Runite ore



Runite ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout RuneScape by mining a Runite rock. It can be smelted with 8 heaps of coal through the Smithing skill to form a runite bar, which can then be smithed into various weapons and armour. Mining runite can be very profitable, as each ore is worth more than a whole inventory of yew logs, and takes less space and time as well. However, the areas in which this ore spawns can be dangerous. Runite ore can be mined with a Mining level of 85 or higher, granting 125 Mining experience. After being mined, runite ore takes between 12.5 and 25 minutes to respawn depending on the current population of the given world. Due to this length of time, nearly all players who mine runite prefer to switch worlds rather than wait for it to respawn.

Runite ore can be incredibly dangerous to mine for non-members, they can be found at the Lava Maze runite mining site. There are only 2 rocks available, and while mining, a player is vulnerable to attacks by nearby monsters, including high-level Revenants and a number of red spiders. Players are recommended to bring some form of melee and magic protection for the various monsters around the rune rocks and it should be also noted that one can't teleport until level 20 wilderness so one would have to would be able to run through 20 levels of wilderness in free to play worlds.

For members, less dangerous options exist to mine runite such as in the Heroes' Guild or in Keldagrim where there is essentially no danger while mining.

Runite ore can be used to make the strongest type of non-degradable armour in free-to-play. It is the rarest of all standard ores, as only 9 rocks can be found on members' servers and 2 on free-to-play servers, and is the most valuable ore in RuneScape.

Runite is also considered a delicacy to dragons, as discovered in the Varrock Museum.

It is possible to mine multiple rune ores for a maximum of 15 minutes through the reward of the Shooting Star Distraction and Diversion.



Comprehensive Location Table
See Runite rock for additional information.

Respawn rate


Runite ore, like all other mined rocks, respawns at a rate directly proportional to the number of people in the rock's RuneScape world. If the world is empty, the ore respawns in 25 minutes; if it is full (with 2000 players), it respawns in 12.5 minutes. Thus the respawn rate of runite ore is $$25-\frac{x}{160}$$ minutes, where x is the number of players in the world.

A table of respawn rates is given below.