Bones

Bones

Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions ^[?]
Backpack																				Bury
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Always kept outside Wild
Weight																				0.5 kg
Examine
Bones are for burying.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				349 coins (info)
Buy limit																				10,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				526
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

Bones are the remains of the dead and can be used to train the Prayer skill. They are dropped by most monsters with an animal or humanoid appearance. Monsters that do not drop bones include demons and imps, spirits and ghosts, spiders and insectoids, among others. Some monsters drop specific types of bones, such as big bones, bat bones, monkey bones or dragon bones. Normal bones give 4.5 Prayer experience when buried. Starting at level one and only burying normal bones it will take 2,896,541 bones for skill mastery (level 99 at 13,034,434.5 xp). Using the Cremation ability, Prayer experience per bones can be increased to 250%.

Bones can be found at the gravestones of people who have died, listing the name of those who have died. Players may also use the spell Bones to Bananas or the spell Bones to Peaches to turn normal bones to edible bananas or peaches. Bones can also be offered at the altar in a player-owned house.

A player offering bones at a marble altar in a POH.

Prayer info[edit | edit source]

BuryingGilded/Chaos altar
EctofuntusCremation
Bones

Level required					1
Prayer XP					4.5 xp
Auto-sanctifier					15.7 xp
Facility					N/A
Type					Bones

Cost and XP analysis[edit | edit source]

	Bury	Gilded altar^{[a 1]}, Chaos Temple, or burying with powder of burials	Ectofuntus	Cremation
XP	4.5	15.75	18	20.25 (Total)	11.25 (Prayer) + 9 (FM)
GP/XP	−77.6	−22.2	−19.4	−17.2 (Total)	−31 (Prayer) or −38.8 (FM)

^ This table assumes that two burners are lit while using the gilded altar, and excludes the cost of clean marrentill.

Bones areas[edit | edit source]

Areas with weak enemies that drop bones and respawn quickly, such as the Lumbridge Catacombs and the cow pen in northwestern Taverley, are good places to collect bones easily without much hassle.

Although many players do not bury bones, and instead leave them on the ground, it is recommended that players do bury the bones a monster drops, as they will get some experience in the Prayer skill. By putting bones on your action bar, you can bind any key to rapidly bury any bones in your inventory without interrupting combat.

Players can sometimes receive bones as a reward from the Soul Wars minigame, by selecting the Gamble option, which may award a player up to 290 bones.

Dungeoneering[edit | edit source]

Any bones used on a prayer altar in a dungeon during Dungeoneering will yield 4 times the amount of Prayer experience as when buried. When training Prayer in Daemonheim, it should be noted that all bones that the player drops will disappear as normal, so those people who like to "stockpile" items while Dungeoneering should avoid this, as the bones they save will disappear. However, players may choose to place the bones on a table as a method of collecting bones.

Training[edit | edit source]

A player burying bones.

A recommended place to collect bones without having to kill monsters is the Chaos Temple. If you have completed Defender of Varrock quest, talk to Hartwin and have him teleport you, as this makes the temple a safe area.

Other good areas include the chicken coop and cow field near Lumbridge, the chicken coop near the cabbage patch near Draynor, in crowded areas like the Al Kharid, and the Stronghold of Security. Also, the yak field of Neitiznot is usually strewn with bones, among the yak's other drops. The chicken coops are especially good for making money, as most chickens drop feathers as well as bones, which stack and sell for 16 each on the Grand Exchange.

Another good method would be training Hunter. All Birds and Kebbits drop Bones, therefore training 2 skills at a time. While waiting for the traps in Feldip Hills, a player can also take a hatchet for the local Achey trees, make a fire and cook the meat to train Woodcutting, Firemaking, Hunter, Prayer, and Cooking, therefore gaining experience in 5 skills at once.

If you have a high combat level (and can risk a bit of armour) you can go to bone yard and collect the bones and big bones, be aware of the skeletons. Note that this method is available to F2P players, and it is considered as one of the best ways to train Prayer on F2P servers without spending money. More information with effective methods here.

Products[edit | edit source]

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
Bone cage	85	10 × Oak plank 10 × Bones	N/A
Hanging skeleton	94	2 × Skull 6 × Bones	N/A
Skeleton throne (construction)	88	5 × Magic stone 4 × Marble block 5 × Bones 2 × Skull	N/A

Item spawns[edit | edit source]

Kandarin[edit | edit source]

Feldip Hills[edit | edit source]

Fremennik Province[edit | edit source]

On the ground north of Rellekka (2 spawns)

Frozen Wastes[edit | edit source]

On the ground on the slopes of Trollweiss Mountain

Wilderness[edit | edit source]

