Runite ore

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Runite ore

Also known as?	Rune ore
Members only?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	No
High Alchemy	1,920 coins
Low Alchemy	1,280 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	3200 coins
Exchange price	16,300 coins update
GE Database	Look up price
Examine	This needs refining.
Weight	2.25 kg
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Runite ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape. It can be smelted with 8 heaps of coal through the Smithing skill to form a runite bar, which can then be smithed into various weapons and armour. Mining runite can be very profitable, as each ore is worth more than a whole inventory of yew logs, and takes less space and time as well. However, the areas in which this ore spawns can be dangerous.

Runite ore can be mined with a Mining level of 85 or higher, granting 125 Mining experience. After being mined, runite ore takes an average of 20 minutes to respawn. Due to this length of time, nearly all players who mine runite prefer to switch worlds rather than wait for it to respawn. It is recommended not to hop to busy servers, as the rocks may be mined already.

Runite ore can be used to make the strongest type of non-degradable armour in free-to-play. It is the rarest of all standard ores, as only 9 rocks can be found on members' servers and 2 on free-to-play servers, and is the most valuable ore in RuneScape.

Rune is also considered a delicacy to dragons, as discovered in the Varrock Museum.

[edit] Locations

• In free worlds, there are only 2 runite rocks, located above the lava maze in the level 46 wilderness. This makes it very dangerous to mine runite ore in non member's worlds, as there is the chance of being attacked by revenants, NPCs or by other players in PvP or Bounty worlds.

• Members' worlds boast 7 more rocks;
  • 2 located in the Heroes' Guild basement by the Fountain of Heroes.
  • One in the dungeon underneath the Lava Maze which is guarded by level 64 poison spiders and 2 black dragons
  • One is surrounded by several dangerous Dark Beasts under West Ardougne on the way to the Temple of Light as featured in the Mourning's Ends Part II quest.
  • One in the centre of the Fremennik Isles (reward for The Fremennik Isles quest), north-east of Neitiznot.
  • Two more are accessible in the North Keldagrim mining area accessible after the completion of the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest.

[edit] Respawn rate

Runite 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 25 minutes; if it is full (with 2000 players), it respawns in 12 minutes and 30 seconds. Thus the respawn rate of runite ore is

minutes, or seconds,

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	25:00	23:45	22:30	21:15	20:00	18:45	17:30	16:15	15:00	13:45	12:30

[edit] References

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v • d • e Mining
Normal	Copper rock Copper • Tin rock Tin • Iron rock Iron • Silver rock Silver • Coal rock Coal • Gold rock Gold • Mithril rock Mithril Adamant rock Adamantite • Runite rock Runite
Quest	Blurite rock Blurite • Daeyalt vein Daeyalt • Elemental rock Elemental • Rubium vein Rubium • Lunar rock Lunar • Sandstone rock Sandstone
Others	Clay rock Clay • Gem rock Gems • Granite rock Granite • Limestone rock Limestone • Rune essence • Pure essence

v • d • e Rune equipment
Weapons	Dagger • Hatchet • Mace • Claws(m) • Sword • Longsword • Scimitar • Spear(m) • Warhammer • Battleaxe • Two-hander • Halberd(m) • Hasta(m) • Pickaxe
Armour	Medium helm • Full helmet • Square shield • Kiteshield • Chainbody • Platebody • Plateskirt • Platelegs • Boots(m) • Gloves(m) • Gauntlets • Defender(m) • Spikeshield • Berserker shield
Gilded armour	Full helm(m) • Kiteshield(m) • Platebody(m) • Plateskirt(m) • Platelegs(m)
God armour	Guthix Guthix full helm • Guthix kiteshield • Guthix platebody • Guthix plateskirt • Guthix platelegs Saradomin Saradomin full helm • Saradomin kiteshield • Saradomin platebody • Saradomin plateskirt • Saradomin platelegs Zamorak Zamorak full helm • Zamorak kiteshield • Zamorak platebody • Zamorak plateskirt • Zamorak platelegs
Ranged	Crossbow(m) • Bolts(m) • Arrows(m) • Brutal arrows(m) • Darts(m) • Javelins(m) • Throwing axe(m) • Throwing knife(m)
Other	Arrowtips(m) • Ore • Bar • Nails (m)
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