Where to Find Sapphire in RuneScape: Dragonwilds
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If you’ve been swinging your pickaxe for what feels like forever and still don’t have a Sapphire, welcome to the club. In RuneScape: Dragonwilds, these gems are tied to a random drop system—and Sapphire might be one of the stingiest of the bunch.
Here’s how to get sapphire.
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Where to Find Sapphire in RuneScape: Dragonwilds
You can’t mine Sapphire directly. Instead, it has a small chance to drop while mining Gold Ore.
So the real step is:
Mine Gold Ore
Repeat until the game decides you’ve earned a Sapphire
This isn’t a guaranteed drop, and many players report having to mine hundreds of Gold Ore before getting even one. It's not bugged—it’s just painfully rare.
How to Improve Your Odds of Getting Sapphire
There’s no magic button to make Sapphire drop, but you can speed up the process with a few tricks:
Use the Rocksplosion spell – Lets you mine multiple nodes at once
Use Detect Ore – Helps locate gold veins faster
Level up Mining – Faster mining means more chances
Farm in Fractured Plains or Stormtouched Highlands, where gold nodes spawn
These methods don’t boost the actual drop rate, but they increase how fast you go through rocks, which is the next best thing.
What Sapphire Is Used For in Dragon Wilds?
Once you finally get one, Sapphire is used to upgrade weapons and gear at the Smithing Anvil, including:
Magic and ranged weapon upgrades
Possibly tied to late-game magical equipment or spell enhancements
So yeah—it’s worth chasing, but be prepared to mine a whole mountain first.
Final Blurb
Sapphire is like the cool kid at school who never shows up to class. You’ll find it—eventually—but it’s going to test your patience. Just keep mining that gold, stay stocked on stamina food, and don’t be surprised if you shout when it finally drops. That’s normal.
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