Granite


 * Granite may also refer to a type of equipment.

Granite is a an item that can only be mined at the quarry south of the Bandit Camp in the Kharidian Desert. In the quarry, as in the desert, Desert heat will continually reduce the player's hitpoints unless the player has waterskins in inventory or is wearing an Enchanted water tiara. (Previous to January 2007, no water was required in the quarry.)

Granite's 500g variety is the tertiary ingredient in infusing Granite lobster pouches for the Summoning skill.

A player must have a Mining level of 45 or greater to mine granite, which yields the following experience depending on the size the granite block mined:


 * {| class=wikitable

! || Size || XP || Examine text || Exchange Price
 * [[Image:Granite_500g.png]]|| 500g || 50 || A tiny chunk of granite. ||
 * [[Image:Granite_2kg.png]]|| 2kg || 60 || A small chunk of granite. ||
 * [[Image:Granite_5kg.png]]|| 5kg || 75 || A medium-sized chunk of granite. ||
 * }
 * [[Image:Granite_5kg.png]]|| 5kg || 75 || A medium-sized chunk of granite. ||
 * }
 * }

Text messages:
 * Mine rocks - "You swing your pick at the rock", then "You manage to quarry some granite."
 * Prospect rocks - "This rock is granite."
 * Examine rocks - "A rocky outcrop."

Mining granite
Granite respawns quickly, so that a player can mine continuously at a group of only 3-4 rocks.

When granite is mined, the player randomly receives one of the three sizes of granite blocks. When wearing Varrock armour and the armour effect activates, the size of the second block of granite will be the same as the first block.

There is no way that the player can influence which block size is mined. However, by using a chisel, the player can carve the larger blocks into 500g ones: four 500g blocks from 2kg and ten from 5kg (first by cutting the 5kg block into two 2kg and two 500g blocks and then cutting the 2kg blocks). 500g blocks are occasionally in great demand because it is as a tertiary component for infusing Summoning pouches, so mining granite, keeping and banking only the 5kg blocks, and later chiseling them down to 500g can yield many of these small blocks fairly quickly.

Before the mining update of 9 September 2008, larger blocks could not be chiseled into 500g blocks. Jagex adjusted the price of 2kg and 5kg blocks from their former prices of 4 and 10 coins to over 4,000 and 10,000 coins, to be in line with the price of 500g granite. Prices have dropped since the update.

Uses
Granite is required in * Enakhra's Lament requires a head for Lazim's statue to be made from granite.
 * King's Ransom requires granite to change King Arthur back to life from stone.