Thieving

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Thieving is used to pickpocket GP and items. Some items obtainable from Thieving are unique to the skill and cannot be found elsewhere. Many of these unique items are Equipment which provide bonuses to Thieving and other non-combat skills. Each Thieving attempt takes a base 3 seconds, and can be reduced as low as 1.8 seconds.

This page was last updated for (v0.22.1).
Thieving

Thieving can be done with Offline Progression, although the player must do so with caution as it is possible to die if the player's success rate against the NPC is below 100%.

Mechanics

Stealth and Perception

Simply put, stealth is a measure of how good the player is at stealing, while perception is a measure of how difficult an NPC is to steal from - The player's stealth competes against an NPC's perception. It is usually preferable to maximise stealth as this increases the success rate, chance to double items, and the chance to receive an NPC's unique item. An NPC's perception is fixed and cannot be reduced.

The player's stealth, the NPC's perception, and the resulting success rate, doubling chance and unique item chance can be viewed in game by first selecting an NPC and then hovering over the

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icon.

Stealth can be maximised as follows:

Success Rate

The chance of success is [math]\displaystyle{ min\left(1, \tfrac{100 + \text{Stealth}}{100 + \text{Perception}}\right) }[/math], resulting in a guaranteed success once the player's stealth is the same or greater than the NPC's perception.

For example, a player who has stealth of 200 while pickpocketing the

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Bandit Thug

will have a chance of success equal to [math]\displaystyle{ min\left(1, \tfrac{100 + 200}{100 + 220}\right) = 0.9375 = 93.75\% }[/math].

Some NPCs have a perception that is greater than the maximum possible stealth, therefore it is not always possible to guarantee each pickpocket attempt will succeed.

Item Doubling

The additional chance to double items due to stealth is [math]\displaystyle{ min\left(1, \tfrac{\text{Stealth}}{4 \times \text{Perception}}\right) }[/math], double items can therefore be guaranteed from stealth alone if the player's stealth is at least four times the NPC's perception.

For example, a player who has stealth of 330 while pickpocketing the

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Bandit Thug

will have a chance to double equal to [math]\displaystyle{ min\left(1, \tfrac{330}{4 \times 220}\right) = 0.3750 = 37.50\% }[/math]. This is additive with the chance to double items provided by other Thieving specific and global sources (up to a maximum of 100%), and multiplicative with the 35% chance of quadruple items from the

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Leprechaun

and

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Devil

synergy, for a potential 8x multiplier to items received from Thieving.

The item multiplier applies to all possible item drops, being: NPC common drops, general rare drops, NPC unique drops, and area unique drops.

NPC Unique Item Chance

The chance to receive an NPC's unique item upon a successful pickpocket attempt is [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{100 + \text{Stealth}}{10\,000 \times \text{Perception}} }[/math].

For example, a player who has stealth of 800 while pickpocketing the

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Merchant

will have a unique item drop chance equal to [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{100 + 800}{10\,000 \times 300} = 0.0003 = 0.03\% }[/math].

Loot

- See also Combat#Loot and Rewards

Successfully pickpocketing an NPC will always award the player with GP between the minimum and maximum of that NPC. There is also a 75% chance to receive an item at random from the NPC's common drops, provided the NPC has any possible common drops at all.

In addition, each successful pickpocket attempt will also have a chance to reward the player with the NPC's unique drop (should they have one), the area's unique drop, and all of the following general rare items:

ItemDLCQtyPriceChance
  Bobby's Pocket  14,000 1/1200.8333%
  Chapeau Noir  132,000 1/20,0000.0050%
  Sneak-Ers  115,000 1/15,0000.0067%
  Thieving Shorts  115,000 1/15,0000.0067%
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Abyssal Hourglass (Upright)
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149,999 1/20,0000.0050%
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Silent Top
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125,000 1/50,0000.0020%

 Base Game rares will only drop from Melvor Realm NPCs.   Thieving Shorts can only be obtained from NPCs requiring

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Level 100

or higher.

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Into the Abyss rares can only drop from Abyssal Realm NPCs.

The chance of acquiring area unique drops is [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{500} }[/math] or 0.20% per item, while the chance of acquiring an NPC's unique drop is dependent on the player's stealth and the NPC's perception (see: NPC Unique Item Chance).

