Gold ore

Gold ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape. It can be smelted through the Smithing skill to form a gold bar, which can then be crafted into various types of jewellery through the Crafting skill, but it cannot be smithed into weapons or armour (except for the Gold helmet which can be smithed during the quest Between a Rock...).

Gold ore can be mined with a Mining level of 40 or higher, granting 65 Mining experience. After being mined, a gold rock takes an average of 2 minutes to respawn.

A good place to mine gold is in Arzinian Mines, after the quest Between a Rock.... The Arzinian Mines are hidden in the mines south of Keldagrim. There are 146 gold rocks in this mine, and you can use the ferrymen to take your gold ore to the bank, for a price of 5 gold ores (or 3 if you are wearing Ring of Charos). If the quest is not done, it can still be obtained from the dwarven mines. It is located just outside the mining guild, but it is a very unpopular place to get it because there are only two gold ore rocks.

Another good place is in the Crafting guild as there are seven gold rocks there as well as some silver and clay. The only disadvantage to this method is that it's a long walk to the nearest bank but it can be quite full sometimes and most people tend to fight over it and this may be a very unpleasant way to mine gold. However, this disadvantage can be alleviated with a Ring of duelling teleport to Castle Wars to bank and using the Balloon Transport and one oak log to fly back to the Crafting Guild or by using a Skills Necklace.

There are two spots on the continent of Karamja where gold can be readily mined. One spot is remote and far away from a bank; the other is close to the entrance to the Brimhaven Dungeon.

Another gold spot is by Rimmington, yet it only yields 2 Gold rocks.

2 gold rocks can be mined north of Al Kharid, close to one of the NPCs used in the Family Crest quest.

Also, gold ore can be acquired from the ore shop at the Blast Furnace in Keldagrim in supplies of 100 for decent prices.

You may also obtain gold ore from looting certain Implings from the Impetuous Impulses minigame, however, the implings do not always give gold ore, so this would not be the best way to obtain it.

Gold ore is often smelted with Goldsmithing gauntlets to level smithing, yielding 56.2 experience a smelt. As gold rocks are relatively uncommon and difficult to mine, many players purchase large amounts from other players to smelt. Recently, the cost of gold ore skyrocketed from about 460 coins to 620 coins due to the release of the quest Rocking Out, which has an 69 smithing requirement without the use of temporary boosts. Prices have since fallen to around 500 coins. Note that gold ore is worth more than gold bars.