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Thieving Guide

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(This is a members-only skill.)

Overview
Pickpocketing
- Equipment
Stalls
Chests
Other Objects
Extra Thieving Info
Thieving EXP Quest Rewards

Thieving is a skill where you can steal money and items, trick and treat NPC's, overcome dangerous traps, and so on and so forth. Theiving can be dangerous due to what may happen if you are caught theiving, but rewarding if done right.

Overview

Thieving is simply divided up into a few different techniques, each one involving a different bit of clever sneakiness. The techniques are as such:

Pickpocketing, which involves the sneaky plundering of peoples pockets (which may tick them off)

Stalls, as in stealing from various market stalls that are home to sometimes valuable items (beware of guards and law enforcers)

Chest lockpicking and looting (check for traps)

Along with the above main concepts, there are numerous other things in Runescape what require a certain Thieving level to disarm, disconnect, destroy, unlock, untie, or undo in a varying manner of ways, shapes, and forms.

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing is the most basic form of Theiving. To pickpocket, right click an NPC and hit the pickpocket option. When you fail to pickpocket, you'll take a set amount of damage and be stunned for a few seconds.

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Pickpocketing different NPCs gives different loot. NPCs have bottomless pockets and may be stolen from as fast as you can pickpocket. When pickpocketing, try to lure your target NPC into a room and close the door so to limit it's movement.

Name	Image	Level	Exp	Location	Loot
Man(& Woman)		1	8	Human Cities	3 Coins
Farmer		10	14	Lumbridge, South of Falador, and North of Ardougne.	9 Coins, various seeds
H.A.M Follower(Female)		15	18.5	H.A.M. Headquarters in Lumbridge.	* See H.A.M. Loot
H.A.M Follower(Male)		20	22.25	H.A.M. Headquarters in Lumbridge.	* See H.A.M. Loot
Warrior		25	26	Al Kharid, Varrock Castle, and Ardougne.	18 Coins
Rogue		32	35.5	High-Level Members Wilderness.	25 or 40 Coins, 8 Air Runes, Lockpick, Iron Dagger(p) or Wine
Cave Goblin		36	40	Dorgesh-Kaan	Coins, iron ore, tinderbox, swamp tar, oil lantern, torch, green gloop soup, frog spawn gumbo, frog burger, crispy froglets, bat shish, wall beast fingers, bullseye lantern, cave goblin wire
Master Farmer		38	43	Draynor Village, various farms	Various seeds
Guard		40	46.5	Almost every major RS City.	30 Coins
Fremennik		45	65	Rellekka	40 coins
Bearded Pollnivnian Bandit		45	79.4	Pollniveach	Antipoison, Lockpick, 30 gp
Desert Bandit		53	79.25	Desert Bandit Camp	X Coins, Lockpick, Antipoison(1)
Knight		55	84.25	Ardougne	50 Coins
Pollnivnian Bandit		55	84.25	Pollniveach	50 Coins
Watchman		65	137.5	Yanille Watchtower	60 Coins and Bread
Menaphite Thug		65	137.5	Pollniveach	60 Coins
Paladin		70	152	Ardougne	80 Coins and 2 Chaos Runes
Gnome		75	198.25	Gnome Stronghold	300 Coins, King Worm, Swamp Toad, 1 Earth Rune, Gold Ore, or Fire Orb
Hero		80	274	Ardougne	100, 200 or 300 coins, 2 Death Runes, 1 Blood Rune, Fire Orb, Gold Ore, Wine, or Cut Diamond
Elf		85	353.375	Isafdar	280 or 350 coins, 2 Death Runes, 3 Nature Runes, Fire Orb, Gold Ore, wine

* - H.A.M. Loot:

Pickpocketing from H.A.M. members can yield many various items, all of which are listed below:

HAM Cloak, HAM Hood, HAM Robe, HAM Shirt, HAM Logo, HAM Gloves, HAM Boots

Bronze Pickaxe, Bronze Dagger, Iron Pickaxe, Iron Dagger, Steel Pickaxe, Steel Dagger, Bronze Axe, Iron Axe

Low-Level Herbs, Raw Chicken, Raw Anchovies, 1-21 Coins, 1-11 Thread, 1-7 Feathers, 1-12 Bronze Arrows, 1-7 Steel Arrows

Iron Ore, Coal, Uncut Opal, Uncut Jade, Cowhide, Logs

Damaged Armour, Rusty Sword, Needle, Buttons, Knife, Leather Body, Tinderbox

Pickpocketing can get a might risky what with digging 'round in peoples pockets, which they are more than likely not going to approve of. Have no fear - there are ways to improve your pants plundering!

