Star Hunting Guide

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Locations
3. Requirements
4. What Items to Bring
5. Basics of Star Hunting

The first week I started playing rs I was mining at the mine in west Varrock near Champions Guild. I saw a group of people crowded around what I thought was a buffalo. They appeared to be hacking away at this buffalo. I asked a friend what they were doing and he said “omg it’s a star!! Go mine it.” Ever since that first star sighting I have loved hunting stars. I was such a new player that I often got lost looking for them, but I didn’t seem to care, I kept at it. The first time I hunted a desert star I didn’t know I needed to bring water with me. Of course I was nearly killed. I built my castle mainly because I needed a telescope to aid in my star addiction. I have sometimes joked that I have a 50 mil telescope in my house because it is the reason I have an rs house.

Shooting stars is a Distractions & Diversions, which occurs every 2 hours.

You can find a shooting star by using your telescope in your rs house. Use the telescope and it will display a time and general area the star will fall.

Mining stars gives very good mining experience. It is how I got the majority of my mining experience. If you are the first person to touch a shooting star you get an experience bonus of 75 times your mining level. This is known as tagging a star.

The following chart shows exp per dust for each level of the star.

Star Size......Experience per Dust
Size 1…………….14 xp
Size 2…………….25 xp
Size 3…………….29 xp
Size 4…………….32 xp
Size 5…………….47 xp
Size 6…………….71 xp
Size 7…………….114 xp
Size 8…………….145 xp
Size 9…………….210 xp


You have 2 hours to mine a star, otherwise it will disappear. This has happened to me only once. I was mining alone at Relekka in the middle of the night, and poof my star was gone…. very eerie feeling.

You will receive “star dust” when you are mining the shooting star, max star dust is 200. After you reach 200 max star dust continue mining for experience. When the star is fully mined, a star sprite will appear and he will reward you for releasing him. You give the star sprite your star dust in exchange for your reward. The amount of rewards depends on the amount of star dust. If the star ends, also known as the star tubbies, and you don't have 200 dust, it is best to save it until the next star. This way you will get your max reward when you turn in your dust.

With 200 star dust, you will get:
- 152 cosmic runes
- 52 astral runes
- 50002 coins
- 20 gold ore (noted)

You can only get a reward once a day, but you can mine every 2 hours.

Misthalin (Lumby/Var):
• Lumbridge mine (lumby)
• South east Varrock mine (East Varrock)
• Champions guild mine (champs)
• Varrock Rune shop (rune shop)


Asgarnia (Fally):
• Rimmington mine (rimmy)
• Outside Mining guild
• West Falador mine (west fally)
• Crafting Guild (craft)


Kandarin (Ardy):
• Coal Trucks (coal)
• North east Ardougne (East Ardy)
• Monastry (Party Monks)
• Port Khazard (Khaz)
• Yanille Magic Guild (Yan)


Kharidian Desert
• Scorpion mine north of Al Kharid (Scorps)
• Outside Duel Arena building (Duel)
• Outside Al Kharid bank (Al bank)
• Mine north of Uzer (uzer)
• Nardah bank (nardah)
• Vulture mine (vultures)
• Granite Quarry south-west of Pollnivneach (quarry)


Fremmenik and Lunar Isle (Lunar):
• Keldagrim Entrance (Rel East)
• Relleka town mine (relleka)
• Jatizso mine entrance (jat)
• East of 2nd island on Neitiznot (neit)
• Miscellania mine (misc)
• Entrance to Lunar Island mine (lunar)


Wilderness (wildy):
• Zamorak mage, abbys mage (abbys)
• Skeleton mine, level 10 wildy (skelly)
• Wilderness Volcano bank (Wildy bank)
• Rune Rocks
• Hobgoblin mine, level 38 wilderness (hobs)
• Pirate mine, level 53 wilderness (pirates)
• Mage arena outside bank, level 55 wilderness (mage arena)


Piscatoris, Gnome and Tirannwn (gnomes):
• Gnome stronghold outside southern bank (gnome)
• Lletya, west of bank (Elves)
• Piscatoris, outside colony (pisc)


