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Walkthrough - Thieving:
Table of Contents
1.0 - Introduction
2.0 - Lock Picking
3.0 - Chest Looting
4.0 - Stall Thieving
5.0 - Pick Pocketing
6.0 - Training Methods
7.0 - Other Information
8.0 - Quests for Experience
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Introduction
Dictionary: To take (something) by theft or commit theft.
In RuneScape, thieving is a very diverse skill. You can pick locks, loot chests, steal
from stalls, and even pick pocket certain people. All these acts can be very rewarding;
however, they are still dangerous since there are always characters on the lookout for
annoying thieves. A level 99 thief wrote this guide, providing all the best locations and
strategies to help you level faster.
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Lock Picking
Throughout the RuneScape world, you will find that you are unable to open certain doors.
If you are lucky, the door you are trying to pass through can be pick locked. To pick a
lock, simply right click on the door and select "Pick Lock." If you are successful the
door will open you will automatically walk through. If you fail, you will have to try
again.
Successfully opening some locked doors requires you to have a lockpick in your inventory
in order to pick their locks. You can obtain lock picks from other players, or pick
pocketed from bandits and rogues. Martin Thwait in the Rogue's Den also sells lock picks.
Door Location Required Level Experience Lockpick? Location Picture
Door to 10gp Chest East Ardougne 1 3.5 No Picture
Door to Nature Chest East Ardougne 14 15 No Picture
Ardougne House Door East Ardougne 14 15 No Picture
H.A.M. Trapdoor East of Draynor Village 17 4 No Picture
Axe Hut Door Level 54 Wilderness 32 25 Yes Picture
Ardougne Sewers Gate Ardougne Sewers 31 25 No Picture
Pirate Hall Level 54 Wilderness 39 35 Yes Picture
Chaos Druid Tower North of Ardougne 46 37.5 No Picture
Paladin Door Ardougne Palace 61 50 No Picture
Yanille Agility Dungeon Door Eastern Yanille 82 50 Yes Picture
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Chest Looting
Unlike doors, the chests you are able to thieve from in RuneScape are not safe. If you do
not take care when thieving from chest, the traps hidden in them will hurt you. To find a
trap on a chest, right click on it and select "Search for Traps." Your character will
automatically find the trap and disarm it if your thieving level is high enough.
To add onto the danger of thieving from chests, you have a chance of getting a poison
cloud any time you search for a trap. The cloud doesn't poison you, but it can do a little
bit of damage so be sure to take along some food if you plan on thieving from these
chests.
Please note that when you loot the Paladin and Blood Rune chests, you will be teleported
outside their containing buildings. For the most part, chests do not give very good
experience. The only chest that is really worth thieving is the Blood Rune Chest since it
produces a fair amount of profit on top of the experience given.
Chest Location Required Level Experience Items Thieved Respawn Time Location Picture
10gp Chest Ardougne (x2)
Rellekka
Axe Hut (x3)
13 7.5 10GP 7 seconds Picture
Nature Chest Ardougne (x2)
Rellekka 28 25 3GP, Nature Rune (1) 10 seconds Picture
50gp Chest Ardougne
43 125 50GP 70 seconds Picture
Arrow Tip Chest Hemenster
Rellekka 47 150 5 Steel Arrow Tips and 20GP 210 seconds Picture
Average Chest Dorgesh-Kaan 52 200 Oil lantern, bullseye lantern, cave goblin mining
helmet, frog armour, cave goblin wire, rope, frog armour, bone bolts, bone crossbow, bone
dagger, H.A.M. clothes, spade, bucket, hammer, newcomer map, big bones, coins, runes (air,
earth, fire, water, body, mind, cosmic, chaos, nature, death or law), staff orb, talisman
(water, air, earth or fire), Dorgeshuun light orb, empty light orb, Oldak's Marvellous
Moving-over-distance Sphere, clue scroll 165 seconds N/A
Blood Rune Chest Chaos Druid Tower 59 250 500GP, Blood Rune (2) 135 seconds Picture
Paladin Chest Ardougne Palace 72 500 1,000GP, Raw Shark, Adamant Ore, and Uncut Sapphire
240 seconds Picture
Rich Chest Dorgesh-Kaan 78 650 Uncut gems (including semi-precious), bullseye lantern,
cave goblin mining helmet, frog armour, iron bar, Dorgeshuun light orb, empty light orb,
500-2500 coins 510 seconds N/A
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Stall Thieving
In the past, you could only thieve stalls in the city of Ardougne, however recently there
have been many stall-thieving additions to the game. Stealing from stalls is a lot like
chest looting; however, there are no traps on the stall. Instead, certain in game
characters will be on the lookout for thieves like you and will fight you or knock you out
if they catch you.
