Mithril ore

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Mithril ore
Detailed
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Value	Unknown
High Alchemy	97 coins
High Alchemy	97 coins
Low Alchemy	64 coins
Low Alchemy	64 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	197 coins (info)
Buy limit	25,000
Weight	1.75 kg
Examine	This needs refining.
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Mithril ore is obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape by mining mithril ore rocks. 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.

Dropping monsters

Levels 1 to 49

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

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Cockroach worker	44	2–3 (noted)	Common
Archer (Burthorpe)	80	1	Uncommon
Guard (Burthorpe)	37	1	Uncommon
Rockslug	70	1	Uncommon
Cockatrice	64	1	Rare
Desert Lizard	50; 70; 90	1	Rare
Lizard (Slayer)	110	1	Rare
Small Lizard	12	1	Rare

Levels 50 to 74

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

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Cockroach soldier	52	3 (noted)	Common
Goblin statue	100	2	Common
Ice giant	74	1	Uncommon
Ork statue	102	2	Very rare

Levels 75 to 99

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

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Ankou	86; 88; 90	3–7 (noted)	Uncommon
Ogre statue	108	3	Uncommon

Levels 100 and above

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

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

Mining locations

Main article: Mithril ore rocks

Other ways of obtaining

Its noted form can sometimes be found inside barrels.

Transmutation

Through the Divination skill, 3 coal can be transmuted into a mithril ore. This process requires level 63 Divination and 2 vibrant energy.

Respawn rate

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.

Trivia

• 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, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and World of Warcraft.