	88; 133 (noted)	1/100
The Leviathan	593; 798; 1157	67; 101 (noted)	8/100
Phantom Muspah	741	180 (noted)	2 × 10/235
Calvar'ion	264	200 (noted)	6/128
Ore pack (Volcanic Mine)	N/A	0–8 (noted)	Common
Spindel	302	180 (noted)	6/128
Chest (Ancient Vault) Smoke quartz	N/A	400 (noted)	1/5	&
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 3	N/A	150	1/70
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 4	N/A	150	615/43,400
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 5	N/A	150	2,725/19,250
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 6	N/A	150	2,375/16,800
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 7	N/A	150	5,832/45,920
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 8	N/A	150	14,472/114,240
Chest (moon key)	N/A	500 (noted)	1/107
Zombie Pirate's Locker	N/A	10–30 (noted)	12/173
Zombie pirate Diary	22; 28; 34	5–15 (noted)	12/378
Zombie pirate Regular	22; 28; 34	5–15 (noted)	12/1,260
Amoxliatl Post-quest		20–30 (noted)	2 × 5/58	N/A
Frost Nagua	104	10–20 (noted)	3/34
Reward Cart	N/A	8–11 (noted)	Varies
Doom of Mokhaiotl	558–908	20–60 (noted)	5/104
Eldric the Ice King	350	60–100 (noted)	2 × 2/56
Branda the Fire Queen	350	60–100 (noted)	2 × 2/55
Earthen Nagua	128	4–8 (noted)	2/32
Ore stall (Port Roberts)	82	1	10/75	N/A
Maggot King	741	24–32 (noted)	5/159	N/A

Spawns

Location	Spawns	Map	League region
North Brimhaven mine	1	Show map	Karamja✓
Varrock - west bank basement^[2]	1	Show map	Misthalin✓
Ruins (east), level 27 Wilderness	1	Show map	Wilderness✓
Rogues' Castle (3^rd floor), level 53 Wilderness	1	Show map	Wilderness✓
Rogues' Castle (ground floor), level 53 Wilderness	3	Show map	Wilderness✓

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.
^ This spawn requires telekinetic grab to obtain.

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	League region
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	0	1m	225	22	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	0	1m	195	52	2.0%
Ore store	Jatizso	5	6s	165	105	3.0%
Ore seller.	Blast Furnace in Keldagrim	100	2m	225	60	0.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	225	22	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	195	52	2.0%
Petrified Pete's Ore Shop	Volcanic Mine	∞	N/A	150	N/A	0.0%
Mistrock Mining Supplies	Mistrock	0	6s	150	105	2.0%
Port Roberts Ore Stall	Port Roberts	5	1m	165	105	2.0%	N/A
Deepfin Point Ore Exchange	Deepfin Point	10	1m	165	105	2.0%	N/A

Changes

Date	Changes
10 September 2020 (Update)	The Grand Exchange buy limit was changed from 13,000 to 30,000.
16 April 2015 (Update)	The experience boost from goldsmith gauntlets is now correctly applied when using gold ore on a furnace.

Gallery (historical)



RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – present

References

v t e Gold items
	Ore Bar
Jewellery	Ring Necklace Bracelet Amulet ^(unstrung) Tiara
Quest items	'perfect' ore 'perfect' bar Asgoldian ale Bowl ^{(blessed, golden)} Helmet Candle Feather Goblin Hammer Key Needle Pot Tinderbox Toban's gold
Holiday events	Dust Fragment Paint
Other	Coins Condensed Leaf Nugget Nuggets

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

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Gold ore
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
Picture	Gold ore · file details