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Showing 100 out of 445 sources.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
2017 Halloween event	N/A	2–3	Common
Afflicted	60; 61; 63; 64	1	Always
Al Kharid warrior	18	1	Always
Ancient mage (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Ancient ranger (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Ancient warrior (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Angry Turkey	7	1	Always
Angry giant rat	35; 45	1	Always^{[f 1]}
Anja	4	1	Always
Ankou (elite)	72	1	Always
Ankou	60; 61; 63	1	Always
Archer (Ardougne)	49	1	Always
Armoured zombie (Uncharted Isles)	93	1	Always
Armoured zombie	42; 46; 84; 86; 91	1	Always
Arrg	77	1	Always
Aviansie	89; 92; 95	1	Always
Baby mole	1	1	Always
Bandit (Diamond in the Rough)	2	1	Always
Bandit (Kharidian Desert Bandit Camp)	54	1	Always
Bandit (Pollnivneach)	53	1	Always
Bandit (Wilderness)	18	1	Always
Bandit Brawler	112; 118	1	Always
Bandit king	3	1	Always
Bandit looter	42	1	Always
Bandosian brawler	4	1	Always
Bandosian ork	68	1	Always
Bandosian shaman	93	1	Always
Barb-tailed kebbit	33	1	Always
Barbarian		1	Always
Bardur	200	1	Always
Basilisk boss	96	1	Always
Basilisk	70; 77	1	Always
Bear Cub	11	1	Always
Bearded Pollnivnian bandit	53	1	Always
Bedabin nomad fighter	42	1	Always
Berserk Archaeologist	138	1	Always
Big Snake	64	1	Always
Big frog	36	1; 2	Always
Billy Goat	15	1	Always
Black Guard Berserker	53; 56	1	Always
Black Guard crossbowdwarf	70	1	Always
Black Guard		1	Always
Black Heather	138	1	Always
Black Knight (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Black Knight Titan	28	1	Always
Black Knight champion	115	1	Always
Black Knight	30	1	Always
Black bear	23	1	Always
Black stone dragon (Desperate Measures)	91	1	Always
Black unicorn Foal	16	1	Always
Black unicorn	33	1	Always
Blessed giant rat	16	1	Always
Blood reaver (Heart of Gielinor)	115	1	Always
Bloodveld (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Bloodveld	61; 68; 92	1	Always
Borrokar	39	1	Always
Bree	102	1	Always
Brine rat	49	1	Always
Broddi	5	1	Always
Brokeface	5	1	Always
Bunny	1	1	Always
Camp dweller	15	1	Always
Catablepon	53; 54	1	Always
Cave goblin (monster)	1	1	Always
Cave goblin guard		1	Always
Cave goblin miner	7	1	Always
Cave lizard	65	1	Always
Cerberus Juvenile	138	1	Always
Cerulean twitch	11	1	Always
Chaos Elemental P2P	305	4	Common
Chaos druid warrior	65	1	Always
Chaos druid	32	1	Always
Chaos dwarf (Heart of Gielinor)	108	1	Always
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer	70; 101	1	Always
Chaos dwarf	28; 45; 47; 84; 101; 108	1	Always
Chaos dwogre	92; 98	1	Always
Chest (Gu'Tanoth)	N/A	1	164/1010
Chicken	1; 2	1	Always
Chocolate cow (player-owned farm teaser)	1; 4	1	Always
Chompy bird	2	1	Always
Chronozon	84	1	Always
Cockatrice	44	1	Always
Colonel Radick	23	1	Always
Commander Zilyana		1	Always
Common kebbit	3	1	Always
Copper longtail	9	1	Always
Corpse archer	18	1	Always
Corpse mage	21	1	Always
Corpse spider	4	1	Always
Corruption beast	63	1	Always
Cow calf	1	1	Always
Cow	1; 4	1	Always
Crassian scout (Uncharted Isles)	93	1	Always
Crassian warrior (Uncharted Isles)	93	1	Always
Crawling corpse torso	9	1	Always
Crawling hand	11; 18	1	Always
Crimson swift	1	1	Always
Crocodile	40; 77	1	Always
Crypt rat	70	1	Always
Cuffs	12	1	Always

^ There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Bones

Disassembly category

Bones and remains

Disassembly XP

0.1

Item quantity required

1

Material count

2

Base junk chance

98.9%

Common materials

Organic parts

98/100

Rare materials

Pious components

2/100

Achievement[edit | edit source]

Bury All ( 20) – Manually bury or scatter each of the listed bones and ashes.

Update history[edit | edit source]

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!

patch 23 June 2014 (Update):
- Burying bones now gives players a chance to win a key token.

ninja 21 January 2014 (Update):
- Players can now right-click 'Offer' their bones at a player-owned altar.

hidden 29 March 2004 (Update):
- The examine text of various bones were changed.

update 12 June 2001 (Update):
- Burying bones now gives 50% more experience.

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

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Before the RuneScape 2 update, the examine text was "Ewww, it's a pile of bones."
Normal bones are one of the most commonly dropped items in RuneScape. In fact, they are likely the default dropped item; whenever glitches allow players to kill non-combat NPCs, they nearly always drops bones and nothing else.

[1] This table assumes that two burners are lit while using the gilded altar, and excludes the cost of clean marrentill.

[_dropref_-2] There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

[a 1]

[f 1]

Bones

Contents

Prayer info[edit | edit source]

Cost and XP analysis[edit | edit source]

Bones areas[edit | edit source]

Dungeoneering[edit | edit source]

Training[edit | edit source]

Products[edit | edit source]