Exploding rock
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The Exploding rock random event (AKA: "smoking rock" or "gas") was a random event in which a player tried to mine a rock after the point at which it began to "steam/smoke/bubble". After mining that rock for more than a few more seconds, the rock would explode which will break the player's pickaxe (see broken pickaxe) making it unusable. It would also damage the player for a number of hitpoints (based on the player's hitpoints total) and it could have even kill them if their hitpoints were already greatly reduced.
Even if the rock was still smoking, and a player already made it explode once, there was still a chance that it could explode again if the player tried to mine it multiple times.
Pickaxes could have be fixed by Nurmof in the dwarven mines and at Bob's Brilliant Axes in south Lumbridge as well as at the battleaxe shop in Port Sarim. There was no charge for Bronze, Iron & Steel pickaxe repairs, but there was an escalating fee for pickaxes made of Mithril and above. Note that only damaged pickaxes could have been repaired... a broken pickaxe that had a lost handle cannot be fixed by the NPCs. To remedy this situation, you must use the pickaxe handle (not to be confused with a wood axe handle!) on the pickaxe head to fix it.
This event was created to ward off macroers by Jagex. It was one of the many counter-bot measures they have placed on activities that require long work, like fishing and woodcutting.
[edit] Trivia
- Due to this event being discounted, the broken Adamant pickaxe (Named "Broken pickaxe.", including the period) found in the inaccessible part of the temple in Marimbo examine text was changed to "Useless.". Now, it is has been replaced by an undamaged Bronze pickaxe.
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