Theoatrix's 1-99 Thieving Guide (OSRS)

Welcome to my complete level 1-99 thieving guide for OSRS - this guide covers the everything you need to know with some basics, useful unlocks and the best training methods. Check out the timestamps below to skip to a section of the guide ⬇️
🎥 Video Timestamps 🎥
00:00 OSRS Thieving Guide
00:21 Why Train Thieving
01:01 Useful Unlocks
02:19 Your Path to 99
02:39 Fastest Pathway to 99
08:32 Alternative Methods
10:27 Profitable Methods
11:41 Guide Recap
🎵 Music by OSRS Beatz: / @osrsbeatz
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#OldSchoolRunescape #OSRS

[@alexruiz8492]

Hello everyone, I have an important suggestion about blackjacking. It is important to have full invo, as Theo says, so you fail when pickpocketing directly. When the message of the bandit says "I'll kill you for this" is when he will become agressive, instead of having to wield another weapon + knock-out or climbing a stair, U MUST ATTEMPT TO PICKPOCKET AND HEAR THE ERROR SOUND, when that occurs, it allows you to instantly knock him out again. I hope i explained it well, if you consider, upvote it so people can benefit. And very nice guide btw.

[@rubiliza]

you just saved me a lot of time. i was going up the stairs each time x-x

[@PanicGiraffe]

Yes, this is awesome advice. So much faster than switching to another weapon!

[@kenzus96]

I just think you should avoid this step all together, at lvl 46 thieving most times you try to knock him out and pickpocket him doesnt work, the fruit stalls are much faster xp im not sure where this advice came form but it either changed since this vid was made or not enough time was practiced on it, around 10k xp per hour max

[@Hiccupocalypse]

@@kenzus96 yeah the 100k xp/hr is cap, I was barely hitting 30k with a lot of focus and fast clicking, but the # of fails was ridiculous

[@nleli8387]

Thanks bc I’m trying to get 53 thieving for desert treasure and kept getting attacked

[@VYBEGMI]

Impossible that bearded bandits only take 1h from 45 to 55. Those bandits attack you every other time you try to knock out.

[@user-dv5vt1qd4r]

agreed. such a pain and takes forever

[@jackedwards6401]

Pointless it doesent work at all. Lucky to get 5k an hour XP

[@gfys707]

Yeah bit ur not 99 thieve though, he doesn't tell you that... like a cunt he is.

[@Eragonfrost]

I had to give up and do Hosidius fruit stall to 50 thieving

[@shooklogan7152]

I just found that out today😅

[@DegeneReaper]

I've been desperately wanting a updated thieving guide so thanks a ton for this. It was extremely helpful

[@Mark.D]

Loving the updated guides. Wish you put out more content, even if it's miniscule stuff. Keep up the awesome work!

[@peanutwars]

I just love this guys voice and to hear him talk about osrs in general while grind lol XD would be down for any content.

[@youtubeisracist890]

@@peanutwars what do i do after this video?

[@blakebadgley4509]

reworking the guides is a golden idea frfr.

[@kylethedalek]

The blackjacking method really doesn’t work for me

[@TheRealZeezus]

​@@peanutwars Pause.

[@kevinblaha6287]

Good show buddy. I appreciate all the work you put into these.

[@TheUhmmmmmmmm]

Absolute banger guides as always. Don't need to many because I'm a vet but wanted to see how Vyre/Elves held up as I took a break for a bit. Thanks a lot for your hard work man.

[@Joe_Boost]

I love your videos man! Thanks for the help!

[@erichoofnagle9488]

It's 2023 and people are out here stealing from others.

[@fivedeads4247]

Npcs don't count

[@offmymeds4207]

Lmfao

[@aeowid]

😂

[@JYN5304]

who's going to tell him about 2022?

[@mcz428]

Still hilarious 😂

[@ChacksenRsps]

Thank god. I just decided to go for 75 thieving on my gim for a diary and looked you up. It's a mystery. Thank you!

[@paxconsciente3352]

id get ebola getting 75, gonna try spicy stew RNG

[@Yotubedownloader]

Great guide - quick tip: You cannot get more than 28 coin pouches, so once you get that you dont have to worry about pickpocketing when standing. Also, if you possition yourself next to the ladder (dye room), you can climb up even if you are stunned and go down to insta drop aggro.

[@jacobmontgomery5194]

Glad to see you back!😊

[@FRFC2223]

Theo ive quit runescape for a while now, but I've always used your guides and it helped me a ton in my journey across gielinor. Keep up the good work ❤️

[@EngageV2HD]

Why wont you return?

[@FRFC2223]

@@EngageV2HD the adulthood gives me pretty much 0 free time

[@dagalaiphusaerobindus646]

Just started playinG OSRS again and was thinking that I need to get this skill up. Thanks, Theo!

