Dense runestone

Dense runestone
Level required	38 38
Mining XP	12 xp
Crafting XP	8 xp
Required tools	Pickaxe, chisel

Dense runestoneDepleted runestone
Dense runestone
Released	7 January 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest	No
Location	Dense essence mine east of Dark Altar
Options	Chip
Examine	The magical pressures of this place have warped the runestone into an incredibly dense material.
Advanced data
Object ID	8975,8977,8979

Two pillars of dense runestone are found in the dense essence mine east of the Dark Altar in Arceuus. These pillars can be mined with a pickaxe and chisel to obtain dense essence blocks. These blocks can then be used on the Dark Altar to transform them into dark essence blocks. Players need both level 38 Mining and level 38 Crafting in order to mine the dense runestone.

The tier of pickaxe used has no influence on the speed at which dense essence blocks are mined. As such the crystal pickaxe will not consume any charges when used in this manner.^[1] While only 38 Mining is required to mine the essence, a higher Mining level is slightly helpful, as the essence stone depletes less frequently with a higher Mining level. If the player leaves the mine, the dense runestones will randomise their depletion state upon re-entry. There is a 1/3 chance for both to remain active, otherwise one of the two is inactive.^[2]

In addition, a higher Mining level will slightly speed up the quarrying process, as there is a chance the 3 tick long skilling delay is randomly shortened to a 2 tick delay that scales with Mining level.^[3]^{[confirmation needed]}

After completion of the medium tasks in the Kourend & Kebos Diary, players have a chance to mine two dense essence blocks at once. No additional experience is awarded for the extra block. Neither the perk offered by the Mining cape nor the benefits provided by pieces of Varrock armour apply when mining dense runestone however.^[4]^[5]

Locations

Location

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Dense essence mine

2

<maplink mapID="0" align="center" text="Maplink" plane="0" y="3852" x="1762" group="pins" zoom="2"> {"features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[1762.5,3856.5],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"mapID":"0","providerID":0,"group":"pins","icon":"greenPin","plane":0,"description":"

Object	Rocks

X/Y: 1762,3856

"}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[1762.5,3844.5],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"mapID":"0","providerID":0,"group":"pins","icon":"greenPin","plane":0,"description":"

Object	Rocks

X/Y: 1762,3844

"}}],"type":"FeatureCollection"} </maplink>

Kourend✓

Skilling info

Main drops

The rock golem pet is not rolled when mining a block of dense essence.^[6]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dense essence block	1	Always	Not sold	N/A

Depletion

Each player has a unique instance of dense runestone. This means that players can share a location without affecting each others' depletion rate. The chance for a runestone not to deplete after mining a dense essence block scales from around 85% at level 38 to 90% at level 99.^[7]

