 This is the regular Thieving guide, the guide for ironman / hardcore ironman players can be found here.

Thieving

Thieving is a skill which allows players to obtain coins and items by stealing from market stalls or by pickpocketing NPC's. It is a great skill for starting off an account, as you will earn a lot of money very quickly.

Market stalls

Grand Exchange (Edgeville)

The stalls at the Grand Exchange in Edgeville give the most XP and is recommended to train thieving at.

	Required level	Loot	Experience
Bakery stall	1	15.000 GP, apple pie, bread, anchovy pizza, easy clue scroll, stone statuette	1.875 XP
Crafting stall	25	18.000 GP, all kinds of hides, black d'hide body, easy clue scroll, pottery statuette	3.000 XP
Clothes stall	50	21.000 GP, silks, villager outfit, ham clothing, elidnis robes, druidic robes, Shoes, torn robes, eEasy clue scroll, golden statuette	6.000 XP
Silver stall	75	24.000 GP silver ore, holy symbol, unholy symbol, dragon pickaxe, medium clue scroll, jewelled golden statuette	12.000 XP
Gem stall	85	27.000 GP, all types of uncut gems, hard clue scroll, jewelled diamond statuette	13.500 XP
Crossbow stall	95	30.000 GP, crossbow string, all types of regular crossbows, dragon bolts (e), onyx bolts (e), elite Clue scroll, jewelled diamond statuette	15.000 XP

Draynor

Stall		Required level	Loot	Experience
	Market stall	10	262 GP	1.500 XP
	Seed stall	15	All types of seeds and plant pots	1.875 XP

Ardougne

	Required level	Loot	Experience
Baker stall	1	700 GP, bread, cake and chocolate cake slice	750XP
Silk stall	25	1.000 GP and silk	2.250 XP
Fur stall	50	1.200 GP and fur	4.500 XP
Spice stall	75	1.500 GP and spice	7.500 XP
Gem stall	80	1.800 GP and all types of uncut gems	8.325 XP
Silver stall	90	Random amount of GP and silver ore	12.750 XP

Note: When you reach level 99, xp will get reduced by half and cash rewards are lowered by 2/3rd.

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing is the act of stealing from anothers pocket. This results in little gold, but very high experience. The downside to Pickpocketing, is that you have a chance to get caught, which will cause the player to take damage and be stunned for a while. This puts Pickpocketing and stealing from Stalls at roughly the same experience per hour. Most NPCs can be found walking around in the Ardougne area, the others all around Runescape.

NPC	Location	Level Needed	Reward	XP
Man	Ardougne (South of the marketplace)	1	Random GP	600
Al Kharid Warrior	Al Kharid	25	Random GP	1.950
Guard	Falador	40	Random GP	3.525
Knight of Ardougne	Ardougne	55	Random GP	6.375
Paladin	Ardougne	70	Random GP	11.400
Hero	Ardougne	90	Random GP	20.475

Note: When you reach level 99, xp will get reduced by half.

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	Item/Boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp. Purchase 1m Bonus Exp for 5k premium points.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.25	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.
	Brawling Gloves (Thieving)	Doubles all Thieving experience gained.	Dropped by all Revenants. Received as a Voting Sortition Reward. Bought from the skilling point store.
	Double Eyepatches	Improves cash reward from thieving by 10%.	Completing the 'Master Thief' task

Thieving Pet

You can get a thieving pet at random while thieving, there is no further known rate on getting the pet.

The thieving pet is called Rocky.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Thieving, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

The skillcape costs 30 million coins and comes with a matching hood. Both the Thieving cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

If you reach 200m experience in the Thieving skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Thieving Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This master skillcape costs 80 million coins.