What is thieving?

Thieving is a skill which allows players to obtain coins and items by stealing from market stalls or by pickpocketing NPC's. It is a great skill for starting off an account, as you will earn a lot of money very quickly.

Thieving locations

Edgeville

A good place to train thieving is at west of bank at Edgeville (home).

Ardougne

Another good place is Ardougne.

Wilderness

Wilderness thieving gives more xp, but it's risky because you can be killed by players. You need a level of 85 to train thieving at wilderness.

Experience table

Edgeville/Ardougne

Stall	Location	Level needed	Reward	XP gained with regular mode	Xp gained with classic mode
Baker's Stall	Edgeville/Ardougne	1	22,133 GP, cakes	1160	348
Silk Stall	Edgeville/Ardougne	20	22,113 GP, silk	1798	580
Fur Stall	Edgeville/Ardougne	35	22,133 GP, fur	2668	870
Silver Stall	Edgeville/Ardougne	50	22,133 GP, unstrong symbol	4060	1334
Spice Stall	Ardougne	65	14,083 GP, Spice	5278	1740
Gem Stall	Edgeville/Ardougne	75	22,133 GP, uncut gems	6902	2262

Wilderness

Level needed	Reward	XP gained with regular mode	Xp gained with classic mode
Valueable chest	Uncut gems, ores	12064	3944

Tip: it may be a good idea to bring a chisel with you and craft the cut gems for maximum efficiency.

Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing is the act of stealing from anothers pocket. This results in little gold, but very high experience. The downside to Pickpocketing, is that you have a chance to get caught, which will cause the player to take damage and be stunned for a while.

NPC	Location	Level Needed	Reward regular and classic mode	XP gained with regular mode	XP gained with classic mode
Man	Lumbridge	1	5944 GP / 3964 GP	696	174
Al Kharid Warrior	Al Kharid	25	13438 GP / 9760 GP	2262	696
Rogue	Wilderness	32	Random items	3132	986
Guard	Falador	40	24133 GP / 19094 GP	4060	1334
Knight of Ardougne	Ardougne	55	46455 GP / 39243 GP	7308	2378
Hero	Ardougne	80	Random GP	20880	6844

Thieving master

The thieving master can be found at Edgeville and some other places. He can give you your skilling cape for free when you reach level 99. In addition, he can give you skilling tasks to obtain thieving points or money (you will also get participation points when you finish your task). Finally, you can see his master's shop where you can spend your thieving points.

1-99 walktrough

This is the suggested method for 1-99 thieving:

Name	Levels
Baker's stall	1-20
Silk stall	20-35
Fur stall	35-50
Silver stall	50-65
Spice stall	65-75
Gem	75-99

Useful items and boosts

Hourly bonus skill

The hourly bonus skill gives you 50% more thieving xp for 1 hour. Quest tab > the "i" icon to see what the current hourly bonus skill is. Refresh the page to be sure you have the right one.

Watch the order of the hourly bonus skills to see when thieving is the hourly bonus skill.

Item/Boost	Effect	How to obtain?
Voting	Gives you 25% more thieving xp for 1 hour	When you redeem your vote, you will get a boost xp for 1 hour. See here how to vote
Rogue set	Gives you 30% more thieving xp	Buy it from the thieving master for 4200 thieving points
Dodgy necklace	Gives you 10% more thieving xp and 50% faster thieving from miscellaneous stalls	Buy it from the thieving master for 3000 thieving points
Bandit's brew	Gives you 2M thieving xp	Buy it from the thieving master for 1500 thieving points
Gloves of silence	Gives you 5% more thieving xp and allows a chance to get a double steal	Buy the gloves from the OSRS items store for 350 skilling points
Thieving cape	Gives you 20% more thieving xp	Get it from the skillcape store or the thieving master
Thieving hood	Gives you 5% more thieving xp	Get it from the skillcape store or the thieving master