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Mining enhancers are equippable items that aid the player in Mining. Their benefits range from invisible mining boosts, to giving a chance to mining an extra ore from a rock. The effects of mining enhancers stack with each other when worn.

List of mining enhancers

Item		Effect
	Celestial ring	Gives an invisible +4 boost to Mining; stacks with both visible and invisible boosts, though visible boosts are capped to level 99. When charged, gives a bonus identical to the Varrock armour 3's mining effect; these effects can stack.
	Celestial signet
	Mining gloves	Saves copper, tin, iron, silver, coal, and gold rocks from becoming depleted one time. The player will continue mining until the rock depletes.
	Superior mining gloves	Saves ores affected by mining gloves from becoming depleted two times and saves mithril and adamantite rocks once. The player will continue mining until the rock depletes.
	Expert mining gloves	Saves ores affected by mining gloves from becoming depleted three times, ores affected by superior mining gloves two times, and sandstone rocks, runite rocks, and amethyst crystals once. The player will continue mining until the rock depletes.
	Varrock armour 1	Gives a 10% chance to mine an extra ore in standard rocks up to gold, as well as tephra rock formations and Guardian fragments.
	Varrock armour 2	Gives a 10% chance to mine an extra ore in standard rocks up to mithril, as well as Lovakite rocks, sandstone rocks, and granite rocks.
	Varrock armour 3	Gives a 10% chance to mine an extra ore in standard rocks up to adamantite, as well as soft clay rocks.
	Varrock armour 4	Gives a 10% chance to mine an extra ore from any standard rock. Includes amethyst crystals.^[1]
	Mining cape	Gives a 5% chance to mine an extra ore in the same rocks as Varrock armour 3.
	Amulet of glory (charged)	Increases chance of receiving gems from 1/256 to 1/86, and increases success rate of mining gem rocks.

List of affected rocks

The following is a list of all rocks and sources that can benefit from mining enhancers' extra resources.


Rock Type	Level	Mining gloves	Varrock armour	Celestial ring / signet	Mining cape
Clay	1	N/A	1	Yes	Yes
Copper	1	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Tin	1	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Guardian remains^{[n 1]}	1	N/A	1	Yes	Yes
Tephra	1	N/A	1	Yes	Yes
Blurite	10	N/A	1	Yes	Yes
Limestone rock	10	N/A	1	Yes	Yes
Iron	15	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Silver	20	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Lead	25	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Coal	30	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Sandstone	35	Expert	2	Yes	Yes
Gold	40	Standard	1	Yes	Yes
Volcanic sulphur^[2]	42	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
Granite	45	N/A	2	Yes	Yes
Rubium	48	N/A	2	Yes	Yes
Sunstone	53	Expert	2	Yes	Yes
Mithril	55	Superior	2	Yes	Yes
Amalgamation^[3]	64	N/A	3	Yes	Yes
Lovakite	65	N/A	2	Yes	Yes
Adamantite	70	Superior	3	Yes	Yes
Soft clay rocks	70	N/A	2	Yes	Yes
Nickel	74	N/A	4	No	No
Runite	85	Expert	4	No	No
Amethyst	92	Expert	4	No	No

^ Including guardian parts, large guardian remains, huge guardian remains, and fallen guardians

Exceptions

Some rocks are not affected by mining enhancers that provide extra resources.

Ancient essence
Ash piles^[4]
Barronite rocks
Basalt rocks, efh salt rocks, te salt rocks, and urt salt rocks in the Salt Mine^[5]
Blast Mine
Calcified rocks
Daeyalt essence
Dense runestone
Gem rocks
Infernal shale deposit
Infernal shale rocks
Motherlode Mine (pay-dirt)
Pile of Rock
Pure essence
Rune essence
Stalagmites
Saltpetre
Stardust
Unidentified minerals
Volcanic Mine

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ed's Twitter account. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Mod Ed: "The Varrock armour does but the cape doesn't."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2026. Mod Ash: "Yes, the ring would apply. Also visible stat-boosts, and the cape can give an extra one."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 September 2023. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Mod Ash: "[Also, do you know if mining enhancers (celestial ring dust, varrock body, mining/max cape) work when mining for tainted essence chunks?] The ring, cape and Varrock perk can apply."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Mod Ash: "[Do Varrock armor, mining cape and mining gloves affect mining volcanic ash?] No."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Mod Ash: "No, but a higher Mining level does."

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

Skilling equipment

Agility

Graceful outfit	Hood Top Legs Gloves Boots Cape
	Agility cape

Construction

Carpenter's outfit	Helmet Shirt Trousers Boots
	Construct. cape

Cooking

Farming

Farmer's outfit	Strawhat Jacket/Shirt Boro trousers Boots
	Magic secateurs Farming cape

Firemaking

Pyromancer outfit	Hood Garb Robe Boots
	Firemaking cape

Fishing

Angler's outfit	Hat Top Waders Boots
Spirit angler's outfit	Headband Top Waders Boots
Rada's blessing	1 2 3 4
	Fish barrel Fish sack barrel Fishing cape

Herblore

Hunter

Guild hunter outfit	Headwear Top Legs Boots
	Strung rabbit foot Hunter cape Horn of plenty

Mining

Prospector kit	Helmet Jacket Legs Boots
Golden prospector kit	Helmet Jacket Legs Boots
Varrock armour	1 2 3 4
Mining enhancers	Amulet of glory (charged) Celestial ring Celestial signet Mining gloves Superior mining gloves Expert mining gloves Mining cape

Prayer

Zealot's robes	Helm Robe top Robe bottom Boots
	Prayer cape

Runecraft

Raiments of the Eye	Hat ^{(red)(blue)(green)} Top ^{(red)(blue)(green)} Robe ^{(red)(blue)(green)} Boots
	Runecraft cape

Slayer

Smithing

Varrock armour	1 2 3 4
Smiths' Uniform	Tunic Trousers Gloves ^(iced) Boots
	Goldsmith gauntlets Smithing cape

Thieving

Rogue equipment	Mask Top Trousers Gloves Boots
	Dodgy necklace Gloves of silence Thieving cape

Woodcutting

Lumberjack outfit	Hat Top Legs Boots
Forestry outfit	Hat Top Legs Boots
	Strung rabbit foot Twitcher's gloves Woodcutting cape

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