Runite rocks
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| Runite rocks | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 13 August 2001 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Varies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map icon |  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Mine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | A rocky outcrop. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Object ID | 11377 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
Runite rocks are the second-highest level rock, requiring 85 Mining to mine. When successfully mined, the player receives a runite ore and 125 Mining experience. After being mined, runite rocks take 12 minutes to respawn (6 minutes within the Mining Guild). The long respawn times make world switching practically mandatory to collect any reasonable amount of runite.
Due to competition from players and bots, some strategy is required to mine runite in popular areas. Rather than world hopping continuously forward, it is useful to keep track of the time that you mine the ores on a specific world, then returning to that world shortly before it respawns. Alternately, rocks with quest requirements are much less popular and do not require such world hopping strategies. Examples are the Fossil Island mine requiring Bone Voyage, the Central Fremennik Isles mine requiring starting The Fremennik Isles, or Mourner Tunnels requiring starting Mourning's End Part II.
Mining runite ore is not recommended for players who are solely interested in Mining experience due to how slowly the rocks are successfully mined. For example, to go from level 98 to 99 Mining, players using a dragon pickaxe would need to spend on average about 63 hours mining runite.
Locations
Mining info
| Runite rocks | |||||||||
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| Level required |  85 | ||||||||
| Mining XP | 125 xp | ||||||||
| Required tool | Pickaxe | ||||||||
| Respawn time | 12 minutes 6 minutes in Mining Guild and Wilderness | ||||||||
Rocks deplete and produce runite ore on every successful mining attempt, though more ore can be gained using special equipment.
| Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Runite ore | 1 | Always | 10,225 | 1,920 |
The chance of successfully mining a runite rock varies from 17/256 at level 85, up to 19/256 from level 97 and up.[1] Only invisible boosts increase the chances past level 99, like the +7 in the Mining Guild and +4 from the celestial ring.
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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 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unidentified minerals | 1 | 1/20[6][d 1] | Not sold | 30 |
 | Crystal shard | 1 | 1/65[7][d 2] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Clue geode (beginner) | 1 | 1/32–1/29[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Loop half of key (moon key) | 1 | 1/282[d 4] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Clue geode (easy) | 1 | 1/272–1/240[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Clue geode (medium) | 1 | 1/320–1/283[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Clue geode (hard) | 1 | 1/529–1/467[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Clue geode (elite) | 1 | 1/1,603–1/1,416[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
 | Rock golem | 1 | 1/40,252–1/39,902[d 5] | Not sold | N/A |
- ^ Unidentified minerals are only dropped in the Mining Guild.
- ^ Crystal shards are only dropped in Prifddinas.
- ^ 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 4 gives a 10% chance to receive an extra ore.
Expert mining gloves allow one additional ore to be mined before the rocks deplete.
Celestial rings and signets provide an invisible +4 boost to Mining level, regardless of charges. They do not give a chance to receive extra ore.
Prospector kit boosts Mining experience by 2.5%.
Amulet of glory increases the chance of obtaining gems when charged.
Mining capes provide no benefits for runite.
Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 20 March 2024 (Update) |
Map icon for the 2 standard variants changed from |
| 15 March 2023 (Update | poll) |
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| 7 December 2022 (Update | poll) |
The random tick delay after mining runite has been removed. |
| 21 January 2016 (Update | poll) |
The object was graphically updated |
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