Pickpocketing trainer

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Pickpocketing trainer



Release								28 April 2010 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Quest								No
Location								Thieves' Guild
Gender								Male
Options								Talk to, Pickpocket, Check-points, Examine
Examine								A Thieves' Guild volunteer.

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Advanced data

NPC ID								11281
Links								MRND11281

The pickpocketing trainer is a man who can be found in the Thieves' Guild, and may be pickpocketed for training. When he is pickpocketed, the player will gain blue hankies (worth one hanky point each) and Thieving experience (which changes according to a player's Thieving level). Whenever a player fails to pickpocket the trainer or a volunteer, they will be stunned and damaged for 1 life point, and a remark such as "Spotted you!" or "No, no, not like that." will be made.

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing trainer can be pickpocketed for varying amounts of experience depending on current Thieving level. Experience table available in this article.

NormalSticky Fingers
Pickpocketing trainer

Level required					1
Thieving XP					Varies
Type					Pickpocket
Stun time					? (edit)
Damage					1 life points

Experience earned per pickpocket is given by this formula:

$x p = 0.1 \times ⌊ \frac{l e v e l}{50} \times \frac{2000 - ⌊ \frac{(l e v e l - 8) * 1000}{91} ⌋}{3} ⌋$

Loot

^ Only if the player did not exceed maximum amount of hanky points available that week.

Rogue

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins	20	Always^{[d 1]}	20	20
Adrenaline crystal	5–15 (noted)	Very rare^{[d 1]}	57,400–172,200	12,000–36,000
Bloodweed seed	1	Very rare^{[d 1]}	48,841	38
Wilderness hilt	1	Very rare^{[d 1]}	43,589	48,000
Preserved meat	1	Very rare^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Fremennik equipment patch	1	Very rare^{[d 1]}	1,271	N/A

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dropped after completing the quest Dishonour among Thieves and activating the effects of Jerrod's cape.

Success chance

Your pickpocketing success chance depends on your Thieving level.

This calculator is outdated due to the 2026 early-game rebalance's pickpocketing changes.

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Experience and training

Thieving volunteers are arguably the fastest Thieving experience, even surpassing Pyramid Plunder at 91. This method does, however, require very rapid, accurate mouse movements to yield a high xp/hour rate. If done correctly, this can yield upwards to 95k Thieving xp/hour. Experience is gained at level +5 rate per pickpocket

Wearing gloves of silence will dramatically decrease the chance of failure, and from level 95 Thieving onward, a player will have a 100% success rate when pickpocketing these volunteers if wearing gloves of silence and an Ardougne cloak 3 or higher.

While it is thought that standing behind the trainer will increase the chances of pickpocketing him successfully, this has been confirmed to be false and thus should not be paid special attention to.

Dialogue

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Update history

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update 28 April 2010 (Update):
- Added to game.

[1] Only if the player did not exceed maximum amount of hanky points available that week.

[jerrod-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dropped after completing the quest Dishonour among Thieves and activating the effects of Jerrod's cape.

[d 1]

[d 1]