Thieving Skill Guide

Contents:
Introduction
Picking Pockets
Stalls
Stall Profits
Disarming Traps
Chests
Picking Locks
Lure and K.O.
Strategy
Training
Profits
Skill helper

Thieving is a Members skill.

Thieving is a skill which can earn you items and money. You can thieve in many ways, from
pickpocketing people, picking locks on chests, to stealing from stalls, and disarming traps to
get to different areas.

Pickpocketing can be used on many non-player characters (NPCs), from a Man all the way to
an Elf. You cannot pickpocket other players. Lockpicking doors can help you get into secret
rooms with treasure, though getting to the treasure may not be as easy as you thought. You
may have to disarm traps in places like a staircase, chests, or other things to get to the
treasure. Beginning Thieves at level one must pickpocket Men and Women to increase their
level high enough to access other targets.

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Picking Pockets

To pickpocket someone, all you have to do is right click on the non-player character (NPC) and
choose the "Pickpocket" option. There is a chance that the NPC you are trying to pickpocket
will catch you and attack you, thereby stunning you. The higher your Thieving level, the better
your chance of successfully pickpocketing.

Exp Gained
Thieving
Monster When Location Loot
Level
Successful
Man 1 8 All Around 3 Coins
9 Coins,
Farmer 10 14.5 Farms infrequent
seeds
Female
H.A.M.
H.A.M. 15 18.5 Various items
Headquarters
Follower
Male 20 22.2 H.A.M. Various items
H.A.M. Headquarters
Follower
Al-Kharid
(male),
Warrior 25 26 Ardougne 18 Coins
and Varrock
(female)
25 Coins, 40
Coins,
Level 54 poisoned Iron
Rogue 32 35.5
Wilderness dagger, Wine,
8 Air runes,
Lockpick
Draynor
Master
38 43 Village Various seeds
Farmer
square
Guard 40 46.5 Cities 30 Coins
Fremennik 45 65 Rellekka 40 Coins
Bearded
Pollnivneach
Pollivnian 45 65 40 Coins
(Desert)
Bandit
30 Coins,
Desert Desert Bandit
53 79.4 Antipoison(1),
Bandit Camp
or Lockpick
Knight 55 84.3 Ardougne 50 Coins
Pollivnian Pollnivneach
55 84.3 50 Coins
Bandit (Desert)
Yanille 60 Coins,
65 137.5 Yanille
Watchman Bread
Menaphite Pollnivneach
65 137.5 60 Coins
Thug (Desert)
80 Coins and 2
Paladin 70 151.75 Ardougne
Chaos runes
300 Coins, 1
Earth rune,
Gnome King worm,
Gnome 75 198.5
Stronghold Swamp toad,
Gold ore, or
Fire orb
100 - 300
coins, 2 Death
runes, Blood
Hero 80 275 Ardougne rune, Fire orb,
Cut Diamond,
Gold ore, or
Wine
Elf 85 353 Elven city of 280 gp, 350
Lletya gp, Fire Orb,
Gold Ore, Jug
 of Wine, 2
Death Runes,
or 3 Nature
runes

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Stealing From Stalls

To steal from market stalls go to Ardougne, Rellekka, Miscellania, Etceteria, or the Ape Atoll
(note that the Fremennik Trials quest is required to access Rellekka, Miscellania, and Etceteria,
and the Monkey Madness quest is required to access the Ape Atoll). Click on a stall to steal
from it, or right click on a stall and use the "Steal from" option. If when stealing from a stall
you fail, the stall owner may just yell at you, or a Guard, Knight, Paladin or Watchman
(Random Event) will attack you. The more valuable the products on the stall are, the more
people who watch it. You are better off waiting until they are either dead or distracted with
somebody else (if you can not kill them yourself), when you are not in their line of sight. In
Ardougne, Knights can be lured into nearby buildings and shut in, cutting down on the battles
(since they aren't dead, they don't respawn this way).

