Mining

Mining

Released

15 April 2025 (Update)

Description

Mine ore, clay or stone, or gather stones from the floor to level this skill.

Mining is one of the skills in RuneScape: Dragonwilds and allows players to use pickaxes to extract ores, minerals, and gems from various sources. Players can then use these resources in conjunction create armour and weapons, Building, and Runecrafting. Reaching 99 skill level in Mining will allow the player to craft the Mining cape.

Spell	Level	Upgrade	Upgrade level
Rocksplosion	11	Ultimate Burst	69
Summon Stone Spirits	24	—	—
Divine Rock	80	Accelerated Veins	90

• Rocksplosion: Instantly harvests all nodes and mineable deposits within a 5-metre radius
  • This area of effect is increased once Ultimate Burst is unlocked.
• Summon Stone Spirits: Spawn a small spirit that will go directly to the nearest clay or ore node up to 200m.
• Divine Rock: Allows the player to create a small floating ore node where they dropped five ore of any kind
  • Once Accelerated Veins is unlocked, the divine rock can also drop gems.

Pickaxes are required to mine various ores and minerals around Ashenfall. Using higher-level pickaxes will allow players to mine more quickly and obtain tougher resources.

Image	Item	Power Level	Minable nodes
	Stone pickaxe	1	Stone boulder Rune Essence Clay
	Bone pickaxe	2	The following nodes, including previous tier: Copper Ore Tin Ore Sandstone
	Bronze pickaxe	3	The following nodes, including previous tier: Iron Ore Silver ore Granite Blurite ore
	Iron pickaxe	4	The following nodes, including previous tier: Gold ore Coal Dragon tooth
	Steel pickaxe	5	The following nodes, including previous tier: Mithril ore
	Mithril pickaxe	6	The following nodes, including previous tier: Adamant ore Limestone Gypsum
	Adamant pickaxe	7	The following nodes, including previous tier: Runite Ore
	Rune pickaxe

Players can gain boosts by wearing certain items, or using consumables such as Food and Potions.

Players can temporarily gain perks which affect Mining.

Perk	Description
Focused Mining	Grants a 15% XP BOOST for the MINING Skill
Focused Mining II	Grants a 30% XP BOOST for the MINING Skill
Quarrymaster	REDUCES the STAMINA cost of MINING by 33%
Quarrymaster II	REDUCES the STAMINA cost of MINING by 66%

Trinket	Description
Inspiring Ring of Mining	Increases the player's experience gain in Mining by 5%
Skills Necklace	Grants a small bonus chance to get extra resources when gathering Fishing, Mining and Woodcutting resources.

Food	Duration	Perk	Description
Sweet Veg Ball	300s	Knowledgable Nourishment	Increases the player's experience gain in all skills by 10%
Wild Pie	600s
Forager's Sandwich	600s
Meat Twist Sandwich	600s
Glazed Pumpkin Sandwich	600s

Potion	Duration	Perk	Description
Weak Focused Mining Potion	300s	Focused Mining	Grants a 15% XP BOOST for the MINING Skill
Lesser Focused Mining Potion	600s
Focused Mining Potion	300s	Focused Mining II	Grants a 30% XP BOOST for the MINING Skill
Super Focused Mining Potion	600s

Item	Description
Mining Cape	You have a small chance to instantly finish mining an ore rock.

Food	Duration	Perk	Description
Cheeky Fryup	300s	Foreman's Feast	Reduces the stamina reduction for Woodcutting and Mining by 33%
Mushroom Kebab	600s
Meat Twist Sandwich	600s
Glazed Pumpkin Sandwich	600s
Maple Toastie	600s

Potion	Duration	Perk	Description
Weak Quarrymaster Potion	300s	Quarrymaster	REDUCES the STAMINA cost of MINING by 33%
Lesser Quarrymaster Potion	600s
Quarrymaster Potion	300s	Quarrymaster II	REDUCES the STAMINA cost of MINING by 66%
Super Quarrymaster Potion	600s

Players can use their pickaxe to mine for resources, including various ores, minerals, and gems. Once a source is partially or fully depleted, a respawn timer begins, which can take three or four in-game days to replenish and be mined again.

Image	Item	Source	Location	Minimum Required pickaxe
	Copper ore	Copper ore node	Fractured Plains	Bone pickaxe
	Tin ore	Tin ore node	Fractured Plains	Bone pickaxe
	Silver ore	Silver ore node	Bloodblight Swamp	Bronze pickaxe
	Gold ore	Gold ore node	Bloodblight Swamp	Iron pickaxe
	Iron ore	Iron ore node	Stormtouched Highlands	Bronze pickaxe
	Blurite ore	Blurite ore node	Takla Kara vault	Iron pickaxe
	Mithril ore	Mithril ore node	Dowdun Reach	Steel pickaxe
	Adamant ore	Adamantite ore node	Umbral Sands	Mithril pickaxe

Image	Item	Source	Location	Minimum Required pickaxe
	Rune essence	Rune essence geyser	Everywhere	Stone pickaxe
	Stone	Stone boulder	Everywhere	Stone pickaxe
	Clay	Clay node	Whispering Swamp	Stone pickaxe
	Sandstone	Sandstone rock	Fractured Plains	Bone pickaxe
	Granite	Granite deposit	Stormtouched Highlands	Bronze pickaxe
	Coal	Coal node	Fellhollow	Iron pickaxe
	Soul fragment	Soul stone	Spectral door rifts (Fellhollow)	Steel pickaxe
	Limestone	Limestone rock	Dowdun Reach	Mithril pickaxe
	Gypsum	Gypsum node	Umbral Sands	Mithril pickaxe

Image	Item	Source	Location	Minimum Required pickaxe
	Opal	Tin ore node Copper ore node	Fractured Plains	Stone pickaxe
	Jade	Iron ore node	Stormtouched Highlands	Bronze pickaxe
	Red topaz	Silver ore node	Bloodblight Swamp	Bronze pickaxe
	Sapphire	Gold ore node	Bloodblight Swamp	Bronze pickaxe
	Diamond	Coal node	Fellhollow	Iron pickaxe
	Dragonstone	Adamantite ore node	Umbral Sands	Mithril pickaxe

See experience for a table of the experience required to reach each level.

Levelling up Mining grants access to both passive benefits as well as unlocking spells which both help while mining.

Level	Ability	Type	Description
All	Increased Mining Critical Chance	Passive	Increase mining Critical Hit Chance by 0.5% per level
5	Lift With Your Hips	Passive	The weight of stone, clay and sand raw material is reduced by 25%
11	Rocksplosion	Spell	Conjure a powerful blast to break apart stone boulders and ore.
16	Gem Prospector	Passive	Mining ore now sometimes produces previous gemstones.
20	Mine Crumbled Walls	Passive	Allows you to knock down crumbled walls with a pickaxe, granting access to hidden or blocked areas.
24	Summon Stone Spirits	Spell	Call on stone spirits to guide you to the nearest rocks you can mine!
36	Not-So-Heavy Metal	Passive	The weight of metal ores is reduced by 25%.
62	Ore & Stone Storage	Recipe	Unlocks ore & stone storage building piece.
69	Ultimate Burst	Passive	Increased Rocksplosion area of effect.
71	Ingot Weight Reduction	Passive	Reduces the weight of ingots by 50%
80	Divine Rock	Spell	Turn 5 ores on the ground into a personal mining vein.
90	Accelerated Veins	Passive	Chance for Divine Rock to drop gemstones.
99	Mining Cape	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to craft and wear the Mining skillcape.

This information is based on the changelogs of the game.