Thieving
“Pick pockets and rob market stalls and chests for coins and goods. Fumble a steal and you're stunned for a moment. The better you get, the better your odds.”
Every skill uses the same XP table: 951,207,314 XP for level 99. Past 99 the XP keeps counting.
How it works
Pick a target: a person to pickpocket, a market stall or a chest. Every input is one steal. A steal that works gives XP, usually a handful of coins, and a roll on the target's loot list. A steal that fails means you're caught: you freeze for 3 seconds of real time and your streak resets.
At a target's own level you succeed about 80% of the time (a little less on the harder ones). Every level above it closes the gap, and 10 levels past it you never get caught.
success = start + (1 − start) × (levels above the target / 10) (start = 0.8 − difficulty)Each success in a row adds 1% to the chance your coins come out doubled, up to 15%. Only the coins double, never the loot. Gloves of Silence add 5 points to your success chance. The Agility perk Light Feet shortens the freeze, down to 1.2 seconds.
Targets
| Level | Target | XP | Coins | Success at its level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Townsfolk Pickpocket | 31 | 5–25 | 80% |
| 2 |  Vegetable Stall Stall | 37 | 5–30 | 80% |
| 5 |  Baker's Stall Stall | 52 | 5–30 | 78% |
| 10 |  Farmer Pickpocket | 47 | 10–40 | 78% |
| 15 |  L.A.M.B. Cultist Pickpocket | 62 | 5–30 | 76% |
| 20 |  Silk Stall Stall | 73 | 10–40 | 76% |
| 25 |  Lumber Stall Stall | 83 | 8–40 | 75% |
| 38 |  Master Farmer Pickpocket | 104 | 20–80 | 72% |
| 40 |  Guard Pickpocket | 114 | 40–120 | 74% |
| 42 |  Fishing Stall Stall | 120 | 5–30 | 74% |
| 50 |  Blacksmith Stall Stall | 145 | 10–40 | 73% |
| 53 |  Desert Bandit Pickpocket | 155 | 40–120 | 72% |
| 55 |  Knight Pickpocket | 176 | 80–250 | 72% |
| 70 |  Paladin Pickpocket | 222 | 95–260 | 71% |
| 75 |  Gem Stall Stall | 249 | – | 70% |
| 80 |  Hero Pickpocket | 269 | 104–259 | 70% |
| 82 |  Vyre Pickpocket | 306 | 130–320 | 74% |
| 84 |  Rogues' Chest Chest | 342 | 145–325 | 68% |
| 85 |  Elf Pickpocket | 350 | 219–526 | 68% |
What each target carries
Rolled on every successful steal; each row on its own.
Townsfolk level 1
“Common folk with loose coppers and looser attention. Bump one in the crowd and they'll blame their neighbour. Hardly any coin, but everyone starts somewhere.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5–25 | Always |
 Feather | 1–3 | 10% |
 Thread | 1–2 | 6% |
 Empty Vial | 1 | 3% |
Vegetable Stall level 2
“A greengrocer fussing over wilting turnips while his coin box sits unguarded. Take a little, take your time. He won't look up from his produce.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5–30 | Always |
 Seeds | 1–2 | 30% |
 Unidentified Herb | 1 | 5% |
Baker's Stall level 5
“Warm loaves and a baker too busy at the oven to mind the counter. Lift the bread or the takings, his back is always turned.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5–30 | Always |
 Bread | 1–2 | 30% |
 Cake | 1 | 10% |
 Chocolate Cake | 1 | 1.5% |
Farmer level 10
“A field-hand slow to turn and slower to suspect, with a little hard-earned coin in his purse. Keep it quick and he'll never feel the lift.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 10–40 | Always |
| Seeds | 1–2 | 20% |
 Cowhide | 1 | 6% |
| Unidentified Herb | 1 | 4% |
L.A.M.B. Cultist level 15
“The League for the Annihilation of Monstrous Beasts. Hooded zealots who fund their crusade by lifting whatever isn't nailed down. No shame in robbing a robber.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5–30 | Always |
| Feather | 1–5 | 10% |
| Thread | 1–4 | 8% |
 Bronze Arrow | 2–8 | 6% |
| Cowhide | 1 | 5% |
 Copper Ore | 1 | 5% |
 Tin Ore | 1 | 5% |
 Oak Log | 1 | 5% |
 Coal | 1 | 3% |
| Unidentified Herb | 1 | 3% |
 Sapphire | 1 | 2% |
| Empty Vial | 1–2 | 4% |
Silk Stall level 20
“Fine cloth and a merchant who counts every bolt. Worth the trouble, if you can wait for a customer to draw his eye away.”