{"type":"scatter","options":{"tooltips":{"intersect":false,"format":"skillingSuccess"},"datasetsPerGroup":3,"aspectRatio":1.35,"title":{"display":true,"font":{"size":18},"text":"Dense runestone persistence chance","position":"top"},"scales":{"y":{"ticks":{"stepSize":0.1,"format":"percent"},"scaleLabel":{"display":true,"labelString":"Success rate"}},"x":{"ticks":{"stepSize":1},"scaleLabel":{"display":true,"labelString":"Level"}}},"maintainAspectRatio":false,"fill":false},"minWidth":"540px","resizable":true,"width":"540px","isChartObj":true,"height":"400px","isFinished":true,"minHeight":"400px","data":{"datasets":[{"fill":false,"borderCapStyle":"round","label":"Dense runestone  ","showLine":true,"data":[{"y":0.85546875,"x":38}],"pointStyleImg":"Dense essence block.png","hoverBackgroundColor":"rgba(151,198,222,0.5)","backgroundColor":"rgba(166,206,227,0.3)","borderDash":[5,5],"borderColor":"rgba(166,206,227,1)","hoverBorderColor":"rgba(151,198,222,1)","pointRadius":0,"clip":5,"baseColor":"#6e6666"},{"pointRadius":0,"label":"Dense runestone  ","showLine":true,"data":[{"y":0.85546875,"x":38},{"y":0.85546875,"x":39},{"y":0.85546875,"x":40},{"y":0.85546875,"x":41},{"y":0.85546875,"x":42},{"y":0.859375,"x":43},{"y":0.859375,"x":44},{"y":0.859375,"x":45},{"y":0.859375,"x":46},{"y":0.859375,"x":47},{"y":0.86328125,"x":48},{"y":0.86328125,"x":49},{"y":0.86328125,"x":50},{"y":0.86328125,"x":51},{"y":0.86328125,"x":52},{"y":0.8671875,"x":53},{"y":0.8671875,"x":54},{"y":0.8671875,"x":55},{"y":0.8671875,"x":56},{"y":0.8671875,"x":57},{"y":0.87109375,"x":58},{"y":0.87109375,"x":59},{"y":0.87109375,"x":60},{"y":0.87109375,"x":61},{"y":0.87109375,"x":62},{"y":0.875,"x":63},{"y":0.875,"x":64},{"y":0.875,"x":65},{"y":0.875,"x":66},{"y":0.875,"x":67},{"y":0.87890625,"x":68},{"y":0.87890625,"x":69},{"y":0.87890625,"x":70},{"y":0.87890625,"x":71},{"y":0.87890625,"x":72},{"y":0.8828125,"x":73},{"y":0.8828125,"x":74},{"y":0.8828125,"x":75},{"y":0.8828125,"x":76},{"y":0.88671875,"x":77},{"y":0.88671875,"x":78},{"y":0.88671875,"x":79},{"y":0.88671875,"x":80},{"y":0.88671875,"x":81},{"y":0.890625,"x":82},{"y":0.890625,"x":83},{"y":0.890625,"x":84},{"y":0.890625,"x":85},{"y":0.890625,"x":86},{"y":0.89453125,"x":87},{"y":0.89453125,"x":88},{"y":0.89453125,"x":89},{"y":0.89453125,"x":90},{"y":0.89453125,"x":91},{"y":0.8984375,"x":92},{"y":0.8984375,"x":93},{"y":0.8984375,"x":94},{"y":0.8984375,"x":95},{"y":0.8984375,"x":96},{"y":0.90234375,"x":97},{"y":0.90234375,"x":98},{"y":0.90234375,"x":99}],"fill":false,"hoverBackgroundColor":"rgba(29,114,171,0.5)","backgroundColor":"rgba(31,120,180,0.3)","borderDash":[],"borderColor":"rgba(31,120,180,1)","hoverBorderColor":"rgba(29,114,171,1)","borderCapStyle":"round","clip":5,"baseColor":"#6e6666"},{"hoverBorderColor":"rgba(169,219,124,1)","showLine":true,"data":[],"borderColor":"rgba(178,223,138,1)","backgroundColor":"rgba(178,223,138,0.3)","hoverBackgroundColor":"rgba(169,219,124,0.5)","clip":5,"fill":false}]}}

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:10 January 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:10 January 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:10 January 2024\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	As Kourend Favour has been removed, mining dense runestone no longer requires it.
[[{{#explode:21 January 2016\| \|0}} {{#explode:21 January 2016\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:21 January 2016\| \|2}}]] (update)	The dense runestones can now deplete and has been graphically changed.

Gallery (historical)


7 January 2016 – 21 January 2016	21 January 2016 – present

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 11 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Mod Ash: "1/3 chance of both being active, otherwise a random one of the two is active."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[I assume you mean it lowers the chance of it depleting slightly, so you have to move to the other rock less often?] It does do that, though there's a 3-tick delay during the mining process that's randomly shortened to 2-ticks if you pass a skill roll, and it can help with that skill roll too."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does mining cape work with dense essence? and would it stack with the Med Kourend Diary for double essence?] The diary can give a double one, but the skillcape does not."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does Varrock Armor 4's double ore effects work on Dense essence blocks?] No."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Mod Ash: "[Is it possible to get mining pet from Dense runestone mining?] Nope."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Mod Ash: "82% -> 90% from 1 to 99 - I suggest just going for it now."

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022.

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 11 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Mod Ash: "1/3 chance of both being active, otherwise a random one of the two is active."

[3] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[I assume you mean it lowers the chance of it depleting slightly, so you have to move to the other rock less often?] It does do that, though there's a 3-tick delay during the mining process that's randomly shortened to 2-ticks if you pass a skill roll, and it can help with that skill roll too."

[4] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does mining cape work with dense essence? and would it stack with the Med Kourend Diary for double essence?] The diary can give a double one, but the skillcape does not."

[5] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does Varrock Armor 4's double ore effects work on Dense essence blocks?] No."

[6] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Mod Ash: "[Is it possible to get mining pet from Dense runestone mining?] Nope."

[7] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Mod Ash: "82% -> 90% from 1 to 99 - I suggest just going for it now."

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

Dense runestone

Contents

Locations