Blackjacks

In Pollniveach, you can purchase a blackjack to perform an initial knockout on a target, to guarantee a pickpocket. By selecting to 'Lure' a target away from crowds, you can then select to 'Knock-Out' the said target. You aren't guaranteed the knockout. Knocking out the people around Pollniveach yields minor exp bonuses. No level is required to knock out the target, only to pickpocket.

Npc	Exp
Villager	8
Bandit	10
Menaphite Thug	20

Gloves of Silence

The Gloves of Silence will increase your chances at pickpocketing. The gloves can be obtained by giving two Black Kebbit Fur and 600 gp to the Fancy Dress Shop Owner in South-East Varrock.

Item		Slash Defence	Crush Defence
	Gloves of Silence	+1	+2

To wear the Gloves of Silence, you must have 54 Hunter. If you fail pickpocketing too often with the gloves, they will eventually wear out - but fear not, they can be repaired, if you have level 64 Crafting. 'Inspect' the gloves to see how damaged they are, and if you desire so, use some Dark Kebbit Fur on the gloves with a needle, thread, and knife in your inventory, which will fully repair the gloves.

Stalls

Stalls are a very important aspect of thieving. They are useful for training on, and can yield some good items. Stalls are located in the markets of certain cities, and the idea is to snatch whatever is sitting on the stalls whenever possible.

Stall Theft

To steal from a stall, right click on the stall and hit the steal-from option. Surrounding NPCs won't take this lightly, however - if the stall owner is anywhere around you, he'll stop you and call for some guards, and any guards, knights, or so on around will come rushing at you.

Failed Stall Theft

Stalls have recharge times - they may only be stolen from if there's goods on the stall to take. Other players will compete with you to take the loot first, so you need to be quick in order to steal from any stalls. If every player clicks on the stall simultaneously, however, all players will get the loot.

The table below gives information on the various stalls in RuneScape.

Stall	Level	Exp	Location	Loot
Vegetable Stall	1	10	Miscellania	Onion, tomato, cabbage, garlic, potato
Bakers Stall	5	16	Ardougne, Keldagrim	Cake, meat pie, bread, slice of chocolate cake
General Stall	5	16	Ape Atoll	Hammer, pot, tinderbox
Tea Stall	5	16	Varrock	Tea
Crafting Stall	5	16	Ape Atoll, Keldagrim	Chisel, necklace mould, ring mould
Monkey Food Stall	5	16	Ape Atoll	Banana
Rock Cake Stall	15	10	Gu'Tanoth	Rock Cake
Silk Stall	20	24	Ardougne	Silk
Wine Stall	22	27	Draynor	Jug, Jug of Water, Grapes, Jug of Wine, Bottle of Wine
Seed Stall	27	10	Draynor	All Vegetable, Hop, Flower, & Herb Seeds
Fur Stall	35	36	Ardougne, Rellekka	Grey Wolf Fur
Fish Stall	42	42	Rellekka, Miscellania	Raw salmon, raw tuna, raw lobster
Crossbow Stall	49	52	Keldagrim	Bronze Crossbow Limbs, Wooden Crossbow Stock, Bronze Bolts
Silver Stall	50	54	Ardougne, Keldagrim	Silver ore
Magic Stall	65	100	Ape Atoll	Earth, Fire, & Water Runes
Scimitar Stall	65	160	Ape Atoll	Iron or Steel Scimitar
Spice stall	65	81.3	Ardougne	Spice
Gem stall	75	16	Ardougne, Keldagrim	Uncut Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, or Diamonds

Chests

Chests can be particularly dangerous, as well as very rewarding. Chests are simple enough - you must attempt to unlock the chest, as well as disarm any traps placed on it. A failure to unlock a chest can require in varying amounts of damage dealt, among other things.

Picklocking Chest

There are various chests located throughout Runescape that yield loot. The chests usually require a bit of effort to get to, and may only be looted every so often - the loot inside the chest needs to respawn.

The table below gives information on the various chests in RuneScape.

