Copper rock

Rocks
Released								4 January 2001 (Update)
Members								No
Quest								No
Location								Varies
Examine								A rocky outcrop.
Advanced data
Object ID								11161

A copper rock is a rock that contains copper ore. It can be mined with a Mining level of 1. It is one of the first rocks that can be mined, along with tin rocks. Each time a player successfully mines a copper rock they gain 17.5 Mining experience. Mining 14 tin ore and 14 copper ore (wielding the pickaxe as a weapon to free the 28th inventory space) and smelting them to bronze bars is a slow but effective way to train Mining and Smithing.

For members, players can power level the Mining skill with copper ore in the Port Khazard mine and amass ore. This is because of two fast respawning copper rocks that are very close to a bank deposit box. These two copper rocks are the closest mining rocks to a fast bank source, which surpasses the West Falador mine and level 5 Agility shortcut.

On the other hand, free-to-play players can best gather their ores at East Varrock Mine and banking at Varrock East Bank. There is an aggressive level 6 giant rat for players under 13 combat en route to the bank, however.

Mining Info

Copper rock
Level required					1
Mining XP					17.5 xp
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					2.4 seconds

Pre roll drops

A gem table rolls before the main drop table. There's a chance to receive nothing here so that players can receive no items from a rock even if they are guaranteed to receive an ore in the main drop table. The table gets more likely to be rolled if the player has a glory amulet equipped: the probability grows from 1/256 to 1/86.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	70/32,768; 70/11,008	N/A	N/A
	Uncut sapphire	1	32/32,768; 32/11,008	354	15
	Uncut emerald	1	16/32,768; 16/11,008	550	30
	Uncut ruby	1	8/32,768; 8/11,008	1,158	60
	Uncut diamond	1	2/32,768; 2/11,008	2,772	120

Main drops

The probability for a player to receive a copper ore drop depends on the player's mining level. The rock will deplete after receiving the copper ore.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Copper ore	1	Always	70	1

Conditional drops

The following table shows items that can be received in addition to the main resource.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue geode (beginner)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Clue geode (easy)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Clue geode (medium)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Clue geode (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Clue geode (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Rock golem	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A

Locations

Location	Rocks	Members
Abandoned Mine	11
Al Kharid mine	3
Battlefield mine	3
Camdozaal Mines	3
Desert Mining Camp (surface)	4
Dwarven Mine	11
East Fremennik Isles mine	3
East Lumbridge Swamp mine	5
Edgeville Dungeon mine	2
Fight Arena mine	2
Hosidius mine	11
Isle of Souls mine	3
Keldagrim south-west mine	2
Piscarilius mine	5
Piscatoris mine	2
Port Khazard mine	2
Rimmington mine	5
Ruins of Unkah mine	1
South-east Varrock mine	9
Tutorial Island mine	20
West Falador mine	2
West Fremennik Isles mine	3