Thieving Exp Gained

Stall Location Level When Loot
Needed Successful
Cabbage (16%),
Garlic (12%), Onion
Vegetable Etceteria*,
2 10 (23%), Potato
Stall Miscellania*
(23%), or Tomato
(25%)
Tea Stall Varrock 5 16 Tea
General Hammer, Tinderbox,
Ape Atoll 5 16.5
Stall Pot
Cake, Bread,
Bakers
East Ardougne 5 16 Chocolate cake slice,
Stall
Meat pie
Crafting Chisel, Necklace
Ape Atoll ** 5 16
Stall mould, Ring mould
Monkey
Ape Atoll ** 5 16 Banana
Food Stall
Rock Cake
Gu'Tanoth 15 6.5 Rock cake
Stall
Silk Stall East Ardougne 20 24 Silk
Jug, Jug of water, Jug
Draynor
Wine Stall 22 27 of wine, Grapes, or
Village square
Bottle of wine
Draynor
Seed Stall 27 10 Various seeds
Village square
East
Fur Stall Ardougne, 35 36 Grey wolf fur
Rellekka
 Etceteria*, Salmon (most likely),
Fish Stall Miscellania*, 42 42 Tuna or a Lobster
Rellekka (rare)
Silver Stall East Ardougne 50 54 Silver ore
Spice Stall East Ardougne 65 81 Spice
Elemental rune (Air,
Magic Stall Ape Atoll ** 65 100 Earth, Fire or Water)
or Law rune
Iron scimitar, Steel
scimitar (rare) [stand
Scimitar in spot between stall
Ape Atoll ** 65 100
Stall and building before
turning human, to
avoid attacks]
1 uncut gem
Gem Stall East Ardougne 75 16 (Sapphire, Emerald,
Ruby, or Diamond)

* Note that thieving in Etceteria or Miscellania reduces your popularity in the kingdom; also
you must have completed the Fremennik Trials Quest in order to get there.
** To access Ape Atoll, do Monkey Madness Quest.

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Stall Profits

Okay, so you're a pretty good thief, but pick-pocketing people just isn't your style. You want
money fast. Well, thats what thieving is, right? But I have a solution to your problem: Stall
Profits. What exactly do I mean by this? I mean by stealing by stalls from other cities, and
going to other cities and re-selling them. This might seem like it wouldn't add up much, but
believe me, in about 10 minutes, you could have over 6000 coins.
Items/Skills needed/recommended:

• Level 35 Thieving
• Ring of Dueling or Ardougne Teleport runes highly recommended
• Teleport Runes to Varrock highly recommended
• About 2000 gp (This is needed to start out, but in the long run, you will still be making
a profit. You can also bring more if you want for more loads of silk.)

Major Hint

This could save a couple gp for you if you want a couple gp saved. When your buying from the
Silk Merchant in Al-Kharid, say you don't want to buy any, then he'll lower the price to 2 gp!
So you will be saving 28 gp per load if you do that trick. I don't know if you reall care about 28
gp per load, but hey! Every gp counts!

Strategy

It all starts in Al-Kharid. Go North of the Palace to the Silk Trader. He sells silk for a measley 3
gp. (Or 2 gp if using MAJOR HINT) Buy silk until your inventory is full. Then bank the silk.
Repeat until you have the desired amount of silk. Now, use your Ring of Dueling or Ardounge
teleport runes to get to Ardounge. Take out a full load of silk. Go to the market and find the
Silk Merchant. Talk to him and your person will say "I have some silk from Al-Kharid that I will
sell" Then when he asks you how much click on 120 coins. He will haggle to 50, then you says
60 gp. He will say something about driving a hard bargain, blah blah blah, then if you had full
load of silk, you should get 1680 gp. Keep doing this until you run out of silk. Before you leave
Ardounge, steal some loads from the Fur Stall. After you have a couple of loads of Grey Wolf
Furs, teleport (or walk) to Varrock. Talk to Baraek. He'll go all crazy cause he likes Grey Wolf
Furs. Sell them for 120 each, and you should get 3360 gp. Wow! Keep doing this until you run
out of furs. Now go back to Al-Kharid and use some of you new money to buy more silk. Now
the chain starts over.

Math

Yes, there is math involved here. If you really want to be shrewd businessperson, use these
numbers to find out exactly how much you will be spending and a making.

