Iron rocks | OSRS Index

Variant 1Variant 2The NodePrifddinas
Iron rocks



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

Advanced data

Object ID								11365
Link								MOID

Iron rocks are a type of protruding rock that contains iron ore. Players with a Mining level of 15 or higher can mine iron ore from rocks found in various mines, granting 35 Mining experience for each ore mined. After being mined, an iron rock takes 5.4 seconds to respawn. When inside the members' area of the Mining Guild, that time is reduced to 2.4 seconds; the faster respawn time makes it the best place to power-mine iron, with an experience rate of up to 70k xp/h.

Iron is the most popular ore that free-to-play players power-mine for experience. For locations where there are three rocks in a triangle formation suitable for proper power-mining, see here.

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

The rocks in the Node mine provide iron ore, but no experience past level 3 Mining. As the rocks require level 15 to mine, it is impossible under standard conditions to receive experience.

Locations

Location	Spawns	Map	League region
Abandoned Mine - level 5	9	Show map	Morytania✓
Al Kharid mine	9	Show map	Desert✓
Ardougne Sewers mine	5	Show map	Kandarin✓
Avium Savannah crevice	6	Show map	Varlamore✓
Cam Torum mine	5	Show map	Varlamore✓
Cape Conch mine	3	Show map	N/A
Citharede Abbey mine	3	Show map	Desert✓
Custodia Mountains	8	Show map	Varlamore✓
Deepfin Mine	13	Show map	N/A
Deepfin Point	6	Show map	N/A
Desert Mining Camp (surface)	3	Show map	Desert✓
Dorgesh-Kaan mine	9	Show map	Misthalin✓
Dwarven Mine	9	Show map	Asgarnia✓
East Salvager Overlook mine	5	Show map	Varlamore✓
Edgeville Dungeon mine	3	Show map	Misthalin✓
Evil Chicken's Lair mine	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Fight Arena mine	9	Show map	Kandarin✓
Fossil Island mine	7	Show map	Misthalin✓
Grand Tree mine	8	Show map	Kandarin✓
Hosidius mine	9	Show map	Kourend✓
Isle of Souls mine	10	Show map	Misthalin✓
Jatizso mine	10	Show map	Fremennik✓
Karamja Jungle mine	1	Show map	Karamja✓
Keldagrim entrance mine	9	Show map	Fremennik✓
Keldagrim south-west mine	4	Show map	Fremennik✓
Legends' Guild mine	11	Show map	Kandarin✓
Lovakengj mine	4	Show map	Kourend✓
Mining Guild (F2P)	4	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Mining Guild (P2P)	8	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Mistrock mine	8	Show map	Varlamore✓
Mount Karuulm mine	6	Show map	Kourend✓
The Node mine	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Northern Conch mine	8	Show map	N/A
The Onyx Crest	8	Show map	N/A
Pandemonium Cave	5	Show map	N/A
Piscarilius mine	5	Show map	Kourend✓
Piscatoris mine	3	Show map	Kandarin✓
Ralos' Rise mine	4	Show map	Varlamore✓
Rimmington mine	6	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Ruins of Ullek mine	5	Show map	Desert✓
Ruins of Unkah mine	5	Show map	Desert✓
Shayzien mine	3	Show map	Kourend✓
Sisterhood Sanctuary mine	6	Show map	Morytania✓
South Mor Ul Rek mine	3	Show map	Karamja✓
South Wilderness mine	2	Show map	Wilderness✓
South-east Ardougne mine	13	Show map	Kandarin✓
South-east Varrock mine	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
South-west Varrock mine	3	Show map	Misthalin✓
Stonecutter Outpost	6	Show map	Varlamore✓
Tlati Rainforest (east)	8	Show map	Varlamore✓
Tlati Rainforest (south-west)	10	Show map	Varlamore✓
Trahaearn mine	26	Show map	Tirannwn✓
Vatrachos Island	2	Show map	N/A
Vampyrium	14	Show map	N/A
Verdant Valley	3	Show map	Misthalin✓
West Falador mine	3	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Wilderness - Bandit Camp mine	16	Show map	Wilderness✓
Wilderness - Pirates' Hideout mine	1	Show map	Wilderness✓
Wilderness - Resource Area	6	Show map	Wilderness✓
Ynysdail	4	Show map	N/A
Wyrmscraig mine	5	Show map	N/A

Power-mining Locations

There are currently 21 locations that have three iron rocks in a triangle formation.

