Runescape Mining Guide

Pickaxes The first of all you'll need to find a pickaxe, else u can't mine. This is a pickaxe: There are different kinds of pickaxes: Bronze, iron, steel, mithril, admantite, and rune. Under here are the levels shown you must have before you can mine with them and the levels shown you must have to wield them.

Pickaxe
Mining level required
Attack level required (to wear)
Bronze pickaxe
1
1
Iron pickaxe
1
1
Steel pickaxe
6
5
Mithril pickaxe
21
20
Adamantite pickaxe
31
30
Rune pickaxe
41
40The best place to buy a pickaxe is Nurmof's pickaxe shop. This shop can be found in the Dwarven mines. Nurmof sells all kind of pickaxes and he can also repair a broken pickaxe. This are the prices for the pickaxes in Nurmof's pickaxe shop:
Pickaxe
Price
Bronze pickaxe
1 gp
Iron pickaxe
140 gp
Steel pickaxe
500 gp
Mithril pickaxe
1300 gp
Adamantite pickaxe
3200 gp
Rune pickaxe
32000 gp

The basicsWhen you have a pickaxe you have to find a mining spot. There are many mining spots all around Runescape, but all the main spots have a pickaxe 'sign' on the mini map, so you can easily recognise one.The sign looks like this: When you are arrived at a mining spot you'll see that not every rock is the same, so first before you're going to mine you'll have to prospect the rock (unless you already know what's in the rock), this way you'll find out what's in the rock. To prospect a rock you have to right click and then prospect rock.When you've prospected the rock, and you know what kind of ore is in it, it's time to mine the rock. To mine the rock just left click on the rock and you'll start mining. There are for every kind of ore different levels required to mine, and not every ore can be mined on the same mining spot, so you have to train before you can mine better ores. This are the levels required to mine the ores, and the experience gained from mining it:

Ore
Mining level required
Experience
Members only
Rune essence
1
5
no
Clay
1
5
no
Copper ore
1
17
no
Tin ore
1
17
no
Limestone
1
26
yes
Bluerite
10
17
no
Iron ore
15
35
no
Silver ore
20
40
no
Elemental
20
40
yes
Coal ore
30
50
no
Gems
40
65
yes
Gold ore
40
65
no
Mithril ore
55
80
no
Adamantite ore
70
95
no
Rune ore
85
120
no

Mining mapsThere are loads of spots all around runescape where you can mine, but there really are a few better than the other spots.
F2p mining mapsSouthwest Varrock minesThis is a great spot for mining silver, iron and tin ore. This spot can be easily found, just walk trough Varrock south gate, and then walk straight to the west and you'll find this spot.
8x Tin
3x Iron
3x Clay
3x Silver Southeast Varrock minesThis spot is really good for mining iron, copper and tin ore. This spot can be found by walking trough Varrock south gate, and then walk straight to the east.
9x Copper
6x Tin
4x Iron Al Kharid minesThis is a very big spot with many different kind of ores, like: iron ore, gold, silver, coal, mithril ore, copper ore, tin ore and adamantite ore. This mining spot can be found north of Al kharid, so just walk straight to the north when you're in Al Kharid.
9x Iron
5x Silver
4x Coal
3x Copper
2x Gold
2x Mithril
2x Adamantite
1x Tin Rimmington minesThis mining spot can be found south of Falador, north of Rimmington, and west from Port Sarim. This spot is great for mining: iron, copper, clay, tin and gold.
6x Iron
5x Copper
2x Clay
2x Gold
2x Tin The Lumbridge swamp minesThis is a very useful mining place for mining: Coal, mithril and adamantite ore. This spot can be found south of Lumbridge, but beware, there are some goblins walking around in the swamps.
7x Coal
5x Mithril
2x Adamantite Barbarian Village mining spotThis is a mining spot with coal and tin rocks. It can be found in the centre of Barbarian village.
5x Tin
4x Coal
Wilderness mapsThe steel mines (wilderness level 6/7)This is a very small mining place in the wilderness north of Edgeville. There are only Coal and Iron rocks.Warning: there are skeletons of level 23 and level 25 walking around there.
3x Coal
2x Iron Skeleton mine (wilderness level 9/10/11)This is a very big mining place with only coal rocks. But there are many skeletons walking around there so be careful. This mining place can be found north-west of Edgeville, in the wilderness, so also be careful for PKers.
34x Coal The hobgoblin mine (wilderness level 29/30/31/32)This is the biggest wilderness mining place, with coal, mithril, adamantite and iron rocks. But there are many hobgoblins level 28 walking around there and it's high wilderness so be very careful for PKers. The hobgoblin mine can be found by just walking straight to the north when you're in Edgeville, until lvl 29 wilderness.
32x Coal
19x Mithril
16x Iron
7x Adamantite Rune rocks (wilderness level 46)This is the only f2p spot with rune rocks to mine, that's why it's called: 'Rune rocks' there are 2 rune rocks at this spot. But you have to be careful because there are many deadly red spiders (level 34) walking around there, and rune rocks is also a favourite spot for deep wildy PKers. Rune rocks can be found on lvl 46 wilderniss North of Falador.
2x Runite Edgville sewers mining spotThis mining spot is in the middle of the Edgeville sewers. There are: Coal, gold, Mithril, adamantite, tin and copper rocks, but beware, there are many monsters walking around in these sewers.Close bank Edgville and west Varrock
6x Coal
3x Silver
3x Iron
2x Adamantite
2x Tin
2x Copper
1x Mithril
P2p mining mapsEast ArdougneThis spot is very good for iron. The closest bank is east Ardougne bank.
11x Iron

Mining extra's Dwarven stoutA dwarven stout is a beer which gives you +1 mining and +1 smithing level for a short time. This can be very usefull for mining an ore you normally can't mine because your mining level is 1 level too low or for acces to the mining guild.A dwarven stout can be bought for 3 coins from kaylee who works in the bar in the centre of Falador, near Falador west bank and Falador general store.