Best Mining Locations in Runescape
Want to know the absolute best mining locations in Runescape? Don’t know where the best place to mine coal is? Sick of Dwarven mines? Don’t know where to mine clay? Don’t know best spot for mining silver?
There are many places where you can mine in Runescape, different locations meaning different ores. Many of these locations are nowhere near banks, so if you want to mine ore for money, you need to be careful where you want to mine. If you want to purely mine and grind for exp, you need to know some not-so-well-known mining locations to get the ultimate advantage when mining. These following spots are all in F2p (Free-To-Play) as I am assuming the majority of you are F2p. Enjoy!
Alkharid Mines

There are MANY mines here, and you can see that the ore vary, and can be very useful no matter what mining level you are. Many people choose to come here and mine iron, and drop it, grinding levels like that. Other people mine coal, gold, mithril, or adamant and walk to Alkharid Bank to make some money. Watch out if you are low level, because there are level 22 scorpions here which attack you.
Barbarian Village

Here there are several mines. Many people come here to mine coal. The closest bank is Varrock South bank, and this could be useful in a non-crowded world, as you have much coal close to each other and you can bank them easily.
Lumbridge Swamps East Mine

This is a not-so-well-known mining spot, ideal for new players. This is very useful for new players, as its not crowded and has low level rocks available. This is not recommended for players with high mining levels, as the exp you will get is limited and you will also get little gold.
Lumbridge Swamps West Mines

Similar to the east Lumbridge mines, these mines are not well known. It less crowded worlds, you can basically get all the ores to yourself and you can fill up on coal, and even mithril and adamant rather quickly.
Varrock East Mines

This is a very well known area to mine, as it is close to a bank and features many ores. I would suggest mining iron here, then banking it as it’s considerably close.
Varrock South-West Mines

This location is not crowded, and is ideal if you are looking to mine silver or clay. I would say this is the best F2p spot for mining silver, if it’s not crowded. Watch out though, there is a mugger who hangs around here and attacks low level players.
Crafting Guild Mines

To get access to the crafting guild mines you need 40 crafting and a brown apron. The crafting guild mines are located below. I would say this is the best spot to mine gold in F2p.
Dwarven Mines

This is probably the MOST known mining spot in the game. After all, it is the biggest. However to get here it takes a long time, and it’s very far from the closest bank. If you play on just coming here to get levels, then that is a good idea, but apart from that I do not suggest you try and mine and bank here. There are MANY rocks here to mine, ranging from tin to adamant. Many people mine coal in the mining guild, as there are over 35 coal rocks there. To get into the mining guild you need either 60 mining, or 59 mining and drinking a Dwarven Stout.
Rimmington Mine

These mines are rarely crowded, because of the long distance from the bank. I would suggest mining and dropping iron here, for fast exp.
I hope you learnt something from this short mining location guide. Good luck! Happy mining!