• Al-Kharid Silk (buy): 3 gp per silk, 84 gp for a full load

• Ardounge Silk(sell): 60 gp per silk, 1680 for a full load
• Ardounge G. Wolf Furs(steal): Free!
• Varrock G. Wolf Furs(sell): 120 gp per G. Wolf Fur, 3360 gp

NOTE: You can also use this as an easy-to-read strategy for you lazy people out there. ;)

2nd Strategy

Though this strategy doesn't involve a lot of walking, it won't earn you as much profit. First,
buy a LOT of loads of silk from Al-Kharid. Now go to Ardounge and sell them all to the silk
merchant. The reason this doesn't make a lot of profit is that you are only selling silk for 1680
gp a load, and since 1680 is 1/2 of 3360, (the amount you get from Baraek) you are really
getting only 1/3 of the profits you would regularly get using Strategy #1.

3rd Strategy

Can you say, "Time consuming"? You'd better be able to, cause this strategy is time
consuming. Buy LOTS and LOTS or silk from the ARDOUNGE Silk Merchant. I hope you know
why this strategy is time consuming now. You will have to wait a while before you can resell
them to the same merchant (Since the Silk Trader in Al-Kharid doesn't buy silk) I would say
this is the worst strategy, because not only does it take a long time, but it also only gives 1/3
per load then if you were doing it with strategy #1.

Conclusion

In short, all of these are time consuming because Jagex wont let us buy the silk in multiples.
But of course, money making always involves time, and this is just one way to make money.
Have fun making money!

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Disarming Traps

Certain objects such as chests, stairs, and occasional trapdoors have traps on them. To find a
trap, all you need to do is right click on the object and see if there's an option to "search for
traps." If you choose not to disarm a trap then you receive damage to your hit points. If you
have a high enough thieving level then you will be able to disarm it. Traps will reset after a
certain amount of time.

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Thieving From Chests

Within the world of thieving, you will find many chests that you can disarm and retrieve
treasure. These chests vary in treasure ranging from Coins, Steel arrowheads, Nature runes,
Blood runes, and even Adamantite ore.In the Al kharid desert, at the bandit camps bar, you
can buy the Bandits brew, which temporarily raises your thieving by 1, which could be good
for opening chests or doors that you have the level to open yet. But, be careful about this,
because the drink costs 650 coins.

Exp
Chest Level Locations Loot
Gained
1. East entrance to Ardougne
Market Square, building on north
side of road, west wall. 2. House
north of Ardougne's church,
Coins (10) 10 7.5 10 Coins
second floor, chest on the right,
south wall. 3. 3 chests (?) in the
Animated Axe house, lvl 54
wilderness.
Bones, Zogre
bones, Rusty
Between the Zogres from Zogre swords, Tinderbox,
Zogre Coffin 20 27
Flesh Eater Quest. Pickaxe, Herbs,
Coins, Nails and
other junk.
1. East entrance to Ardougne
Market Square, building on south
side of road, second floor, chest on
Nature the right, west wall. 2. House 1 Nature Rune, 3
28 25
Runes north of Ardougne's church, Coins
second floor, chest on the left,
south wall. 3. Fremennik Helmet
Shop.
1. East entrance to Ardougne
Market Square, building on south
side of road, second floor, chest on
Coins (50) 43 125 50 Coins
the left, west wall. 2. Underground
Mourner's HQ, northernmost
chest.
1. House north of Ardougne in the
town of Hemenster. 2.
Steel 5 steel arrowheads
47 150 Underground Mourner's HQ,
Arrowheads and 20 gp
middle chest. Note: Lockpick
needed.
Blood Runes 59 250 Down the ladder in Chaos Druid 2 Blood Runes, 500
Tower, south to end of cavern, 2 Coins
 chests near the back wall in
middle of floor. Note: A second
magical trap triggers and teleports
you to a room outside the tower,
in Ardougne.
Go to King Lathas' castle that
stands in the middle of Ardougne. Adamantite ore,
Paladin Walk inside and go up the stairs. Raw shark, Uncut
72 500
Chest Go to either side (left or right) and Sapphire and 1000
use a lockpick to enter through the Coins
doors to the far, East towers.

