The Fishing and Mining Guilds might be getting a bit bigger - here is a look at what will be on offer on the poll going live later this week!
The Mining Guild has long been neglected in favour of other non-traditional mining methods. We'd like to show the guild some love in the form of an expansion, as well as introduce new mining equipment, and a whole new mineral to mine.
Improvements to the existing guild
At present the guild contains just 37 Coal and 5 Mithril. Currently it's better to mine outside of the guild in the Dwarven Mine. We'd like to remedy this by adding 2 Adamantite and 4 Iron rocks. This would allow the guild to compete with other free-to-play mining areas.
In addition to the new rocks we would like to add two new shops: one for ores and one for pickaxes. The ore shop would have no stock by default.
The Expansion area
We'd like to add a new members-only area to the guild. The new area would contain a bank with a deposit box and a poll booth. The new additions in this area are as follows:
8 Iron
20 Coal
10 Mithril
8 Adamantite
1 Runite
2 Runite Golems
All rocks in the guild have a halved respawn timer when compared to the same rocks found elsewhere in the game.
As well as this, when inside the new guild area you will receive an invisible passive +7 boost to your Mining level. This will improve your chances at mining ores, but will not allow you to access rocks which require a higher level than you have. This boost stacks with other boosts to your Mining level.
Quartz
The new area of the guild contains a new mineral for you to mine, Quartz. Quartz requires 92 Mining, and the Quartz crystals obtained through mining here can be used to create all new Arrows, Bolts, and Javelins.
Mining Quartz would provide roughly 22,000 XP per hour on average at level 92 Mining, or 26,000 XP per hour on average at level 99 Mining.
Please note: All Quartz items are tradeable.
Quartz crystals take a long time to mine and will offer only a moderate amount of experience when compared to the best mining methods available.
Quartz Broad Bolts
Level 83 Crafting would be required in order to craft Quartz Bolt Tips. Each piece of Quartz can be chiseled into 15 Bolt Tips, awarding 60 XP in Crafting.
These can then be added to Broad Bolts by players with level 76 Fletching, awarding 10.6 XP per bolt. You must have unlocked the ability to fletch broad bolts in order to create Quartz Broad Bolts.
Quartz Broad Bolts will be usable with Runite crossbows and above, providing you meet the requirement of level 65 Slayer. These bolts offer a ranged strength bonus of +115, equivalent to Runite bolts.
Quartz Arrows
Players with level 85 Crafting will be able to chisel Quartz into 15 Arrowtips, awarding 60 XP in the skill. These can then be fletched into Quartz Arrows, awarding 13.5 XP per arrow.
These arrows provide a ranged strength bonus of +55, and are usable with Magic bows and above.
Quartz Javelins
Level 87 Crafting is required to chisel Quartz into Javelin Heads. Each piece of Quartz can be chiseled into 5 Javelin Heads, awarding 60 XP.
Fletching these Javelin Heads into useable Javelins requires level 84 Fletching and awards 13.5 XP per Javelin. Quartz Javelins provide a ranged strength bonus of +135.
Mining Gloves
Mining any rock within the new area of the guild will offer a chance of obtaining some Unidentified Minerals alongside the usual ores obtained. This minerals can be traded for Mining Gloves. There are two variants of these gloves: standard, and superior.
The standard gloves provide a chance of Silver, Coal, and Gold rocks instantly respawning when worn
The superior gloves provide a chance of Mithril, Adamantite and Runite rocks instantly respawning when worn
Other Changes
To make it easier to reach the Mining Guild and the Motherlode Mine, the teleport on the skills necklace will be moved slightly to ensure that both locations can be quickly accessed. A new entrance to the Motherlode Mine will be added to the Mining Guild to ensure ease of access between the two areas.
Question: Should we expand the number of rocks found within the F2P area of the Mining Guild? This would include adding 2 adamantite ores and 4 iron rocks, as well as an ore shop and pickaxe shop. The ore shop would have no stock by default.
Question: Should we add an extended, members-only area to the Mining Guild? This new area would include 8 iron rocks, 20 coal rocks, 10 mithril rocks, 8 adamantite rocks, 1 runite rock, 2 runite golems and a bank. All rocks within this area would respawn twice as fast as rocks elsewhere in Old School, and a +7 Mining boost would be given to any player within this area.
Question: If the extended Mining Guild area is added, should mining gloves, as described in the recent developer blog, be available as a reward? [D](h)
Question: Should we add Quartz as a new material within the Mining Guild? It will require 92 Mining and can be used to fletch new Arrows, Bolts, and Javelins. [e](t)
We'd like to offer a new fishing method within the Fishing Guild, exclusively available to those who are willing to put in a bit of extra leg work.
A fisherman, found on a newly constructed platform within the guild, is having a bit of trouble. He wants minnows to use as bait, but they're a bit too agile for him to catch.
He has, however, managed to net in the minnows into a couple of small areas beneath the platform. If you have what it takes to catch minnows, you can trade them to him in exchange for sharks!
Minnow fishing would be possible from a new platform erected in the northern end of the Fishing Guild. Accessing this platform and catching minnows would have the following requirements:
Level 82 Fishing
Full Angler's Outfit (only required once, to unlock access to the platform)
Completion of Fishing Contest
The rapidly changing locations of fishing spots, and occasional appearance of flying fish who have a bad habit of stealing your minnows, would make fishing on this platform more click intensive than most other methods.
With such hefty requirements, and a need for constant attention, fishing minnows would be suitably rewarding:
The average experience rate at level 82 Fishing would be roughly 16,500 XP per hour, with the average GP per hour being roughly 275k.
At level 99 Fishing, the average experience rate would be roughly 24,750 XP per hour, with the average GP per hour being roughly 425k.
Question: Should minnow fishing be added as an expansion to the Fishing Guild? Minnow fishing is a more click-intensive fishing method, with rapidly moving fishing spots and other distractions. Accessing the minnow fishing platform would require level 82 Fishing, completion of Fishing Contest and a full Angler's Outfit. Minnows can be exchanged for sharks by talking to the Fisherman found on the fishing platform. It would provide an average of 24,750 XP per hour at level 99, as well as an average of 425k GP per hour at level 99.
Question: Should an invisible +7 Fishing boost be applied within the Fishing Guild? This would stack with other stats boosts, such as the Dragon Harpoon.
