Thieving activities

A player successfully pickpockets a man.

Thieving is the act of walking up to a non-player character and right-clicking them, then selecting Pickpocket. If successful, Thieving experience and items or coins are gained. More non-player characters are thievable at higher Thieving levels.

However, it is possible for a non-player character to notice a pickpocket, in which case they will yell, "What do you think you're doing?" or a Master Farmer will say, "Cor blimey mate, what are ye doing in me pockets?" and stun the player for a few seconds, causing 10-70 damage (the higher the non-player character's Thieving-level requirement, the harder they hit). Because of the possibility for damage, it is recommended that players bring plenty of food, such as cakes that can be stolen from cake stalls. Non-player characters can be successfully pickpocketed while facing players.

Also, if a player attempts to pickpocket an attackable non-player character just before their death, the thief will get a message saying "Too late; they're dead."

The equipment that a player wears does not affect the success rate, aside from H.A.M. robes (when pickpocketing H.A.M. members), an Ardougne Cloak (although the Ardougne Cloak 1 and 2 only enhance pickpocketing while in Ardougne), or Gloves of silence. However, equipping a Snowball, a salamandar without the tar needed, or a (cross)bow without projectiles makes it impossible to accidentally attack a non-player character.

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The thief's lightning-fast reflexes allow him to steal double the loot!

Thievable non-player characters

Please note that levels for stealing multiples of normal loot has only been confirmed by Jagex for these three things: Man, Master Farmer, and Paladin. The actual numbers are available from the in-game thieving guide. All others have been derived from the following formula. Jagex's examples all follow this formula:

Double Loot = [level]+10 thieving and [level]+0 agility

Triple Loot = [level]+20 thieving and [level]+10 agility

Quadruple Loot = [level]+30 thieving and [level]+20 agility

After completing the Lost Her Marbles miniquest from Buyers and Cellars, the loot from NPC's level 40 and below is increased. Men/Women have 20 coin drops, Farmers improve to several low level seed types (cabbage, marigold, tomato) and Master Farmers appear to have an improved high-level seed drop rate.