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Picking Locks

For some doors in Runescape, you may have to pick their locks to open them. To pick a door's
lock, simply right click on it and then select the picklock option. As your level increases in
thieving, you will be able to access places you couldn't have gone before. The doors will
eventually re-lock so you can pick them again.

To get the Lockpick you have to pickpocket Rogues in the Wilderness until you get one, or you
can get them from the Rogues Den for 24gp. You can use this Lockpick for areas in the
Wilderness or other places that require it. A Lockpick will also make opening locked doors an
easier task.

Thieving
Experience
Door and Location Level
Gained
Needed
1 Story Room East of Spice Stall 1 3.75
2 Story House East of Baker's Stall 14 15
1 Story Room South of Yanille Bank 16 15
2 Story House With Red Carpet In Northwest
16 15
Ardougne
Handelmort Mansion 21 15
Ardougne Sewers; Door Leads To Mine and
32 25
Zombies (level 32)
Pirate Door 39 35
Chaos Druid (level 19) Tower and Blood Rune
46 37.5
Chest
Jail Doors In Iban's Cave 50 4
Ladder In 2nd Floor of Paladin (level 71) Tower 61 50
Back Entrance to Agility Dungeon, Downstairs
82 50
In Southern Yanille

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Misc. Thieving
You can distract the eyes within the abyss to get thieving exp.You get 25 exp each time you
successfully distract the eyes and get through to the inner circle.The Monk of Zamorak at
Edgeville mini-quest must be completed to give access to the Abyssal area.

Lure and K.O.

With the Pollnivneach area and The Feud quest comes a whole new (and vicious) way to
pickpocket. Obtain a Blackjack (either an Oak blackjack during the quest, or a Willow
blackjack afterwards for 600 gp from the Market trader located outside the Kebab shop.) Wield
the Blackjack. Right click on any innocent Villager (level 3), Bandit (level 41), Bandit (level
56), or Menaphite Thug (level 55) and choose "Lure". A dialog will ensue, asking the victim to
follow you. If they agree, lead them to a place out of anyone's sight (such as behind
buildings). Then right click on them and click "Knock out". If it works, quickly pickpocket them
before they come back to their senses. If you fail, you will immediately get into a battle, so be
prepared (you may want to switch weapons, but remember to switch back for your next
victim). You may be able to halt the battle by pickpocketing them again quickly, but you may
fail and take damage.

You earn approximately 8 xp for knocking out a Villager, 10 xp for either level Bandit, and 20
xp for a Menaphite Thug. A successful pickpocket immediately following a K.O. earns the usual
amount of xp and loot (for Villagers it's 8xp and 5 gp).

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Strategy

Skill: The best bet on pickpocketing an enemy is to pace yourself and not pick an enemy
quickly but in a peaceful way. This will help you, and you'll get caught even less. Pressing "Pick
Pocket" on a character twice in quick succession will almost always result in getting caught. As
you gain levels, you'll be able to have more consecutive successes. Also, if you thieve from
behind, they are not looking at you and so you may have a better chance of success.

Equipment:
So you're fully equipped in full Rune with a Dragon Battle Axe and Rune Plate?

Bringing a good amount of food with you will help. If you are caught, you will be stunned and
have damage dealt to you.

Lockpicks:
It's best to get a Lockpick before you start picking door locks. Head to lvl 54 Wild and
pickpocket a Rogue (Lvl 21 ). You'll need lvl 32 Thieving for this (you'll get 35.5 XP, and a
possibility of different rewards per attempt). So you might need to pick from them a few times
before getting a Lockpick. Or you can ask players to sell you a Lockpick. They usually sell for
1k from Players; not bad.

Types of Thieves

The Bad Thief:

Nothing is more annoying than a thief thieving the character you are stealing from. So a Thief
(or player) has stolen your area and killed the character(s) you were busy practicing on?
You're a Thief and you don't have to put up with it! This is where the skill Ranging and your
weapon comes in. One of the best ways to run off an annoying player is to get a high range
level (45+) and Range the crap out of him/her. Or you can use your strength and kill off their
enemies. This may seem mean but they never read the strategy of the good thief.
However, since you only get stunned when you are caught now, stealing from the same person
isn't a problem anymore. It's just considered good manners to keep with your own man if
possible. The only thing you need to look out for are other players coming to your thieving
area and killing off all the characters.

