Shooting Star

Shooting Star is part of the Distractions and Diversions which was introduced during the 2 September 2008 gaming update.

Introduction
Shooting stars fall from the sky in RuneScape every 2 hours or so. If players are able to mine through the star, they might be able to see a Star sprite.

Requirements

 * Level 10 Mining to start. Multiply star size x 10 to find the current requirement for mining. A size 6 star requires level 60 mining, while size 5 requires 50. As the star grows smaller, lower level players can mine.

Locating

 * Identify where and when a shooting star will fall. Using a telescope in a Player-owned house is useful.  The approximate area and time of the next landing will be provided.  Upgraded telescopes provide a more accurate time.
 * Wooden telescope - 24 minute window
 * Teak telescope - 9 minute window
 * Mahogany telescope - 2 minute window

NOTE: Just like in a real house, if the telescope is blocked by another room in the house, it will not work.
 * Shooting stars land roughly once every two hours.
 * Stars may land in a different location in each world.

Mining

 * The first person to attempt to mine it will be rewarded with an instant chunk of Mining experience. (Note that there is no Mining level requirement to claim this bonus.) Their name will also be added to the Shooting Star Noticeboard in the Observatory.
 * Shooting stars come in sizes from 1 to 9. Players can find out how large the star is by prospecting it.  (See below for a list of Mining level requirement for each star size.)
 * Each layer of the star is mined from 0% to 100% at which point the outermost layer sloughs off and the star will go down one level, so that a level five will become a four and then a three and so forth. The amount left to mine can be determined by prospecting while mining. More people mining the star will get through these layers faster, while with just two or three people it can take up to ten minutes per level.  If the sprite is not released by the end of the two hours between stars, the rock vanishes without the bonus.
 * Players can only carry a maximum of 200 Stardust at a time.

Star crash sites

 * For a list of locations where the star have been spotted, see Distractions and Diversions Locations.

The location of the crash sites are random, although the stars always crash near a mine or bank.

Star sizes
The following table lists the star sizes, with the Mining level required to mine it. The Mining experience is gained per stardust. Note that you can continue to mine past 200 stardust; you will not receive any more stardust, but you will still get mining experience.


 * {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Star size !! Level !! XP/stardust !! XP for 200 stardust
 * 9 || 90 || 210 || 42,000
 * 8 || 80 || 145 || 29,000
 * 7 || 70 || 114 || 22,800
 * 6 || 60 || 71 || 14,200
 * 5 || 50 || 47 || 9,400
 * 4 || 40 || 32 || 6,400
 * 3 || 30 || 29 || 5,800
 * 2 || 20 || 25 || 5,000
 * 1 || 10 || 14 || 2,800
 * }
 * 4 || 40 || 32 || 6,400
 * 3 || 30 || 29 || 5,800
 * 2 || 20 || 25 || 5,000
 * 1 || 10 || 14 || 2,800
 * }
 * 2 || 20 || 25 || 5,000
 * 1 || 10 || 14 || 2,800
 * }
 * }

Rewards



 * For the first person who attempts to mine the star, 75 experience per Mining level and being named the discoverer of the star.
 * When they reach the star core, players are rewarded according to how much dust they had with them:
 * Up to 152 cosmic runes
 * 52 astral runes
 * 20 noted gold ores
 * 50,002 coins
 * The ability to randomly receive additional ore when mining for 15 minutes to 2 hours (similar to Varrock armour). The 15 minute bonus stacks up with the Varrock armour, so it is possible to mine three ores in one rock.
 * You manage to mine an additional ore.
 * The Varrock armour allows you to mine an additional ore.
 * You feel the effects of the Mining boost wear off.
 * There is also a chance that gems can be found in the various layers of the star. The harder layers have been subject to the greatest heat and pressure, so players are much more likely to find one in the largest stars with the hardest shells.

Scoreboard


In the Observatory professor's house is a noticeboard which lists the last five meteors to be discovered, how long ago they were, and who discovered them.