Image	NPC name	Level	Loot 2x	Loot 3x	Loot 4x	Exp.	Possible loot	Stun time (seconds)	Stun damage
File:Thiefman.PNG	Man/Woman	1	11, 1 Agility	21, 11 Agility	31, 21 Agility	8	3 coinsAfter Lost Her Marbles: 20 coins	5	10
File:Thieffarmer.PNG	Farmer	10	20, 10 Agility	30, 20 Agility	40, 30 Agility	14.5	9 coins, potato seeds	5	10
File:Thiefhamwoman.PNG	Female H.A.M. member	15	25, 15 Agility	35, 25 Agility	45, 35 Agility	18.5	coins, tinderbox, logs, uncut semi-precious gems, level 1 clue scrolls, steel pickaxes/ raw anchovies, raw chicken, H.A.M. clothing, iron pickaxes, steel hatchet low-level herbs, rusty sword, damaged armour and other items, coal, unpolished buttons, feathers. Wearing H.A.M. clothing increases the success rate.	4	10-30
File:Thiefhamman.PNG	Male H.A.M. member	20	30, 20 Agility	40, 30 Agility	50, 40 Agility	22.5	coins, tinderbox, logs, uncut semi-precious gems, level 1 clue scrolls, raw anchovies, raw chicken, H.A.M. clothing, bronze pickaxes, iron pickaxes, steel pickaxes, low-level herbs, rusty sword, damaged armour and other items. Wearing H.A.M. clothing increases the success rate.After completing Lost Her Marbles: H.A.M. clothing, coins (25-29), Slayer Staff, broken armour, rusty sword, leather body, steel studs, herbs up to Tarromin, steel dagger, steel hatchet, steel pickaxe, buttons, 1-5 iron ore (noted), 1-4 coal (noted), uncut semi-precious gems.	4	10-30
	H.A.M Guard	20	30, 20 Agility	40, 30 Agility	50, 40 Agility	22.5	These guards are downstairs in the store-rooms, and cannot be accessed until after completing the Death to the Dorgeshuun quest. Yields the same finds as when you pickpocket a male H.A.M member, with the addition of bronze, iron, steel, and silver keys. See the article H.A.M Hideout for more information.	4	10-30
File:Thiefwarrior.PNG	Warrior woman/Al-Kharid Warrior	25	35, 25 Agility	45, 35 Agility	55, 45 Agility	26	18 coins, court summons	5	20
File:Thiefrogue.PNG	Rogue (NPC)	32	42, 32 Agility	52, 42 Agility	62, 52 Agility	35.5	25-40 coins, wine, air runes, poisoned iron dagger, lockpick, egg	5	20
File:Thiefcavegoblin.PNG	Cave goblin	36	46, 36 Agility	56, 46 Agility	66, 56 Agility	40	30 coins, Oil Lamp, Bullseye Lantern, unlit torch, tinderbox, swamp tar, cave goblin foods, 1-4 iron ore, cave goblin wire	5	10
File:Thiefmasterfarmer.PNG	Master Farmer	38	48, 38 Agility	58, 48 Agility	68, 58 Agility	43	Various Allotment, Flower, and Herb Seeds. Potatoes most common, rarity increases with the farming level of the seed. Note that Jagex has not added the two newest herb seeds, Spirit Weed and Wergali, to the drop table.	5	30
File:Thiefguard.PNG	Guard	40	50, 40 Agility	60, 50 Agility	70, 60 Agility	46.5	30 coins	5	20
File:Thieffremenik.PNG	Fremennik Citizen	45	55, 45 Agility	65, 55 Agility	75, 65 Agility	65	40 coins	5	20
File:Thiefbandit.PNG	Bearded Pollnivnian Bandit	45	55, 45 Agility	65, 55 Agility	75, 65 Agility	65	40 coins	5	50
File:Thiefdesertbandit.PNG	Desert Bandit	53	63, 53 Agility	73, 63 Agility	83, 73 Agility	79.5	30 coins, Antipoison, Lockpick	5	30
File:Thiefknight.PNG	Knight of Ardougne	55	65, 55 Agility	75, 65 Agility	85, 75 Agility	84.3	50 coins, court summons	5	30
File:Thiefbandit.PNG	Pollnivian Bandit	55	65, 55 Agility	75, 65 Agility	85, 75 Agility	84.3	50 coins	5	50
File:Thiefwatchman.PNG	Yanille Watchman	65	75, 65 Agility	85, 75 Agility	95, 85 Agility	137.5	60 coins and bread	5	30
File:Thiefthug.PNG	Menaphite Thug	65	75, 65 Agility	85, 75 Agility	95, 85 Agility	137.5	60 coins	5	50
File:Thiefpaladin.PNG	Paladin	70	80, 70 Agility	90, 80 Agility	-	151.75	80 coins and 2 chaos runes, court summons		30
	Monkey knife fighter	70				20;150	1-50 coins, black knives (normal and poisoned ones), Lobsters, Adamant scimitars , Rune scimitars and Dragon scimitars		60
File:Thiefgnome.PNG	Gnome	75	85, 75 Agility	95, 85 Agility	-	198.5	300 coins, 1 earth rune, gold ore, Fire orb, swamp toad, King worm, court summons	5	10
File:Thiefhero.PNG	Hero	80	90, 80 Agility	-	-	275	200-300 coins (80%) (200= 1/2, 300= 1/3) , 2 death runes (1/15) , blood rune (1/33), Fire orb (1/100), diamond (1/100), gold ore (1/33), wine (1/33), court summons	6	40
File:Thiefelf.PNG	Elf	85	95, 85 Agility	-	-	353	250-350 coins, Fire orb, gold ore, Wine, 2 death runes, cut diamonds, unicorn horn, dark wizard robe, 3 nature runes	6	50
File:Dwarf trader.png	Dwarf Trader	90	-	-	-	556.5	100-400 coins, noted bronze bar, noted iron bar, noted steel bar, noted mithril bar, noted Adamant bar, noted Rune bar, noted tin ore, noted copper ore, noted iron ore, noted mithril ore, noted adamantite ore, noted runite ore, noted coal, level 3 clue scroll, court summons	5	10

In addition to the standard thievable NPCs (listed above), the workers involved in the Tower of Life quest may also be pickpocketed by players with level 1 thieving. Successfully pickpocketing a worker give the player a Triangle sandwich and 8 thieving experience. The workers are: 'Black-eye', 'Gummy', 'No fingers', and 'The Guns'. Their supervisor, Bonafido, cannot be pickpocketed.The workers can be pickpocketed regardless if the quest is finished or not.