[@Spirit_Junky]

I’m glad you’re doing updated guides man, fr the best guide maker and there’s been a lot of polls that have passed in 4years.

[@peanutwars]

YES NEW GUIDE SO PUMPED BABY THANK YOU THEOATRIX!

[@bryanbarron3298]

Thanks for still being here bro. Your such a great person !

[@zeezno20]

love your vids man keep up the good work !!!1

[@Furmama23]

Loving the updated guides! I’ve been off and on rs since 2017, I didn’t grow up with the game like most of y’all did, but it is an enjoyable game as long as I don’t burnout from it.

[@rskie]

exactly the same bro, on and off, love the game but damn does it feel like hell when you burn out

[@MrVeemonMaster]

How were you able to get the black jack thieving option "pick-pocket" being left click??? I understand right-clicking to "knock-out" but I'm unable to left click to pick pocket as shown in video

[@thecommentwith0likes]

Thank you so much for this guide. The xp is delicious

[@gtfo_im_pro7764]

Theo I saw you bank standing in GE and said I was going to sub and also thanked you for the guides!

[@logansmith8573]

Thank you, Theo!

[@chellybub]

I like it, this has a lot of methods I used. I think this is good advice 😊

[@ISWIMWITHFISH]

Notification squad!! Love your vids Theo!!

[@PixelTechCo]

great guy and guides !

[@Bene-FX]

great guide! 👍

[@Rikent]

Anyone else doing blackjacking or perhaps avoiding it due to not wanting carpal tunnel, I recommend putting NPC 'Attack' option to 'Hidden' and playing on resizable. Adjust your camera in such a way, where you can right click and the mouse will automatically stay on the 'Knock out' option. This combined with setting left click to 'Pickpocket' using Entry Menu Swapper makes it so that all you have to do is Right click -> left click -> left click -> left click -> repeat. After a while when you stop failing as much it becomes as afk as ardy knight. I'm able to watch stuff on the side while doing it. EDIT: Another thing the guide forgot to mention is that you, if you fail at knocking out your target, just pickpocket them and they will stop attacking.

[@JustinEscamilla]

I hear what you're saying, but explain this to me like I'm 5 years old. how do I edit these setting (I'm new to RuneLite)

[@Q2tall]

@@JustinEscamillaentry swapper, you shift + right click and hover over the desired prompt (pickpocket) to change you left click into tht. So it’ll be like right click for options (knock-out) than spam left click twice for 2 pickpockets and rinse and repeat

[@shahidosrs]

nice vids man i'm you're big fan

[@buzzmode]

i love this video good job

[@Stan053]

Keep up the good work !!! doing blackjack rn !

[@HolographicSkux]

I love that this already has 42K views in 2 days. well done man.

[@miciso666]

for fruit stalls if u arent iron. buy some baskets. costs 2gp each around. and holds 5 apples strawberries etc. also the strange fruit is REALLY handy for later on. as they restore run energy.

[@swabski]

Was just looking up a guide since I started playing again. Did not expect a new guide from you 10 hours ago! One of the OGs ;)

[@LoveAnim3]

thank you!

[@WafflesYo]

Love these vids, even if i just maxed :D

[@YourCasualPoster]

God daym early for once. Already know its a banger!

[@dillonbailey1996]

Great one

[@hotieguy]

just a heads up, if you fail the knock out, you can directly go into a pickpocket which negates the aggressiveness of the NPC. WAY faster than ladder jumping!

[@TheJdong34]

How did you get the pickpocket option to show first so you can single left click when blackjacking?

[@lukebrooks7469]

how do i get a pk mousepad theres olny three when i click the site vorky porky a jad one and a fishing one

[@daniel69]

Thank you Theo this is a wonderful idea as all skill guides are old now

[@Twiggi]

I would also include doing summer garden one click method, it's super chill, one click in like 30s and it gives 3k xp per one juice or two fruits. Most AFK method thats still pretty good xp

[@ShagWagon]

How do you 1 click on a phone?

[@fiery_taurus5984]

@@ShagWagon gl hf. lmao nah doing it without the timer/plugin, gl hf's all ive gotta say. :P Dude said chill/afk, not mobile tho.

[@killasammich6903]

FYI, you do NOT get 100k xp per hour with the blackjack bearded bandits method, you will be lucky yo see 60k xp per hour. I am guessing you got your number based on your tests with 99 thieving, but at 45 you fail to blackjack about 25-30% of the time and that wastes a lot of potential xp.

[@zeeroslo]

same as unbearded bandits. it's not 140k xp per hour, i got around 80k per hour at thieving level 64

[@Nb61777]

I’m seeing this as well. Is there a better method at the 40-60 levels?

