How do you Mine?

First you need to get a Pick Axe. You can find a free Pick Axe in the Barbarian Village, or Rimmington. You can also buy one at the axe shop in Lumbridge, or mining shop in Dwarven Mine.

Then you need to find mine fields (places with rocks) and you have to RIGHT CLICK on a rock and choose prospect from the menu to check for possible ores. Your chance to find ore depends on your mining level and type of ore in the rock. If you are successful you will see the type of ore present in this rock patch in a message.

Now all you have to do is LEFT CLICK on the rock containing the ore. Your chance of success to extract ore is based on your mining skill level. The rules just changes so you need to rest at a bed after you mine for a while, this prevents powermining,but also autominers.

You need the same smithing level to smith a metal as you need mining skill to mine it, thee is only exception Mithril which need 55 min.mining and only 50 smithing.

Tips:

• One rock always generates the same type of ore.

How do you make Metal bars?

There are four furnaces in Runescape. One is located a little north of Lumbridge Castle near the 2nd bridge over river. Another one is in Al Kharid, a town located in the desert. The third is in the town Falador. And the last one is in the Spider Town in the wild.

Left click on ore in your inventory and then on a furnace to smelt ore in metal bars.

You need to have the following items in your inventory and smithing levels to be able to make bars:

* Ore regeneration time has been replaced with a fatigue system, everybody find the location of your nearest bed!

How do you smith?

You need a hammer in your inventory. You can buy one in any general store, or mining shop in Dwarven Mine.

Go near anvil and LEFT CLICK on metal bar in your inventory and then on anvil. In the upper left of you playing screen you can select one of 3 possibilities (Armour, Weapon, Cancel). Drill down to the item you want. When you select the final item it will be made without asking for confirmation and it will use all necessary bars from your inventory. If your skill is not high enough you will get reply at what lv you will be able to smith this item. If you wish to cancel, open your inventory again and click on bar again.

You need to have the necessary number of bars for the item you want to make in your inventory.

• First, many ask how to build up smithing levels quickly; the answer is, specialize. Buy your ore from some specialized miner. You never can mine enough to level up really quickly. I reccomend that you do all your own mining, the difference in your mining/smithing levels wont hurt when you can mine Rune Ore.
• For starters, it is important to make and sell things you profit from the most. For example with one metal bar you can make an iron dagger or an iron short sword. An iron short sword will earn you twice as much!

BRONZE (bars needed)	Experience Gained	Skill needed	AIM or ARMOUR	Power	Shop Price	Selling Price	Where to buy/sell
Dagger	12.5	1	5	5	10	6	Sword Shop
Hatchet (axe)	12.5	1	5	6	16	10	Axe Shop
Mace	12.5	2	6	5	18	10	Mace Shop
Helmet	12.5	3	+3		24	14	Helmet Shop
Short Sword	12.5	4	7	7	26	16	Sword Shop
Scimitar (2)	25	5	7	7	32	19	Scimitar Shop
Long Sword (2)	25	6	8	8	40	24	Sword Shop
Great Helmet (2)	25	7	+4		44	26	Helmet shop
Square Shield (2)	25	8	+5		48	28	Shield Shop
Battle Axe (3)	37.5	10	8	10	52	31	Axe Shop
Chain Mail (3)	37.5	11	+9		60	36	Armour Shop
Kite Shield (3)	37.5	12	+6		68	40	Shield Shop
2-H Sword (3)	37.5	14	11	11	100	32	2-h Shop
Skirt (3)	37.5	16	+7		80	48	Skirt Shop
Legs (3)	37.5	16	+7		80	48	Leg Shop
Plate Mail (5)	61.5	18	+14		160	96	Armour Shop