Ancient bones

This article is about the player-owned port item. For the quest reward, see Ancient bones (The Restless Ghost).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on the subpage.

A player crafting a scrimshaw.

Ancient bones are used in the creation of scrimshaws at a Scrimshaw Crafter, as well as Death Lotus darts and their off-hand counterparts at the workbench. It is a reward from completing the Biologist and Missionary storylines, as well as a reward from their specific voyages, and some standard voyages.

If one wishes to 'farm' Ancient bones, it is recommended to build two/one Biologist and two/one Missionary statues. There is no joint voyage for Ancient bones, unlike other trade goods.

Fletching a scrimshaw requires between 2 and 10 Ancient bones per scrimshaw created. Fletching a set of 25 lotus darts requires 1 set of ancient bones and 25 ascension shards. The maximum amount of Ancient bones a player can store at one time is 250. Any successful voyages after this will not increase the total.

Players may also buy individual units in the form of ports bone packs from Boni on Waiko after the miniquest Impressing the Locals. These cost 5 taijitu and 1,500 chimes each, but are the variant outside of Player-Owned Ports. The approximate value of ancient bones is 187,559.48 coins based on the GE price of scrimshaws.

Superior scrimshaws

Superior scrimshaws are untradeable, and last 4 hours.

Item		Level to make	Ancient bones to make
	Superior log-splitting scrimshaw	85	4
	Superior rock-crushing scrimshaw
	Superior memory-crushing scrimshaw
	Superior whopper-baiting scrimshaw
	Superior gem-finding scrimshaw	90	2
	Superior tree-shaking scrimshaw
	Superior energy-gathering scrimshaw
	Superior casket-salvaging scrimshaw
	Superior scrimshaw of cruelty	92	10
	Superior scrimshaw of the elements
	Superior scrimshaw of vampyrism
	Superior scrimshaw of magic	95
	Superior scrimshaw of ranging
	Superior scrimshaw of attack

Scrimshaws

Regular scrimshaws are tradeable at the prices below, and last 3 hours. Based on the GE prices of the regular Scrimshaws, an approximate value for Ancient bones can be calculated as follows:

	Item	GE price	GP per Ancient bone	Level	Ancient bones to make
	Log-splitting scrimshaw	790,225	197,556	85	4
	Rock-crushing scrimshaw	785,870	196,468
	Memory-crushing scrimshaw	787,549	196,887
	Whopper-baiting scrimshaw	807,676	201,919
	Gem-finding scrimshaw	374,351	187,176	90	2
	Energy-gathering scrimshaw	373,817	186,909
	Tree-shaking scrimshaw	362,212	181,106
	Casket-salvaging scrimshaw	218,020	109,010
	Scrimshaw of cruelty	1,821,740	182,174	92	10
	Scrimshaw of the elements	1,752,076	175,208
	Scrimshaw of vampyrism	1,941,472	194,147
	Scrimshaw of magic	1,928,989	192,899	95
	Scrimshaw of ranging	1,864,433	186,443
	Scrimshaw of attack	1,946,566	194,657

Special scrimshaws

Item		Level	Build cost
	Superior scrimshaw of sacrifice	95	10 Ancient bones + Scrimshaw of sacrifice (inactive)
	Superior scrimshaw of aggression	95	10 Ancient bones + Scrimshaw of aggression (inactive)
	Superior scrimshaw of corruption	95	10 Ancient bones + Scrimshaw of corruption (inactive)

Thrown weapons

Note: The opportunity cost of these is far greater than their GE cost, as the value of each individual ancient bone is higher when used in any regular scrimshaw.

Item		Resources needed	Grand Exchange cost	Level
	Death Lotus dart25	1 25	14,100	92
	Off-hand Death Lotus dart25	1 25	14,100