Thieving training for Ironmen
Thieving gives coins and seeds, and unlocks content like Prifddinas elves and Varlamore stalls.
Food and time. The Ardougne diary makes pickpocketing much smoother.
Methods and XP rates from the OSRS Wiki's Ironman and training guides, October 2026. Times are our estimates.
1 to 50
3 h
1 to 70
10 h
1 to 80
19 h
1 to 90
37 h
1 to 99
79 h
Methods by level
| Levels | Method | XP/hr | Time for this stretch | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–25 | Bakery (cake) stallsHazeel Cult and Fight Arena reach 18 quickly. | ~19,200 | 25 min | — |
| 25–55 | Hosidius fruit stallsIronman guide figure; strange fruit restores run energy. | ~37,000 | 4.5 h | — |
| 55–75 | Pickpocketing Knights of ArdougneWiki rate at 65; dodgy necklaces and Ardougne diary help. | ~109,000 | 9.5 h | — |
| 75–99 | Pickpocketing Knights of ArdougneWiki rate at 85; good coin source for ironmen. | ~182,000 | 65 h | — |
XP rates are typical, not maximum. Our time column scales skills where you gather your own supplies (Prayer, Herblore, Cooking, Construction, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting) to include that gathering.
What Thieving levels unlock
- 13The Lost Tribequest
- 14The Giant Dwarfquest
- 15Cold Warquest
- 15Watchtowerquest
- 17The Hand in the Sandquest
- 20The Queen of Thievesquest
- 21Tribal Totemquest
- 22Darkness of Hallowvalequest
- 23Death to the Dorgeshuunquest
- 25Creature of Fenkenstrainquest
- 25Ethically Acquired Antiquitiesquest
- 25The Dig Sitequest
- 25The Golemquest
- 30The Feudquest
- 30The Slug Menacequest
- 34Death on the Islequest
- 37Spirits of the Elidquest
- 40Fairytale II - Cure a Queenquest
- 42Temple of Ikovquest
- 45Land of the Goblinsquest
- 48The Heart of Darknessquest
- 50Legends' Questquest
- 50Mourning's End Part Iquest
- 52A Kingdom Dividedquest
- 53Desert Treasure Iquest
- 53Recipe for Disasterquest
- 55Monkey Madness IIquest
- 56The Path of Glouphriequest
- 58Grim Talesquest
- 60Dragon Slayer IIquest
- 62The Curse of Arravquest
- 64Secrets of the Northquest
- 66The Final Dawnquest
- 70Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empirequest
- 72While Guthix Sleepsquest
Plan it for your account
Look yourself up and use Goal mode: it shows the levels a target needs and roughly how long each takes from your real XP.
Questions
- How long does 99 Thieving take on an Ironman?
- Roughly 79 h with the methods on this page, including rough time to gather your own supplies. Faster methods exist if you push harder.
- What is the best way to train Thieving as an Ironman?
- It changes with level: Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne from 55, then Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne from 75. The full table above shows every stage.