you have to walk and run so much. you do not know good places.
Yo killa 99 their are not really a good place with near the bank but I think is the Dwarvens Mines better because if you in a world 93 or other they will don’t have to much people!!!
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best place to mine is Yanille
very near bank and if you mine iron there it is the quickest mining xp on the game (apart from granite in desert).
the best place is the dwarvan mines but use a different entrance. if you look on the map there is a set of stairs right by the falador party room. but it has scorpions level 14 and king scorpions level 32 so be prepared. by the way you can add me if you want “peanut jacob” level 67 mining and 55 smithing.
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A really good place to get some money but not lvl up (unless your lvl 1 mining) is to go to varrok and talk to aubry. (the rune shop person.) and tele to the mines. then you can mine ess and quickly mine and go to a bank. i made 400k in 1 day doing this.
I tottally agree with Ahlalalah.
does any 1 no a good place for mining coal thats not crowded
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the best place to mine is karamnja 4 gold ore suk on that. it is inside the vocano
You forgot the awesomest place, the mining guild! How did you forget that one, i mean this thing is about mining,right?
hey you have no clue but dwarven mine is best place for coal their is ladder that brings you up clsoe to faladors east bank and it is so easy to get to coal or iron or maybe even addy
I reccomend the dwarven mines in world 61 for mining gold
know the best place 2 mine adamant (f2p)?
any 1?
dwarven mines =]
Not sure if its f2p though
another good place would be the mining guild but u gotta have 60 mining to get in but theres a bank located right outside
pappo2 the best place to mine coal is mining guild cause it has 37 coal rocks, but the cons are that u need 60 mining but if u hav 59 u can drink a dwarwen stout. Guild is very close to bank and very convient
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the best place to mine is a non crowded place! busted losers! sorry. i was hungry for sugar today.
best place 2 mine gold beside crafting guild in f2p?
also if u could tell me a place where there is heaps of gold rocks.
hey…wheres the best place to mine adamantite ore P2P?
helo all runescape noobs and elders. by the time i was level 57 i had 500k and then i hit that point in evryones runescape life were i had no money but i can tell you how i made that 500k in less than a week. if your mining level is below 30 mine ors until it is 30 then go behind the bank in varrok at the west edge and go straight behind it and there should be the rune shop ask aubury to teleport you and mine pure rune ess i made 100k per 700 rune ess thats = to 200k 1400 pure ess and 2100 300k and if your not in that mood you can kill cows for there hides and sell them or go behind lumbridge and collect swamp tar it only takes up 1 space so you dont have to go back to lumbridge and if your a low level i can help you upgrade your level im on worl 3 at ice mountain evry satuday night good luck
mining is also great near ralekka, its not too far from a bank in keldagrim so trips are manageably short.
mmm, pking is back and it’s called pvp world’s and besides the best mining place is varrock south camp- power mine iron ore untill 50 then coal untill 60….lol
i mine al karad but can you mine steel in varry
I always recommend Runite mine, Mine the ores there then log and switch worlds. A great way to get runite ore.
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OMG!!! what the heck happened to edgeville dungeon mines????And you even missed out hobgoblins mine, steel mine and the skeleton mine???
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Guys it is near the bank
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go to karajama volcanoe to mine gold.
guys the best place to mine is the dwarven guild use the side entrnce its ez so close too a bank…….and dont call anyone noobs anymore thaTS GAY soooo gay….its called…croobz not noobs croobz remember croobz
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The Al Kharid mines have level 14 scorpions, not level 22.
Just to make that clear.
mining is boring i rather merch
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ok u must have done tree gnome village and the grand tree u go unde the trap door in the room where king nonade is and u go north-east and push the roots and there r loads of diffrent ores in that area.
ur all noobs mine runiteand then swap worlds it ownsfor money and xp
Umm if i may say with the dwafen mines theres a easyer route to get from there to the bank next to the party room theres a stair case that goes to the mines so its not that far away from the bank
well… drink 24 dwarwen stout and you will go up 24 mining lvls
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the obvious best place to mine is near yanille typew it in on the map and its like 2 second walk from bank
coal trucks are good, if ur looling for addy try mining at lummy swamps near draynor also there coal and a few mith there 2
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in falador there is a room next 2 the drop room go in there and there is coal gold etc. instead of going all the way to the dwavern mine
omfg!!! u guys have no good idea…its wasting of time, that person who made this site:’(
any who knowes a good place to mine silver
good tip if u have a house servant u can just mine by rimmi and tell the servant to take it 2 the bank lol
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accutally in rimmington mine the closet bank is falador(north of rimmington mine) check on ur map! hope this helps!!
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Posted October 13, 2008 at 5:50 pm
“helo all runescape noobs and elders. by the time i was level 57 i had 500k and then i hit that point in evryones runescape life were i had no money but i can tell you how i made that 500k in less than a week. if your mining level is below 30 mine ors until it is 30 then go behind the bank in varrok at the west edge and go straight behind it and there should be the rune shop ask aubury to teleport you and mine pure rune ess i made 100k per 700 rune ess thats = to 200k 1400 pure ess and 2100 300k and if your not in that mood you can kill cows for there hides and sell them or go behind lumbridge and collect swamp tar it only takes up 1 space so you dont have to go back to lumbridge and if your a low level i can help you upgrade your level im on worl 3 at ice mountain evry satuday night good luck”
500k is noobie cash. I just made 450k LAST NIGHT starting from lvl 3.
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there is one path that the author of this site did not mention/ did not know about. This involves the path from falador to the dwarven mines. There is an easier way to go mining in the dwarven mines. start from the east bank in falador. head towards the party room. on one side of the party room there is an empty building with some stairs going underground. take the stairs down and there, you are in the dwarven mines. However, i have to warn the lower combat lvl people. there are level 14 and 32 scorpions down there. It also connects directly to the mining guild (Underground). I consider this the easiest way to go mining cuz it is a short distance to the bank.
Hey all. There is a mining spot pretty much right beside a bank. It is Port Khazard. It is North-East of Yanille, East of the Fight Arena and South of the Tower Of Life. there is Coal, Mithril, and Iron there. There is a bank in Yanille (South-West) or you can deposit your ores in the deposit box in the port. I hope this helps you guys!!
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