Ore

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For other uses, see Ore (disambiguation).

An ore is an item (typically a type of unrefined metal) obtained through the Mining skill from mining rocks with a pickaxe. Ores can be smelted into bars through the Smithing skill. Core ores, silver ores and gold ores can either be stored in the bank, an ore box or the metal bank.

Ores and most mineable items (despite not being ores) are discussed on this page, with the exception of gems that have their own page.

Core ores

Level	Ore	Price
1	Copper ore	248
1	Tin ore	59
10	Iron ore	384
20	Coal	108
30	Mithril ore	211
40	Adamantite ore	238
40	Luminite	824
50	Runite ore	1,020
60	Orichalcite ore	1,553
60	Drakolith	2,166
70	Necrite ore	2,731
70	Phasmatite	2,769
80	Banite ore	3,209
90	Light animica	3,433
90	Dark animica	3,405

Other ores

Level	Ore	Price
20	Silver ore	109
40	Gold ore	370
80	Abyssalbanite ore	N/A
80	Basiliskbanite ore	N/A
80	Dragonbanite ore	N/A
80	Wallasalkibanite ore	N/A
89	Corrupted ore	N/A

Quest items

Level	Ore	Quest
1	Punishment rock	The Tourist Trap
10	Blurite ore	The Knight's Sword
20	Daeyalt ore	Darkness of Hallowvale
20	Elemental ore	Elemental Workshop I
40	'Perfect' gold ore	Family Crest
46	Rubium	Kennith's Concerns
60	Lunar ore	Lunar Diplomacy

Other mineable items

Level	Ore	Price
1	Rock (ore)	N/A
1	Stardust	N/A
1	Clay	481
75	Soft clay	558
1	Rune essence	23
30	Pure essence	21
10	Limestone	261
35	Sandstone (1kg)	1
35	Sandstone (2kg)	1
35	Sandstone (5kg)	1
35	Sandstone (10kg)	2
45	Granite (500g)	783
45	Granite (2kg)	1,960
45	Granite (5kg)	4,683
73	Living minerals	31
81	Red sandstone	N/A
81	Crystal-flecked sandstone	N/A
90	Sea salt	N/A
97	Alaea sea salt	N/A
98	Golden idol	N/A

Dungeoneering ores

Level	Ore
1	Novite ore
10	Bathus ore
20	Marmaros ore
30	Kratonium ore
40	Fractite ore
50	Zephyrium ore
60	Argonite ore
70	Katagon ore
80	Gorgonite ore
90	Promethium ore

Update history

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• patch 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Reduced level requirement to mine iron, coal, mithril, adamant and runite to 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 respectively.
  • Adamant and runite now use luminite rather than coal as the secondary ingredient for smelting. Luminite can be mined at mining level 40.
  • Added new tiers of ore to mine. At 60, orichalcite and drakolith. At 70, necrite and phasmatite. At 80, bane ore (existing bane ore counts). At 90, light animica and dark animica.
  • Mining rocks no longer deplete.
  • Every swing now gives XP, but ore is only earned after filling up the progress bar with multiple swings.
  • Rockertunities will spawn occasionally which, when clicked, result in a burst of additional XP and ore.
  • If you let yourself go AFK while mining, you will gradually slow down slightly. If you click frequently, you will stay at maximum mining speed. The difference between fastest and slowest is about 20%.
  • When mining you have a chance to gain geodes. Regular geodes contain gems, and metamorphic geodes always contain rare prizes.

Trivia

• The heaviest ore is Lunar ore, and the heaviest minable item is 10kg Sandstone. Most metal ores are around 2kg (1.75kg to 2.7kg)
• Rocks containing ore were updated on 20 December 2011, as revealed in the update post on that day, to have a shiny look when ore is available from them.

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