Ore box
Ore boxes are items that store metal ores.
Initially, ore boxes can store up to 100 of each ore, which is increased by 20 as the player reaches certain level milestones. After completing the Everything Is Oresome achievement, requiring 90 Mining, the maximum capacity for each ore except gold and silver is increased by a further 20, up to a maximum of 140.
Gold and silver ores can only be stored after completing the Family Crest quest at a maximum of 100 ore each. Gold and silver ore are not subject to storage increases due to increased mining levels or completion of Everything is Oresome. Members may continue to store gold and silver ore in their ore box on free-to-play worlds after completion of the quest.
The Bronze ore box can be smithed directly at an anvil. Ore boxes may be upgraded from the previous tier to a higher tier by adding two bars of the desired metal onto an existing ore box at an anvil. Ore boxes may only be upgraded one tier at a time, and players must have the relevant smithing level to upgrade them. Alternatively, players may purchase and use any of the available ore boxes from the Grand Exchange regardless of the player's mining level.
Mechanics[edit | edit source]
The ore box's left-click option, "fill", fills the box with all ores in the player's inventory. Ores (including noted ores) can also be individually used on the box to fill it with all ore of that type. A mouse-over tooltip is displayed showing the contents of the ore box sorted from the lowest to the highest tier. The ore box can be added to the action bar, allowing the player to fill the box with a keybind.
The ore box cannot be emptied into a player's inventory. Once filled it can only be emptied into a bank, deposit box or metal bank. The "Deposit-All" option in the metal bank empties the ore box as well as having an "empty" option that works in the bank interface. With deposit boxes, the ore box must be used on it to deposit the contents without banking the ore box, as the empty option does not exist in the deposit box interface, but this does allow the player to return to mining. Simply placing an ore box into the bank also empties the box, placing all the ores stored within it into the bank. If there isn't enough space in the bank, the ore(s) will stay in the box while banked.
Ore boxes share storage between them, so there is no use in owning multiple boxes. The player cannot fill the ore box while carrying more than one of them in their inventory. Attempting to fill the ore box whilst carrying several of them simply results in the player character exclaiming "I can't hold all these ore boxes!", with no ore being added to the box.
The metal bank can be viewed via the "View metal bank" option, but no items may be deposited or withdrawn from it.
A temporary boost in Mining level can increase the capacity temporarily.
Dying in the Wilderness with an ore box of any tier, if unprotected, will result in the box and all ores contained within dropping on the ground for the killer. If the player protects their ore box, any ores contained within the ore box will be dropped on the ground for the killer; however, the ore box will be kept.
If the inventory is filled by mining while carrying the ore box, the game displays a message that the player could fill the box, even if the material mined cannot be stored there (such as when the box is already full).
Types of ore boxes[edit | edit source]
Ore box | Highest tier of ore storable[1] |
Ingredients | XP (from Scratch) | Mining level for storage increase[2] |
GE price | Profit of creation (From scratch - bars)[3] |
Profit of creation (From scratch - ores)[4] |
Profit of creation (Prior Ore box + bars)[3] |
Profit per 100 XP Prior + Bars (Scratch - bars) |
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30 | 7 | 1,353 | −1,061 | 301 | N/A | −2.83 |
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80 (110) | 18 | 6,544 | −158 | 412 | 903 | 8.86 (−69.62) |
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150 (260) | 29 | 13,831 | 2,551 | 4,545 | 2,709 | 5.54 (10.19) |
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240 (500) | 37 | 24,161 | 10,083 | 13,169 | 7,532 | 3.19 (4.96) |
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340 (840) | 41 | 42,559 | 19,507 | 23,623 | 9,424 | 3.61 (4.31) |
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480 (1,320) | 55 | 53,522 | 20,540 | 25,724 | 1,033 | 46.47 (6.43) |
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700 (2,020) | 66 | 65,253 | 20,343 | 26,739 | −197 | −355.33 (9.93) |
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1,000 (3,020) | 72 | 98,512 | 37,490 | 45,780 | 17,147 | 5.83 (8.06) |
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1,400 (4,420) | 85 | 160,648 | 85,056 | 93,972 | 47,566 | 2.94 (5.2) |
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2,000 (6,420) | 95 | 200,075 | 95,265 | 114,439 | 10,209 | 19.59 (6.74) |
- ^ Silver and gold ores require completion of Family Crest to be stored in the ore box and metal bank. A player who has completed the quest may store gold and silver without membership.
- ^ Increase does not count for gold or silver ores, which are always limited to 100.
- ^ a b Using the price of bars bought from Grand Exchange.
- ^ Using the price of ores bought from Grand Exchange.
Update history[edit | edit source]
- ninja 16 May 2022 (Update):
- You can now check your metal bank from any tier ore box.
- You may not deposit or withdraw items from the metal bank when opening it via the ore box.
- You can now check your metal bank from any tier ore box.
- patch 4 May 2021 (Update):
- Using the 'Fill' and 'Inspect' options on an Ore Box will no longer interrupt actions.
- patch 11 January 2021 (Update):
- You'll no longer receive popup messages regarding deposits in the ore box when smelting gold or silver before completing Family Crest.
- patch 15 June 2020 (Update):
- Fixed an issue that would cause the 'Inspect' option on ore boxes to cut off words if the chat character limit was reached.
- patch 22 July 2019 (Update):
- The Ore Box tooltip has been adjusted to stop visual clipping when using a large variety of ores.
- patch 18 February 2019 (Update):
- An ore box can now be used on a deposit box, in a similar fashion to a (spirit) gem bag or coal bag, to empty the ore box's contents into your bank without depositing the ore box.
- patch 14 January 2019 (Update):
- It is now no longer possible to fill ore boxes when you have multiple of them on you.
- patch 4 February 2019 (Update):
- No longer autofill noted ores - you can still use the noted ores on the ore box to store them if you wish.
- patch 28 January 2019 (Update):
- There is now a warning when attempting to alch or disassemble them.
- Smithing and ore boxes are no longer allowed in New Varrock.
- patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
- Players will no longer be able to remove pickaxes from their toolbelts while in New Varrock.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Ore stored in ore boxes are not counted towards carried weight of the player.
- The value of ores stored in an ore box is not counted by the Wealth evaluator.