Crystal tinderbox

For this item's augmented variant, see augmented crystal tinderbox.

newused

Crystal tinderbox
Release	10 November 2014 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Stacks in bank	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	You cannot reclaim this tool. You will need to create a new one at singing bowl in the Ithell district in Prifddinas.
Values
Value	0 coins
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	1 kg
Examine
A Firemaking tinderbox fashioned from crystal. (x5 chance to spawn a fire spirit when adding logs to a bonfire.)
Advanced data
Item ID	32637
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

Crystal tinderbox? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)newused10 November 2014 (Update)? (edit)YesA Firemaking tinderbox fashioned from crystal. (x5 chance to spawn a fire spirit when adding logs to a bonfire.)NoNo? (edit)falsefalseYesYestrueYesNoinfobox-cell-showntruefalseNo? (edit)falsefalseNo? (edit)falsefalseYestrueNoNo? (edit)falsefalseYou cannot reclaim this tool. You will need to create a new one at singing bowl in the Ithell district in Prifddinas.Not sold? (edit)falsefalseCrystal tinderbox0? (edit)Not soldNo data to display-@@[email protected]@-00 coinsalways-1-1-1Always kept outside Wild--false? (edit)0.6? (edit)? (edit)Not alchemisableNot alchemisable1 kg1? (edit)surface? (edit)3263732638? (edit)3263732638MRIDMRID • recipeMRID • recipe? (edit){"edible":"no","members":"yes","stackable":"no","stacksinbank":"yes","death":"always","name":"Crystal tinderbox","bankable":"yes","gemw":false,"equipable":"yes","disassembly":"yes","release_date":"10 November 2014","release_update_post":"Prifddinas - Lost City of the Elves - Part 2","lendable":"no","destroy":"You cannot reclaim this tool. You will need to create a new one at singing bowl in the Ithell district in Prifddinas.","highalch":false,"weight":1,"lowalch":false,"tradeable":"no","examine":"A Firemaking tinderbox fashioned from crystal. (x5 chance to spawn a fire spirit when adding logs to a bonfire.)","noteable":"no"}{"edible":"no","members":"yes","noteable":"no","stackable":"no","stacksinbank":"yes","death":"always","name":"Crystal tinderbox","bankable":"yes","gemw":false,"equipable":"yes","disassembly":"yes","release_date":"10 November 2014","id":"32637","release_update_post":"Prifddinas - Lost City of the Elves - Part 2","lendable":"no","destroy":"You cannot reclaim this tool. You will need to create a new one at singing bowl in the Ithell district in Prifddinas.","highalch":false,"weight":1,"lowalch":false,"tradeable":"no","examine":"A Firemaking tinderbox fashioned from crystal. (x5 chance to spawn a fire spirit when adding logs to a bonfire.)","version":"new"}{"edible":"no","members":"yes","noteable":"no","stackable":"no","stacksinbank":"no","death":"always","name":"Crystal tinderbox","bankable":"yes","gemw":false,"equipable":"yes","disassembly":"yes","release_date":"10 November 2014","id":"32638","release_update_post":"Prifddinas - Lost City of the Elves - Part 2","lendable":"no","destroy":"You cannot reclaim this tool. You will need to create a new one at singing bowl in the Ithell district in Prifddinas.","highalch":false,"weight":1,"lowalch":false,"tradeable":"no","examine":"A Firemaking tinderbox fashioned from crystal. (x5 chance to spawn a fire spirit when adding logs to a bonfire.)","version":"used"}Versions: 2

The crystal tinderbox is a degradable tinderbox made by singing a crystal tool seed with 150 harmonic dust, requiring 80 Smithing and giving 300 Smithing experience. Players without those requirements can pay various elves to sing the crystal tool seed for them.

The tinderbox gives quintuple the chance of spawning a fire spirit while at a bonfire with it equipped in main hand slot. When it spawns a fire spirit, it loses 3.57% charge (1.78% in Prifddinas), thus lasting 28 uses or 56 uses respectively. After it loses all charges, it degrades back to the crystal tool seed. Like other crystal tools, the tinderbox doubles the chance of getting Firemaking strange rocks for Shattered Heart.

At level 22 Invention players can research the ability to create pyro-matics, which also unlocks the ability to create augmented crystal tinderboxes.

As with all crystal tools, disassembly produces an average of 1.4 crystal parts per tinderbox with maximum junk chance reduction (average of 1.413584/tool over 4,704 seeds logged).

