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So I've been mining a ton at the sponsor zone lately; and I came across something rather odd. At first I thought the 200m mining cape was just bugged; and maybe this is still the case (with specifically the 3a pick) but it seems there are mining "bonus caps" and if you go over the cape (increase your additional mining speed) it actually slows you down. I ran tests on a bunch of set-ups and below are the results I got. (Galv pick I boosted for every single test; no speed was taken if I received key / onyx; all tested with 27 invy spots) 3a pick naked speeds: 54; 60 ; 63 = 59 sec average 3a pick + 99 cape: 29; 30; 29 = 29.5 sec average (+10% boost) 3a pick + 200m cape: 32; 33; 33 = 32.5 sec average (+20% boost) 3a pick + 99 cape + inf bless: 22; 24; 22 = 23 sec average (+35% boost) 3a pick + 200m cape + inf bless: 32; 33; 32 = 32.5 sec average (+45% boost) 3a pick + 99 cape + inf bless + ancient skilling tome: 12; 14; 13 = 13 sec average (+55% boost) 3a pick + 200m cape + inf bless + ancient skilling tome: 24; 28; 24 = 25 sec average (+65% boost) galv pick naked: 14; 10; 12 second average galv pick + 99 cape: 9; 9; 9 = 9 second average galv pick + 200m cape: 9; 8; 9 = 9 sec average galv pick + 99 cape + inf blessing: 9; 9; 9 = 9 sec average galv pick + 200m cape + inf blessing: 9; 9; 9 = 9 second average galv pick + 99 cape + inf blessing + ancient skiller tome: 8; 9; 8 = 8 second average galv pick + 200m cape + inf blessing + ancient skiller tome: 8; 8; 8 = 8 second average dragon pick + 99 cape: 38; 39; 37 = 38 second average dragon pick + 200m cape: 16; 16; 16 = 16 second average dragon pick + 99 cape + inf blessing + ancient tome: 18; 15; 17 = 16.5 second average dragon pick + 200m cape + inf bless + ancient tome: 24; 21; 22 = 22.5 second average dragon pick + 200m cape + ancient tome: 26; 25; 25 = 25 second average dragon pick + 200m cape + inf bless: 32; 34; 33 = 33 second average dragon pick + 99 cape + inf bless: 33; 33; 32 = 32 second average dragon pick + 99 cape + ancient tome: 24; 26; 26 = 25 second average So TL;DR 3a pick is fastest with 99 mining cape + ancient skiller tome + inf blessing. Dragon pick is fastest with just 200m cape; and Galv pick just zooms. I found this all very interesting and figured i'd share.