Chest	Level	Exp	Location	Loot
10gp Chest	13	7.5	Ardougne, Relleka, Wilderness	10 gp
Nature Chest	28	25	East Ardougne, Relleka	3 gp, 1 Nature Rune
50gp Chest	43	125	East Ardougne	50 gp
Arrowhead Chest	47	150	Head Mourner's Room (ME2), Relleka, Hemenster	20 gp, 5 Steel Arrowtips
Average Chest 1	52	200	Dorgesh-Kaan, Zanik's House	Possible Loot: Oil lantern, bullseye lantern, cave goblin mining helmet, cave goblin wire, rope, frog armour, bone bolts, bone crossbow, bone dagger, H.A.M. clothes, spade, bucket, hammer, newcomer map, big bones, coins
Average Chest 2	52	200	Dorgesh Kaan, Oldak's House	Possible Loot: Runes (air, earth, fire, water, body, mind, cosmic, chaos, nature, death or law), staff orb, talisman (water, air, earth or fire), Dorgeshuun light orb, empty light orb, cave goblin wire, Teleportation Sphere
Blood Chest	59	250	Chaos Druid Tower (North of Ardougne)	500 gp, 2 Blood Runes
Shark Chest	72	500	King Lathas's Castle (Ardougne)	1000 gp, Raw Shark, Uncut Sapphire, Adamantite Ore
Rich Chest	78	650	Dorgesh-Kaan	Possible loot: Uncut sapphire, uncut emerald, uncut ruby, uncut diamond, uncut opal, uncut jade, uncut red topaz, bullseye lantern, cave goblin mining helmet, frog armour, iron bar, Dorgeshuun light orb, empty light orb, 500-2500 coins

Other Objects

Several doors, pits, and other objects are locked and trapped, and may be disarmed, for whatever goal. There are numerous and near limitless obstacles across RuneScape, so the ones listed below are among the more prominent and important ones.

Picklocking Door

Please note that most obstacles in Runescape that are changed in some way via the Thieving Skill yield little to no experience, just as many Agility Obstacles.

Object	Level	Exp	Location	Purpose/Loot
East Ardounge Door	1	3.5	Southern building at the east entrance of Ardougne	Access to the 10GP Chest
East Ardounge Door	14	15	Northern building at the east entrance of Ardougne	Access to the Nature Rune Chest
East Ardounge Door	16	15	The building just northwest of the Ardougne Chapel	None
H.A.M. Camp Trapdoor	17	4	The ruined building between Drayonr Village and Lumbridge	Access to the H.A.M Fanatics' Camp
Ardougne Sewer Gate	32	25	The gate down the Ardougne Manhole, northwest of the southern bank	Access to the mining area with Zombies
Pirate House Door	39	35	The building west of the Mage Arena Level-54) Wilderness	Access to the Pirate House
Axe Hut Door	42	23	The building northeast of the Ardougne Wilderness Teleport (Level-54) Wilderness	Access to the Axe Hut
Chaos Druid Tower Door	46	37	The building northwest of the northern Ardougne exit (West of the river)	Access to the Blood Rune Chest
West Ardougne Castle Door	61	50	In the west Ardougne Castle	Access to the Shark Chest and Paladins
Yanille Agility Dungeon Door	82	50	In the Yanille Sewers located south of the Yanille Bank	Access to the Yanille Agility Dungeon

Extra Thieving Info

There are some other, extra things that you should know about while raising thieving:

The Rogue's Den

When you have 50 Theiving, you may want to consider the Rogue's Den, located under the pub in Burthrope. The Rogue's Den is simply a giant maze, filled with all sorts of things for skilled theives to try to best. The farther you get through the maze, the more agility and theiving experience you gain. See the guide for more info.

The Sorceresses' Garden

Another quick way to gain Thieving experience is through another Mini-Game: the Sorceresses' Garden. In this game, you have to steal some weird fruits and such to yield ridiculous amounts of experience. It is definitely worth looking at.

Bandit's Brew

The Bandit's Brew is a drink that will raise your theiving temporarily by one. It can be purchased in the bandit camp for 650 gp.

Cape of Accomplishment

The ultimate reward for getting level 99 Thieving is not only the great ability you will have in the skill, but the Cape of Accomplishment that you will have the oppurtunity to purchase. For more information on Capes of Accomplishment, see the Skill Capes page.

Theiving EXP Rewards in Quests:

Quest	Exp
The Tower Of Life	500 exp
Spirits of the Elid	1000 exp
Creature of Fenkenstrain	1000 exp
The Golem	1000 exp
Hand in the Sand	1000 exp
Biohazard	1250 exp
Hazeel Cult	1500 exp
Tribal Totem	1775 exp
Death to the Dorgeshuun	2000 exp
Fight Arena	2175 exp
A Fairy Tale Part 2	2500 exp
Fremennik Trials	2812.4 exp
Land of Goblins	3000 exp
Slug Menace	3500 exp
Ratcatchers	4500 exp
Icthlarin's Little Helper	4500 exp
The Path Of Glouphrie	5000 exp
Darkness of Hallowvale	6000 exp
Grim Tales	6000 exp
Contact	7000 exp
Dealing With Scabaras	7000 exp
The Feud	15000 exp
Mourning's Ends Part 1	25000 exp