 This is the ironman / hardcore ironman Thieving guide, the guide for regular players can be 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 Etherum in Ardounge.

Stall	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	Ironman Xp	Hardcore Iroman
Baker Stall	250	150
Silk Stall	750	450
Seed Stall	625	375
Fur Stall	1.500	900
Spice Stall	2.500	1.500
Gem Stall	2.775	1..665
Silver Stall	4.250	2.550

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
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	Location	Ironman XP	Hardcore XP
Man	Seer's village	200	120
Al Kharid Warrior	Al Kharid	650	390
Guard	Falador	1.175	705
Paladin	Ardougne	3.800	2.280
Hero	Ardougne	6.825	4.095

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, Easy Clue Scroll
Crafting Stall	20	Pottery Statuette	375 (7 for Hc Ironmen) GP, All kinds of Hides, Black D'hide Body, Easy Clue Scroll
Clothes Stall	30	Golden Statuette	750 (15 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Silks, Villager Outfit, Ham Clothing, Elidnis Robes, Druidic Robes, Shoes, Torn Robes, Easy Clue Scroll
Silver Stall	50	Jewelled Golden Statuette	1.000 (20 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Silver Ore, Holy Symbol, Unholy Symbol, Dragon Pickaxe (Rare), Medium Clue Scroll
Gem Stall	85	Jewelled Diamond Statuette	1.250 (25 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Uncut Gems (from Opal - Onyx), Hard Clue Scroll
Crossbow Stall	95	Jewelled Diamond Statuette	1.500 (30 for Hc Ironmen) GP, Crossbow String, (Bronze - Rune)Crossbows, Dragon Bolts (e), Onyx Bolts (e), Elite Clue Scroll

Chief Thief Robin Stall Experience

Stall	Ironman XP	Hardcore XP
Bakery Stall	625	375
Crafting Stall	1.000	600
Clothes Stall	2.000	1.200
Silver Stall	4.000	2.400
Gem Stall	4.500	2.700
Crossbow Stall	2.500	1.500

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.
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 90K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Thieving cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

For HCIM, this cape will cost only 300 gp.

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 15m Gp.