Silver ore



Silver ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape. Silver ore can be mined with a Mining level of 20 or higher, granting 40 Mining experience.

After being mined, a silver rock takes an average of 2 minutes to respawn. It can then be smelted using the Smithing skill to form a silver bar, giving the player 13.7 smithing XP. It can then be crafted into various types of jewellery through the Crafting skill, but cannot be smithed into weapons or armour with the exception of the silver sickle and silver bolts. Silver ore is popular in non-member worlds as it can be smithed and made into tiaras for crafting experience.

Respawn rate
Silver ore, like all other mined rocks, respawns at a rate proportional to the number of people in the rock's RuneScape world. If the world is empty, the ore respawns in 2 minutes; if it is full (with 2000 players), it respawns in 1 minute. Thus the respawn rate of silver ore is

$$2-\frac{x}{2000}$$ minutes, where x is the number of players in the world.

A table of respawn rates is given below. It is worthwhile to note that silver ore has the same respawn rate as gold ore, although gold ore requires a higher Mining level.

The Al Kharid mining site contains a silver rock that has only one use, afterwards it will not respawn and the player will be given a message stating that the rock has been exhausted.

Locations
One of the best locations to mine Silver Ore is in the Crafting Guild [Must have level 40 Crafting to enter], which is just southwest of Falador. The closest bank for Free-to-play players is the East Falador Bank while Members can use a shortcut (Agility level 5 required for wall break West Wall, 21 for South Wall) under the Falador south wall to the West Falador Bank. Furthermore, once a player has obtained the Explorer's Ring 3 or higher and the Ring of Kinship, it is actually faster and more efficient to use the Ring of Kinship to teleport from the Crafting Guild to Daemonheim in order to deposit the ore into the bank there, then use the Explorer's Ring to Cabbage-port to the cabbage patch, then run back to the Crafting Guild, listening to the Musician along the way back if necessary. While one must sacrifice an inventory space for the extra ring, this route is still more efficient. Another way is by using the Falador Teleport spell to save up on running energy. It sacrifices 3 slots in the inventory, or 2 if the player has the Tome of Frost. Instead of wielding a pickaxe, players can also wield a Staff of Air and the Tome of Frost, saving money on runes and only sacrificing 2 inventory slots.

Players can also mine silver in the Al-Kharid mining site. Players should be aware of Scorpions if they are level 28 or lower in combat! There is a bank in Al-Kharid as well as the Duel Arena.

Other players can choose to mine silver in the South-west Varrock mining site; although this site contains many players due to its proximity to the Grand Exchange.

There are three silver rocks in the Dwarven mine Resource dungeon (level 15 Dungeoneering required). There is a nearby deposit box, making this one of the quickest ways to mine and bank silver.

Ore running
This is a Members Only strategy

The best place to quickly get a massive amount of silver ore built up in your bank is the Dorgeshuun Mine (you must have completed The Lost Tribe). This mine has a staggering 12 silver rocks. You will need a light source for this strategy.

Talk to Kazgar and have him take you to the mines.

Mine until your inventory is full of ore.

Go to Mistag and have him show you out of the mines.

Go into the Lumbridge Castle basement through the hole and bank at the Culinaromancer's Chest if Recipe for Disaster is partially completed or the Lumbridge bank on the third floor of the castle if not.

Deposit all the ore and then go back to the mines.

Repeat this process until you have as much silver ore as you want. This place is great because usually by the time you mine all of the silver rocks, they are already respawning.