Main page/Guides/Ironman & Hardcore/Skilling Guides/ Thieving

This is the Ironman/ Hardcore Ironman Thieving Guide, the guide for regular players is found Here.

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 and for Hardcore Ironmen it is one of the only ways to get cash all though the amount of gp gained will be severely reduced.

Experience Tables

Stalls

You can find a majority of the Stalls in Grinderscape in Ardounge.

Stall	Stall Picture	Location	Level Needed	Reward
Baker Stall		Ardougne	1	700 (7 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Bread, Cake, Chocolate Cake Slice
Silk Stall		Ardougne	25	1.000 (10 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Silk
Seed Stall		Draynor	27	All types of Seeds, Plant Pots
Fur Stall		Ardougne	50	1.200 (12 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Fur
Spice Stall		Ardougne	75	1.500 (15 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Spice
Gem Stall		Ardougne & Donator Zone 2	80	1.800 (18 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Uncut Gems
Silver Stall		Ardougne & Donator Zone 2	90	Random GP, Silver Ore

Stall Experience

Stall	Stall Picture	Ironman Xp	Hardcore Iroma
Baker Stall		250	107
Silk Stall		750	321
Seed Stall		625	267
Fur Stall		1.500	642
Spice Stall		2.500	1.071
Gem Stall		2.775	1.189
Silver Stall		4.250	1.821

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	NPC Picture	Location	Level Needed	Reward
Man		Edgeville	1	Random GP
Al Kharid Warrior		Al Kharid	25	Random GP
Guard		Falador	40	Random GP
Paladin		Ardougne	70	Random GP
Hero		Ardougne	90	Random GP

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

Pickpocketing Experience

NPC	NPC Picture	Location	Ironman XP	Hardcore XP
Man		Edgeville	200	85
Al Kharid Warrior		Al Kharid	650	278
Guard		Falador	1.175	503
Paladin		Ardougne	3.800	1.628
Hero		Ardougne	6.825	2.925

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

Chief Thief Robin Training (Fastest Experience)

The fastest way to get to 99 thieving would be by stealing from the stall used in Chief Thief Robins Training. This will also gain you a lot of money at the same time.

At the Market Place at Edgville you may notice an NPC named "Chief Thief Robin" if you talk to him he tells you he's looking for a talented thief. Then you have to pick-pocket him until you get a key. What this does is unlocks another stall for players to steal from. This stall is different to all other stalls, because it can be upgraded giving more experience as you go.

To upgrade the stalls all you need to do is thieve from it until you find a statuette, once you have one hand it over to Chief Thief Robin, and he will upgrade the stall for you.

Once you've upgraded the stall all the way to the Crossbow Stall, you will complete a task which gives you "Double Eyepatch" which improves cash rewards from thieving by 10%.

Below is a table which shows you information about the stalls.

Stall	Level Needed	Statuette to Upgrade	Reward
Bakery Stall	1	Stone Statuette	187 (3 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Cake, Chocolate Cake
Crafting Stall	20	Pottery Statuette	375 (7 for Hc Ironmen) GP, All kinds of Hides, Black D'hide Body
Clothes Stall	30	Golden Statuette	750 (15 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Silks, Villager Outfit, Ham Clothing, Elidnis Robes, Druidic Robes, Shoes, Torn Robes
Silver Stall	50	Jewelled Golden Statuette	1.000 (20 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Silver Ore, Holy Symbol, Unholy Symbol, Dragon Pickaxe (Rare)
Gem Stall	85	Jewelled Diamond Statuette	1.250 (25 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Uncut Gems (from Opal - Onyx)
Crossbow Stall	99	Jewelled Diamond Statuette	1.500 (30 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Crossbow String, (Bronze - Rune)Crossbows, Dragon Bolts (e), Onyx Bolts (e)

Chief Thief Robin Stall Experience

Stall	Ironman XP	Hardcore XP
Bakery Stall	625	267
Crafting Stall	1.000	428
Clothes Stall	2.000	857
Silver Stall	4.000	1.714
Gem Stall	4.500	1.928
Crossbow Stall	5.000	2.142

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).
N/A	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.
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. Recieved 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

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 99 cape costs 150K Gp 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 cape costs 2.5m Gp.