Utility skill
Thieving training
Steals from NPCs, stalls and chests for gp and rare items. Scales from pickpocketing to blackjacking and Pyramid Plunder.
Methods
4
Ranked by xp/hr
Top xp/hr
250,000
Fastest listed
Best gp/hr
800k
Most profitable
Milestones
5
Key unlocks
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Why train Thieving?
Thieving is a fast, gp-positive skill: it steals coins and rare items outright, and its high-end pickpocketing targets are among the better afk-ish money methods in the game.
ScapePath links Thieving milestones to the money methods they unlock, so the skill funds itself, and notes the diary and outfit boosts that meaningfully change your rates.
38 is Master Farmer seed stealing, 55 opens Ardougne Knights (top steady XP and gp), 71 is full Pyramid Plunder rooms, and 82 and 85 unlock Vyre and elf pickpocketing. The Ardougne Diary and Rogue's outfit are worth chasing before you grind.
Milestones
The levels that actually change what you can do — link your account above to see how close you are.
- Level 38Master Farmers — seed stealing
- Master Farmer thieving
- Level 55Ardougne Knights
- Ardougne Knights
- Level 71Pyramid Plunder — full rooms
- Pyramid Plunder
- Level 82Vyre pickpocketing
- Pickpocketing Vyres
- Level 85Elf pickpocketing
- Pickpocketing elves
Important unlocks
What levelling Thieving opens up across the game.
Money making
Training methods
- Ardougne KnightsLv 55
Utility
- Pyramid PlunderLv 71
Training methods
Ranked by xp/hr. gp/hr is signed — green earns, red is the cost to train. Figures are conservative experienced-player estimates.
Ardougne Knights
The top steady Thieving XP and gp; much better with the Ardougne Diary and Rogue's outfit.
250,000
xp/hr
+800k
gp/hr
Pyramid Plunder
A solo minigame with strong XP plus artefacts and the occasional pharaoh's sceptre.
220,000
xp/hr
+150k
gp/hr
Blackjacking (bandits)
Very fast XP by knocking out and pickpocketing bandits; click-intensive.
200,000
xp/hr
+100k
gp/hr
Men / women & stalls (early)
Free F2P starter thieving: pickpocket men and work up through stalls.
30,000
xp/hr
+20k
gp/hr
Money-making methods
Ways this skill can earn while — or after — you train it.
Related quests
Quests that unlock Thieving training or gate on your level.
Requirements, milestones and unlocks are verified against the OSRS Wiki. xp/hr and gp/hr are conservative experienced-player estimates that vary with gear, efficiency and live Grand Exchange prices — use them to compare methods, not as exact quotes. Personalized recommendations are derived from your public RuneScape Hiscores. ScapePath is a fan-made companion and is not affiliated with Jagex.