following is a comprehensive guide to OSRS Mining Boost. This guide will teach you how to use all boosts, their effects, and where and how to obtain them – Mining Cape, Pickaxes, Celestials, and 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. It is available to free players. |
| Mature dwarven stout | 2 | Visible | Reduces Attack, Strength, and Defence by 7. |
| Dragon pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of the Special attack bar. Requires 60 Attacks to wield. |
| Infernal pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of the Special attack bar. Requires 60 Attacks to wield. |
| 3rd age pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of the Special attack bar. Requires 65 Attacks to wield. |
| Crystal pickaxe | 3 | Visible | Uses 100% of the Special attack bar. Requires 70 Attacks and 50 Agility to wield. |
| Celestial ring | 4 | Invisible | Boost applies for both the charged and uncharged rings. |
| Celestial signet | 4 | Invisible | Boost applies for both the charged and uncharged signet. |
| Spicy stew (brown spice) | ±0-5 | Visible | Depending on the 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 the player is within the Mining Guild’s pay-to-play area. |
OSRS Mining Boost – How to Get?
A guide to get/unlock each boost
Mining Cape:
Players who have reached level 99 Mining can purchase a Mining cape from Gadrin at the Mining Guild door for 99,000 coins.
Braindeath rum:
Brewers made it, and zombie pirates and sore bones dropped it. It may also be ordered from both bars on Mos Le’Harmless.
Dwarven Stout:
These are the steps to make Dwarven Stout
1. Use two buckets of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use two barley malts on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use one of the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use four hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use one ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 1–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use eight beer glasses on the completed ale in the fermenting vat
Mature Dwarven stout:
These are the steps to make Mature Dwarven Stout
1. Use two buckets of water on the fermenting vat
2. Use two barley malts on the fermenting vat
3. Optional: Use one of the stuff on the fermenting vat, increasing the chance to mature the ale from 5% to 36%
4. Use four hammerstone hops on the fermenting vat
5. Use one ale yeast on the fermenting vat
6. Wait 3–5 days until the beer has fermented
7. Use either eight beer glasses or two calculated 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:
Celestial Ring:
It takes 71 Mining and Song of the Elves to make and utilize and 50 Agility and 70 Attack to wield.
A crystal pickaxe may be made with a singing bowl by mixing a dragon pickaxe, 120 crystal shards, and a crystal tool seed. To sing the crystal, you must be at least level 76 in Smithing and Crafting.
A Mining cape can be purchased from Dusuri’s Star Shop for 2,000 stardust
Celestial Signet:
Using a singing bowl, a celestial ring, an elven signet, 100 crystal shards, and 1,000 stardust may be combined to make one. Singing takes level 70 Smithing and Crafting.
Spicy stew (brown spice):
Spicy stews are only accessible to those who have finished the subquest Freeing Evil Dave in Recipe for Disaster.
These are the steps to making 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 four dose of the specific color spice they are guarding
- Add up to 3 doses of a color 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
