Last Updated on 5 January, 2022
OSRS Mining Boost guide – All the boosts, their effects, and where or how to unlock each of them – Mining Cape, Pickaxes, Celestials, Spicy Stew..
OSRS Mining Boost – Table
| Boost | Level increase | Visibility | Effects |
| Mining cape | 1 | Visible | Activating the cape’s effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1. |
| Braindeath ‘rum’ | 1 | Visible | Decreases Defence by -10%, and Attack, Prayer, Ranged, Magic, Agility, and Herblore by -5%. |
| Dwarven stout | 1 | Visible | Reduces Attack and Strength by 3. Is available to free players. |
| Mature dwarven stout | 2 | Visible | Reduces Attack, Strength and Defence by 7. |
| Dragon pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 60 Attack to wield. |
| Infernal pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 60 Attack to wield. |
| 3rd age pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 65 Attack to wield. |
| Crystal pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 70 Attack and 50 Agility to wield. |
| Celestial ring | 4 | Invisible | Boost applies for both the charged and uncharged ring |
| Celestial signet | 4 | Invisible | Boost applies for both the charged and uncharged signet |
| Spicy stew (brown spice) | ±0-5 | Visible | Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly. |
| Mining Guild | 7 | Invisible | The boost takes effect while player is within the pay to play area of the Mining Guild. |
OSRS Mining Boost – How to Get?
A guide to get / unlock each boost
Mining Cape
A Mining cape can be purchased for 99,000 coins from Gadrin at the Mining Guild entrance by players who have achieved level 99 Mining
Braindeath rum
made by brewers and found as a drop from zombie pirates and sorebones. It may also be purchased from both bars on Mos Le’Harmless
Dwarven Stout
These are the steps to make Dwarven Stout
1. Use 2 bucket of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use 2 barley malt on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use 1 the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use 4 hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 1–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use 8 beer glasses on the completed ale in the fermenting vat
Mature Dwarven stout
These are the steps to make Mature Dwarven Stout
1. Use 2 bucket of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use 2 barley malt on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use 1 the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use 4 hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use 1 ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 3–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use either 8 beer glasses or 2 calquat kegs on the completed ale in the fermenting vat
Dragon Pickaxe
Rare drop from: Callisto, Venenatis, Vet’ion, Chaos Elemental & King Black Dragon
Infernal pickaxe
It is created by using a Smouldering stone on a dragon pickaxe, requiring level 85 Smithing to create
3rd age pickaxe
It is a possible reward from master Treasure Trails
Crystal pickaxe
It requires 71 Mining and Song of the Elves to create and use, with 50 Agility and 70 Attack required to wield it
Players can create a crystal pickaxe via a singing bowl by combining a dragon pickaxe, 120 crystal shards and a crystal tool seed. Doing so requires level 76 Smithing and Crafting to sing the crystal
Celestial Ring
A Mining cape can be purchased from Dusuri’s Star Shop for 2,000 stardust
Celestial Signet
Players can create one via a singing bowl by combining a celestial ring, elven signet, 100 crystal shards, and 1,000 stardust. Doing so requires level 70 Smithing and Crafting to sing
Spicy stew (brown spice)
Requirement: Spicy stews are available only to those who have completed the Freeing Evil Dave subquest in Recipe for Disaster
These are the steps to make Spicy Stew
- First, obtain a regular stew
- Get the spices
- Get a cat (or hellcat) to chase the hell-rats
- Go to Evil Dave’s basement in the house west of the Edgeville bank
- Using a cat (wily is best) to attack the hell-rat behemoths. These will always give a 4 dose of the specific colour spice they are guarding
- Add up to 3 doses of a colour spice to the regular stew to get a spicy stew
Skill Boost Range:
- -1 to +1: x1 dose
- -3 to +3: x3 dose
- -5 to +5: x3 dose
Locations of each Spice:
- Red: Northern-most Room
- Orange: North-western Room
- Yellow: South-western Room
- Brown: Southern-most Room
Skills Affected:
- Red: Combat Skills > Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged, Magic
- Orange: Production Skills > Smithing, Crafting, Fletching, runecraft, Construction, Firemaking, Cooking
- Yellow: Character Development > Agility, Hunter, Slayer, Thieving, Prayer
- Brown: Resource Skills > Woodcutting, Farming, Fishing, Mining, Herblore
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