Stalls

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A player stealing Silk from the Ardougne Marketplace.

There are a large number of stalls throughout RuneScape, although many of them are in the Ardougne Market. Stealing from stalls is the left-click option.

When nearby guards or the stall owner sees someone thieving they may attack, or prevent the player from stealing. Because of this, it is recommended that the player thieve from a side of a stall that is well hidden from the owner and guards.

When the item is stolen, it will take a short period of time to respawn. However, the higher thieving level it takes to steal from a stall, the longer its respawn time will be. It should be noted you may not buy from or sell to the stall owner for about 20 minutes after the last theft from their stall type (except for the market stalls on Ape Atoll), otherwise, the merchant will shout for the guards.

In order to avoid guards from attacking while stealing from stalls, a convenient method is to allow the guard to attack, then enter the nearest building, then take one step outside and close the door, thus effectively trapping the guard.

Thievable stalls

Stall	Level	Exp.	Items	Location	Respawn Time	E.P.S.
Vegetable stall	2	10	Onion, Cabbage, Potato, Tomato, or Garlic	Miscellania, Etceteria	2 seconds	5
Baker's stall	5	16	Cake, Chocolate Slice, or Bread	East Ardougne, Keldagrim	2.5 seconds	6.4
Crafting stall	5	16	Chisel, Ring Mould, or Necklace Mould	Ape Atoll, Keldagrim	7 seconds	2.3
Monkey Food stall	5	16	Banana	Ape Atoll	7 seconds	2.3
Monkey general store	5	16	Pot, Hammer, or Tinderbox	Ape Atoll	7 seconds	2.3
Tea stall	5	16	Cup of tea	Varrock	7 seconds	2.3
Silk stall	20	24	Silk	East Ardougne	8 seconds	3
Wine stall	22	27	Jug of water, Jug of wine, Grapes, Jug, Bottle of wine	Draynor Village	16 seconds	1.7
Seed stall	27	10	Various seeds	Draynor Village	11 seconds	0.9
Fur stall	35	36	Fur, Grey Wolf Fur	East Ardougne, Rellekka	15 seconds	2.4
Fish stall	42	42	Raw Salmon, Raw Tuna, or Raw Lobster	Rellekka, Miscellenia, Etceteria	16 seconds	1.7
Crossbow stall	49	52	Bronze Bolts (3), Bronze Limbs, Wooden Stock	Keldagrim	11 seconds	4.7
Silver stall	50	54	Silver Ore	East Ardougne, Keldagrim	30 seconds	1.8
Customs evidence files	63	75	Rune scimitar, uncut diamond, uncut ruby, uncut emerald, uncut sapphire, sharks, mithril bar, gold bar, iron bar, Pirate boots, Stripy pirate shirt, Eye patch, steel sword, steel scimitar, iron scimitar, bronze scimitar, clue scroll, 300 coins	Rock Island Prison	30–60 seconds	1.3-2.5
Spice stall	65	81	Spice	East Ardougne	80 seconds	1
Magic stall	65	100	Air, Earth, Fire, Water, or Law Rune	Ape Atoll	80 seconds	1.3
Scimitar stall	65	100	Iron Scimitar	Ape Atoll	80 seconds	1.3
Gem stall	75	16	Uncut Sapphire, Uncut Emerald, Uncut Ruby, Uncut Diamond	East Ardougne, Keldagrim, Al Kharid	3 Minutes	0.1

• Note: In Keldagrim, stalls often differ in respawn time and their experience given. The gem and silver stalls respawn twice as fast, but yield half the experience. The bakery stall, however, respawns twice as slow, but gives twice the experience.

