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Thieving

Introduction

Thieving is a members only skill where you can pickpocket characters all around RuneScape, steal from different stalls, lockpick locked doors and steal from chests around the RuneScape World. Thieving is a relatively popular skill, and is especially popular amongst farmers who pickpocket Master farmers for seeds.

Guide links
Pickpocketing
Stealing from Stalls
Lockpicking
Stealing from chests
Lure and K.O.

Pickpocketing

When pickpocketing, all you have to do, is right click on the character you want to pickpocket, and select "Pickpocket". An exception is the Master Farmer, where you just can click on him.



If you're successful, you will get a loot and some experience. However, if you're caught, you will be stunned for a few seconds and be hurt.

Pic	Name	Level	XP	Dmg. if stunned	Location	Loot
	Man, Woman	1	8	10	All around RuneScape	3 gp
	Farmer	10	14.5	10	Farms	9 gp
	Female H.A.M	15	18.5	10*	H.A.M. Headquarters	Read below the table*
	Male H.A.M	20	22.5	10-30*	H.A.M. Headquarters	Read below the table*
	Warriors	25	26	20	Al-Kharid, Ardougne	18 gp
	Rogue	32	35.5	20	Level 54 wilderness	25/40gp, 8 air runes, Iron dagger (p), Wine, lockpick
	Master Farmer	38	43	30	Draynor village	Seeds. For full list, click here
	Guards	40	46.5	20	Many cities	30 gp
	Fremennik	45	65	20	Relekka	40 gp
	Bearded Pollnivnian Bandit	45	79.4	40	Pollnivneach	Antipoison, lockpick, 40 coins
	Desert Bandit	53	79	30	Pollniveach	30-50 gp, antipoison (1), lockpick
	Knight of Ardougne	55	84.5	30	Ardougne	50 gp
	Pollnivnian Bandit	55	84.3	50	Pollnivneach	50 gp
	Yanille Watchman	65	137.5	30	Yanille Watchtower	60 gp + bread
	Menaphite Thug	65	137.5	50	Pollnivneach	60 gp
	Paladin	70	152	30	Ardougne	80 gp + 2 chaos runes
	Gnome	75	198.5	30	Gnome Stronghold, Tree gnome village	200-400gp, 1 earth rune, swamp toad, gold ore, king worm, fire orb
	Hero	80	275	40	Ardougne	100-300gp, 2 death runes, blood rune, fire orb, gold ore, wine, cut diamond
	Elf	85	353.3	50	Lletya	280/350 gp, 3 nature runes, diamond, wine, 2 death runes, fire orb, gold ore
	Dwarf Trader	90	556.5	10***	Keldagrim	100/400 coins, noted bronze bar, noted iron bar, noted steel bar, noted mithril bar, noted adamantite bar, noted runite bar, noted tin ore, noted copper ore, noted iron ore, noted mithril ore, noted adamantite ore, noted runite ore, noted coal, level 3 clue scroll

* Sometimes when you're hit by H.A.M. followers, you will either be hit over the head and removed from the H.A.M. area, or you will be put in the H.A.M. jail. To get out, picklock the door. (thieving level 1)
Possible loots are:
Small amount of money, tinderbox, different logs, uncut gems, raw chicken or anchovies, H.A.M. clothes, level 1 clue scrolls, and other worthless items: rusty swords, damaged armour etc.

** Seeds dropped from Master Farmer and found in Seed Stalls are:
Herb (14 different seeds), Belladonna, Limpwurt, Poison Ivy, Watermelon, Jangerberry Bush, Cactus, Wildlood, Potato, Asgarnian Hop, Woad, Strawberry, Onion, Yanillian Hop, Nasturtium, Marigold, Barley, Rosemary, Jute, Tomato, Hammerstone Hop, Redberry Bush, Cabbage, Sweetcorn, Krandorian Hop, Dwellberry Bush, Cadavaberry Bush, Mushroom Spore

*** Even though the dwarf trader will only deal a small amount of damage, you will also be attacked by level 86 guards, even if you're still stunned. You can pay the director of your company like you did in The Giant Dwarf to stop them from attacking you for 10 minutes.

Stealing from Stalls

Characters are not the only things you can steal from. There are also stalls in some cities around the RuneScape world. After you have stolen from a stall, you will either have to wait until the items are back, or move to another stall.



But stealing from stalls isn't that easy. You have to watch out for the stall owner and guards, paladins, heroes, etc. If the stall owner catches you, he/she will only be yelling and you will be unsuccessful. However, if a guard, paladin or hero sees you stealing from stalls, you will be attacked.

