Gold rocks | OSRS Index

Variant 1Variant 2Prifddinas
Gold rocks



Released								4 January 2001 (Update)
Members								No
Quest								No
Location								Varies
Map icon
Options								Mine
Examine								A rocky outcrop.

Advanced data

Object ID								11371
Link								MOID

Gold rocks are a type of rock that contains gold ore; a Mining level of 40 or higher is required to mine them, granting 65 Mining experience for each ore mined. Once mined, a gold rock takes about a minute to respawn.

The Arzinian Mine, after completing Between a Rock..., and Crafting Guild, after completing the Hard Falador Diary, are the ideal places to mine gold.

Wearing mining gloves, superior mining gloves, or expert mining gloves makes the rock not deplete upon mining gold, allowing you to mine one, two, or three additional ore, respectively, before depleting.

Locations

Location	Spawns	Map	League region
Agility Pyramid mine	5	Show map	Desert✓
Al Kharid mine	2	Show map	Desert✓
Crafting Guild mine	7	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Deepfin Point	6	Show map	N/A
Dondakan's mine	147	Show map	Fremennik✓
Dwarven Mine	2	Show map	Asgarnia✓
East Salvager Overlook mine	5	Show map	Varlamore✓
Evil Chicken's Lair mine	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Grand Tree mine (east)	4	Show map	Kandarin✓
Isle of Serpents (inaccessible)	13	Show map	N/A
Isle of Souls mine	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Karamja Volcano mine	4	Show map	Karamja✓
Keldagrim south-west mine	1	Show map	Fremennik✓
Lunar Isle mine	7	Show map	Fremennik✓
Mistrock mine	5	Show map	Varlamore✓
Mynydd mine	10	Show map	Tirannwn✓
North Brimhaven mine	10	Show map	Karamja✓
North Crandor mine	3	Show map	Karamja✓
North Mor Ul Rek mine	3	Show map	Karamja✓
The Onyx Crest	4	Show map	N/A
Rimmington mine	2	Show map	Asgarnia✓
South Brimhaven mine	6	Show map	Karamja✓
South Mor Ul Rek mine	7	Show map	Karamja✓
Stonecutter Outpost	3	Show map	Varlamore✓
Sunbleak Cave (inaccessible)	1	Show map	N/A
Tlati Rainforest	5	Show map	Varlamore✓
Trahaearn mine	14	Show map	Tirannwn✓
Vatrachos Island	4	Show map	N/A
Wilderness - Resource Area	4	Show map	Wilderness✓
Witchaven Dungeon ('perfect' gold ore)	4	Show map	Kandarin✓

Mining info

Gold rocks

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

Rocks deplete and produce gold ore on every successful mining attempt, though more can be gained using special equipment.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Gold ore	1	Always	144	90
	'perfect' gold ore	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	90

^ 'Perfect' ore drops instead of gold ore from the rocks in Witchaven Dungeon.

The probability to succeed on a given mining attempt scales with Mining level according to the figure below.^[1]

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Pre-roll

The mining gem drop table has a 1/256 chance to roll on every mining attempt;^[2] if the player is wearing a charged amulet of glory, amulet of glory (t), or amulet of eternal glory, the probability increases to 1/64.2.^[3]^[4] If the table successfully rolls, the player may receive an uncut gem or nothing, and in either case can not receive an ore.^[5] This neither depletes the rock nor grants Mining experience. The rates shown are for every mining attempt.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	70/32,768; 70/8,216^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	32/32,768; 32/8,216^{[d 1]}	228	15
Uncut emerald	1	16/32,768; 16/8,216^{[d 1]}	473	30
Uncut ruby	1	8/32,768; 8/8,216^{[d 1]}	1,087	60
Uncut diamond	1	2/32,768; 2/8,216^{[d 1]}	2,439	120

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 The drop rate is increased while wearing any charged variant of an amulet of glory.

Tertiary

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

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Crystal shard	1	1/65^[6]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (beginner)	1	1/296–1/208^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Loop half of key (moon key)	1	1/1,977^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (easy)	1	1/2,521–1/1,685^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (medium)	1	1/2,966–1/1,982^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (hard)	1	1/4,894–1/3,271^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (elite)	1	1/14,832–1/9,912^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Rock golem	1	1/295,640–1/294,165^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A

^ Crystal shards are only dropped in Prifddinas.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 The drop rate increases with Mining level; see Clue geode § Rates for more details.
^ Key halves are only dropped in Varlamore.
^ The drop rate increases with Mining level; see the pet calculator for more details.

Equipment

Varrock armour 1, 2, 3, and and 4 give a 10% chance to receive an extra ore.
Mining gloves allow one additional ore to be mined before the rocks deplete.
Superior mining gloves allow two additional ores to be mined before the rocks deplete.
Expert mining gloves allow three additional ores to be mined before the rocks deplete.
Celestial rings and signets provide an invisible +4 boost to Mining level, regardless of charges. When charged with stardust, they also give a 10% chance to receive an extra ore.
Prospector kit boosts Mining experience by 2.5%.
Amulet of glory increases the chance of obtaining gems when charged.
Mining capes give a 5% chance to receive an extra ore.
Varrock armour, celestial rings, and Mining capes roll independently; multiple bonus resources can be given.

Changes

Date	Changes
20 March 2024 (Update)	Map icon for the 2 standard variants changed from to .
15 March 2023 (Update \| poll)	The object has been renamed from "Rocks" to "Gold rocks". The "Prospect" option was removed.
7 December 2022 (Update \| poll)	The random tick delay after mining gold has been removed.
21 January 2016 (Update \| poll)	The object was graphically updated

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Mod Ash: "Each gold roll has a 3% success at level 1, if that were permitted, and a 29% at level 99. Interpolate linearly between those. (...)"
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "It adds a gem roll before each ore roll, and if you receive a gem you don't get the ore roll."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Mod Ash: "All charged amulets of glory, including the eternal one, have the same benefit for getting gems."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Mod Ash: "[the actual increase when wearing the Amulet of Glory while mining is] 1/86 rather than 1/256 for a gem."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Mod Ash: "Yes, [the mining gem table has] got [...] chance of giving no gem."
^ "Araxxor CAs, Poll 82 Updates & More!". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 11 September 2024. Archived from the original. "Mining: Quantity is unchanged. Rate is improved to 1/65 from 1/127."

Mining

Mining rocks and sources

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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

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