It is possible to receive common drops along with any (or even all) rare or unique drops from the same action. The chance to double items is only rolled once per action, therefore if the quantity of items received is multiplied the number of rare items received will also be increased. Even if the NPC has no common drops, any rare or unique drops can still be multiplied.

The various ways in which loot can be multiplied are detailed within the Item Doubling section.

GP gained can be increased by the following bonuses. In addition, the 50% Mastery pool checkpoint increases GP gained by 100%. Note that any flat bonuses (such as that provided by   Gloves of Silence) are increased by any percentage bonuses that are active.

Further, the loot and GP gained can be modified in various ways by

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Leprechaun
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Summoning

synergies, see Leprechaun for a list of each synergy.

Failure

Failed pickpocket attempts will stun the player for 3 seconds and deal damage to them up to the target's Max Hit; damage dealt this way can be reduced by any damage reduction, which is provided by Equipment, Pets, the

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Yak Familiar

, Damage Reduction Potions, the Agility obstacle

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Lake Swim

and the prayers

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Safeguard

and

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Stone Skin

. Damage taken while Thieving is potentially lethal, although this damage can be offset by consuming food manually, or automatically with the Auto Eat upgrade. For

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Chef

specifically, the

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Pig

and

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Leprechaun

synergy can be used to completely negate damage from failed attempts. For those eating manually,

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Protect Item

can be used as a safety net. Damage dealt by failed thieving attempts does not currently count as an Enemy Attack for the purposes of expending prayer points or potion charges, yet they still provide their respective DR or item protection effects. This is not the case for the newer Yak summoning tablets however, which are expended on every damaging failure, implying this may be a bug or developer oversight. However, while Yak does apply DR while thieving, and consumes a tablet each failure hit,

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Centaur

,

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Witch

, and

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Minotaur

synergies do not apply or expend, as you are not fighting a ranged, melee, or magic enemy.

Areas

The chance of obtaining each area unique drop following a successful pickpocket is [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{500} }[/math] or 0.20%. Each area unique drop is rolled separately, so it is possible to receive multiple area unique drops from a single action. The chance of obtaining area unique drops is tripled when the 95% Thieving Mastery Pool checkpoint is active.

Thieving Targets

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level Unlock
1 Each level provides +1 Thieving Stealth and +1% GP acquired for this NPC only.
50 -0.2s Thieving Interval for this NPC only.
99 +75 Thieving Stealth for this NPC only.


Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool % Pool XP Bonus
10% 1,700,000 xp +30 Stealth while Thieving from Melvor Realm NPCs
+3% Thieving Skill XP
25% 4,250,000 xp -0.2s Thieving Interval for Melvor Realm only
+3% Thieving Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
50% 8,500,000 xp +100% GP gained from Thieving
95% 16,150,000 xp +100 Stealth while Thieving from Melvor Realm NPCs
The chance to receive Area Unique drops from Thieving is increased by 200% (Melvor Realm only)
Total Mastery Pool XP 17,000,000

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for 1,000,000  after the player reaches

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Level 99

.

Regular Skillcape

The   Thieving Skillcape is the skillcape for the Thieving skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Thieving skill. The Thieving Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-0.50s Thieving Interval, +100% GP gained from Thieving, and +150 Stealth while Thieving

Superior Skillcape

The   Superior Thieving Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Thieving skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000  from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Thieving skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the   Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

-0.80s Thieving Interval, +150% GP gained from Thieving, +270 Stealth while Thieving, and +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and damage in Thieving when failing a pickpocket attempt for Melvor Realm only

Pet

The pet can be unlocked by doing any Thieving action.

PetNameDLCEffect
 Snek  +50% GP gained from Thieving

Potion

The   Gentle Hands Potion increases stealth. It can be made with

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Level 45

using 1   Lemontyle Herb and 2   Strawberry Seeds.

Gentle Hands Potion
PotionTierChargesEffect
 I20+15 Stealth while Thieving
 II30+30 Stealth while Thieving
 III40+50 Stealth while Thieving
 IV50+75 Stealth while Thieving

Summoning Boosts

This table shows all the

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Summoning

Familiars and Synergies that provide a bonus to Thieving.

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Thieving-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from

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Mastery

rewards.

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