Gold ore

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Gold ore
Released							8 May 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							This needs refining.
Values
Value							150 coins
High alch							90 coins
Low alch							60 coins
Weight							2.267 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							187 coins (info)
Buy limit							13,000
Daily volume							19,986,175
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Advanced data
Item ID							444
Twisted League							Yes

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Gold ore can be mined at level 40 Mining providing 65 Mining experience. After a gold rock is mined, it will take 60 seconds until it reappears.

Gold ore is the raw material used to smelt a gold bar. Smelting gold ore into a bar gives 22.5 Smithing experience, or 56.2 with the goldsmith gauntlets equipped. Since smelting gold bars is an easy way to gain Smithing experience, gold ore is often sold at higher prices than the bars.

The gold bar can then be crafted to make various pieces of jewellery, or smithed to make a gold helmet (for the Between a Rock... quest) or a golden bowl (for Legends' Quest). Making gold helmets or golden bowls is not advised for those seeking to make a profit, however.

Gold ore can be bought from Ordan's Ore Seller shop at the Blast Furnace in Keldagrim, with a stock of 100.

Gold ore can also be acquired by trading three nuggets, found at the Digsite when panning with a panning tray, to the archaeological expert at the Exam Centre for one gold ore.

Products

Item	Skills	Materials
Gold bar	40	1 × Gold ore

Locations

Free-to-play

The Scorpion mine in Al Kharid would be the best bet as it is closest to a bank and a furnace, but players should be aware of scorpions if they have a combat level of 28 or lower. Also, the mine has intense competition over ores, so look to hop worlds. Otherwise, try the Dwarven Mine and banking in Falador east bank, or use the other mines listed below, but be aware that they are far from a bank.

• Crafting Guild mining site - 7 rocks (Brown apron and 40 crafting needed)
• Karamja Volcano mine - 4 rocks
• North Crandor Mine - 3 rocks
• Al Kharid mine - 2 rocks
• Dwarven Mine - 2 rocks
• Rimmington mine - 2 rocks

Members

A good place to mine gold is in the Arzinian Mine, after the Between a Rock... quest. Arzinian Mine is hidden in the mines south of Keldagrim. There are 168 gold rocks in this mine, and players can use the Dwarven Boatman to take their gold ore to the bank for a charge of 20% of the total gold ores, rounded up (or 10% rounded up if the ring of charos (a) is worn). For example, if the player has 26-28 gold ore in their inventory, the boatman will keep 6 gold ore for himself or 3 if the ring is worn and send the remainder to the bank.

For players with the Falador shield 3 or 4, a bank chest becomes accessible at the Crafting Guild. That makes the Crafting Guild mining site another good spot to mine gold.

If the Arzinian Mine or the Crafting Guild isn't an option, then the following are also available:

• North Brimhaven mine - 10 rocks
  • A good method for the North Brimhaven mine if you can enter the Fisher Realm and use Fairy Rings is to bring your Magic Whistle and, if necessary, a Dramen staff. You can bank at Zanaris, use the fairy ring to get to the Fisher Realm, and then blow the whistle and be right next to the 10 gold rocks. To bank, simply run under the tower, blow the whistle, and use the ring.
• Grand Tree mine - 4 rocks
• TzHaar City mine - 3 rocks
• Agility Pyramid mine - 5 rocks
• Lunar Isle mine - 6 rocks
• Keldagrim south-west mine - 1 mineral vein (at end of southern channel)
• Outside the Brimhaven Dungeon entrance - 6 rocks
• Motherlode Mine

Item spawns

• Brimhaven Mine
• Ruins
• Rogues Castle
• Rogues Castle (1st Floor)
• Rogues Castle (3rd Floor)
• Varrock Bank Basement

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Angry barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Arvel	85	1	Unknown
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1 (noted)	Rare
Berserk barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Bloodveld	76; 81	1	2/128
Brimstone chest	N/A	100–200 (noted)	1/15
Chambers of Xeric	N/A	1–2,892 (noted)	Uncommon
Deranged archaeologist	276	10 (noted)	Uncommon
Earth impling jar		1	1/10
Earth impling	36	1	1/10
Earth impling/Loot		1	1/10
Eclectic impling jar		1	1/10
Eclectic impling	50	1	1/10
Eclectic impling/Loot		1	1/10
Elf (Thieving)	85	1	Uncommon
Elven Crystal Chest	N/A	380–497	Uncommon
Enraged barbarian spirit	166	1	2/128
Flaming pyrelord	97	1	8/128
Gargoyle	111	10–20 (noted)	10/128
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	100	1	2/128
Gnome (monster)	75	1	Common
Gnome Restaurant	N/A	6–11	Rare
Gnome child	75	1	Common
Gnome woman	75	1	Common
Goreu	85	1	Unknown
Greater demon Level 104	104	10 (noted)	1/128
Grotesque Guardians		40–75 (noted)	7/137
Harpie Bug Swarm	46	1	8/128
Hero	80	1	Uncommon
Infernal pyrelord	134	2	8/128
Insatiable Bloodveld	202	1	2/128
Insatiable mutated Bloodveld	278	1	7/128
Kalphite Queen	333	250 (noted)	4/128
King Black Dragon	276	100 (noted)	2/128
Larran's big chest	N/A	150–250 (noted)	4/60
Larran's small chest	N/A	Unknown	Common
Lesser demon Level 82	82	1	2/128
Lesser demon Level 94	94	1	2/128
Lesser demon Level 87	87	1	2/128
Lesser demon Level 94 (Revenant Caves)	94	5 (noted)	2/128
Marble gargoyle	349	10–20 (noted)	10/128
Mummy Level 96	96	1	100/513
Mummy Level 103	103	1	100/513
Mutated Bloodveld	123	1	7/128
Professor Manglethorp	N/A	6–11	Rare
Pyrefiend	43; 48	1	8/128
Pyrelord	60	2	8/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Level 63	63	1	2/128
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Level 81	81	1	2/128
Skeleton (mage)	94	1	2/128
Skeleton brute	132	1	2/128
Skeleton heavy	132	1	2/128
Skeleton hero	149	1	2/128
Skeleton thug	132	1	2/128
Skeleton warlord	132	1	2/128
Supply crate	N/A	8–11 (noted)	Varies
The Nightmare	814	14–78 (noted)	Uncommon
Theatre of Blood	N/A	300–360 (noted)	3 x 1/30
Thermonuclear smoke devil	301	200 (noted)	2/128
Tribesman	32	1	5/138
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store	75; 82	1	Unknown
Venenatis	464	300 (noted)	6/128
Vet'ion	454	300 (noted)	6/128
Zalcano	336	129–721 (noted)	Common
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Level 40	40	3	2/128

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members?
Ore store	Jatizso	5	165	105
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	12	195	52
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves, Ironman)	Mor Ul Rek	12	195	52
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	0	195	52
Ore seller.	Blast Furnace in Keldagrim	100	225	60
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	12	225	22
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Ironman)	Mor Ul Rek	12	225	22
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	0	225	22

Changes

Date	Changes
16 April 2015 (update)	The experience boost from goldsmith gauntlets is now correctly applied when using gold ore on a furnace.

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