Shooting Star

Shooting Star is part of the Distractions and Diversions introduced on 2 September 2008.

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

Requirements

 * Level 10 Mining; higher level useful.

Mining

 * 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.
 * The estimate impact location and time becomes more accurate as time passes.
 * The first person to attempt to mine it will be rewarded with an instant chunk of Mining experience (about 6K) (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 different sizes, and the outer layers are harder with larger stars. Players can find out how large the star is by prospecting it.
 * Players can only carry a maximum of 200 stardust at a time.

Star locations
The location of the stars are always random. Stars have been seen in:
 * The mine west of Falador
 * Rimmington mine
 * Coal Trucks
 * Varrock east mine
 * Outside Yanille bank
 * Outside Nardah bank
 * Mine north of Uzer
 * The mine in Rellekka town
 * Lumbridge Swamp east mine
 * Brimhaven gold mine
 * Miscellania mine

It has been observed that Shooting Stars always land at mines or banks.

Star sizes
The following table lists the star sizes, with the Mining level required to mine it. The Mining experience is gained per stardust, and the maximum experience is calculated based on 200 stardusts mined per day.


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

! Star size !! Level !! XP/stardust !! Max XP/day
 * 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

 * Star sprites only offer to reward once per day.
 * To claim the reward, simply chat to the star sprite while it stands around in the remains of its star.
 * When you reach the star sprite you are rewarded according to how much dust you have with up to 150 cosmic runes, 50 astral runes, 20 gold ores, 50k coins, and the ability to randomly receive additional ore when mining for up to next 15 minutes (similar to Varrock armour).
 * 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.