Tin rock

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Tin rock
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest	No
Location	Varies
Actions	Mine, Prospect, Examine
Examine	This rock contains tin ore.
Advanced data
Object ID	? (edit)
Links	MROD
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Tin rocks contain tin ore that can be mined with a pickaxe. It can be mined with a Mining level of at least 1. 1 tin ore and 1 copper ore can be smelted into a bronze bar.

Mining

Tin rock
Mining level		1		Critical hit chance
Output		Tin ore		10%	15%
Core				2	8
Stone spirit		Tin		Rockertunity multiplier
Geode		Sedimentary		x5	x6
Rock stats				6	-
Durability		40		Double ore chance
Hardness		0		5%	10%
Multiplier		0.66		4	5
Base ore		1		Geode chance
Varrock armour double chance				10%	15%
		4%		-	-

Locations

Mine	Members	Amount	Requirements
Ashdale Mine		2	N/A
Burthorpe mine		5	N/A
Desert Mining Camp		4	The Tourist Trap
Dwarven bronze mine		5	N/A
Lumbridge south-east mine		3	N/A
Rimmington mine		2	N/A
Tutorial Island mine		4	Tutorial Island (partial completion)
Varrock south-east mine		1	N/A
Varrock south-west mine		2	N/A
Warforge south tunnel mine		1	Out of the Crucible

Loot

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Tin ore	1	Always	402	10
	Tin stone spirit	1	1/10	1,191	Not alchemisable
	Sedimentary geode	1	Varies	1	1
	Deathspore arrow tips	Unknown	1/1000	88	115
	Uncut lapis lazuli	1	Common	6	6

Graphical updates

Tin rocks were updated in March 2011 with the Lumbridge Swamp graphical rework, however they weren't updated in other areas until the release of 2011 Easter event. They were updated again with the release of Mining and Smithing rework in January 2019.

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  Tin rock after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Tin rock after 15 March 2011 (update)

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  Tin rock after 7 January 2019 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
  • The mine to the south east of Varrock now houses tin ore, as previously stated on the world map icon tooltip.
  • The Varrock south-east mining icon now includes tin ore (but not enough to spawn rockertunities).

• update 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Tin rocks have been graphically updated.

• hidden 31 January 2012 (Update):
  • Mining rocks and veins have been renamed using the respective ore names.

• update 19 April 2011 (Update):
  • The graphical update to mining rocks released with the Lumbridge Swamp improvement has been applied across the rest of the game.

• update 15 March 2011 (Update):
  • Tin rocks have been graphically updated in Lumbridge Swamp.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Tin ore, like all other mined rocks, used to respawn at a rate indirectly proportional to the number of people in the rock's RuneScape world before the update on 13 March 2017.