The Good Thief:

Use good manners. Nothing is wrong with being polite.

Thieve only the characters you get to first; don't be rude and go after another player's
character. It's an online game and you need to try to stay polite and work on the men without
getting frustrated and then killing them off. If this is done to you though, read above you mad
man! ^_^

It's much easier and more rewarding to be a good thief. Others become more willing to take
turns at chests and stalls when you are polite.

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Training Thieving

~For the Best and Quickest Results, Take Route A.

Lvl 1 - 5. Route A - Getting Started:

To get started in Thieving you need to thieve Man (Lvl 3) or Woman only, which will give 8
experience with each pick and 3 coins. The best thing to do is to thieve until Lvl 5. Best
location - Man in the middle of Falador. Edgeville has a house with several men inside.

Lvl 5 - 25. Route A - Baker's Stall:

Once you hit Level 5 Thieving its time to ditch Men and head to Ardougne. Cakes give 16 XP
(Experience) and a cake of course, can be eaten. Cakes are pretty much an easy food source,
and once you get to lvl 25 Thieving, you'll have a lot of Cakes to live off of (as well as Meat
Pies, Chocolate cake slice and Bread).

How this stall (and the others) work is you must hide to the side where the Stall owner and
the Guards can't see you easily. Then quickly steal a cake before it's too late. Do this till Lvl 25
Thieving or take Route B...

Lvl 10 - 25. Route B - Farmers:

After picking Men till you are lvl 10, it's time to pickpocket Farmers. They are located all over
RS near fields and animals. One place to go is Ardougne. Head north toward the Fishing
Competition and once in Hemenster, there should be some small buildings located along the
road. One of the buildings has an upstairs. When you get there, you'll find two Farmers (Lvl 15
) and a bed. Farmers might be harder and it will be slower to achieve lvl 25 than thieving
cakes. Farmers give 14.5 XP and 9 Coins a pick (cakes are 16xp) and you must be lvl 10
Thieving to pick 'em. Best location - Fishing Competion Building Upstairs.

Lvl 25 - 40. Route A - Warriors:

Warriors come in two versions: male (in Al-Kharid) and female (Ardougne).

The best path to take, if you're higher than lvl 40 Combat, would be the females, which can be
found in and around Ardougne Market. If you're low lvl combat, then I'd suggest thieving the
male versions in Al-Kharid. Both will give you 26 XP per pick and 18 coins each time. Do this
until you are Lvl 40 Thieving, then its time to head to a very important point in Thieving.
The males are in Al-Kharid's palace and the bank isn't too far away. You can get a few in a
room and close the door (that way they won't walk too far away).

Lvl 40 - 65/70. Route A - Guards:

Guards are very important to becoming a Lvl 70 Thief. You may not think so but I recommend
you Thieve until lvl 70 on Guards only. Why? Because after a while it'll get easier and easier to
thieve Guards. Guards give 30 coins and 46.5 XP a pick. After a while of Thieving 30 Coins a
pick will become rewarding and you will make over 300 - 400K off Guards until you reach Lvl
70.

The best place to Thieve Guards would be either Falador Exits or outside Varrock Castle. It'd
be wise to thieve Guards outside Varrock Castle in the early mornings as it's rare to see a soul
walk past.

Lvl 65 - 70. Route B - Yanille Watchman:

When you hit Lvl 65 Thieving and you have 42 agility, then it's recommended to Thieve Yanille
Watchman until Lvl 70 Thieving. To find the Watchmen you must head to the tower post at the
northern wall of Yanille to the west. When you're Lvl 42 Agility, climb up the handholds (unless
you've completed the Watchtower quest). Yanille Watchman give an impressive 138 XP per
pick, 60 Coins and a loaf of Bread (you can still thieve them with a full pack; the Bread will fall
to the ground). The xp will also help you gain levels more quickly than on guards alone.