Combat Stats

Requirements			Degrades
None			Yes
Class			Slot
None
Tier			Type
None			Prevents attack
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		0.0		-
Accuracy		0		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

? (edit)? (edit)NonenoneNonenoneNonePrevents attackPrevents attackmain hand weaponfalse? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)YesnormalYesDegrades--? (edit)000.00--0.000---0.00.00.000%0%PvM: 0%PvP: 0%nonoAfalse? (edit)0? (edit)000.000000? (edit)? (edit){"ranged":0,"class":"none","lp":0,"tier":0,"speed":"no","damage":0,"type":"Prevents attack","armour":"0.0","slot":"main hand weapon","strength":0,"magic":0,"prayer":0,"accuracy":0}

Perks

Recommended perks

This has a level requirement of Invention 99, and extreme invention potions are highly recommended.

The recommended perks for an augmented crystal tinderbox are given as follows.

Perk Icons	Perks	Effect
	Tinker 4	Has a 20% chance to carry out higher quality work, awarding an extra 25% experience.
	Pyromaniac 6 + Rapid 2	Has a 0.6% chance of burning all logs of the same type from the inventory. Has a 10% chance to carry out work at a faster pace.

The recommended perks for an off-hand item such as the Augmented enhanced Excalibur, that is to be worn along with a tinderbox while training firemaking, are given as follows.

Perk Icons	Perks	Effect
	Wise 4 + Mobile	Provides +4% additional experience, up to 50,000 XP per day. Halves the cooldowns of Surge, Escape, Barge, and Bladed Dive at the cost of no adrenaline gain.

Possible perks

Name	Effect	Number of ranks
Pyromaniac	Has a 0.1% chance per rank of burning all logs of the same type from the inventory.	6
Rapid	Has a 5% chance per rank to carry out work at a faster pace.	4
Tinker	Has a 5% chance per rank to carry out higher quality work, awarding an extra 25% experience	4
Wise	When equipped, +1% per rank additional experience, up to 50,000 experience per day.	4

To use an augmented tinderbox’s perks the player must have charges in their charge pack. Use of an augmented crystal tinderbox costs at most 0.31 divine charges from the player’s charge pack per second. This cost can be reduced by researching charge drain improvements or by adding the efficient perk to the item.

Charging

The tool seed can be recharged by Ilfeen, Eluned, Islwyn or Rhodri Dail for a cost that starts at 7,500 coins but decreases by 1,500 every enchantment, to a minimum of 1,500 coins. Players can also talk to the NPCs to turn the tinderbox back into a crystal tool seed.

Enchantment	Cost for re-enchantment
First	7,500
Second	6,000
Third	4,500
Fourth	3,000
Fifth and thereafter	1,500

Creation

Required materials:

Crystal tool seed Harmonic dust - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

{"quantity":1,"method":"","link":"Crystal tinderbox","exp2":"?","ticks":"[//runescape.wiki/w/Crystal_tinderbox?action=edit ?]","skill":"Smithing","product":"Crystal tinderbox","mats":[{"quantity":"1","name":"Crystal tool seed","image":"Crystal tool seed.png"},{"quantity":"150","name":"Harmonic dust","image":"Harmonic dust.png"}],"image":"[[File:Crystal tinderbox.png|link=Crystal tinderbox]]","level2":"?","exp":300,"skill2":"?","level":80,"facility":"","improved":0}

Crystal tinderbox

	-
300 XP	-	?		-
Requirements
Smithing level				80
Completed The Eyes of Glouphrie and Plague's End
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Crystal tool seed	1	70,507	70,507
	Harmonic dust	150	N/A	-

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Crystal tools and teleport seeds
Disassembly XP	3.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	3
Base junk chance	0.0%
Possible materials
Often
Crystal parts	70/150
Faceted components	50/150
Sometimes
Clear parts	10/150
Delicate parts	10/150
Smooth parts	10/150

crystal toolcrystal toolCrystal tools and teleport seedstabletabletabletable100? (edit)3.000.0%31table? (edit)72007? (edit)? (edit)notable{"mat_quantity":3,"xp":"3.0","sometimes":[{"name":"Clear parts","chance":10},{"name":"Delicate parts","chance":10},{"name":"Smooth parts","chance":10}],"category":"crystal tool","junk":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"level":100,"item_quantity":1,"often":[{"name":"Crystal parts","chance":70},{"name":"Faceted components","chance":50}]}

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 25 March 2019 (Update):
  • The fired up ring and gloves now have a chance to stop your Crystal Tinderbox degrading when you get a fire spirit.

• ninja 2 October 2017 (Update):
  • The crystal tinderbox message for fire spirits can now be filtered under game messages in the chat window.

• ninja 24 August 2015 (Update):
  • Crystal tools no longer report an incorrect remaining charge.

• ninja 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • The harmonic dust cost to create crystal tools at a singing bowl and Eluned's coin fee to create or recharge crystal tools has been greatly reduced.