Runite ore

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This article is about the ore. For the rock it's extracted from, see Runite rock.

Runite ore
Detailed
Release date	13 August 2001 (Update)
Members only	No
High Alchemy	1,920 coins
Low Alchemy	1,280 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Exchange price	11,169 coins (info)
Weight	2.267 kg
Drop Rate	Unknown
Drops From	Unknown
Examine	This needs refining.
Examine	This needs refining.
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Runite ore can be obtained through the Mining skill in various places throughout Old School RuneScape by mining a runite rock. It requires level 85 Mining and grants 125 Mining experience. The ore can be smelted with 8 coal through the Smithing skill to form a runite bar, which can then be smithed into various rune weapons and armour.

Runite ore is the most difficult ore to obtain as it is usually found in the Wilderness or other high-risk locations, has very few available rocks to mine from, and it has an exceptionally long respawn time of 12 minutes, prompting most players to switch worlds frequently while mining.

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Corporeal Beast	785	20 (noted)	2; Common
King Black Dragon	276	1	3; Uncommon
Dark beast	182	1 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Zulrah	725	2 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Lizardman shaman	150	3–5 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Cerberus	318	5 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Abyssal Sire	350	6 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Rune dragon	380	3–5 (noted)	3; Uncommon
Gargoyle	111	1	3; Uncommon (1/64)
Brutal Black Dragon	318	3 (noted)	4; Rare
Grotesque Guardians	248&228	3–6 (noted)	3; Uncommon

Locations

Name	Location	Requirement	Rocks	Threat?	Notes	Members?	Map
Frozen Waste Plateau	Wilderness Level 53 - Ice Plateau	None	3	PKers and various mid-level monsters (namely Ice warriors, Ice giants, and Ice spiders)	West of Mage Arena Bank.	Yes
Lava Maze Runite Mine	Wilderness Level 46 - North-west of Lava Maze	None	2	PKers and Deadly red spiders	North-west of Lava Maze.	No
Heroes' Guild Mine	Heroes' Guild	Heroes' Quest	2	Giant bats	By some crates.	Yes
Central Fremennik Isles Mine	Neitiznot Isle	Fremennik Isles	1	Trolls	North-west of Neitiznot across a bridge on the central isle. 7 Coal rocks also found here.	Yes
Mourner Tunnels Mine	Mourner Tunnels	Mourning's Ends Part II	1	Dark beasts	Wear Mourner gear.	Yes
Lava Maze Dungeon Mine	Wilderness Level 44 - Lava Maze Dungeon	None	1	PKers, Poison spiders, and Black dragons	Past a maze in the centre of Lava Maze, where the Lava Maze Dungeon's eastern entrance can be found.	Yes
Fossil Island Mine	Fossil Island	Bone Voyage	2	None	East of campsite bank chest	Yes
Myths' Guild Mine	Myths' Guild	Dragon Slayer II	2	None	Western side of Corsair Cove Dungeon in Myths' Guild basement	Yes

Respawn rate

As of 17 July 2014 and according to the Boss Pets and Spawn Rates update:

“	Spawn rates of pretty much everything in Old School will now be consistent throughout all worlds...[and] resources and monsters now spawn at a standardised rate throughout all worlds regardless of how many people are currently online.	”
	— Mods Alfred, Ash, John C, Mat K, Reach, Ronan & Weath

That means runite ore spawns at a standardised spawn rate, which is 12 minutes after it was last mined, no matter how many players are on a world. Whether it's zero or 2000 players in a single server, all ore across the game will respawn at the same rate.

Other way of obtaining

Another way of obtaining runite ore is through the Motherlode Mine. With a Mining level of 85 or higher, one can wash pay-dirt and have a small chance of receiving runite ore along with 75 experience. Also, this can be done at 82 Mining utilising the dragon pickaxe special. It is also possible to obtain runite ore at 75 Mining, but this only applies in blast mining, where you get a 10+ mining boost.