Lvl 70 - Beyond. Route A/B - Paladins/ Paladin Chest:

A: Your best bet for Lvl 99 Thieving is Paladins, a very profitable and easy-earning XP
opponent. Head to the castle in Ardougne. You can either thieve them on the Castle grounds
or head upstairs to the Paladin Tower. Once upstairs, use your Lockpick to open the door;
inside will be over 5 Paladins (Lvl 62 ). These guys give a impressive 151.75 XP per swipe, 80
Coins and 2 Chaos runes.

It's recommended you use your weapon and Plate on these guys, even if you're Lvl 70 to 78 or
so on. Bring lots of food with you (preferably Swordfish as the 3 or 4 hit points damage every
time you are caught adds up quickly).

B: Once you reach Lvl 72 Thieving, thieve from the chest that is in the same tower as the
Paladins. You will be magically transported out of Ardougne to the East, just outside of the
wall. You will take with you however, 500 XP, an Uncut Sapphire, 1000 gold coins, an
Adamantite ore, and an Raw shark.

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The Rogue's Den

The Rogues Den has a lot of usefulness for a good thief.

Please take note that to enter the maze inside, you need 50 Agility as well as 50 Thieving (If
you are level 80 Thieving, you can take a few shortcuts in the maze). If you wish to crack the
Wall Safes outside the Maze, then you only need the 50 Thieving.

The entrance is found in Burthorpe's bar/inn, through a trapdoor behind the counter:
The first way to gain Thieving experience in the Den is to simply try the Maze.

Although you lose a Thieving point with each trap you disarm, you get back all the points you
lost when you exit the Maze, and upon exiting you also recieve the collective experience from
all the traps you disarmed. A successful run brings in around 550 Thieving experience (more if
you disable more traps than you need to), and if you know your route and can do it quickly,
then this experience builds quickly (please take a look at actualism's Rogue's Den Maze Guide
or the Rogues Den Map for the proper path).

But if you don't want to run through the Maze, you can simply crack the Wall Safes outside the
Maze.
These require level 50 Thieving to open.

Wall Safes give 70 experience for opening, and the possible rewards are coins (10, 20, or 40
at a time), and gems up to Diamonds. Failure to crack the safe will cause anywhere from 2 to
6 damage.

To increase your chances of successfully cracking Wall Safes, you can purchase a Stethoscope
from Martin Thwait down in the Den. (Note, however, that Stethoscopes are untradeable
between players, and Martin Thwait will not sell you anything unless you have 50 Agility)

Having it in your inventory or using it on the Wall Safe will increase your likelihood of
succeeding. With a Stethoscope and a decent Thieving level, Wall Safes can be opened very
swiftly, enabling you to accrue a large amount of experience quickly. Not to mention that all
the gems you'll recieve can be a nice help for crafters.

Lastly, it should be noted that Martin Thwait also sells Lockpicks for 20 coins each, providing
an alternative to those who don't want to risk entering the Wilderness to steal them from
Rogues.

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Profits

~Thieving is by far the best overall profit-making skill, unless you're level 99 Smithing. And
why else would you thieve? Why to make money of course! Below is a quick guide on how to
become rich off certain Thieving skills, from best to worst.~

Lvl 59. Route A - Chaos Druid Tower AKA Blood Runes:

Once you hit Lvl 59 Thieving and want to make the big bucks, I suggest you head to the Chaos
Druid Tower in Ardougne. There you'll need to pick the lock on the Tower door (Lockpick
Suggested; Read Strategy for help).
Once inside, go down the ladder and follow the cavern till you make it to a room full of Ogres
(about 7 lvl 53s ). If you're not strong enough, wait for the Chests to recharge. Then when
you check the traps, you'll get 500 Coins and 2 Blood runes, at which point you'll be warped to
a building nearby. Quickly head back and do it again to the next Chest, and you'll double it.

For one thing, you just got 4 very powerful Runes you can use to increase your Magic, or you
can sell those 4 for 4k, that's 5k in less than a minute. Keep doing this and in about one and a
half to two hours, you'll have 200 Blood Runes and 50k from the two chests. Sell each rune for
1k and you'll have earned a quarter of a million in one night of Chest thieving. Another good
strategy if you're not looking for money, but other Runes, is to thieve Bloods and trade them
for Deaths or other runes from other players. I've seen many players do this.

