Coal

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:CoalThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Coal

This article is about the type of ore. For the item used in the 2008 Easter event, see Bucket of coal.

Coal
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	42 coins
High alch	25 coins
Low alch	16 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 11 Sacrifice: 44
Exchange	78 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Used in Smithing (20,30).
Exchange history
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Reclaim: 11
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Coal is a resource that can be obtained through mining coal rocks or concentrated coal rocks, requiring level 20 Mining, in various places around RuneScape.

Coal is required to craft elemental, steel and mithril bars. As players increase their Mining level and use higher tier pickaxes, they are able to mine coal at quicker rates.

Coal, like other mining resources, can be stored in an ore box. 100 coal can be stored in a steel ore box or higher. This capacity be increased by 20 at level 29 Mining and a further 20 with the completion of the Everything Is Oresome achievement.

Coal can be obtained through Managing Miscellania by having the player's subjects of Miscellania gather it for them. In order to gain coal, players must store money in the coffers and then set the focus of the subjects on mining. They will mine coal and possibly a few gem stones in the background for the player.

Mining

Coal Mining level 20 Critical hit chance Source Coal rock 20% 30% Core 25 - Stone spirit Coal Rockertunity multiplier Geode Sedimentary x5 x6 Rock stats 21 - Durability 140 Double ore chance Hardness 15 5% 10% Multiplier 0.7 27 - Base ore 1 Geode chance Varrock armour double chance 10% 15% 4% 23 -

Coal Mining level 70 Critical hit chance Source Concentrated coal deposit 20% 30% Core 25 - Stone spirit Coal Rockertunity multiplier Geode Igneous x5 x6 Rock stats 21 - Durability 500 Double ore chance Hardness 140 5% 10% Multiplier 0.8 27 - Base ore 5 Geode chance Varrock armour double chance 10% 15% 4% 23 -

Mine locations

Mine/Mining site	Members	Amount	Requirements
(Managing) Miscellania mine	Yes	6	Throne of Miscellania
Abandoned Mine	Yes	36	Haunted Mine
Coal truck mine	Yes	12	None
Desert Mining Camp	Yes	3	Tourist Trap
Desert Quarry	Yes	2	None
Dwarven coal mine	No	7	none
Falador west mine	No	3	None
Gunnarsgrunn mine	No	4	None
Jatizso dungeon mine	Yes	21	The Fremennik Isles
Keldagrim north-east mine	Yes	6	Started The Giant Dwarf
Legends' Guild south-west mine	Yes	4	None
Living Rock Caverns	Yes	8	none
Lumbridge south-west mine	No	3	None
Mining Guild	No	8	60 Mining
Miscellania Dungeon mine	Yes	4	Part of Royal Trouble
TokTz-Ket-Dill mine	Yes	7	TokTz-Ket-Dill
Trahaearn coal mine	Yes	8	Plague's End

Value

See also: Exchange:Coal

The market price of coal is currently 78 coins. Coal maintained an average stable price of 175 coins prior to June 2009, but gradually rose to over 300 coins in the middle of 2010. After free trade was reinstated on 1 February 2011, the price briefly fell to an average 160 coins before it continued to fluctuate near 250 coins until 2013.

On 19 October 2015, during the Invasion of Falador event, double experience was awarded while training at the Artisans' Workshop. This caused the price of coal to rise dramatically, reaching an average Grand Exchange price of 492 coins on 24 October 2015, with a 7-day trading volume of 262,600,000.

Transmutation

Level	Initial resource	Energy	Result	XP	Profit/loss
29	3 Iron ore	2 Bright energy	1 Coal	6	-1,534
63	3 Coal	2 Vibrant energy	1 Mithril ore	13.3	-475

Drop sources

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For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Adventurer's chest	N/A	4–6	Unknown
Christmas cracker crate	N/A	1	Common
Falador resource bundle	Not Available	1–2	Unknown
Festive cracker	Not Available	1; 50 (noted)	Common
Glowing cracker	Not Available	25–100 (noted)	Common
New Varrock guard	56; 90	1	1/128
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Uncommon

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Drogo's Mining Emporium	Dwarven Mines	42	Coins	0
Ore Store	Jatizso	42	Coins	0
Sani's Orefully Affordable Store	New Varrock	45	Zemomark	10

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Ores
Disassembly XP	0.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  89.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 89.0% 1 34 88.2 2 49 86.4 3 64 84.6 4 69 82.8 5 78 81.0 6 83 78.4 7 91 76.6 8 95 73.9 9 105 71.2
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	100%

oresoresOrestabletabletabletable10? (edit)0.389?  89.0%

Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched.
See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information.

Reduction		Junk chance
None	1	89.0%
1	34	88.2
2	49	86.4
3	64	84.6
4	69	82.8
5	78	81.0
6	83	78.4
7	91	76.6
8	95	73.9
9	105	71.2

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Update history

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• patch 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Adamant and runite now use luminite rather than coal as the secondary ingredient for smelting. Luminite can be mined at mining level 40.

Trivia

• Coal is not an ore. Ore requires extraction to obtain the element while coal is already in its usable form.
• In RuneScape, coal rocks have a higher chance of awarding gems than other mined resources. One can observe this in the real world as well. In the real world, coal beds can supply the needed carbon and pressure that gems require to form.
• As a joke around Christmas time, some players give coal to other players. This is a reference to a well known Christmas tradition where coal is given instead of presents to those who have been naughty that year. This was turned on its head during the 2009 Christmas event, where the naughty NPC Tiny Thom was delighted to have been given a lump of coal due to its market value.
• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework:
  • Coal was widely used in the Smithing skill. The looming changes caused the value of coal to steadily drop .
  • The examine text of coal stated, "Hmm a non-renewable energy source!". This is a joke about coal in the real world as coal cannot be replenished once extracted.
  • Coal was also required for making adamant and runite bars, requiring 6 and 8 pieces of coal respectively. Steel and mithril bars also required 2 and 4 pieces of coal respectively.

References

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