52xp 308 Posted June 12, 2018 MINING Mining is one of the slower skills here on Runex. While there are multiple methods from 1-99, some aimed towards more profit and some more experience per hour, there is only one method that stands out as the absolute fastest all while making profit in the end as well.. and we'll talk about all of these methods below. Table of Contents: 1.) Picks & Useful Items2.) Ores & Locations3.) Profitable Method4.) Efficient Method 5.) Other Useful Info 1.) Pickaxes & Useful Items Here on Runex, we only have four important Pickaxes that you can obtain: Spoiler Iron Pickaxe Mining Level Required: 1 Wielding Level Required (Attack): 1 Rune Pickaxe Mining Level Required: 41 Dragon Pickaxe Mining Level Required: 61 3rd Age Pickaxe Mining Level Required: 61 There are also several different experience bonus items on Runex to capitalize on: Spoiler Skiller Tokens Grants 2x Skilling experience per 10k exp earned Catalyst Tokens Grants 3x all experience per 5k exp earned Varrock Armor (1-4) Grants 5-20% (1-4) all experience gained Safety Gloves Grants 2.5% all experience gained Fighting Boots Grants 2.5% all experience gained Skilling Backpack Grants 5% all experience when worn Studious Elixir Grants 25% Skilling experience for 60 minutes Scholar's Blessing Doubles the effectiveness of exp Tokens 2.) Ores & Locations Alongside the vast amount of useful items Runex has for Mining, we also have a ton of mining locations. For the purpose of this guide, I will only be displaying the useful ones below. Spoiler All four of the mines displayed below can be found by navigating to your spellbook, clicking "Skilling Teleports" and selecting the Mining option. Al Kharid Mine Dwarven Mine Desert Granite Mine Lunar Gem Mine 3.) Profitable Method The most profitable Mining method from 1-99 is as follows.. Spoiler PLEASE NOTE: If you are a donator, the ::dzone is much better for EVERY ORE!!/ 1-15 ~ Copper/Tin Ore Best found at the Al Kharid Mine on the far Northern side. 15-30 ~ Iron Ore Best found at the Al Kharid Mine, just south of the Copper/Tin. 30-55 ~ Coal Ore Best found at the Dwarven Mine in multiple different locations. 55-70 ~ Mithril Ore Best found in the Al Kharid OR the Dwarven Mine. 70-85 ~ Adamantite Ore Best found, in bulk, at the Dwarven Mine near the Iron Ores. 85-99 ~ Runite Ore Best found in the Cursed Caverns (Mine). Map can be found here. Entirely depending on your game mode, this method can make you a ton of GP - even post-99. The real money here is in the Runite Ore from 85-99, which can sell for upwards of 10k GP each. Normal: ~580 Runite Ore, 5.8M GPHard: 9.75k Runite Ore, 9.75M GPSupreme: ~3.9k Runite Ore, 39M GPPrime: ~26k Runite Ore, 260M GP As you can see, the ideal way to make money with this skill is to mine on a Prime account or do a lot of post-99 Mining. 4.) Efficient Method The most efficient Mining method from 1-99 is as follows.. Spoiler PLEASE NOTE: If you are a donator, the ::dzone is much better for EVERY ORE (other than Granite)!!/ 1-15 ~ Copper/Tin Ore Best found at the Al Kharid Mine on the far Northern side. 15-30 ~ Iron Ore Best found at the Al Kharid Mine, just south of the Copper/Tin. 30-45 ~ Coal Ore Best found at the Dwarven Mine in multiple different locations. 45-99 ~ GraniteOnly found at the Desert Granite Mine. Granite mining from 45-99 has three methods, all of which are similar speeds. Convert the Granite into Runite Ore (using the Miner) Bank the Granite using the Premium Banker (Supreme, Prime or Donators) Drop each Granite immediately after mining it 5.) Other Useful Info Below is a list of all Ores and their respective exp given per mode: Spoiler / Copper Ore / Tin Ore ~ Mining Level: 1Normal: 2,363 expHard: 875 expSupreme: 350 expPrime: 52.5 exp Iron Ore ~ Mining Level: 15Normal: 1,181 expHard: 1,950 expSupreme: 700 expPrime: 105 exp Silver Ore ~ Mining Level: 20Normal: 5,400 expHard: 2,000 expSupreme: 800 expPrime: 120 exp Coal Ore ~ Mining Level: 30Normal: 6,750 expHard: 2,500 expSupreme: 1,000 expPrime: 150 exp Gold Ore ~ Mining Level: 40Normal: 8,775 expHard: 3,250 expSupreme: 1,300 expPrime: 195 exp Granite ~ Mining Level: 45Normal: 10,125 expHard: 3,750 expSupreme: 1,500 expPrime: 225 exp Mithril Ore ~ Mining Level: 55Normal: 10,800 expHard: 4,000 expSupreme: 1,600 expPrime: 240 exp Adamantite Ore ~ Mining Level: 70Normal: 12,825 expHard: 4,750 expSupreme: 1,900 expPrime: 285 exp Runite Ore ~ Mining Level: 85Normal: 16,875 expHard: 6,250 expSupreme: 2,500 expPrime: 375 exp SMITHING Smithing, used as a productive follow-up to Mining, is a rather fast skill to train - provided you have all of the ores/bars on hand. Smithing is used to craft both armor and weapons using the ores you have obtained via the Mining skill, as well as other miscellaneous things such as crafting Dragonfire Shields. Table of Contents: 1.) Required & Useful Items 2.) Smelting Ores to Bars 3.) Armor/Weapon Smithing 4.) Efficient Method 1.) Required & Useful Items Here on Runex, all you need to begin Smithing is a Hammer and some time. There are however several different experience bonus items on Runex to capitalize on: Spoiler Skiller Tokens Grants 2x Skilling experience per 10k exp earned Catalyst Tokens Grants 3x all experience per 5k exp earned Varrock Armor (1-4) Grants 5-20% (1-4) all