Lvl 70. Route B - Thieving Paladins AKA Chaos Runes:

The next best thing is Thieving Paladins which is by far the best way to get XP in all of
Thieving, and still very profitable. With every pick, you'll get 80 Coins and 2 Chaos runes. So
here's the scoop: you can sell each Chaos Rune for 300gp to buyers and so just thieve 1000 of
those suckers. 1k may seem a lot, but it only takes 2 nights or even 1 night of Paladin thieving
if you don't get on much like myself.

After you get 1000 you can sell that 1k for a nice chunk of cash, 300k. Now from thieving
you'll have made 80k from the gold and 300k in Chaos runes in just a few nights. That's an
easy 380k.

Lvl 28. Route C - Nature Runes:

Natures are a quick way to get rich without even having a very high level. Head to the building
next to the Baker's Stall and picklock the door (having a Lockpick is recommended). Then
head upstairs and you'll find two Chests; the one on the right is the Nature Chest. It recharges
quickly, so you'll have 100 Nats in no time if you're alone. It also gives you 25 xp and 3 Coins.
The chest next to it gives you 50 Coins and 125 XP (but you'll need lvl 43 for that).

Once you get 1000, sell them for 300 - 350gp each; that's a nice 300 - 350k. It's suggested
you thieve 100 a day, so you don't tire yourself. Use this as a side job that earns a nice
reward.

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The Skill Helper

How will Thieving help your skills?

Well, below is a guide that includes most skills and what Thieving might do for them.

Magic:
Nothing is more affected by Thieving than Magic; once you really get going on Thieving you'll
be able to get really good Runes, and high amounts of them. Please see The Profits for more
information.

Training - All:
Fighting training is affected by a lot by Thieving - more than you would think. Also, to help
protect themselves from people watching the stalls (and Random Events), many increase each
of their combat levels.

Smithing - Lvl 50, 72:

To help your Smithing from Thieving, get level 50 and steal Silver ore from the Silver Stall in
Ardougne. You can smith these into bars. At lvl 72 Thieving, head to the Paladin Tower and
thieve the chest to receive Adamantite ore.
Crafting - Lvl 50, 72, 75, 80:
Once you hit Lvl 50 Thieving you can head to Ardougne and thieve the Silver Stall for Silver
ore. Getting into the 70's of Thieving has a very big reward for crafting gem-related items. At
Lvl 72 you can thieve the chest in the Paladin Tower and receive an Uncut Sapphire gem.
When you Hit Lvl 75, you can get the most from thieving relating to Crafting: in Ardougne you
can thieve from the Gem Stall. There, you will receive any uncut gem (but not a
Dragonstone). You'll usually receive a Sapphire, but sometimes you'll get an Emerald. A Ruby
is uncommon and a Diamond is rare. Another way to get Diamonds would be when you
become Lvl 80 Thieving. You can thieve Heroes, which are located in Ardougne. You'll get a
Diamond at times. Gnomes, when you're lvl 75, can sometimes give Gold ore and at other
times, a Fire orb.

Herblore - Lvl 46:

Once you hit lvl 46, head to the Chaos Druid tower in Ardougne. Bring your Lockpick and enter
the tower. On the first floor you'll be able to beat up on some Chaos Druids and get a lot of
herbs for Herblore; a tough skill to level up. This is a very popular place though, so try
different hours.

Cooking - Lvl 65, 72, 75:

Thieving doesn't give a lot to Cooking until you are at the higher lvls. When you hit Lvl 65
Thieving you can thieve from the Spice Stall. You can use this to make Curry. Then, at lvl 72,
when thieving the chest in Ardougne's castle, you'll receive an uncooked Shark. You could
either cook it if you're Lvl 80 Cooking, have someone else cook them, or save them to cook
yourself. Gnomes, when you're lvl 75, can give Kingworms and Swamp toads, used for gnome
cooking recipes.

Fletching - Lvl 47:

Not much to Fletching from Thieving except a small room in Hemenster will give you 5 Steel
arrowheads and 20gp. It takes a few minutes to recharge.

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