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**Mithril ore**
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stackable?	No
High Alch	97 coins
Low Alch	64 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	243 coins;
Exchange price	307 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Examine	This needs refining.
Weight	1.75 kg
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Mithril ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape. See Mithril rocks for details regarding locations for mining Mithril ore. It can be smelted with 4 heaps of coal through the Smithing skill at level 50 to form a mithril bar, which can then be smithed into various types of weapons and armour.

Mithril ore can be mined with a Mining level of 55 or higher, granting 80 Mining experience. After being mined, a mithril rock takes an average of 3 minutes to respawn.

Dropping monsters Edit

Levels 1 to 49 Edit

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Archer (Burthorpe)	80	1	3Uncommon
Guard (Burthorpe)	37	1	3Uncommon
Rockslug	70	1	3Uncommon
Cockatrice	64	1	4Rare
Desert Lizard	50, 70, 90	1	4Rare
Lizard (Slayer)	110	1	4Rare
Small Lizard	12	1	4Rare

Levels 50 to 74 Edit

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Cockroach worker	44	2–3 (noted)	2Common
Goblin statue	100	2	2Common
Ice giant	74	1	3Uncommon
Ice warrior	78	1	4Rare
Ork statue	102	2	5Very rare

Levels 75 to 99 Edit

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Cockroach soldier	52	2–3 (noted)	2Common
Ankou	86, 88, 90	3–7 (noted)	3Uncommon
Ogre statue	108	3	3Uncommon

Levels 100 and above Edit

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Living rock protector	132	3 (noted)	2Common
Living rock striker	132	3	2Common
Ourg statue	114	4	2Common
Lesser reborn warrior	98	1	2Common
Warped tortoise	104	3–9 (noted)	3Uncommon
Brutal green dragon	128	5 (noted)	3Uncommon
Dagannoth Rex	156	25 (noted)	3Uncommon
Mutated bloodveld	112, 116	3	3Uncommon
Waterfiend	115, 134	1–5 (noted)	3Uncommon

Respawn rateEdit

Mithril ore, like all other mined rocks, respawns at a rate directly proportional to the number of people in the rock's RuneScape world. If the world is empty, the ore respawns in 4 minutes; if it is full (with 2000 players), it respawns in 2 minutes. Thus the respawn rate of mithril ore is

$4-\frac{x}{1000}$ minutes,

where x is the number of players in the world

A table of respawn rates is given below.

Players	0	200	400	600	800	1000	1200	1400	1600	1800	2000
Respawn time	4:00	3:48	3:36	3:24	3:12	3:00	2:48	2:36	2:24	2:12	2:00

A common way to overcome the slow respawn rate of mithril ore is world switching. This is done by mining the ore on a world until you have mined all the rocks and then logging out to the lobby and switching to a different world. Repeat until the player's inventory is full. This is NOT against the Jagex rules.

The 5 mithril rocks at the lumbridge swamp is good for world switching, however being on a members only world is an enormous advantage because one will rarely find another player at the mine.

TriviaEdit

When RuneScape was first released, smelting mithril bars required level 55 Smithing. Jagex later redefined the smithing table such that smelting mithril bars only required level 50 Smithing. This may have been because although mithril requires 55 mining to mine, getting 55 mining is much easier than getting 55 smithing, and as such it would make sense that the requirement to smith it was lower.
The metal Mithril features in many fantasy worlds, sometimes spelled mithral. It is found in both the novel and film series The Lord of The Rings, where it is white, as well as Dungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and World of Warcraft.
A great place to mine mithril is in the hidden resource chamber in the dwarven mine and the 6 rocks are next to a deposit box. This is recommended on highly populated servers as shown above.
Although dangerous, Crandor is also a very good place to mine mithril. Players may only return there after completing the Dragon Slayer quest, and dangerous creatures such as king scorpions and lesser demons inhabit it. Consequently, there is little competition over the eight mithril rocks and the ten coal rocks there.

v • d • e Mining
Standard Metals and Ores	Copper(Rock) • Tin(Rock) • Iron(Rock) • Silver(Rock) • Coal(Rock)(Concentrated) • Gold(Rock)(Concentrated) • Mithril(Rock) • Adamantite(Rock) • Runite(Rock)
Quest items	Blurite(Rock) • Daeyalt(Vein) • Elemental(Rock) • Rubium(Vein) • Lunar(Rock) • Sandstone(Rock) • Bane ore (Rock)
Dungeoneering	Novite(Rock) • Bathus(Rock) • Marmaros(Rock) • Kratonium(Rock) • Fractite(Rock) • Zephyrium(Rock) • Argonite(Rock) • Katagon(Rock) • Gorgonite(Rock) • Promethium(Rock)
Other	Clay(Rock) • Gems(Rock) • Granite(Rock) • Limestone(Rock) • Living minerals(Remains) • Rune essence(Mine) • Pure essence(Mine) • Crust (Mine) • Red sandstone (Mine) • Starlight ore (Source)

v • d • e Mithril equipment
Melee Weapons	Dagger • Hatchet • Mace • Claw(m) • Sword • Longsword • Scimitar • Spear(m) • Warhammer • Battleaxe • Two-handed • Halberd(m) • Hasta(m) • Pickaxe
Ranged weapons/ammo	Crossbow(m) • 2h crossbow(m) • Bolts(m) • Arrows • Brutal arrows(m) • Darts(m) • Javelins • Throwing axe(m) • Throwing knife(m)
Off-hand weapons	Battleaxe • Claw • Crossbow • Dagger • Dart • Knife • Longsword • Mace • Scimitar • Sword • Throwing axe • Warhammer
Armour	Helm • Full helmet • Square shield • Kiteshield • Chainbody • Platebody • Plateskirt • Platelegs • Boots(m) • Gloves(m) • Gauntlets • Defender(m)
Others(m)	Arrowtips • Blessed hatchet • Rod of ivandis • Ivandis flail • Broken axe (d) • Broken pickaxe(d) • Ore • Bar • Nails • Grapple tip • Grapple (unf) • Grapple
(m) stands for members-only items. (d) stands for discontinued items.

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