Name Location	Level	XP	Watch out for	Loot	Respawn time
Vegetable Stall -Miscellania	2	10	Greengrocer, Skaeling	Tomato, Potato, Onion, Garlic, Cabbage	1 sec
Baker's Stall -Ardougne -Keldagrim	5	16	Baker, Warrior, Guard	Cake, Bread, Slice of Chocolate Cake	2.5 sec
Crafting Stall -Marim -Keldagrim	5	16	Monkey Archers	Chisel, Ring Mould, Necklace Mould	6.5
General Stall -Marim	5	16	Monkey Archers	Pot, Hammer, Tinderbox	6.5
Food Stall -Marim	5	16	N/A	Banana	6.5
Tea Stall -Varrock	5	16	Tea Merchant	Cup of Tea	6.5
Rock Cake Stall -Gu'Tanoth	15	6.5	N/A	Rock Cake	N/A
Silk Stall -Ardougne	20	24	Silk Merchant, Guards, Knights	Silk	6.5
Seed Stall -Draynor	27	10	Olivia, Market guard	Seeds. For full list, click here.	12.5
Fur Stall -Ardougne -Relekka	35	36	Fur Merchant, Guard	Grey Wolf Fur	15
Fish Stall -Relekka -Etceteria -Miscellania	42	42	Fish Monger, Market Guard, Skraeling	Raw Tuna, Raw Salmon, Raw Lobster	20
Silver Stall -Ardougne -Keldagrim	50	54	Silver Merchant, Guard, Warrior	Silver Ore	30
Spice Stall -Ardougne	65	81	Spice Merchant, Knight of Ardougne, Paladin	Spice	80
Magic Stall -Marim	65	100	Monkey Archers	1 Air, Earth, Fire, Water or Law Rune	80
Scimitar Stall -Marim	65	100	Monkey Archers	Iron Scimitar	80
Gem Stall -Ardougne	75	16	Gem Merchant, Knight, Paladin, Hero	Uncut gem: Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby or Diamond	180

Lockpicking

All around the RuneScape World, you will find doors that are locked. If you're lucky, you may be able to picklock them to open them.

Some doors requires a Lockpick, which can be obtained from fellow players or by pickpocketing Rogues or Desert Bandits. Anyway, the success rate is higher if you have Lockpick with you.


Tip: Hold down the Shift-key when you're clicking on the map link to open it in a new window.

Location	Map	Level	XP
East Ardougne, east of the Main Square (southern house)	Picture	1	3.75
East Ardougne, east of the Main Square (northern house)	Picture	14	15
East Ardougne, house just north of the church in Ardougne	Picture	16	15
The house with Anvils south of Yanille Bank	Picture	16	15
H.A.M. Trapdoor, East of Draynor Village	Picture	17	4
Ardougne Sewers, door to the mine & zombies	N/A	32	25
Axe Hut, level 54 Wilderness*	Picture	32	25
Pirate Hall, level 54 Wilderness*	Picture	39	35
Chaos Druid Tower north of Ardougne w/ blood rune chest	Picture	46	37.5
Jail Doors in Iban's cave	N/A	50	4
Ardougne Palace, upstairs	Picture	61	50
Back entrance to Agility Dungeon, downstairs in southern Yanille*	Picture	82	50

* You need a lockpick to open these doors

Stealing from Chests

Thieving from chests can give a good profit, but they're more dangerous than other ways of thieving. If you don't take care when thieving from chests, hidden traps may hurt you. To find the traps, simply right-click and select "Search for traps", and your character will find the trap and disarm it, if your level is high enough.



This is not the only thing that can hurt you. When you're thieving from chests, you may get a poisonous gas randomly. It will poison everyone standing close to the chest, and can only be cured by Anti-potions (or by waiting, if you don't get killed). So when thieving from chests, you should have some antipoison with you.

Since there's a long respawn time, you won't gain much XP by thieving from chests, but you make a good profit by thieving the Blood Rune Chest or the Paladin Chest.

Chest location	Level	XP	Thieved Items	Respawn Time	Map
Ardougne (x2)	10	7	10gp	7 sec	Picture
Ardougne (x2), Relekka	28	25	3gp, 1 Nature Rune	8 sec	Picture
Ardougne, Axe Hut	43	125	50gp	55 sec	Picture
Hemenster	47	150	5 Steel Arrow Tips	210 sec	Picture
Chaos Druid Tower	59	250	2 Blood Runes, 500gp	135 sec	Picture
Ardougne Palace	72	500	1Kgp, Raw Shark, Adamant ore, Uncut Sapphire	120 sec	Picture

Lure and K.O.

After you've completed The Feud (level 30 thieving needed), there are new ways to steal from people in the city of Pollnivneach.

Get a Blackjack; either an Oak Blackjack (obtained during the quest) or buy a Willow Blackjack from the trader outside the Kebab Shop for 600gp. Wield the blackjack and choose a person to thieve:
• Villager (level 3)
• Bandit (level 41, level 56)
• Menaphite Thug (level 55)

Right-click, and select "lure". You will tell the person to follow you. Lead the person to a place out of sight (out of the city or behind a building), and right-click, this time you select "Knock-out" (be sure to wield the blackjack). if you're successful, you will knock down the innocent person, and you will be able to pickpocket him/her. If you fail, you will be attacked.

Note that Villagers must be knocked out before pickpocketing. Bandits and thugs can be pickpocketed normally, but you will earn extra XP by knocking them out first.

If you're caught by a Bandit or Menaphite Thug, you will lose 50 life points. If a Pollnivneach Villager see you're trying to knock out the Bandit or Thug, you will lose 40 life points.

Pickpocket & knock-out info is shown in the table below.

Name	Needed level	XP for K.O.	Pickpocket XP	Loot
Villager	30	8	0	5 gp
Bandit level 41	45	10	65	50 gp
Bandit level 56	52	10	84	50 gp
Menaphite Thug	65	20	137.5	50 gp

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