Tin ore

"Tin" redirects here. For the rock that tin ore is mined from, see tin rocks.

Tin ore
Released							4 January 2001 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Drop
Examine							This needs refining.
Values
Value							3 coins
High alch							1 coin
Low alch							1 coin
Weight							2.267 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							44 coins (info)
Buy limit							13,000
Daily volume							322,888
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Advanced data
Item ID							438

Tin ore can be mined at level 1 Mining providing 17.5 Mining experience. After mining tin rocks, it will take 2.4 seconds until it reappears. Tin ore is used with copper ore to smelt bronze bars. Smelting a bronze bar gives 6.2 Smithing experience.

Mining info

Tin rocks
Level required					1
Mining XP					17.5 xp
Rock					Tin rocks
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					2.4 seconds

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Bronze bar (Blast Furnace)		1	6.2	1 × Copper ore 1 × Tin ore
	Bronze bar (Normal furnace)		1	6.2	1 × Copper ore 1 × Tin ore
	Bronze bar (Superheat)		1 43	6.2 53	1 × Copper ore 1 × Tin ore 1 × Nature rune 4 × Fire rune

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Adventurer Jon	N/A	20	Always
Ammonite Crab	25	3	4/128
Barbarian (Barbarian Camp) Low level	9; 10	1	1/128
Barbarian Low level	8; 9; 10	1	1/128
Barbarian High level	15; 17	1	1/128
Black Guard Berserker	66	1	1/128
Black Guard Level 25	25	1	3/128
Black Guard Level 48	48	1	1/128
Black Knight	33	1	1/128
Body Golem	50	3–4	6/52
Borrokar	48	5	10/512
Desert Lizard	24	1	4/128
Dwarf Regular	7; 10; 11	1	3/128
Dwarf Level 20	20	1	3/128
Flawed Golem	13	1–2	6/52
Freidir	48	5	10/512
Ghast	30; 79; 109; 139	1	1/128
Giant lobster	45	3	4/128
Giant rockslug	86	1	8/128
Goblin (Goblin Village)	5	1	1/128
Goblin (God Wars Dungeon)	12; 13; 15; 17	1	1/128
Goblin (Vault of War)	5–25	1	1/128
Goblin Drop table 2	2; 5; 13	1	1/128
Gunthor the brave	29	1	1/128
Jennella	48	5	10/512
Lanzig	48	5	10/512
Lensa	48	5	10/512
Lizard	42	1	4/128
Market Guard	48	5	1/128
Mind Golem	30	2–3	6/52
Minotaur	12; 27	1 (noted)	6/101; 11/101
Rock Crab	13	3	4/128
Rock Golem (monster) High level	120; 159	1	3/128
Rock Golem (monster) Low level	14; 29; 49; 79	1	3/78
Rockslug	29	1	8/128
Sand Crab	15	3	4/128
Simple lockbox	N/A	2–3 (noted)	3 × 8/50
Small Lizard	12	1	4/128
Sulphur Lizard	50	10–15 (noted)	4/128
Swamp Crab	55	4	4/128
Tin rocks	1	1	Always
Tribesman	32	1	1/138
Tribeswoman	32	1	1/138
Uncleaned find	N/A	1	10/195
Warrior (Rellekka)	48	1	1/128
Zombie	13–76	1	1/128

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members
Ore seller.	Blast Furnace in Keldagrim	100	2m	4	1	0.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Lek's Ore and Gem Store	Mor Ul Rek	5	1m	4	0	2.0%
Hendor's Awesome Ores	Mining Guild	0	2h 30m	3	2	2.0%
Ore store	Jatizso	10	6s	3	2	3.0%
TzHaar-Hur-Rin's Ore and Gem Store (Karamja gloves)	Mor Ul Rek	25	1m	3	1	2.0%
Drogo's Mining Emporium.	Dwarven Mines	0	2h 30m	3	2	2.0%

Changes

Date	Changes
30 April 2015 (update)	Varrock armour mining benefits now apply when mining tin.