Morytania & Moss Le’Harmless (mos le):
• Outside Canafis bank (Canafis)
• Outside Moss Le’Harmless bank (moss le)
• Outside Burgh de Rott bank (burgh)


Crandor and Karamja (Jama):
• Crandor, south west coast (crandor)
• Brimhaven dungeon entrance (dungeon)
• Brimhaven Gold mine (shoe)
• Shilo Village gem rocks (Gems)
• Mine east of Nature altar (Nats)

Star Size…Mining level needed
Size 1…………….10
Size 2…………….20
Size 3…………….30
Size 4…………….40
Size 5…………….50
Size 6…………….60
Size 7…………….70
Size 8…………….80
Size 9…………….90

Misthalin:
• No requirements

Asgarnia:
• 40 Crafting for Crafting guild

Kandarin:
• No requirements

Wilderness:
• No requirements

Kharidian desert:
• No requirements

Fremmenik and Lunar:
• Fremmenik Trails for relleka mine and Miscellania
• Started Fremmenik Isle for Jatiszo and Neitiznot
• Started Lunar diplomacy for Lunar isle

Morytania and Moss Le’Harmless:
• Completed Priest in Peril
• Started In aid of the Myreque for Burgh de Rott
• Completed Cabin Fever for Moss Le’Harmless

Karamja and Crandor:
• Completed most parts of Dragon Slayer quest for Crandor
• Completed Shilo village quest for Shilo Village

Piscatoris, Gnome Stronghold and Tirannwn
• Mourning end’s part 1 for Lletya

Pickaxe
Star dust, if you have some in the bank from a previous star
A Glory amulet, you will receive gems when mining stars. Wearing a charged glory will get you more gems.
A Ring of Wealth will also get you more gems.
Teleports to all the locations in the area of the star landing

For a wildy star bring all the special precautions you would bring in any adventure into the wild
Brown apron, for fally stars, to get into the crafting guild
Ardy cape for ardy stars, it has a teleport to party monks
For desert stars bring money for magic carpets, waterskins, camulet, nardah teleports, teleport to pyramids, ring of dueling, slayer ring for its desert teleport
For Lunar stars there are two potentially dangerous spots Neit and Lunar Isle. Bring food, prayer pots, armor and a weapon. Also have your enchanted lyre, lunar staff for rings if you haven’t completed Fairy Tales 3.
For Gnome stars bring an elf crystal to teleport to Llyeta
For Jama stars Karamja 3 gloves will teleport you directly to the gem mine, Spirit Graahk familiar will teleport you near the nature rune altar,
For Burgh de Rott the Dracan's Medalian will tele you to town.

There is a leader on any star hunt and they keep the time or designate someone to keep the time. Ideally you will have someone watching every spot. In the cc the timekeeper gives the time saying, 3-5 min for example.
After the time is given you report on your spot. For example if you are watching horseshoe gold mine you would simply say “shoe clear” Don't use your own names for star locations, Use the location names the leader has designated. For those hunting with me the names for each spot are in parenthesis in the list above of the star locations.
If the star falls at your spot you always tag the star first before reporting it. Otherwise there is a chance another clan will get the tag. Tag the star and then report it clearly, stating your spot, size of the star and if you got the tag. For example, “star at shoe, size 9, safi tagged!!” It makes an amazing sound when it is falling that thrills die hard star hunters. You will also see the shadow of the star as it is falling and a loud crash as it hits the ground.

If all spot were not covered by people and the timer runs out and you know the star is down, the timekeeper says ok times up, time to run. You will then proceed to the next spot that you have been asked to watch.

When you find the star report it to the clan. When you tag a star your name is placed on a sign at the observatory. The last 5 tags of the day are on the sign at any given time.

The financial rewards to star hunting is minimal, about 100k for 200 dust. The greater reward is the awesome mining experience, the challenge of finding the star, the excitement of tagging a star and the fun of hunting with your friends. Hope to see you at a star hunt soon.