Runescape Autominer
Practicing skills in RuneScape is one of the most tedious
aspects of the game, although it is one players must suffer
through if they desire to have a skilled, high level
character capable of surviving in the game. One of the most
tedious skills of all is mining. While players need to mine
a number of metals to use in smithing or to sell to other
players, it is a long, somewhat boring process, especially
in the beginning when a character’s skill level does not
allow them to mine the more expensive, useful ores. Players
can always purchase mined metals from other gamers, but that
quickly becomes expensive.
An enterprising group of RuneScape players quickly
discovered a solution to this: an autominer. An autominer is
a third-party program that automates mining, and often other
activities, in RuneScape. A word of caution before
continuing: autominers are programmed by other players, some
of which may not have users’ best interests at heart. Beware
of autominers that ask for passwords or any other type of
identifying information; they could be recording and sending
this information to others. Many free autominers turn out to
be scams, although don’t assume that paying for an autominer
makes it completely safe. Also, RuneScape officials regard
automining programs as illegal cheats and often shut down
websites offering autominer programs and ban players who use
them.
Gamers who want to use an autominer need only to do an
internet search for “RuneScape autominer” to find a number
of websites about the program. Then it’s just a matter of
finding the autominer that does everything the player wants.
Most autominers are simple to use, requiring players to only
click a few icons to get them started. The first, most basic
autominers simply automated the mining process, but the
newer ones most available today automate much more. One
autominer, for example, can be set to mine, fish, smelt,
advertise, cook, craft, cut wood, and can record mouse
clicks or other keystrokes to automate user-defined
processes. To deceive any RuneScape moderators looking for
automining characters, the new programs will even have
characters go to sleep or take breaks like real players
would.
Autominers are a way of taking the long, potentially boring
tasks and making them easier, but they also result in an
unfair advantage over players who do not use autominers.
Because of this, RuneScape staff will ban players who use
these illegal programs. Also, as mentioned earlier, players
must beware of scams when downloading autominers, especially
ones that ask for passwords. Autominers can make the game go
by faster, but they can also cause problems for the unwary
gamer.