A mining minigame under the Dwarven Mine. Mine pay-dirt, wash it through the water wheel, collect ore from the sack and save golden nuggets for the Prospector outfit.
A mining minigame under the Dwarven Mine. Mine ore veins for pay-dirt, wash it through the water wheel, and collect the ore from the sack. Every pay-dirt can also hold a golden nugget for Prospector Percy's shop.
| Requirement | 30 Mining. The upper level needs 72 Mining and a one-off 100 golden nuggets |
| Getting there | The cave entrance in the Dwarven Mine, or the teleport menu (Skilling, 3,000 coins) |
| Bank | Bank chest and deposit box inside the mine |
Mine an ore vein for pay-dirt (60 Mining XP each). Put it in the hopper, and the water wheel washes it into the sack. Search the sack to take out the ore. Now and then a strut breaks and stops the wheel: fix it with a hammer from the crate on site.
| Sack | Holds |
|---|---|
| Normal | 108 pay-dirt |
| Upgraded (200 golden nuggets) | 189 pay-dirt |
Every pay-dirt has a 1 in 32 chance of a golden nugget at any level. Otherwise it gives the best ore your level allows on the OSRS table, or coal:
| Ore | Mining needed |
|---|---|
| Runite | 85 |
| Adamantite | 70 |
| Mithril | 55 |
| Gold | 40 |
| Coal | Any |
| Item | Golden nuggets |
|---|---|
| Prospector helmet | 40 |
| Prospector jacket | 60 |
| Prospector legs | 50 |
| Prospector boots | 30 |
| Coal bag | 100 |
| Gem bag | 100 |
The Prospector outfit can also be bought with skilling points; see Gathering Skills.