Money making guide/Mining iron ore (2024)

Mining iron ore

Requirements

Skills

Items

Iron ore box or better

Quests

None

Other

Everything Is Oresome (only obtainable in Pay to play but effect applies in Free to play)

Intensity

High

Results

Profit

ROI

Experience gained

1,453,752 after tax

16879%

48,960

Inputs (8,613)

Outputs (1,462,365 after tax)

	Item	Quantity	GE price
	Iron stone spirit	957	8,613

Item	Quantity	GE price after tax	Daily volume
Iron ore	1,914	1,385,736	230,514
Spirit shards	62.17	1,492	14,851,778
Uncut opal	24.06	19,006	1,982
Uncut jade	15.6	28,162	1,422
Uncut red topaz	9.17	19,203	925
Uncut sapphire	5.72	3,916	21,996
Uncut emerald	3.22	2,103	20,607
Uncut ruby	1.91	962.33	50,289
Uncut diamond	1.79	1,785	442,191

Mining iron ore

Requirements

Skills

99 recommended

Items

Iron ore box or better

Varrock armour 1 recommended

Pickaxe of Earth and Song recommended

Honed 6 and

Fortune recommended

Magic golem outfit recommended

Tagga's corehammer recommended

Mining cape recommended

Gargoyle (familiar) recommended

Quests

None

Other

Everything Is Oresome

Intensity

Moderate

Results

Profit

ROI

Experience gained

2,306,955 after tax

20183%

68,870

Inputs (11,430)

Outputs (2,318,385 after tax)

	Item	Quantity	GE price
	Iron stone spirit	1,270	11,430

Item	Quantity	GE price after tax	Daily volume
Iron ore	3,060	2,215,440	230,514
Spirit shards	83.52	2,004	14,851,778
Uncut opal	32.32	25,533	1,982
Uncut jade	20.96	37,833	1,422
Uncut red topaz	12.32	25,798	925
Uncut sapphire	7.68	5,261	21,996
Uncut emerald	4.32	2,825	20,607
Uncut ruby	2.56	1,293	50,289
Uncut diamond	2.4	2,398	442,191

Mining iron ore can be done in many places throughout Gielinor, but for Free to play, one of the best is within the Dwarven mines underneath Falador, at the Dwarven iron mine. It's recommended to have at least 15 Dungeoneering as this allows access to the Dwarven mine resource dungeon which has a bank deposit inside, drastically decreasing the time it takes to bank. To obtain 1,914 iron ore an hour, you will need to maintain full stamina and be using iron stone spirits.

You also get sedimentary geodes while mining. They can be opened later to retrieve spirit shards and different gems.Players should use the best pickaxe available to them, as each pickaxe upgrade increases the amount of xp and ore gained.For a close approximation of ore mined per hour (of pure mining) based on your levels and gear see the mining rate calculator.

Here you will find a table of estimated profit per hour with different mining levels and pickaxes.

Mining Level	Pickaxe	Total time per run (sec)	Ore (hour)	Sedimentary geode (hour)	Profit (hour)	Experience (hour)	Using iron stone spirit
10	Iron pickaxe	331	294	29	235,898	10200	No
20	Steel pickaxe	168	579	58	465,618	20400	No
30	Mithril pickaxe	118	820	82	659,160	30600	No
40	Adamant pickaxe	94	1035	104	832,060	40800	No
50	Rune pickaxe	82	1192	119	957,651	48960	No
50	Rune pickaxe	51	1914	96	1,466,700	48960	Yes

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