Shooting star

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A fallen star in one of the last stages.

The Shooting star event is a distraction and diversion (D&D) event that occurs approximately 1,5-2 hours after the previous one has been fully mined. When a star crashes down, every player currently online will receive a red-printed game message about a noise. THe message varies according to the distance of the player to the star. To receive a hint about the location of the most recent star, players can go to the Observatory (just north of Castle wars) and talk to the Observatory assistant. The Observatory professor there will tell you if a star has landed already, or give an estimation on how long it'll take before another star falls down. Alternatively players can check the location of a star from the telescope in player-owned houses (POH).

The Shooting star generally holds 6 to 9 layers. With every extra layer players need a higher Mining level to mine it, up to level 90 for 9 layers. After players with a higher mining level have reduced the star to less layers, players with a lower mining level will be able to join too.

When mining a fallen star, players will receive Stardust and occasionally random Gems. There is only one onyx per star though. The player who mines the first stardust of a new star receives 10k bonus Mining experience as a reward for finding it. After that, the experience granted for mining the star is 120 + 2 times the Mining requirement for the current layer. A player with 99 mining will receive 300 xp per stardust at the first layer of a size 9 star. A size 9 star contains 1300 fragments of stardust. With stardust players can buy several rewards from the Sprite that appears when the star has been fully mined.

Shooting star locations

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Players can talk to the Observatory assistant to receive a hint about the location of the fallen star. Stars generally fall close to a quarry. The best way to find it easily is to look for the mining icon on your minimap close to the location described. A list of all the possible hints and the locations they represent is given below. An overview of the exact spot on the world map can be found on this page.

Hint Possible locations
'It has crashed somewhere in the desert' Near the Al-Kharid bank, the Quarry south of the Bandit camp, far north of the Ruïns Uzer, south of Nardah, near the Duel arena or the quarry north of Al-Kharid
'It has crashed somewhere in Misthalin' The quarry south-east of Varrock, the quarry south-west of Varrock, just near the eastern bank in Varrock, the southern tip of Lumbridge Swamp, or the quarry south-west of Lumbridge swamp
'It has crashed somewhere in Asgarnia' The Crafting guild quarry, the Rimmington crater, south-west of the Falador, the quarry west of Falador or south-east of the Falador bank
'It has crashed somewhere in Kandarin' East of the Ardougne or north of the Ardougne
'It has crashed somewhere in Fremennik Province' East of the Fremennik Province
'It has crashed somewhere in Burthorpe' North-east of the Burthorpe
'It has crashed somewhere in Asgarnia on a mountain' The White wolf mountain
'It has crashed somewhere in the Wilderness' South of Dark warriors' fortress, at the Chaos Temple, at the Lost Spirits, near the Mage of Zamorak
'It has crashed somewhere in the deep Wilderness' The quarry just north of the Chaos Elemental, north of the Frozen waste plateau, south-west of the red dragon isle, east of the Mage arena

Rewards

You can exchange stardust for rewards by talking to the Star sprite at the end of every Shooting star event. It will stay for 5 minutes after the last stardust has been mined.

Item Name Stardust Description
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Dragon pickaxe 10,000 The second-best pickaxe in-game; component of the inferno adze.
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Mining ring 1,500 Provides a 5% bonus to mining experience when worn.
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Mining xp lamp 51 Grants 15,000 mining experience.
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Golden mining helmet 5,000 Provides a 1% bonus to mining and smithing experience when worn.
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Golden mining top 5,000 Provides a 1% bonus to mining and smithing experience when worn.
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Golden mining trousers 5,000 Provides a 1% bonus to mining and smithing experience when worn.
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Golden mining boots 5,000 Provides a 1% bonus to mining and smithing experience when worn.
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Golden mining gloves 5,000 Provides a 1% bonus to mining and smithing experience when worn.