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Thieving Guide
Basics of Thieving
The thieving skill, when trained properly, can lead to great treasures and wealthiness.
To succesfully steal from NPCs, you have 3 options:Pickpocket: Steal from a NPC's pocket. If the NPC can be pickpocketed, you can right-click on it, and the pickpocket option will appear.
Stall Stealing: Ardounge center has various stalls where to steal from, these go from a bakery stall, up to a gem stall.
Pick-locking: Many doors and chests in Runescape can be picklocked to get reward, these can go from 10gp up to Blood Runes and adamantine ores.
Pickpocketing
To pickpocket a NPC, you'll have to right-click on it, and select the "pickpocket" option, if your thieving level is high enough, your character will try to pickpocket it. There's a chance you'll be caught, be stunned for a little while, and lose some hp (Depending on the character you tried to pickpocket)
NPC Name
Level Required
Exp if Successful
Location
Reward
Man/Woman
1
8
All around Runescape
3gp
Farmer
10
14.5
Near chickens or cows
10gp
Female HAM Member
15
18.5
HAM Headquaters
HAM Clothes, Clue Scrolls, Misc.
Male HAM Member
20
22
HAM Headquaters
HAM Clothes, Clue Scrolls, Misc.
Warrior
25
26
Al Kharid and Ardounge
18gp
Rogue
32
35.5
Somewhere near level 55 Wilderness.
40 gp, Iron dagger (p) Wine, Air Runes, Lockpicks
Guard
40
46.5
Outside cities
30gp
Fremennik
45
65
Rellekka
40gp
Knight
55
84.5
Ardounge
50gp
Desert Bandit
55
79.5
South-West of the Shantay Pass
Lock Pick, Coins (30), Antipoison (1)
Watchman
65
137.5
Yanille
60gp, Bread
Paladin
70
151.75
Ardounge
80gp, Chaos Runes
Gnome
75
198.5
Gnome Stronghold
300gp, Earth Rune, King Worm, Swamp Toad, Gold Ore, Fire Orb
Hero
80
275
Ardounge
300gp, Death Runes, Blood rune, Fire Orb, Cut Diamond, Gold Bar, Wine
Stall Stealing
Stalls can be found in East Ardounge*, and are easy to steal-from. To steal from a stall, just right click it, and select the "Steal from" option, if your thieving level is high enough, your character will try to steal from it. There's a chance a guard might see you and will start attacking you.
Stall
Level Required
Exp if Successful
Reward
City
Cake Stall
5
16
Cake, Bread, Chocolate Slice,Meat Pie
East Ardounge
Tea Stall
5
16
Cup of Tea
Varrock
Crafting Stall
5
16
Chisels, Moulds
Ape Atoll
Monkey Food Stall
5
16
Banana
Ape Atoll
Silk Stall
20
24
Silk
East Ardounge
Fur Stall
35
36
Fur
East Ardounge, Rellekka
Fish Stall
42
42
Salmon, Tuna, Lobster
Rellekka
Silver Stall
50
54
Silver Bar, Ore
East Ardounge
Spice Stall
65
81
Pot of Spice
East Ardounge
Scimitar Stall
65
?
?
Ape Atoll
Magic Stall
65
?
?
Ape Atoll
Gem Stall
75
16
1 uncut gem (All except for Dragonstone)
East Ardounge
Pick-Locking
To picklock a door or chest simply right-click on it and press the "Picklock" or "Search for traps" options respectively. If your thieving level is high enough, your character will try to picklock,or disarm it. There is a chance you will miss to picklock the door, in that case, try again. Chests can't be missed (If you miss one, your thieving level isn't high enough)
Chest
Level Required
Exp if Successful
Location
Reward
Coins
10
7
East entrance to Ardounge,first north house,picklocking the door needed.
10gp
Ogre Coffin**
20
27
Ogre Cermonial Dance ground,South of Castle Wars.
Ancestral Bones, Nails, Coins, Clue Scrolls (Tier 1), Misc.
Nature Runes
28
25
East entrance to Ardounge,first south house,picklocking the door needed.Climb the stairs, north chest.
1 Nature Rune, 3 Coins
More Coins
43
125
East entrance to Ardounge,first south house,picklocking the door needed.Climb the stairs, south chest.
50gp
*East Ardounge isn't the only place with stalls.Note: I know there are more chests, but I'm still lacking the thieving level necessary, I will be adding them as I get it
**Ogre Coffins give one additional experience point for every couple seconds you spend trying to pick lock them. However, your thieving level will go down also ("Your hands grow numb from fumbling with the lock"). If you pick the ones that are outside the dance grounds, the Ogre Guards can knock you out and put you into the tomb with the Zogres. Ogre Coffins can also break lockpicks and release the disease.\