Gold ore (2024)

This article is about the ore. For the rock, see Gold rocks.

Gold ore
Released							4 January 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Drop
Examine							This needs refining.
Values
Value							150 coins
High alch							90 coins
Low alch							60 coins
Weight							2.267 kg
Respawn time							500 ticks (300 seconds)
Grand Exchange
Exchange							156 coins (info)
Buy limit							30,000
Daily volume							24,985,634
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Advanced data
Item ID							444

Gold ore can be mined at level 40 Mining providing 65 Mining experience. After gold rocks are mined, it will take 60 seconds until it reappears. Gold ore is used to smelt gold bars. Smelting a gold bar gives 22.5 Smithing experience, or 56.2 with the goldsmith gauntlets equipped. The bar can then be crafted into various types of jewellery through the Crafting skill at a furnace, rather than an anvil like other bars. An anvil is used however to make a gold helmet or golden bowl for the quests Between a Rock... and Legends' Quest. Many items require a mould to create.

A frequently occurring item, gold ore can additionally be obtained through a large number of different means, other than mining. It can be bought from shops, obtained from monster drops and pickpocketing, as a reward from a variety of chests and reward crates, through the Gnome Restaurant and Volcanic Mine minigames, and can also be obtained by handing in nuggets to Terry Balando at the Digsite.

The chance to successfully mine gold ore scales linearly with the player's mining level. Were it possible to mine gold ore at level 1, players would have a 3% chance per mining cycle to successfully mine the ore. At level 99, players have a 29% chance to successfully mine the ore per mining cycle.^[1]

Wearing either mining gloves, superior mining gloves or expert mining gloves while mining a gold rock makes the rock not deplete upon mining gold, allowing you to mine one, two, or three additional ore, respectively, before depleting.

Smelting gold ore currently gives some of the fastest Smithing experience available in the game whilst wearing goldsmith gauntlets (or a Smithing cape/Max cape) and smelting at the Blast Furnace. This method tends to average 250,000-350,000 experience per hour, but at maximum efficiency players can reach upwards of 420,000 experience per hour. For non-Ironmen, this method currently has a profit/XP of -0.77, along with additional costs of 72,000/hour to use the Blast Furnace, and 92,214/hour, assuming an average of 36 doses of Stamina potion used per hour. See Blast Furnace/Strategies.

For Ironmen, as of 30 November 2022, Ordan sells gold ore at a set price of 225, regardless of stock held, and also restocks significantly faster. When bought from Ordan and smelted with goldsmith gauntlets equipped, gold ore has a cost of 4.00 per Smithing XP, along with an additional cost of 72,000/hour if using the Blast Furnace.

Mining info[edit | edit source]

Gold rocks
Level required					40
Mining XP					65 xp
Rock					Gold rocks
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					1 minute

Money making[edit | edit source]

The following money making guide is available for Gold ore:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining gold ore	78,000	40+ , 40+ (optional)

Products[edit | edit source]

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Gold bar (Blast Furnace)		40	22.5	1 × Gold ore
	Gold bar (Regular furnace)		40	22.5	1 × Gold ore
	Gold bar (Superheat)		40 43	22.5 53	1 × Gold ore 1 × Nature rune 4 × Fire rune