To thieve from a stall, right click and select "Steal from." If nobody catches you in the
act, you will take the items from the stall and they will appear in your inventory.
You may be caught by the stall owner or any guard type NPC surrounding the stall. To avoid
this, try to stay out of their lines of sight.
When training the skill of thieving, the stall that require a high thieving level to steal
from are not very useful because of their slow rates of respawn. I would recommend
thieving from the Vegetable, Baker's, Tea, Silk, Seed and Fur stalls for the best
experience.
Stall Required Level Location Experience Items Thieved Respawn Time
Vegetable Stall 2 Miscellania and Etceteria 10 Onion, Cabbage, Potato, Tomato, or Garlic 2
seconds
Baker's Stall 5 Ardougne
Keldagrim 16 Cake, Chocolate Slice, or Bread 2 seconds
Crafting Stall 5 Marim
Keldagrim 10 Chisel, Ring Mould, or Necklace Mould 7 seconds
Monkey Food Stall 5 Marim 16 Banana 7 seconds
Monkey General Stall 5 Marim 10 Pot, Hammer, or Tinderbox 7 seconds
Tea Stall 5 East Varrock 16 Cup of Tea 7 seconds
Silk Stall 20 Ardougne
Keldagrim 24 Silk 4 seconds
Wine stall 22 Draynor Village Market 27 Jug of water, Jug of wine, Grapes, Jug, Bottle of
wine 14 seconds
Seed Stall 27 Draynor Village Market 10 See Master Farmer 11 seconds
Fur Stall 35 Ardougne 35 Fur, Gray Wolf Fur 15 seconds
Fish Stall 42 Rellekka 42 Raw Salmon, Raw Tuna, or Raw Lobster 10 seconds
Crossbow Stall 49 Keldagrim 52 3 Bronze Bolts, Wooden Stock, or Bronze Limbs 10 seconds
Silver Stall 50 Ardougne
Keldagrim 54 Silver Ore 30 seconds
Spice Stall 65 Ardougne 81.3 Spice 80 seconds
Magic Stall 65 Marim 100 Air, Earth, Fire, Water, or Law Rune (1) 80 seconds
Scimitar Stall 65 Marim 160 Iron Scimitar 80 seconds
Gem Stall 75 Ardougne
Keldagrim 16 Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond 180 seconds
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Pick Pocketing
Pick pocketing is one of the major aspects of thieving since there are so many characters
to pick pocket around RuneScape. To pick the pocket of a NPC, right click on it and select
"Pickpocket."
If you are successful, you will have gained some loot and thieving experience. If you
fail, the NPC will stun you. When you are stunned, you will be unable to move.
Remember the higher the thieving level you have, the lower the chance that you will fail.
Pick pocketing will usually bring the best experience for thieving enthusiasts. The best
NPC's to thieve from for the most efficient training would be Men/Women, Warrior women,
Warriors, Rogues, Master Farmers, Guards, Desert bandits, Knights of Ardougne, Yanille
Watchmen and Paladins.
NPC Required Level Experience Stun Effects Locations
Man/Woman 1 8 5 seconds
1 Damage Lumbridge, Varrock, Falador, Edgeville
3GP
Farmer 10 14.5 5 seconds
1 Damage Lumbridge, Falador, Ardougne
9GP, Potato seeds, Onion seeds
Female H.A.M. Follower 15 18 6 seconds
1-3 Damage H.A.M Hideout
Bronze-Steel Dagger, Bronze-Steel Pickaxe, Uncut Jade, Uncut Opal, Buttons, Damaged
Armour, Rusty Sword, Bronze-Steel Arrows, Clue Scroll(level 1), Herbs, Bronze-Steel
Hatchet, Needle, Thread, 2-22gp, Iron Ore, Coal, Ham Hood, Ham Shirt, Gloves, Ham Skirt,
Boots, H.A.M Logo, Ham Cloak, Anchovy, Feathers, Hardleather Body, Cow Hide, Logs, Raw
chicken, Buttons.
Male H.A.M. Follower 20 22 6 seconds
1-3 Damage H.A.M Hideout
Bronze-Steel Dagger, Bronze-Steel Pickaxe, Uncut Jade, Uncut Opal, Buttons, Damaged
Armour, Rusty Sword, Bronze-Steel Arrows, Clue Scroll(level 1), Herbs, Bronze-Steel
Hatchet, Needle, Thread, 2-22gp, Iron Ore, Coal, Ham Hood, Ham Shirt, Gloves, Ham Skirt,
Boots, H.A.M Logo, Ham Cloak, Anchovy, Feathers, Hardleather Body, Cow Hide, Logs, Raw
chicken, Buttons.