Lumber Stall level 25
“Split logs and sawn planks stacked high. The timber man hawks his firewood loud enough to cover a quiet hand.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 8–40 | Always |
| Oak Log | 1–3 | 30% |
 Willow Log | 1–2 | 15% |
 Oak Plank | 1–2 | 10% |
 Maple Log | 1–2 | 6% |
 Yew Log | 1 | 2.5% |
 Magic Log | 1 | 1/333 |
 Elder Log | 1 | 1/1,250 |
| Seeds | 1 | 4% |
 Bird's Nest | 1 | 1/2,000 |
Master Farmer level 38
“Guards his seed pouch like coin and is quicker to shout than the field-hands. The rare seeds are worth the scolding.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 20–80 | Always |
| Seeds | 1–3 | 55% |
| Unidentified Herb | 1–2 | 30% |
| Feather | 2–6 | 25% |
| Cowhide | 1 | 5% |
 Nature Rune | 1–3 | 5% |
 Cosmic Rune | 1–2 | 4% |
Guard level 40
“Armoured, alert, and paid to watch for exactly this. A fat purse if you manage it, a cuff round the ear if you don't.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 40–120 | Always |
| Bronze Arrow | 3–8 | 12% |
 Iron Ore | 1 | 6% |
| Coal | 1–2 | 5% |
| Sapphire | 1 | 2% |
Fishing Stall level 42
“The morning catch on melting ice, and a monger gone nose-blind to the smell. Palm a fish before he looks back.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5–30 | Always |
 Raw Shrimp | 1–2 | 25% |
 Raw Trout | 1–2 | 30% |
 Raw Salmon | 1–2 | 18% |
 Raw Lobster | 1 | 6% |
 Raw Swordfish | 1 | 2% |
 Raw Shark | 1 | 1/250 |
Blacksmith Stall level 50
“Cooling blades and bars of metal within arm's reach. The smith is deaf from the anvil and blind from the glare. Slip one off the bench between hammer-falls.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 10–40 | Always |
| Copper Ore | 1–3 | 22% |
| Tin Ore | 1–3 | 22% |
| Coal | 1–3 | 18% |
| Iron Ore | 1–2 | 16% |
 Bronze Bar | 1–2 | 10% |
 Iron Bar | 1 | 6% |
 Silver Ore | 1 | 6% |
 Steel Arrow | 3–6 | 6% |
 Gold Ore | 1 | 4% |
 Steel Bar | 1 | 3% |
 Mithril Ore | 1 | 1.8% |
 Silver Bar | 1 | 1.8% |
 Gold Bar | 1 | 1% |
 Mithril Bar | 1 | 1/200 |
 Adamantite Ore | 1 | 1/250 |
 Adamant Bar | 1 | 1/833 |
 Runite Ore | 1 | 1/1,250 |
 Rune Bar | 1 | 1/3,333 |
Desert Bandit level 53
“A cutthroat who'd rob you first, carrying whatever he's already stolen. Fair game, that. Mind the curved knife on his belt.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 40–120 | Always |
| Sapphire | 1 | 5% |
 Emerald | 1 | 3% |
| Coal | 1–2 | 6% |
| Steel Arrow | 3–8 | 5% |
Knight level 55
“Steel from heel to crown and a purse to match his pride. Slow in all that plate, but he'll run you through if he feels the tug.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 80–250 | Always |
| Emerald | 1 | 4% |
 Ruby | 1 | 2% |
 Air Rune | 5–15 | 10% |
| Nature Rune | 1–3 | 3% |
 Mithril Arrow | 3–8 | 4% |
Paladin level 70
“A holy knight on a long patrol, sworn to poverty and somehow still jingling. He prays a lot, which is when you strike.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 95–260 | Always |
 Chaos Rune | 2–5 | 10% |
| Emerald | 1 | 4% |
| Ruby | 1 | 2.5% |
 Adamant Arrow | 3–8 | 4% |
| Nature Rune | 1–3 | 3% |
Gem Stall level 75
“No coin here, just cut stones under glass and a jeweller who never blinks. Pure nerve and quick fingers, but the haul is a fortune.”
Hero level 80
“All medals and back-slapping, too wrapped in his own legend to mind his pockets. A generous purse for anyone bold enough to dip it.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 104–259 | Always |
| Ruby | 1 | 5% |
 Diamond | 1 | 3% |
 Death Rune | 1 | 2% |
 Blood Rune | 1 | 1.5% |
| Gold Ore | 1 | 4% |
Vyre level 82
“A pale noble taking the night air, all lace and appetite. Its purse is old money, and it will notice the theft before you do.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 130–320 | Always |
| Blood Rune | 1–2 | 3% |
| Death Rune | 1–3 | 4% |
 Vampyre Dust | 1 | 6% |
| Diamond | 1 | 1/167 |
| Cosmic Rune | 2–4 | 5% |
Rogues' Chest level 84
“A thieves' strongbox, trapped and locked by folk in your own trade. Crack it clean for something rare. Clumsy fingers get caught in the lid.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 145–325 | Always |
| Diamond | 1 | 6% |
| Unidentified Herb | 1–2 | 12% |
| Nature Rune | 2–4 | 5% |
| Death Rune | 1–2 | 3% |
| Coal | 2–5 | 10% |
| Gold Ore | 1–2 | 5% |
| Rune Bar | 1 | 1/200 |
Elf level 85
“Graceful, sharp-eyed, and not easily fooled. Whatever they carry is finely made and finely worth taking. Bring a steady hand and a clear way out.”
| Item | Amount | Chance per steal |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 219–526 | Always |
| Seeds | 2–4 | 30% |
| Unidentified Herb | 1 | 15% |
| Nature Rune | 2–4 | 5% |
| Death Rune | 1–2 | 2.5% |
| Diamond | 1 | 1/200 |
| Gold Ore | 1 | 2% |
 Magic Shortbow | 1 | 1/1,250 |
 Adamant Sword | 1 | 1/1,667 |
| Runite Ore | 1 | 1/667 |
Shadow Veil
From Magic 47, turn on "Keep Shadow Veil up" in the target picker and the spell casts itself on a pickpocket attempt whenever it has lapsed (at most once every 60 steal attempts), for 5 
Earth Rune, 5 
Fire Rune, 5 Cosmic Rune and 1,000 Magic XP a cast. It lasts 1.2 steal attempts per Magic level. While it's up, getting caught by a person has a 15% chance to slip the stun (the steal still fails). Stalls and chests aren't covered.
Pet
Magpie is rolled on every successful steal, at 1 in (30,000,000 − 25 × your level): 1/29,997,525 even at level 99, so it's normal to get there without one. Rare find bonuses raise the odds a little.
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