Ball of wool

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Ball of wool
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	5 coins
High alch	3 coins
Low alch	2 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 231 Sacrifice: 924
Weight	0.012 kg
Examine
Spun from sheeps' wool. You can weave it into cloth at a loom.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	1,544 coins (info)
Buy limit	5,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	1759
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A ball of wool is used in the Crafting skill to create jewellery. It can also be used to make some items on a loom. It is created by using wool with a spinning wheel, which grants a player 2.5 Crafting experience.

At level 1 Crafting, two balls of wool can be used to make a strip of cloth at a loom, giving 12 Crafting experience, which can be used to make wizard equipment and is an item in several quests. (This is not to be confused with the bolt of cloth, a Construction item.) A ball of wool is also required to string amulets, giving 4 Crafting experience. Members with at least level 80 Magic may alternatively use the lunar spell String Jewellery to string amulets without using balls of wool, provided they have competed Lunar Diplomacy.

Balls of wool were formerly used in the quest Sheep Shearer, but players must now gather 20 balls of black wool to prevent people from simply buying balls of wool for an easy quest completion.

Balls of wool can also be used on your cat to play with them, which is one of the ways of preventing a kitten from running away out of loneliness. This will not consume the ball of wool.

Balls of wool are required to weave any of the 9 milestone capes at a loom. For each cape, one ball of wool is needed for per level requirement; that is, one is needed to make the Milestone cape (10), two to make the Milestone cape (20), and so on.

Creation

Ball of wool

	-
2.5 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		1,544
Requirements
Crafting level				1
Must be performed at a spinning wheel
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Wool	1	603	603
Profit				941

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Amulet of fury	90	1 × Gold bar 1 × Onyx 1 × Ball of wool 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Fire rune 20 × Earth rune	983,558
Amulet of glory	80  68	1 × Gold bar 1 × Dragonstone 1 × Ball of wool 1 × Cosmic rune 15 × Earth rune 15 × Water rune	11,566
Amulet of souls	99	1 × Gold bar 1 × Hydrix 1 × Ball of wool 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Fire rune 20 × Earth rune	94,094,386
Amulet of souls	99	1 × Gold bar 1 × Incomplete hydrix 1 × Onyx 1 × Ball of wool 1 × Cosmic rune 20 × Fire rune 20 × Earth rune	94,094,386
Balloon structure	36	1 × Papyrus 1 × Ball of wool	N/A
Diamond amulet	70	1 × Diamond amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	5,062
Diamond amulet	70	1 × Gold bar 1 × Diamond 1 × Ball of wool	5,062
Dragonstone amulet	80	1 × Dragonstone amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	9,538
Dragonstone amulet	80	1 × Gold bar 1 × Dragonstone 1 × Ball of wool	9,538
Emerald amulet	31	1 × Emerald amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	4,727
Emerald amulet	31	1 × Gold bar 1 × Emerald 1 × Ball of wool	4,727
Gold amulet	8	1 × Gold amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	1,219
Gold amulet	8	1 × Gold bar 1 × Ball of wool	1,219
Holy symbol (Through Brother Jered)	16  31	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	1,889
Holy symbol (Through god book)	16  50	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	1,889
Hydrix amulet	99	1 × Hydrix amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	71,189,693
Hydrix amulet	99	1 × Gold bar 1 × Hydrix 1 × Ball of wool	71,189,693
Hydrix amulet	99	1 × Gold bar 1 × Incomplete hydrix 1 × Onyx 1 × Ball of wool	71,189,693
Jade amulet	34	1 × Jade amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	4,858
Jade amulet	34	1 × Silver bar 1 × Jade 1 × Ball of wool	4,858
Milestone cape (10)	10	1 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (20)	20	2 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (30)	30	3 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (40)	40	4 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (50)	50	5 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (60)	60	6 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (70)	70	7 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (80)	80	8 × Ball of wool	N/A
Milestone cape (90)	90	9 × Ball of wool	N/A
Onyx amulet	90	1 × Onyx amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	1,145,875
Onyx amulet	90	1 × Gold bar 1 × Onyx 1 × Ball of wool	1,145,875
Opal amulet	27	1 × Opal amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	1,753
Opal amulet	27	1 × Silver bar 1 × Opal 1 × Ball of wool	1,753
Origami balloon	36	1 × Papyrus 1 × Ball of wool 1 × White candle	N/A
Origami balloon	36	1 × Papyrus 1 × Ball of wool 1 × Black candle	N/A
Ruby amulet	50	1 × Ruby amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	3,649
Ruby amulet	50	1 × Gold bar 1 × Ruby 1 × Ball of wool	3,649
Sapphire amulet	24	1 × Sapphire amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	2,057
Sapphire amulet	24	1 × Gold bar 1 × Sapphire 1 × Ball of wool	2,057
Strip of cloth	1	2 × Ball of wool	2,100
Strung rabbit foot	37	1 × Rabbit foot 1 × Ball of wool	2,609
Topaz amulet	45	1 × Topaz amulet (unstrung) 1 × Ball of wool	3,927
Topaz amulet	45	1 × Silver bar 1 × Red topaz 1 × Ball of wool	3,927
Unblessed symbol	16	1 × Unstrung symbol 1 × Ball of wool	1,147
Unblessed symbol	16	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	1,147
Unholy symbol (Through Spirit of Scorpius)	17	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	9,296
Unholy symbol (Through god book)	17  50	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	9,296
Unpowered symbol	17	1 × Unstrung emblem 1 × Ball of wool	681
Unpowered symbol	17	1 × Silver bar 1 × Ball of wool	681

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Aemad's Adventuring Supplies	East Ardougne	5	Coins	100
Carefree Crafting Stall	Keldagrim	5	Coins	100
Crafting Supplies	Prifddinas	5	Coins	10
Hamab's Crafting Emporium	Ape Atoll	5	Coins	100
Lletya Seamstress	Lletya	5	Coins	100
Neitiznot Supplies	Neitiznot	5	Coins	100
Thessalia's Fine Clothes (New Varrock)	New Varrock	5	Zemomark	5

Drop sources

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For all sources of this item, see here (include RDT). For help, see the FAQ.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Baby impling jar	?	1	181/1673	N/A
Baby impling	17	1	181/1673	N/A
Ice troll grunt	68	1–42 (noted)	Uncommon
Ice troll runt	53	1–42 (noted)	Uncommon

Disassembly

Ball of wool
Disassembly category	Default disassembly items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Simple parts	99/100
Rare materials
Variable components	1/100

Graphical updates

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  Initial in-game appearance of Ball of wool from 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Ball of wool after 7 December 2019 (Unknown update (edit))

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• It previously had the examine text of simply "Spun from sheeps' wool."