experience gained Safety Gloves Grants 2.5% all experience gained Fighting Boots Grants 2.5% all experience gained Skilling Backpack Grants 5% all experience when worn Studious Elixir Grants 25% Skilling experience for 60 minutes Scholar's Blessing Doubles the effectiveness of exp Tokens 2.) Smelting Ores to Bars The first step for Smelting Ores to Bars is obtaining said Ores, which I assume you have done via Mining or the Trading Post. Spoiler Second, you will need to find a furnace (East of the bank at ::home, ::dzone) and click on it. This interface should appear: Under the bars, you will find black and red text. This simply signifies whether or not you have the level(s) to craft said bar. Bronze: 1x Tin Ore, 1x Copper Ore Iron: 1x Iron Ore (50% chance) Steel: 1x Iron Ore, 2x Coal Ore Gold: 1x Gold Ore Mith: 1x Mithril Ore, 4x Coal Ore Addy: 1x Adamantite Ore, 6x Coal Ore Rune: 1x Runite Ore, 8x Coal Ore Each of the above "recipes" will grant you with one Bar of the same name (e.g. 1x Iron Ore, 2x Coal Ore = 1x Steel Bar). 3.) Armor/Weapon Smithing Armor and/or Weapon Smithing on Runex is quite easily accomplished as well. Spoiler Find yourself an Anvil (next to the Furnace at ::home and the ::dzone) and use your newly smelted Bar(s) on it. You should see an interface like this. Note, green text means you have the materials to smelt it - red means you do not. No matter what you smelt, you will get a multiple of the same experience. The experience rates below are the amount you gain PER BAR used (e.g. 1 dagger = 1x the exp listed, 1 scimitar = 2x the exp listed) Spoiler Bronze: Normal: 1,687.5 expHard: 625 expSupreme: 250 expPrime: 37.5 exp Iron: Normal: 3,375 expHard: 1,250 expSupreme: 500 expPrime: 75 exp Steel: Normal: 5,062.5 expHard: 1,875 expSupreme: 750 expPrime: 112.5 exp Mith: Normal: 6,750 expHard: 2,500 expSupreme: 1,000 expPrime: 150 exp Addy: Normal: 8,437.5 expHard: 3,125 expSupreme: 1,250 expPrime: 187.5 exp Rune: Normal: 10,125 expHard: 3,750 expSupreme: 1,500 expPrime: 225 exp Shout out to @Ralph for quick maths help ♥ 4.) Efficient Method The most efficient Smithing method from 1-99 is as follows.. Spoiler The most efficient methods of training Smithing almost always consist of Smithing the highest Platebody you can. The reason being, the more Bars you use per Smith, the more exp per hour you achieve. 1-18 ~ Any Bronze item(s) 18-33 ~ Bronze Platebodies 33-48 ~ Iron Platebodies 48-68 ~ Steel Platebodies 68-88 ~ Mithril Platebodies 88-99 ~ Adamant Platebodies 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Logic 910 Posted June 12, 2018 Nice guide, you are missing the mining hat which is an achievement reward at level 10 mining that boosts your mining experience. It would be cool to see a list of the achievements for each skill and their rewards and also optimal methods for obtaining the higher end ores or bars such as rogues chest for gold, aviansies for adamant and the mithril/adamant and rune dragons for their respective bars and ores. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 9616 15 Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) One thing I really like is how much you “dumb” it down. What I mean is you explain in detail even about the green highlighted and the red highlighted. Which most people should know but is not in most guides now a day. Good work. Also is it just me or are some photos a bit blown up and pixelated? 🤔🤔 Edited June 12, 2018 by Dragon 9616 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
52xp 308 Posted June 12, 2018 5 hours ago, Dragon 9616 said: One thing I really like is how much you “dumb” it down. What I mean is you explain in detail even about the green highlighted and the red highlighted. Which most people should know but is not in most guides now a day. Good work. Also is it just me or are some photos a bit blown up and pixelated? 🤔🤔 Thanks for that, I tried to include some small things people may not catch on to. As for the pictures, I'm trying to figure out what causes that. I can't see it personally, but others do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 9616 15 Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) I found another rune ore mining spot. There is only one rock though. It is where the Dark Beasts are: http://prntscr.com/juchyb Edited June 13, 2018 by Dragon 9616 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
52xp 308 Posted June 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Dragon 9616 said: I found another rune ore mining spot. There is only one rock though. It is where the Dark Beasts are: http://prntscr.com/juchyb I know 'bout this - contemplated adding it, but it's a pretty bad option for lower levels. Thanks anyway though, man. :^) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 9616 15 Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, J said: I know 'bout this - contemplated adding it, but it's a pretty bad option for lower levels. Thanks anyway though, man. :^) Of course man. Even if you added it and put a warning it might be good. Also if people ask about the runite rocks in Wildy that’s out in the open. They aren’t mineable. I tried from all sides and couldn’t mine it. I was 95 mining or so. 🤔 Edited June 13, 2018 by Dragon 9616 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
