Tin rock

Rocks
Released								4 January 2001 (Update)
Members								No
Quest								No
Location								Varies
Options								Mine, Prospect
Examine								A rocky outcrop.
Advanced data
Object ID								11360

A tin rock contains tin ore mined upon with a pickaxe. It can be mined with any level Mining. 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 raise Mining and Smithing.

For members, players can power level the Mining skill with tin ore in the Port Khazard mine and amass ore. This is because of two fast respawning tin rocks that are very close to a bank deposit box. These two tin 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 players can best gather their ores at either East Varrock mine or West Varrock mine and banking at the respective banks. For example, if using West Varrock Mine, one would bank at Varrock west bank.

Mining info

Tin 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	361	15
	Uncut emerald	1	16/32,768; 16/11,008	542	30
	Uncut ruby	1	8/32,768; 8/11,008	1,160	60
	Uncut diamond	1	2/32,768; 2/11,008	2,768	120

Main drops

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

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Tin ore	1	Always	59	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	15
Al Kharid mine	1
Barbarian Village mine	5
Battlefield mine	1
Camdozaal Mines	3
Desert Mining Camp (underground)	4
Desert Mining Camp (surface)	4
Dwarven Mine	10
East Fremennik Isles mine	3
East Lumbridge Swamp mine	5
Edgeville Dungeon mine	2
Fight Arena mine	7
Hosidius mine	4
Isle of Souls mine	3
Jatizso mine	11
Keldagrim south-west mine	5
Piscarilius mine	6
Piscatoris mine	2
Port Khazard mine	2
Rimmington mine	2
Ruins of Unkah mine	1
South-east Varrock mine	6
South-west Varrock mine	8
Tutorial Island mine	18
West Falador mine	6

Respawn rate

Tin rock spawns at a standardised spawn rate, which is 4 game ticks (or 2.4 seconds) 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.