Gold ore

Gold ore is a type of ore that can be obtained through Mining gold rocks in various places throughout RuneScape. Gold ore can be mined with a Mining level of 40 or higher, granting 65 Mining experience. After being mined, a gold ore takes an average of 2 to 3 minutes to respawn.

It can also be smelted through the Smithing skill at level 40, granting 22.5 experience (or 56.2 with goldsmith gauntlets), to form a gold bar. The gold bar can then be crafted to make various pieces of jewellery, or smithed to make a gold helmet (requires Between a Rock... quest) or a golden bowl (requires Legends' quest).

Levels 1 to 99

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Levels 100 and above

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Obtaining the Ores
A good place to mine gold is in Arzinian Mines, after the quest Between a Rock.... The Arzinian Mines are hidden in the mines south of Keldagrim. There are 168 gold rocks in this mine and you can use the ferrymen to take your gold ore to the bank, for a price of 6 gold ores (or 3 if the Ring of Charos is worn). There is also a mine northeast of Port Sarim with some gold ores. If the player has made some progress in the Keldagrim quest series, they may use the watchtower just north of the ferryman as a shortcut to the bank rather than paying the gold for the ferryman to bank them. If the quest is not done, it can still be obtained from the dwarven mines. It is located just outside the mining guild, but it is a very unpopular place to get it because there are only two gold ore rocks. A good place to mine gold for people who do not have a high enough level is the mine west of the town of Nardah, It has 5 gold ore rocks. Not many people use it and it is in the desert so bring some waterskins.

Members with 80 or more Mining can mine concentrated gold rocks in the Living Rock Caverns at a very good speed rate. Aggressive high level (120+) monsters may attack unprepared players, so it is advisable to bring some kind of armour. Farli's camp near the exit of the cave has a pulley lift that acts as a deposit box. The unofficial world for mining concentrated gold is World 77 and World 81 although World 84 tends to be more populated in the Living Rock Caverns.

Another good place is in the Crafting Guild. There are seven gold rocks as well as some silver and clay. The disadvantages to this method are that it is a long walk to the nearest bank. However, this disadvantage can be alleviated with a Ring of duelling teleport to Castle Wars to bank and using the Balloon Transport and one oak log to fly back to the Crafting Guild or by using a Skills Necklace. Alternatively, there is a shortcut, north of the Crafting Guild, under the Falador wall, where you can quickly access a bank to desposit your gold ore (you need to have level 26 Agility in order to use this shortcut). You can also use an Explorer's Ring 3 to teleport to the cabbage patch, then run to Draynor Village Bank, then teleport back to the cabbage patch from Draynor Bank, and run back to the crafting guild. Another method would be use a skill necklace, teleport to crafting guild, mine a full inventory of gold, then use a Glory Amulet to teleport to Edgeville. Bank and repeat until you are out of charges, at which time you can use a Combat bracelet to teleport to Warrior's Guild (or Games Necklace to teleport to Burthorpe) and run to the fountain in the basement of the Heroes' Guild to recharge your Glory Amulet, and use the Fairy Ring system to go to the Legend's Guild to recharge your Skill Necklace and Combat Bracelet. Another disadvantage is that it can be quite crowded sometimes, and many miners will tend to fight over rocks and this may be a very unpleasant way to mine gold. Another method is to fill up your inventory, then use the home teleport and use Lumbridge's bank. Since you do not have to wait 30 minutes between each use, you can use it every time to quickly go to a bank. Join a clan and carry its vexillum with you. Equip it and teleport to the clan camp which is right next to the crafting guild. This is the fastest known way to bank gold ore for f2p.

An alternative place to mine gold is the Brimhaven north-west mine. If the Fairytale II - Cure a Queen and Holy Grail are completed, it is very easy to get to a bank. Slightly north of the rocks is a watchtower that you can walk under, as is done during the Holy Grail Quest. Blowing a Magic Whistle under it will result in the player being teleported to the King Fisher Realm. From here, run north across the bridge and use the Fairy Ring to teleport to Zanaris to bank the ores. Repeat to get back to the mining spot using the Fairy Ring Code BJR. There is also another mining spot further south, which is close to the entrance to the Brimhaven Dungeon.

Also, gold ore can be acquired from the ore shop at the Blast Furnace in Keldagrim in quantities of up to 100.

There are also several gold ore rocks in TzHaar City, near the bank, and some right outside the city entrance.

You may also obtain gold ore from looting certain Implings from the Impetuous Impulses activity; however, the implings do not always give gold ore, so this would not be the best way to obtain it.

There is a gold ore spawn in the Bank vault in the Varrock West Bank. Telekinetic Grab can be used to take it. This is a very good way to train magic - equipping an air staff and bringing enough law runes, telegrab the gold ores, and then bank them. Selling the ores will give back the money spent on law runes. This method yields very good Magic experience, and even some profits. This method is also convenient because there is a bank right above, so there is no need to run all the way to a bank, unlike while telegrabbing Wine of Zamorak. There is a spawn in level 28 Wilderness at the eastern ruins.

Goldsmithing Gauntlets
Gold ore is often smelted with Goldsmithing gauntlets to level smithing quickly, yielding 56.2 experience (2.5 times the normal) per smelt. As gold rocks are relatively uncommon and difficult to mine, many players purchase large amounts from other players to smelt. These gloves also help the smithing skill a lot from its experience boost, mainly because the normal experience given from smithing a rune ore is 50, while smithing gold ore is the best experience since they give 6.2 more experience. Goldsmithing Gauntlets are obtained from the Family Crest quest. (See Family Crest for how to make them Goldsmithing gauntlets.)

Gold Ore in the Economy
The cost of gold ore temporarily skyrocketed from about 460 coins to 620 coins after the release of the quest Rocking Out, which requires level 69 smithing without the use of temporary boosts. Gold ore is worth significantly more than gold bars.

Generally, gold ore can be expected to rise during the "Summer Spike", or the time when players get out of school/work (mainly in America) and return to RuneScape, thus placing more demands in the Grand Exchange. Players can count on all gold objects rising as much as 25 percent in the summertime, and slowly backing down in the Northern Hemisphere's autumn and winter.

Gold ore decreased from about 600 coins to 250 coins after the release of the Living Rock Caverns and the Concentrated gold rocks. The reason for this is because mining gold became the better way to reach 99 Mining. At one point in time gold ore was worth over 1,500 coins each, but then the price dropped down to about 500 coins in a few days.

Unfortunately, since there are now so many sources of gold ore available to be mined within the game, the prices are unlikely to climb from their slump.

Ultimately, gold ore is one of the most traded and overall most important commodities in RuneScape.

Respawn rate
Gold 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 2 minutes; if it is full (with 2000 players), it respawns in 1 minute. Thus the respawn rate of gold 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.

Trivia

 * For a long time after mid January 2010, gold ore has been worth less than silver ore, because of Living Rock Caverns.