Mining

Mining is a skill that allows players to obtain ores and gems from rocks. Training mining simply involves getting ores from rocks. These ores can in turn be used to train the Smithing skill.

How to Mine
In order to mine rocks, you must either be equipping a pickaxe or have one in your inventory. The better pickaxe you use, the faster you will be able to mine a rock.

Bronze to Rune pickaxes can be bought from the Mining Instructor. He can be found in the Mining Guild. You can get to the Mining Guild by either clicking on the Smithing skill or on the Mining skill and choosing the ‘Mining Guild’ option.

The best pickaxe is the Dragon pickaxe. It can be obtained by buying it from other players or by killing certain bosses, e.g.: the Giant Mole. There is also the Inferno Adze, which functions as both a Rune pickaxe and a Dragon hatchet.

Methods
There are several methods you can use to train your mining. All the rocks can be found in the Mining Guild, but if you are a donator, you can find Rune Rocks in the ::dzone.

Method One
The first one is switching to higher tier rocks and pickaxes whenever you can. In other words: * At Level 80 you can decide to wait for Crashed Stars to continue mining since they give very good experience, or you can continue mining Adamant to 85 and then start mining Rune to level 99.

Method Two
The second method is different, because you can skip certain rocks or delay mining them. This is due to the slower mining of rocks when your mining level is still low.

An example of this method can be:

Method 2 can be faster, but method 1 might yield more money, so it is up to you to decide which method you want to use.

Note: The Crashed Star does not only give very good experience, you can also High Alch the stardust for a good amount of money, or you can use it in the Stardust Shop located at ::home.

Rock Locations
To get to the Rock Mining Area, click on the Mining Skill inside your skill tab. From here, you can either choose the Essence Mine, or the Mining Guild (Recommended).