Item sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ancient chest	N/A	1–2,978(noted)	2 × 1/33
Angry barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Barrel (Shaman Caves)	N/A	1(noted)	Rare
Berserk barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Bloodveld	76; 81	1	2/128
Brimstone chest	N/A	100–200(noted)	1/15
Calvar'ion	264	200(noted)	6/128
Chaos Golem	70	2–3	6/52
Chest (Ancient Vault) Smoke quartz	N/A	400(noted)	1/5
Chest (Tombs of Amascut)	N/A	12–569(noted)	3 × 1/27
Deranged archaeologist	276	10(noted)	6/128
Earth impling jar	N/A	1	1/10
Earth impling	36; 46	1	1/10
Eclectic impling jar	N/A	1	1/10
Eclectic impling	50; 60	1	1/10
Elf (Thieving)	85	1	1/128
Elven Crystal Chest	N/A	350–500(noted)	12/256
Enraged barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Extra supply crate	N/A	8–11(noted)	Varies
Flaming pyrelord	97	1	8/128
Gargoyle	111	10–20(noted)	10/128
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	100	1	2/128
Gnome child	75	1	Common
Gnome woman	75	1	Common
Gnome	75	1	Common
Gold rocks	40	1	Always
Gold vein	40	1	Always
Greater demon Wilderness Slayer Cave	104	10(noted)	1/41
Grotesque Guardians		40–75(noted)	2 × 7/137
Harpie Bug Swarm	46	1	8/128
Hero	80	1	1/128
Infernal pyrelord	134	2	8/128
Insatiable Bloodveld	202	1	3 × 2/128
Insatiable mutated Bloodveld	278	1	3 × 7/128
Kalphite Queen	333	250(noted)	4/126
King Black Dragon	276	100(noted)	2/128
Larran's big chest	N/A	150–250(noted)	4/60
Larran's small chest	N/A	81–179(noted)	4/60
Lesser demon Regular	82; 87; 94	1	2/128
Lesser demon Wilderness Slayer Cave	94	5(noted)	2/39
The Leviathan	593; 798	67; 101(noted)	8/100
Marble gargoyle	349	10–20(noted)	3 × 10/128
Monumental chest	N/A	300–360(noted)	3 × 1/30
Mummy Ancient Pyramid	96; 103	1	100/513
Mutated Bloodveld	123	1	7/128
The Nightmare	814	9–176(noted)	4/100
Ore pack (Volcanic Mine)	N/A	1(noted)	Common
Phantom Muspah	741	180(noted)	2 × 10/220
Phosani's Nightmare		165–305(noted)	4/100
Professor Manglethorp	N/A	6–11(noted)	23/512
Pyrefiend	43; 48	1	8/128
Pyrelord	60	2	8/128
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 3	N/A	150	1/70
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 4	N/A	150	615/43,400
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 5	N/A	150	2,725/19,250
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 6	N/A	150	2,375/16,800
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 7	N/A	150	5,832/45,920
Rewards Chest (Fortis Colosseum) Wave 8	N/A	150	14,472/114,240
Shop Counter (ore)	82	1	10/80
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Medium level	40; 63; 72; 77	1	2/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) High level	81; 87	1	2/128
Skeleton (mage)	94	1	2/128
Skeleton brute	132	1	2/128
Skeleton heavy	132	1	2/128
Skeleton hero	149	1	2/128
Skeleton thug	132	1	2/128
Skeleton warlord	132	1	2/128
Spindel	302	180(noted)	6/128
Supply crate	N/A	8–11(noted)	Varies
Thermonuclear smoke devil	301	200(noted)	2/107
Tribesman	32	1	5/138
Tribeswoman	32	1	5/138
Venenatis	464	675(noted)	6/126
Vet'ion	454	675(noted)	6/126
The Whisperer	587; 791	88; 133(noted)	1/100
Zalcano	336	86–721(noted)	3/36
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Low level	40–56	3	2/128
Zombie Pirate's Locker		10–30(noted)	12/174
Zombie pirate	22; 28; 34	5–15(noted)	12/362

Spawns[edit | edit source]

Location	Members	Spawns	Map
North Brimhaven mine		1	Maplink
Varrock - west bank basem*nt[2]		1	Maplink
Ruins (east), level 27 Wilderness		1	Maplink
Rogues' Castle (3rdfloor[UK]4thfloor[US]), level 53 Wilderness		1	Maplink
Rogues' Castle (groundfloor[UK]1stfloor[US]), level 53 Wilderness		3	Maplink

Shop locations[edit | edit source]

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members
Ore seller.	Blast Furnace in Keldagrim	100	2m	225	60	0.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	225	22	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	0	1m	225	22	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Ironman)	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	225	22	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	195	52	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves, Ironman)	Mor Ul Rek	12	1m	195	52	2.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	0	1m	195	52	2.0%
Ore store	Jatizso	5	6s	165	105	3.0%
Petrified Pete's Ore Shop	Volcanic Mine	∞	N/A	150	N/A	0.0%

Changes[edit | edit source]

Gallery (historical)[edit | edit source]

RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – present

References[edit | edit source]

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