Thieving

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The 2002 manual contains information related to this topic.

For information on training this skill, see Thieving training.

Thieving is a skill in RuneScape Classic which allows players to steal from non-player characters whether by pickpocketing or stealing from stalls and chests. Thieving proves to be quite profitable and is generally used to make money as coins and valuable items are obtained in the process. There are three ways to train the Thieving skill: pickpocketing, looting chests, and looting stalls. The Thieving skill was released on 30 April 2002 with East Ardougne and the Tribal Totem quest. East Ardougne is the area with the most Thieving-related content in the game.

Getting started

In order to begin training the Thieving skill, players must start by pickpocketing before they can steal from stalls. Pickpocketing men is the only option at level one Thieving. Men can be found near the initial spawn point in Lumbridge, making the skill readily available for new players.

Pickpocket

A player caught picking the pocket of a Warrior.

Players can pickpocket specific non-player characters by right-clicking on them and choosing the "pickpocket" option. If the pickpocket is successful, the player will receive some loot and Thieving experience. If the pickpocket fails, then the NPC will engage in combat with the player. To continue pickpocketing, the player must run away, or kill the NPC and wait for it to respawn.

When pickpocketing, many players have food, and armour equipped, but no weapon, to avoid killing the NPC or taking too much damage.

Name	Level	Experience	Loot	Location
Man	1	8	3	Lumbridge Varrock Edgeville Most other towns and cities.
Farmer	10	14.5	9	Hemenster windmill North-east of Lumbridge Upstairs in a building^[Clarify] in Hemenster
Warrior	25	26	18	Al Kharid Palace Varrock Palace Ardougne Castle
Workman	25	0	Specimen brush 10 Spade Rope Rock sample Bucket Leather Gloves	Digsite
Rogue	32	36.5	8 Air-Rune Lockpick Wine Poisoned Iron dagger 25 40	Rogues' House in the north-eastern Wilderness Wilderness rogue mine
Guard	40	46.75	30	Black Knights' Fortress Varrock Falador East Ardougne market
Knight	55	84.25	50	East Ardougne market
Watchman	65	137.5	60 Bread	Yanille Watchtower
Paladin	70	151.75	80 Chaos-Rune	East Ardougne market and castle
Gnome	75	198.25	Gold Earth-Rune 200-400 Swamp Toad King worm	Gnome Stronghold
Hero	80	273.25	100 200 300 Fire orb Diamond Gold Death-Rune Blood-Rune Wine	East Ardougne market

Stalls

Throughout RuneScape are many stalls that players can steal from. The most common location for stealing from stalls is the East Ardougne market. Looting stalls is another alternative to pickpocketing and requires a higher Thieving level to begin. To steal from a stall, find a stall that can be looted, right-click on it and select the option "steal from". Once a player steals from a stall, it will take several seconds for the items to re-spawn. If the player is unsuccessful, the player will be attacked by a guard, knight, paladin, or hero depending on the level required to steal from the stall.

Stall	Level	Experience	Loot	Respawn Time
Tea stall^{[s 1]}	5	16	Cup of tea	5 seconds
Bakers Stall	5	16	Cake	5 seconds
Rock Cake counter	15	16	Rock cake	5 seconds
Silk Stall	20	24	Silk	8 seconds
Fur Stall	35	36	Grey wolf fur	15 seconds
Silver stall	50	54	Silver	30 seconds
Spice stall	65	81	Spice	80 seconds
Gem stall	75	16^{[s 2]}	Uncut sapphire Uncut emerald Uncut ruby Uncut diamond	180 seconds

↑ This stall is not practically used to train on since it has a higher fail rate compared to the other stalls.
↑ Although the experience given by the stall was corrected to 160 in RuneScape 2, said fix did not occur in RuneScape Classic.

Chests

The Thieving skill can be used to unlock a number of chests throughout RuneScape, and receive the loot inside. This is done by right-clicking on the door and selecting 'picklock'.

Name	Location(s)	Level	Experience	Loot	Respawn Time
10 Coin Chest	Ardougne Market House, House north of Jerico 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US], Pirate Hall, Axe Hut	13	7.5	10	10 seconds
Nature-rune Chest	Ardougne Market House 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US], House north of Jerico 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US], Pirate Hall	28	25	3 , Nature-Rune	25 seconds
50 Coin Chest	Ardougne Market House 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US], Pirate Hall	43	125	50	100 seconds
Hemenster Chest	Hemenster	47^{[c 1]}	150	20 , 5 steel arrow heads	150 seconds
Blood-rune Chest	Ardougne Chaos Druid Tower	59	250	2 blood-runes , 500	250 seconds
Paladin Chest	Ardougne Castle - upstairs	72	500	1000 , Raw Shark , Adamantite ore , Uncut sapphire	500 seconds

↑ This chest requires a lockpick.

Doors

Some doors can only be unlocked through use of the Thieving skill.

Door	Location	Level	Experience
Door (10 coin chest house)	One-storey house, East Ardougne (10 coin chest)	7	3.75
Door (50 coin chest house)	Nature-Rune Chest house, East Ardougne; House next to Baker stall, East Ardougne; Handelmort mansion, Yanille anvil hut	21	15
Door (Ardougne sewers)	Ardougne sewer mine	31	25
Door (Axe Hut)	Axe Hut, Wilderness level 54	32^{[d 1]}	22.5
Door (Pirate Hall)	Pirate Hall, Wilderness level 54	39^{[d 1]}	35
Door (Chaos Druid Tower)	Chaos Druid Tower	46	37.5
Railings	Underground Pass	50	0
Ancient Wooden Doors	Viyeldi caves	50^{[d 1]}	25
Door (Paladin Chest)	Paladin House	61	50
Door (Yanille Agility Dungeon)	Yanille agility dungeon	82^{[d 1]}	50

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 This door requires a lockpick.

Training

For detailed information on training, see Thieving training.

Boosts

Item	Boost	Visibility
Poison chalice^{[b 1]}	1 level	Visible

↑ Only when the response from drinking the item is: You feel a lot better

Quests

Thieving is required to complete several quests:

Level 15 to steal the rock cakes for Watchtower Quest
Level 21 to find the traps during the Tourist Trap
Level 25 to pick the Workmen during the Digsite Quest
Level 42 to disarm the traps in the lever during the Temple of Ikov

Additionally:

Level 50 greatly helps in the Underground Pass to pick a door that shortcuts the dungeon

The following quests give Thieving experience as a reward:

Biohazard - $X P = (L e v e l) \times 50 + 500$
Fight Arena - $X P = (L e v e l) \times 200 + 175$
The Hazeel Cult - $X P = (L e v e l) \times 50 + 500$
Tribal Totem - $X P = (L e v e l) \times 75 + 200$
Tourist Trap - A choice of two $X P = (L e v e l + 1) \times 150$

Trivia

The first player to achieve level 99 Thieving was Swedemike.

[1] This stall is not practically used to train on since it has a higher fail rate compared to the other stalls.

[2] Although the experience given by the stall was corrected to 160 in RuneScape 2, said fix did not occur in RuneScape Classic.

[3] This chest requires a lockpick.

[lock-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 This door requires a lockpick.

[5] Only when the response from drinking the item is: You feel a lot better

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v • d • e Thieving
Pickpocketing	Man Farmer Warrior Workman Rogue Guard Knight Yanille Watchman Paladin Gnome Hero
Stalls	Bakers Stall Fur Stall Gems Stall Rock Cake stall Silk Stall Silver Stall Spices Stall Tea stall
Other	Lockpick

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