Warrior Woman 25 26 5 seconds
2 Damage North Ardougne, Varrock Castle
18GP
Warrior 25 26 5 seconds
2 Damage Al-Kharid
18GP
Rogue 32 35.5 5 seconds
2 Damage Rouge Castle
2-50GP, Air Runes (8), Lockpick, Jug of Wine, iron(p) dagger
Cave Goblin 36 40 5 seconds
2 Damage Dorgesh-Kaan
Coins, iron ore, tinderbox, swamp tar, oil lantern, torch, green gloop soup, frog spawn
gumbo, frog burger, crispy froglegs, bat shish, wall beast fingers, bullseye lantern, cave
goblin wire
Master Farmer 38 43 5 seconds
3 Damage Draynor Village Market, North Ardougne
Asgarnian Seed, Barley Seed, Belladonna Seed, Bittercup Mushroom Spore, Cabbage Seed,
Cactus Seed, Cadavaberry Seed, Dwellberry Seed, Hammerstone Seed, Herb Seeds, Jangerberry
Seed, Jute Seed, Krandorian Seed, Limpwurt Seed, Marigold Seed, Nasturtium Seed, Onion
Seed, Poison Ivy Seed, Potato Seed, Ranarr Seed, Redberry Seed, Rosemary Seed, Strawberry
Seed, Sweetcorn Seed, Tomato Seed, Watermelon Seed, Wildblood Seed, or Yanillian Seed
Guard 40 46.5 5 seconds
2 Damage Varrock, Falador, Ardougne
30GP
Rellekka Citizen 45 65 5 seconds
2 Damage Rellekka
40GP, Steel nails(1)
Bearded Pollnivnian Bandit 45 65 4 seconds
5 Damage Pollnivneach
40GP
Desert Bandit 53 79 5 seconds
3 Damage Bandit Camp
30GP, Lockpick, Antipoison (1)
Knight of Ardougne 55 84.5 5 seconds
3 Damage Ardougne
50GP
Pollnivnian Bandit 55 84 5 seconds
5 Damage Pollnivneach
50GP
Watchman 65 137.5 5 seconds
3 Damage Yanille Watch tower
60GP, Bread
Menaphite Thug 65 137 5 seconds
5 Damage Pollnivneach
60GP
Paladin 70 151.75 5 seconds
3 Damage Ardougne
80GP, Chaos Runes (2)
Gnome 75 198.5 5 seconds
1 Damage Tree Gnome Stronghold , Tree Gnome Village
GP, Swamp Toad, King Worm, Gold Nugget, Fire Orb, Earth Rune (1)
Hero 80 275 6 seconds
4 Damage Ardougne
GP, Fire Orb, Wine, Death Runes (2), Blood Rune (1), Gold Nugget, Cut Diamond (1)
Elf 85 353.5 6 seconds
5 Damage Lletya
GP, Jug of Wine, Gold Ore, Cut Diamond, Death Runes (2), Natures (3), Fire orb, Unicorn
horn
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Training Methods
The following steps are a guide to help level you thieving stat as fast as possible.
Remember that they are just guidelines.
Level 1-5
When you first start out thieving, there is no choice of what to thieve. You must start
out thieving men and women because they are the only thing you can thieve at levels 1-4.
Once you have reached level 5 make your way to the Baker's stall.
Level 5-25
After reaching level 5 thieving you can now thieve items from the Baker's stall, which is
the best experience at your level for a while. I recommend thieving from the Baker's stall
until about 25 thieving. Then you can take your shot at warriors.
Level 25-42
Finally, you can thieve more things around the RuneScape world. You should start thieving
warriors to get your level up then when you reach 32 you can try rouges in the wilderness.
They are good experience, but you should probably keep going with warriors.
Level 42-65
You should be 42 thieving now and stealing from guards. Yes, the guards catch you a lot
and use food, but they are good for your level. Thieving the guards in Ardougne would be
the best recommended location. You could thieve some lighter food from the Bakers Stall
whenever your health starts to get low. If you do wish to take a break from guards try the
master farmers, easy left click theiving and they should catch you less than the guards.
Level 65-72
You can thieve without having to waste your own food! You should head down to the Yanille
Watch tower or teleport over there if you have completed the Watch tower Quest and begin.
If you escape detection every time you steal from a Yanille Watchman, they will give you
some bread and GP. Although that sounds like a good deal you should probably bring 10
units of food until you steal from a few Yanille Watchmen or are a higher level.
Should you have done the The Feud quest, you can thieve Menaphites, provided you have
access to the Menaphos desert city, using a blackjack at level 65. This can get you up to
150k xp an hour, depending on your thieving level.