Al Kharid mine - The only location available to free-to-play players.
Cam Torum mine
Custodia Mountains mine
Deepfin Mine - Two locations: one near the entrance and another near a Bank chest (amenity)
Isle of Souls mine - Accessible via Soul Wars minigame teleport or the Soul Wars portals at the Ferox Enclave or Edgeville.
Legends' Guild mine
Lovakengj mine
Mining Guild - This is the preferred area to power-mine due to the iron rocks having a decreased respawn time. This mine has two spots with three iron rocks close together.
Mor Ul Rek south mine
Mount Karuulm mine
Pandemonium Cave - near bank chest
Piscatoris mine
Salvager Overlook east mine
Sisterhood Sanctuary mine
Stonecutter Outpost
The Stranglewood mine
Tlati Rainforest south-west mine - Next to Gemstone Crab Spawn
Trahaearn mine
Verdant Valley
Vampyrium - Two locations nearby
Wilderness Resource Area

Banking

Iron ore rocks that are close to a bank include:

East Varrock Mine - Bank at East Varrock Bank.
Rimmington Mine - Bank at the Port Sarim deposit box a short distance East
Dorgesh-Kaan Mine - Bank at the Culinaromancer's Chest, which requires doing the first subquest of Recipe for Disaster, and The Lost Tribe is required to gain access to the mine. Also, a light source, such as a Mining helmet, is needed. For best results, do the following:

Talk to Kazgar and have him take you to the mines.
Mine until your inventory is full of ore.
Go to Mistag and have him show you out of the mines.
Go into the Lumbridge Castle basement through the hole and bank at the Culinaromancer's Chest if Recipe for Disaster is partially completed, or bank at the Lumbridge Castle bank on the top floor if not.
Deposit all the ore and then go back to the mines and repeat.

Iron ore rocks at the Fight Arena Mine near Port Khazard - Bank at the Port Khazard deposit box or at Yanille.
The Piscatoris Fishing Colony Mine - Bank inside the colony and must have completed Swan Song.
The Legends' Guild mine between East Ardougne and the Legends' Guild - Bank at Ardougne South Bank. Beware of aggressive grizzly bears.
Right outside of the Mining Guild in Dwarven Mine - Bank at East Falador Bank or Bank chest at Motherlode Mine.
The iron ore rocks south of East Ardougne at South Ardougne Mine - Bank at Ardougne South Bank, or use an Ardougne cloak and Amulet of glory to get to the mine and bank at Edgeville.
The West Falador Mine - Bank at West Falador Bank. Also, level 5 Agility is needed to negotiate the shortcut.
For the daring and adventurous, the Steel Mine in the level 6 Wilderness north of Edgeville also offers a few iron ore rocks.
The Mining Guild Members Area - Inside the Mining Guild there are two spots that have three iron rocks close together. - Bank in the Mining Guild Members Area

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Iron rocks:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining iron ore	152,511	15+ (60+ for access to the Mining Guild)

Mining info

StandardThe Node
Iron rocks

Level required					15
Mining XP					35 xp
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					5.4 seconds

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

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Iron ore	1	Always	76	10

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
Unidentified minerals	1	1/100^[7]^{[d 2]}	Not sold	30
Clue geode (beginner)	1	1/902–1/521^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Loop half of key (moon key)	1	1/4,944^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (easy)	1	1/7,673–1/4,212^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (medium)	1	1/9,028–1/4,956^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (hard)	1	1/14,896–1/8,178^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue geode (elite)	1	1/45,140–1/24,782^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Rock golem	1	1/741,225–1/739,125^{[d 5]}	Not sold	N/A

^ Crystal shards are only dropped in Prifddinas.
^ Unidentified minerals are only dropped in the Mining Guild.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 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 main 2 rock variants changed from to .
15 March 2023 (Update \| poll)	The object has been renamed from "Rocks" to "Iron rocks". The "Prospect" option was removed.
21 January 2016 (Update \| poll)	The object was graphically updated

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2026. Mod Ash: "[Any chance you could provide the success chance of iron at lvl 1 and 99?] 38% and 137% (where any value over 100% is treated as 100%)"
^ 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."
^ Mod Ed. "Mining Guild Expansion." 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Old School Announcements Forums.

Mining

Mining rocks and sources

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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