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Thieving is a Members skill.

Thieving is a skill that you can earn items and money from. You can thieve in many ways, from pick pocketing people, picking locks on chests, to stealing from stalls, and disarming traps to get to different areas.
Pickpocketing can be used on many non-playing characters, from a man all the way to a hero. You cannot pickpocket other players. Lock picking doors can help you get into secret rooms with treasure, though getting to the treasure may not be as easy as you thought. You may have to disarm traps in places like a staircase, chests, among other things to get to the treasure. Starting Thieving at level one will require pickpocketing a man until your level gets higher.

Picking Pockets

To pickpocket someone, all you have to do is right click on the non-playing character (NPC) and choose the "Pickpocket" option. There is a chance that the NPC you are trying to pickpocket will catch you and attack you, thereby stunning you. The higher your Thieving level, the better your chance of successfully pickpocketing.

Monster Thieving Level Needed Exp Gained When Successful Location Loot
Man 1 8 All Around 3 Coins
Farmer 10 14.5 Usually around chickens or plantations 9 Coins
Warrior 25 26 Al Kharid (male) Ardougne and Varrock (female) 18 Coins
Rogue 32 35.5 Level 54 Wilderness 25 coins, 40 coins, poisoned iron dagger, wine, 8 air runes, lockpick
Guard 40 46.5 In Cities 30 Coins
Knight 55 84.5 Ardougne 50 Coins
Yanille Watchman 65 137.5 Yanille 60 Coins, loaf of bread
Paladin 70 151.75 Ardougne 80 Coins 2 Chaos runes
Gnome 75 198.5 Gnome Stronghold 300 Coins, 1 Earth Rune, King Worm, Swamp Toad, Gold Ore, or Fire Orb
Hero 80 275 Ardougne 100 - 300 coins, 2 Death Runes, 1 Blood Rune, 1 Fire Orb, 1 Cut Diamond, 1 Gold Nugget, or 1 Wine


Stealing From Stalls

There are now more stalls in Ardougne’s Market Square.

To steal from market stalls go to Ardougne (that is the only place that has a bunch). Right click on a stall and use the "Steal from" option. If when stealing from a stall you fail, the stall owner may just yell at you, or a Guard, Knight or Paladin will attack you. The more valuable the products on the stall are, the more people who watch it. You are better off waiting until they are either dead or distracted with somebody else (if you can not kill them yourself).

Stall Thieving Level Needed Exp Gained When Successful Loot
Tea Stall (In Varrock) 5 16 Tea
Bakers Stall 5 16 Cake, Bread, Chocolate cake slice, Meat pie
Silk Stall 20 24 Silk
Fur Stall 35 36 Grey Wolf Fur
Silver Stall 50 54 Silver Nugget
Spice Stall 65 81 Pot of Spice
Gem Stall 75 16 1 uncut gem (sapphire, emerald, ruby, diamond)


Almost all Stalls are located in Ardougne

Trap Disarming

Certain objects such as chests and stairs have traps on them. To find a trap, all you need to do is right click on the chest and see if there's an option to "search for traps." If you choose not to disarm a trap then you receive damage to your hit points. If you have a high enough thieving level then you will be able to disarm it. Traps will reset after a certain amount of time.

Thieving From Chests

Within the world of thieving, you will find many chests that you can disarm and retrieve treasure. These chests vary in treasure from gold coins, steel arrowheads, Nature Runes, Blood Runes, and even Adamantite ore.

Chest Thieving Level Needed Experience Gained Location Loot
Coins (10) 10 7 East entrance to Ardougne Market Square, building on north side of road. West wall. 2. House north of Ardougne’s church, second floor, chest on the right, south wall. 3. 3 chests (?) in the Animated Axe house, lvl 54 wilderness. 10 Coins
Nature Runes 28 25 East entrance to Ardougne Market Square, building on south side of road, second floor, chest on the right, west wall. 2. House north of Ardougne’s church, second floor, chest on the left, south wall. 1 Nature Rune, 3 Coins
Coins (50) 43 125 East entrance to Ardougne Market Square, building on south side of road, second floor, chest on the left, west wall. 50 Coins
Steel Arrowheads 47 150 House north of Ardougne in the town of Hemming. Note: Lockpick needed. 5 steel arrowheads
Blood Runes 59 250 Down the ladder in Chaos Druid Tower, south to end of cavern, 2 chests near the back wall in middle of floor. Note: A second magical trap triggers and teleports you to a room outside the tower, in Ardougne. 2 Blood Runes, 500 Coins
Paladin Chest 72 500 Go to King Lathas’ castle that stands in the middle of Ardougne. Walk inside and go up the stairs. Go to either side (left or right) and use a lockpick to enter through the doors to the far, East towers. Adamantite Ore, Raw Shark, Uncut Sapphire and 1000 Coins


Lockpicking

For some doors in Runescape, you may have to pick their locks to open them. To pick a door's lock, simply right click on it and then select the picklock option. As your level increases in thieving, you will be able to access places you couldn't have gone before. The doors will eventually re-lock so you can pick them again.

To get the Lockpick you have to pickpocket Rogues in the Wilderness until you get one. You can use this lockpick for areas in the Wilderness or other places that require it. A lockpick will also make opening locked doors an easier task.

Door and Location Thieving Level Needed Experience Gained
1 Story Room East of Spice Stall 1 3.75
Handelmort Mansion 21 15
2 Story House With Red Carpet In Northwest Ardougne 16 15
2 Story House East of Baker's Stall 14 15
1 Story Room South of Yanille Bank 16 15
Ardougne Sewers; Door Leads To Mine and Zombies (level 32) 32 25
Chaos Druid (level 19) Tower and Blood Rune Chest 46 37.5
Jail Doors In Iban's Cave 50 4
Ladder In 2nd Floor of Paladin (level 71) Tower 61 50
Back Entrance to Agility Dungeon, Downstairs In Southern Yanille 82 50
Pirate Door 39 35

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