Coal is a resource that can be obtained through mining coal rocks or concentrated coal rocks, requiring level 30 Mining, in various places around RuneScape. Successfully mining coal gains the player 50 Mining experience. Coal is required to craft Elemental, Steel, Mithril, Adamant, and rune bars. As players Mining level increases, they are able to mine coal at quicker rates.
81 pieces of coal may be stored with a coal bag, requiring only one inventory space. The coal bag may be purchased from Marmaros at Daemonheim for 4,000 Dungeoneering tokens.
Coal can be obtained through Managing Miscellania by having the player's subjects of Miscellania gather it for them. In order to gain coal, players must store money in the coffers and then set the focus of the subjects on mining. They will mine coal and possibly a few gem stones in the background for the player.
Coal is also a possible reward from Temple Trekking.
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The market price of coal is currently 112 coins. Coal maintained an average stable price of 175 coins prior to June 2009, but gradually rose to over 300 coins in the middle of 2010. After free trade was reinstated on 1 February 2011, the price briefly fell to an average 160 coins before it continued to fluctuate near 250 coins until 2013.
On 19 October 2015, during the Invasion of Falador event, double experience was awarded while training at the Artisans' Workshop. This caused the price of coal to rise dramatically, reaching an average Grand Exchange price of 492 coins on 24 October 2015, with a 7-day trading volume of 262,600,000.
A rework of Mining and Smithing was planned for September 2016[1]. However, the rework has since been postponed to 2017 due to player feedback.[2] Coal was planned to only be required for lower tier bars while new secondary ingredients would be required for the new bars. This caused the price of coal to steadily decrease in value, maintaining a 30-day average of approximately 178 coins during September 2016.
Iron ore can be mined at a faster rate which is helpful if players wish to gain some money from mining. It also has a current Grand Exchange price of 449 coins which has a price difference of 337 coins over coal. Because of the increased cost, many players prefer to mine iron instead.
Transmutation[]
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Initial resource | Energy | Result | XP
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| 29 | 3  Iron ore
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2  Bright energy
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1  Coal
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6 | −1,819 |
| 63 | 3 Coal
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2  Vibrant energy
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1  Mithril ore
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13.3 | −921 |
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Disassembly[]
| Disassembly XP | 0.4 |
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| Item quantity required | 1 |
| Material count | 1 |
| Base junk chance | 83.5% |
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 Simple parts | 100% |
Trivia[]
- Coal is not an ore. Ore requires extraction to obtain the element while coal is already in its usable form.
- In RuneScape, coal rocks have a higher chance of awarding gems than other mined resources. One can observe this in the real world as well. In the real world, coal beds can supply the needed carbon and pressure that gems require to form.
- Coal can be obtained through the Mobilising Armies minigame by exploring for treasure using Dwarven squads during a round. Players may also obtain coal as spoils of war.
- As a joke around Christmas time, some players give coal to other players. This is a reference to a well known Christmas tradition where coal is given instead of presents to those who have been naughty that year. This was turned on its head during the 2009 Christmas event, where the naughty NPC Tiny Thom was delighted to have been given a lump of coal due to its market value.
- Coal rocks in Keldagrim's north-east mine have not been updated like the other coal rocks. They remain completely black when coal can be harvested from them.
- It's possible for two players to mine coal from the same rock.
- The examine text states, "Hmm a non-renewable energy source!" This is a joke about coal in the real world. Coal cannot be replenished once extracted.
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