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The '''exploding rock''' [[random event]] (AKA: "'''smoking rock'''" or "'''gas'''") is a [[Mining]] random event that occasionally happens when a player tries to mine a rock after the point at which it begins to "steam/smoke/bubble". When this happens, the player should stop mining the affected rock immediately. After mining that rock for more than a few more seconds, the rock will explode which will break the player's [[pickaxe]] (see [[broken pickaxe]]) making it unusable. It will also damage the player for a number of [[Hitpoints]] (based on the player's Hitpoints total) and it may even kill them if their Hitpoints were already greatly reduced.
[[File:Exploding rock.gif|frame|left|A rock exploding.]]
Explosion of an exploding rock does not cease the smoke from puffing and therefore an exploding rock can explode again if it were mined again or mined by another player.

Pickaxes can be fixed by [[Nurmof]] in the [[Dwarven Mine]] and at [[Bob's Brilliant Axes]] in south [[Lumbridge]] as well as at the battleaxe shop in [[Port Sarim]]. There is no charge for [[Bronze pickaxe|bronze]], [[Iron pickaxe|iron]] and [[steel pickaxe]] repairs, but there is an escalating fee for [[pickaxe]]s made of [[mithril pickaxe|mithril]] and above. Note that only damaged pickaxes can be repaired - a ''broken'' pickaxe that has a lost handle cannot be fixed by the NPCs. To remedy this situation, you must use the [[pickaxe handle]] (not to be confused with a [[Axe handle (historical)|wood axe handle]]) on the pickaxe head to fix it.

This event served the purpose of discouraging [[macroer|macroing]] by players in ''RuneScape'', and was instituted as a preventative measure by [[Jagex]]. It was one of the many counter-bot measures they had placed on activities that require long work, like [[Fishing]] and [[Woodcutting]].

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