Golden nuggets are obtained in the Motherlode Mine by searching the sack after cleaning the pay-dirt at a rate of 2.74% per pay-dirt (expected value: 1 nugget per 36.5 pay-dirt), independent of mining level[1]. They can be traded in for various rewards from Prospector Percy's Nugget Shop.
Nugget Shop Inventory:
- Prospector helmet - 40 golden nuggets
- Prospector jacket - 60 golden nuggets
- Prospector legs - 50 golden nuggets
- Prospector boots - 30 golden nuggets
- Soft clay pack - 10 golden nuggets
- Coal bag - 100 golden nuggets
- Gem bag - 100 golden nuggets
- Bag full of gems - 40 golden nuggets
- Upper floor access - 100 golden nuggets (and 72 Mining)
At current values, based on the price of Soft clay pack/Soft Clay each golden nugget is worth 2,130 coins.
Likewise, based on the average value of Bag full of gems (70,235.52), each golden nugget is worth 1,755.89 coins.
References
- ↑ Mod Ash. "Gold nugget rates." June 8 2015. Twitter Forums.
Tradeable |
Coins • Archery tickets • Numulites • Platinum tokens • Survival tokens • Trading sticks |
Untradeable |
Agility arena tickets • Blood money • Castle wars tickets • Ecto-tokens • Frog tokens • Golden nuggets • Glistening tears • Marks of grace • Mermaid's tears • Paramaya tickets • Pieces of eight • Reward token • Tokkul • Unidentified minerals • Warrior guild tokens |
Virtual |
Bounty Hunter points • Honour points • Nightmare Zone reward points • Pizazz points • Slayer reward points • Void Knight commendation points |