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Method Requirements and Parameters for Method as Evaluated
Requirements
As Evaluated
Location
Rimmington Mine
Skills
Mining(95), Summoning(96)
Quests
Equipment
Any pickaxe
Rune pickaxe, Boots of Lightness, Spottier cape, Amulet of glory, Varrock Armour 3
Other
Varrock Achievement Diary {Hard}
Input and Output Items and Values
Inputs (Total Value = 28,505)
Outputs (Total Value = 213,060)
Item
Qty
Value
Item
Qty
Value
Law rune
15.5
3,503
Soft clay
900
191,700
Dust rune
15.5
124
Uncut sapphire
6
4,098
Bracelet of clay
29.25
18,369
Uncut emerald
3
3,669
Ring of duelling(8)
2
2,414
Uncut ruby
1.5
4,443
Pack yak pouch
1.1
4,095
Uncut diamond
0.75
9,150
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Method Description, Instructions and Tips for Success
General Description
Soft clay is used for both training Construction and making teleport tablets. It is not extremely valuable but can be mined very quickly even by new players. The trick to it is using bracelets of clay, which cause any clay mined to automatically be soft (no need to use water). Each is good for 28 pieces of clay; note that when Varrock Armour gives you double ores, it still only uses one charge so you use less than one bracelet per 28 clay mined.
Due to the Varrock Armour, the bracelet will get "out of sync" with your mining trips, so you'll often have to bring with an extra bracelet. You can "operate" the bracelet to see how many charges it has left.
Note that a dragon pickaxe will provide more yield than a rune pickaxe for those with Mining levels above 60. Due to its very high cost, however, I have decided not to include it in the Moneymaking Guide at this time.
Specific Method Details
This method requires you to have your house in Rimmington; the portal there is the closest teleport spot to a clay rock. Start by equipping your pickaxe, Varrock Armour, amulet, duelling ring and bracelet of clay. Take with a pack yak pouch. In addition to the bracelet you are wearing, you need to bring with either one or two extras, depending on how many charges the current one has left. Try to keep track as best you can, or "operate" the bracelet any time to check its status.
Set your house teleport option to put you outside the house portal -- this saves time on each teleport.
Use a Teleport to House tablet to go home, then go northeast to the mine. Mine until your inventory is full, put the clay in the yak, mine some more, fill the yak, then continue until full again. Use a ring of duelling to bank. Don't forget to watch for the messages that tell you when to put on a new bracelet.
Count on about 900 soft clay per hour plus gems.
All information based on Grand Exchange price data from: May 20, 2012. Note that the three-day delay in price updates is waived for RuneScoop members.
All information based on Grand Exchange price data from: May 20, 2012. Note that the three-day delay in price updates is waived for RuneScoop members. 