[@alvahb2263]

how do i get it where pickpocket is the top option so i dont have to right click?

[@jessepopovich1177]

No mention of sorc garden? or the pick lock chests at lvl 78 world hop method?

[@patrikbviolando1719]

What setting is allowing him to just click n theiv and not right click and pick theiving

[@gramozosss1]

5:28 in addition to that, after you get caught and you click pickpocket after the first hit, the npc will stop attacking you. And another reason why you get full inventory of that kind of food is that you don't get Gp pouches but instead you'll receive stackable Gp. 😅

[@Jakkie91]

This comment is underappreciated

[@gramozosss1]

@@Jakkie91lol 😅

[@chrisrambo6810]

I'm maxed but still love a good Theo guide

[@Lasto1766]

whenever I try blackjacking I am big time away from the 200-250k/h exp... ardy knights have been around 45-70k/h from level 55 - 70 which is also way lower than people say I don't know how you are able to get 100k/h at those levels . But doing Sorceress's Garden (lvl65) gave me 120k/h and was far more afkable and that way actually enjoyable. Overall I like this guide a lot but you really shouldve mentioned the sorceress's garden in my opinion.

[@losdiabloslaxr]

summer garden is far and away the best way to do thieving, imo. That being said I only got to 75 and I'm sure there's better methods at higher levels but its easy, afk, and doesnt punish you for not being perfect like black jacking does

[@theoddjuan972]

I had huge success training 86-99 theiving on elves, seriously good money, you really don't need 99 to do them.

[@bassslinger8191]

Funny coincidence that you are releasing this as I about to achieve 99 thieving doing elves.

[@stevethomas4400]

How did you change it so that you have pickpocket as the first option? Talk is mine.

[@nickhelios1991]

how do you just left click to pickpocket when they are on the ground?

[@amplified9717]

how does he have left click setup for pickpocket?

[@petifogger2340]

A really good method I used that was sort of afk and easy was stealing the fruit from the garden in the desert. The runelite plungin makes it brainless and once you set it up. It’s a one click method

[@AdammBeee]

how do you pickpocket just by clicking on the blackjacking? I can't find this option anywhere on runelite

[@tim2Reacts]

The irony of you uploading this a hour before I needed it...I need to go play the lottery

[@ApokalyptikNM]

Appreciate the guide.. currently at 30 thieving, but this rain and lightning is really making me tired.. definitely going to work on hunter after I hit 50 agility, 50 thieving to get those gloves + the graceful set

[@JLS_98]

THANK GOD! A NEW ONE🙏💯

[@wentoneisendon6502]

cant believe you didn't mention Sorceress garden... best method in the game by a long shot tbh

[@crimsonorbit2341]

The pouch update is so good, now that you can get higher coin pouch stacks depending on the ardy diary, it’s even more afk

[@Davegreg-vb2xc]

how do I remove the talk-to option on runelite for pick pocketing men/women

[@NutCheesePretzelBread]

Definetly need an update for levels 45-55, the bearded bandits will attack you almost every time until you reach level 50. It was barely faster than fruit stalls for levels 45-50 and took way more effort than letting an auto clicker click the fruit stalls while i drop everything. Once you hit 49 or 50 this method becomes double fruit stand exp rates.

[@Leeleonardosmith]

The legend

[@vinnyg4301]

If you get stunned and have a full invi and you have left click set to pick pocket while stunned he will stop attack and soon as you left click you can right click to knock out again and keep repeating way faster then switching weapons or climbing up ladders .

[@DPelicanGaming]

how is 2 stalls more exp if the first stall is regenerated before u reach the second by about 3 steps

[@eldeefitty4473]

I've been enjoying making squirk juices to turn in, can be tricky but is much more engaging

[@Notinkham]

Doesn't pickpocketing master farmer's require certain farming lvl for getting the better seeds?

[@TUCK2SHARP]

Around level 71

[@0210mick]

I like to do the dorgesh kaan chests every now and then its quite relaxing. Only bad thing is that you can't follow your clan chat

[@Nb61777]

I hit 45 theiving but these Ali bandits are brutal with their hits and the knockouts are not affective at this low level. Anything better at lvl 45?

[@a.p.9246]

how do you knock out bandits then left click to pick pocket.

[@lukasm2218]

is there any better way than black jacking bandits, i get like 70exp per knockout and i fail like 60% of the time

[@WazzupImBack]

No stone chest? i went from 65-85 there doing lots of medium clues

[@danedi2951]

Id also like to mention the stone chests south of the farming guild. Getting ~130k xp/hr and additional crafting xp from the gems and fabrics

[@geesethepirate8642]

Anyone know the unofficial world for ardy nights please?

