Trader

Traders are dwarves that live in Keldagrim, the capital of the Dwarven Realm. They work in the Trade Octagon, a large area in the city's massive palace.

The eight ruling companies of Keldagrim, the Consortium, are in constant need of labour, ore, and mining rights. Although some transactions are done formally behind desks by the companies' directors and secretaries, the large amount of trading performed often requires less formal methods. To accomplish this, the Consortium has hired traders to perform trades in the Trade Octagon.

Two traders for each company stand on each side of the Octagon, found in the centre of the city. Here they shout out their offers and look for potential deals. To help oversee this, the Trade Referee stands in the centre of the Octagon and ensures that the octagon runs as smoothly as possible.

Traders do not currently have roles in any quests, and cannot be talked to, but at level 90 Thieving, players may pickpocket them. Initially, an activity was planned for the Octagon, but as confirmed by a Jagex Moderator, this scheme has now been abandoned, replaced instead with the thieving element.

Thieving
As of 9 September 2009, players can pickpocket the traders. This requires a Thieving level of 90 and players will be rewarded 556.5 experience if they are successful. The odds of success when pickpocketing traders seem to be better than elves and heroes.

If a player fails to pickpocket the traders they may be attacked by a level 86 Trade floor guard wandering nearby. Because the player will be stunned, the guard will be able to hit 2-3 times before they can respond, and can hit up to 160. A method to escape the attention of these would be to go up or down one of the nearby staircases. Guards can be trapped in the offices of some companies.

Players may also talk to their respective mining company and ask about the guards attacking them. The director of your company will ask you to deliver 2-4 bars of a random type of metal up to mithril within 14–18 minutes in return for bribing the trade floor guards. It is recommended that players carry four ores of two different types of metal in order to increase their chances of being able to fulfill the request. If the director requests a type of ores which a player does not have, the player should not accept the task, and should simply talk to the director again until a better task is given. On completion of the task given, the guards will be bribed to ignore the player for 10 minutes. If the player steals from their respective company the guards will stop ignoring them. Warnings will be given 1 minute before the bribe runs out and when it does run out.

Pickpocketing traders can yield both very high experience rates and a sizable profit. An Ardougne cloak 3 will significantly improve a player's success rate when pickpocketing the traders, as well as gloves of silence. Using these two items, players should be able to gain over 30,000 experience within one ten-minute bribe period. Accounting for banking and time in between bribes, this should allow for 150,000 experience per hour or more - slightly less than Pyramid Plunder with significantly better profits due to the ability to steal runite ore, runite bars, and level 3 clue scrolls.

Recommended Equipment
It is recommended that players who plan on pickpocketing traders bring a number of items to maximise their experience and profit rate.


 * The Ardougne cloak 3 provides increased chances of success when pickpocketing throughout RuneScape.
 * Gloves of silence will also improve the wearer's rate of success when pickpocketing. If a player does not want to use gloves of silence, then it is recommended that they use a regeneration bracelet to conserve food.
 * An equipped bow with no arrows or crossbow with no bolts will prevent the player from accidentally attacking one of the trade floor guards.
 * Around 10 pieces of mid-to-high level food. Pineapple pizzas heal for 220 in two bites, but are quite expensive. Sharks are slightly less effective and slightly cheaper, while monkfish are much cheaper and slightly less effective than sharks. Another option may be bottles or jugs of wine which lower Attack when consumed and are extremely cheap but also heal far less than any of the above. Another option would be to bring baskets containing 5 strawberries as food. Each strawberry heals 7% of the player's life points, with a maximum of 69 LP each at 99 Constitution. This gives each basket a possible total of 345 life points. Strawberry baskets are also fairly cheap, costing roughly 300-400 gold pieces on the Grand Exchange. It can be faster to buy strawberries and baskets as separate items from the Exchange and then fill the baskets, because sometimes baskets of strawberries can be difficult to buy.
 * 4 bars of two different metals (bronze and iron recommended).

Loot

 * Coins (100, 200, 300, or 400)
 * Bronze bar (Noted) (Common)
 * Iron bar (Noted) (Common)
 * Steel bar (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Mithril bar (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Adamantite bar (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Runite bar (Noted) (Rare)
 * Tin ore (Noted) (Common)
 * Copper ore (Noted) (Common)
 * Iron ore (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Mithril ore (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Adamantite ore (Noted) (Uncommon)
 * Runite ore (Noted) (Rare)
 * Coal (Noted) (Rare)
 * Clue scroll (Level 3)
 * Court summons (For Court Cases)