Chests

A player successfully disarms, and steals from a chest.

There are chests scattered throughout RuneScape, and some of them have traps. To disarm them using the Thieving skill, right-click on the chest and select "Search for traps Chest" to allow for disarmament of traps and obtaining the items inside.

After a player thieves from a chest, there is a slight respawn time. Some chests such as the Nature-rune chest change colour to indicate whether it can be looted again.

Thievable chests

Chest	Level	Exp.	Items	Location	Respawn Time	E.P.S.
10-coin chest	13	7	10 coins	Ardougne, Rellekka, Rogue's Den	7 seconds	1
Ogre coffin	20	27	Various, see article	Jiggig	20 seconds	1.35
Nature-rune chest	28	25	3 coins, Nature runes	Ardougne, Rellekka	12 seconds	3.1
50-coin chest	43	125	50 coins	Ardougne, Axe hut	55 seconds	2.3
Pirates' Hideout	39	?	Small amounts of coins, runes	Pirates' Hideout	15 seconds	0.5
Arrowtip chest	47	150	5 Steel arrowtips	Hemenster, Rellekka	210 seconds	0.7
Dorgesh-Kaan (Average chests)	52	200	See Dorgesh-Kaan Average Chest	Dorgesh-Kaan	210 seconds	1
Blood rune chest	59	250	500 coins, 2 Blood runes	Chaos Druid Tower	210 seconds	1.9
Paladin chests (2)	72	500	1,000 coins, Raw sharks, Adamant ores, uncut sapphire	Ardougne Palace, behind locked doors on north and south wings of second level. After looting "Suddenly a second magic trap triggers," sending you to Witchaven (Unless wielding Ardougne Cloak 3, then you are sent to the north-most bank in Ardougne.).	400 seconds	1.25
Dorgesh-Kaan (Rich chests)	78	650	500-2,500 coins, uncut sapphire, uncut ruby, uncut diamond, uncut opal, uncut jade, uncut red topaz, bullseye lantern, Mining helmet, Frog-leather armour, iron bar, Light orb, Empty light orb, Charms (all types)	Dorgesh-Kaan	400 seconds	1.6

• Because the Dorgesh-Kaan Rich Chest takes so long to respawn, some players will find a house containing two of these chests and loot them. Then they will switch worlds and repeat the process, giving 1,300 experience per world visited. This is a low risk and simple way to get experience, but other methods like Pyramid Plunder give faster experience.

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Map of the locations of the chests in Dorgesh-Kaan.

Doors

Main article: Door

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Pick the Lock on the Door

Certain doors in RuneScape cannot be opened by players unless the lock is picked. In order to pick a lock, right-click on a door and select "Pick Lock". If the player has the required thieving level, the door will then be opened. Some doors will require a lockpick to successfully pick the lock.

Pickable doors

Door	Level	Exp.	Location	Lockpick?
Cell in Port Sarim Jail	-	-	Port Sarim	No
Door to 10-coin chest	1	3.5	East Ardougne	No
Door to Nature rune chest	14	15	East Ardougne	No
Ardougne house door	14	15	East Ardougne	No
H.A.M. trapdoor	15	4	East of Draynor	No
Axe hut door	32	25	Level 54 Wilderness	Yes
Ardougne sewer gate	32	25	Ardougne sewers	No
Pirates' Hideout	39	35	Level 54 Wilderness	No
Chaos druid tower	46	37.5	North of Ardougne	No
Paladin door	61	50	Ardougne Castle	No
Yanille dungeon door	82	50	Yanille	Yes

Other

Name	Level	Exp.	Location	Possible Loot	Stun Time (seconds)	Stun Damage
Candle table	20	20	Entrana church	Candle	1	10 - A higher power smites you.
Wire machine	44	22	Dorgesh-Kaan	Cave goblin wire	5	50
Wall Safe	50	70	Rogues Den	10, 20, 30, 40 coins, Uncut gems (up to Diamond)	1	10 - 60

Training strategies

• The Thieving training page contains all the information on effective training.