Level 72-99
You can now thieve Paladins at 70 thieving, but you have two options here:
If you want to make a lot of money, you should thieve paladins to whatever level you wish.
If you want to make less money and get the best experience then you should go find a
knight and begin thieving.
Whatever you choose it only gets easier from here to thieve things with every level.
The best and also the fastest way to train your thieving at this level is to use Pyramid
Plunder. You can get up to 150,000 experience per hour at level 71 and the experience gets
better by every new room you can access.
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Other Information
Random Events
There are only three random events for thieving. These are watchmen, poison gas clouds and
the pillory.
Watchmen: These can appear while doing any type of thieving activity. They attack you and
your current combat level determines their level combat level.
Poison Gas Cloud: This random event only appears while thieving chests. Any time you
thieve a chest you have a chance of getting a poison cloud. This deals a small amount of
damage, but will not poison you.; much like the Undead Ones in Shilo Village.
Pillory: This random event gets you sent to the pillory where the game locks you in a cage
and you have to unlock it to get out. While you are in the cage, a NPC will throw tomatoes
at you, also other players can throw you while you are caged.
Tips and Tricks
When pick pocketing NPC's always try to corner them into a building. Thus, they will stand
still while you thieve from so you are not chasing them.
You should make sure that you let them wander around every few minutes, or they reset to
their spawning point. In addition, if you attack your NPC by mistake just go up some near
by stairs and come back down and it will stop attacking you. Another method to use that
will ensure that you don't attack your NPC is by equipping any type of bow, without
equipping arrows. This will prevent you from accidentally attacking them.
When thieving, click to theive someone as fast as possible to get the best experience. If
you get stunned start clicking pickpocket again a second before the stun wears off due to
the fact it takes a second to register the command in game.
If you are thieving in Ardougne Center, do not bother to bring your own food. Just buy
cakes from the baker on the server with the most cakes or just thieve.
If you are thieving from a stall try and lock the shop owner or nearby guards into a
building so they catch you less often. However, it does not always help, most of the time
it does.
Blackjacks
Jagex introduced items called blackjacks during The Feud quest. These are very handy in
pick pocketing, because depending on the type of blackjack, it can stun your opponent for
a certain period, allowing you to pickpocket them successfully, without them stunning you.
Though you can only use them on the NPC's in the quest city of Pollnivneach.
Rogues Den
Jagex introduced a mini game to train and test your thieving skills. Check out the guide
on Rogue's Den.
Sorceress's Garden
Osman from the Sorceress's Garden minigame gives very generous thieving experience in
exchange for Sq'irk juice.
Pyramid Plunder
Pryamid plunder is currently the best way to train your thieving. The fast experience
appeals to a lot of master thieves. For more information on this mini game check out our
guide.
Other clothing
Those who wish to be a little more effective hunting, will be able to get Dark Kebbit fur
from the Falconry Hunting Area. The dark kebbits can also be caught if you have 57
hunting. The fur can be made into Gloves of Silence which increase your success rate of
thieving, but they require a hunting level of 54. The gloves degrade after time though and
will need to be replaced.
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8.0 - Quests for Experience
Here is a list of the quests that give Thieving experience as a reward upon completion.
Fairy Tale Part II, A: 2,500 XP
Biohazard: 1,250 XP
Contact!: 7,000 XP
Creature of Fenkenstrain: 1,000 XP
The Path Of Glouphrie: 5,000 XP
The Feud: 15,000 XP
Fight Arena: 2,175 XP
The Fremennik Trials: 2,800 XP
The Giant Dwarf: 1,500 XP
The Golem: 1,000 XP
Grim Tales: 6,000 XP
The Hand in the Sand: 1,000 XP
Hazeel Cult: 1,500 XP
Icthlarin's Little Helper: 4,500 XP
Mourning's Ends Part I: 25,000 XP
Rat Catchers: 4,500 XP
Slug Menace: 3,500 XP
Spirits of the Elid: 1,000 XP
Tower of Life: 500 XP
Tribal Totem: 1,775 XP
The Tourist Trap: Thieving Experience depending on your level
Quests with a choice Experience
A Fairy Tale Part II: 2,500 XP in any skill of your choice over level 30.
Great Brain Robbery, The: 5,000 XP for any skill you choose over level 30.
Legends Quest: 7,650-30,600 XP (7,650 is given to 4 skills from a list of skills)
One Small Favour: 10,000-20,000 XP (2 x 10,000 lamps for any skill of your choice over
level 30)
Recipe for Disaster: 20,000 XP (A Lamp to grant 20,000xp in a skill of your choice over
level 50)
The Tourist Trap: 4,650-9,300 XP (4,650 x2 given to either Agility, Fletching, Smithing or
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