[@powerszhd4841]

Just leveling at the fruit stall.. Im atm 25 Thieving and got the pet. Isnt it that rare? Or is this pure luck? :D

[@discreet6951]

Instead of switching weapons or whatever just spam pickpocket and make sure you have room for a coin pouch. Success or failure makes them not attack you. So just spam pickpocket on success or failed knockout

[@TheWp4]

Has anyone tested how good the xp/hour is for port piscarillius artefact stealing?

[@shiba0737]

85-98 made 125mill at elves:) 1.3k more to 99!

[@nolans3420]

Idk why but it’s very funny to me that there are outfits for thieving that somehow make you a better thief. Like, I feel like wearing a cape that announces that you steal things is like walking into a bank with a ski mask.

[@UndeadxAssasian]

checking this out now as you need 70 for dt2

[@Sluggga]

You should do a updated farming for dummies, cuz I'm really struggling to get a grasp on how to train , and I know a lot of my friends are confused too.

[@TheToglas]

Flippingoldschool has a great guide which is very much still useful today :)

[@anthonybacha2521]

If pickpocketing at ardy knight with someone splashing, does that negate the chances of me being stunned/attacked?

[@alalidimmu4359]

nope, it doesn't

[@Aidanshaves99]

Holy smokes!!!

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

Wow, interesting timing. I was started Thieving again today. Got 54 - 60 so far using Ardy Knight with dodgy necklaces (had to use Guard for the first level). I was just about to take a break and get some fishing levels, but maybe I'll stick to thieving. I only got my Rogue outfit last night.

[@pandabuffed1886]

same :D im on ironman

[@taylorsweet99]

How are you pickpocketing with one click? I have to right click and go to the pickpocketing option so I only pickpocket once per knock out.

[@jurykai]

did u find an answer

[@taylorsweet99]

@@jurykai yup I did. It’s a little taxing haha. Have to be good at it

[@jurykai]

@@taylorsweet99 i also found how to do it, simply shift left click and choose ”swap left click” on runelite😅

[@ruugenrain5189]

Theo i need you with a updated combat guide

[@SWUploads971]

What about one click summer garden bro?

[@02nightowl]

if u want to pickpocket easier, just go into controls settings and change "NPC attack options" to hidden, that way all you have to do is left click an npc to pickpocket

[@TheJdong34]

for some reason this doesnt work for me

[@luiscarlos00]

it puts "talk" instead

[@02nightowl]

@@TheJdong34 ah it might be a runelite thing then, my bad

[@Babydouk]

More guides please

[@wallstbet]

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[@adamhuff7411]

How is it 100k exp an hour on bandits

[@iZaners]

376 for the splashing world Guy is goated

[@sam-hr7iq]

have you ever actually done blackjacking at 45? it does not take one hour since you fail over 50% of the time.

[@NicklasTheKid]

stone chests are slept on

[@MrHangman56]

great guide, very useful. is ardy a nickname? cus that is not how you say that name

[@seanflanagan6244]

Blackjack Theiving has to be the worst way to train in the whole game, don't even bother guys. Go and enjoy the game.

[@jamiethorn6484]

Fr the only reason I'm here is to find a different method

[@Inscipio]

For ardy knights, worth noting that a foot pedal will not get you banned. You can also rebind a key on your keyboard to left click without risking a ban. Any rebind of 1 input to 1 output is completely fine with Jagex. Foot pedal lets you fully sit back and watch movies/videos. Just have to open pouches every so often, but with ardy hard (which you should definitely knock out) you will have increased pouch stack soon.

[@tctrickshot]

yeah bro let me just go buy a foot pedal for runescape???? L0L

[@Inscipio]

@@tctrickshot you're acting like people don't put money into the game? People are willing to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on services and gold while at risk of bans. You think its unreasonable to assume someone is gonna spend like $20 on something that is useful in game and has other uses for their setup?

[@tctrickshot]

@@Inscipio on god u have to be mentally ill to buy a foot pedal for runescape, no kap

[@wavy0781]

Would rebinding side button on mouse to pickpocket while blackjacking work? Or is that bannable? Im using razer synapse to do so.

[@Inscipio]

@@wavy0781 you just have to have a 1:1 rebind. Meaning 1 button press = one action. I'm not really sure how you'd manage that with blackjacking since it requires a right click though. Rebinding mouse buttons is typically for simplifying keyboard menu inputs, like doing construction with just a mouse.

[@adamburke3624]

Notification Theo Squad!

[@miguelcanoura9355]

i am still hunting those blood shards since lvl 82, i am lvl 84 reaching lvl 85 but hey, at least i am leveling up ✌