Free-to-play Firemaking training

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This article is about the free-to-play guide. For the members' guide, see Pay-to-play Firemaking training.

The official worlds for Bonfires are worlds 29 (F2P), 16 (P2P).

Firemaking is considered to be one of the easiest skills to train in free-to-play given its fast experience rates and low cost. It can be trained in conjunction with Woodcutting by burning the logs cut from trees. With bonfires, training Firemaking is one of the least attention-intensive activities.

Training

Equipment

The only equipment needed for training Firemaking in free-to-play is a tinderbox to light logs on fire. One is automatically stored in every player's tool belt so it is unnecessary to buy one or keep one in the bank.

Overview

Log type	Experience			Experience per hour			Cost				Profit
							Per experience			Per hour
	Regular	Bonfire (solo)	Bonfire (with ≥4 others)	Regular	Bonfire (solo)	Bonfire (with ≥4 others)	Regular	Bonfire (solo)	Bonfire (with ≥4 others)		Profit/loss per log burnt	Profit/loss per hour
Logs	40	50	52.5	48,000	47,500	49,637.5	27.5	22	20.95	1,045,000	−973	−1,070,300
Oak	60	85	89.25	72,000	80,750	84,787.5	18.08	12.77	12.16	1,030,750	−958	−1,053,800
Willow	90	105	110.25	108,000	99,750	104,737.5	6.67	5.71	5.44	570,000	−473	−520,300
Maple	135	135 to 175	140.4 to 182	162,000	128,250 to 166,250	133,380 to 172,900	1.69	1.69 to 1.303	1.62 to 1.253	216,600	−101	−111,100
Mahogany	157.5	180	189	189,000	171,000	179,550	6.2	5.43	5.17	928,150	−850	−935,000
Yew	202.5	260	270.25	243,000	247,000	256,737.5	1.69	1.32	1.26	324,900	−215	−236,500
Magic	303.8	309.5	320	364,560	294,025	304,000	1.88	1.84	1.78	541,500	−443	−487,300

Current prices

See also: Grand Exchange Market Watch/Firemaking

Icon	Item	Price	Direction	Low Alch	High Alch	Limit	Members	Details	Last updated
	Ashes	127		1	1	10,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Logs	1,100		1	2	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Oak logs	1,085		8	12	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Willow logs	600		16	24	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Maple logs	228		32	48	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Mahogany logs	977		20	30	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Yew logs	342		64	96	25,000		view	88 minutes ago
	Magic logs	570		128	192	25,000		view	88 minutes ago

General notes

• Firemaking should be trained next to a bank for quick withdrawal of logs and thus fast experience.
• World 29 is the official free-to-play Bonfires server, but in practice it is more likely to find bonfires, or better, Portable braziers in the Grand Exchange on World 3 due to its high population. There is a bonfire in Yeti Town after completion of the Violet is Blue quest. Get there by using the portal at the base of White Wolf Mountain (Taverley side).
• Players can add logs to an existing fire to create a bonfire. A log is burnt every 6 game ticks (3.6 seconds) rather than every 4 game ticks (2.4 seconds) when lighting fires the normal way. However, experience per log is increased, and further increased by up to 4% for every other player (up to five) using the same bonfire. With at least 5 players, the experience/hour for bonfires is slightly less than lighting the logs individually, but bonfires are semi-afkable and do not require running to and from banks and are therefore recommended.
• Players can use the eternal bonfire in the Land of Snow after completing Violet is Blue which provides the effect of 4+ players in a bonfire and is 6 squares away from the bank chest on the east side.

Combining Woodcutting and Firemaking training

Woodcutting and Firemaking can be trained side by side by cutting logs, then burning them. The most effective free-to-play logs for use with this method are willow logs. There are willow trees in many locations. South of Port Sarim, and between Port Sarim and Rimmington have clusters of willows that are usually almost never crowded because there is no bank nearby, but are useful for cutting and burning on the spot.

Cutting and burning yew logs would result in slower Woodcutting and Firemaking experience per hour because of reduced Woodcutting speed.

The Daemonheim Peninsula resource dungeon is another popular place in which to train Firemaking in this manner, as it is the only place in the free world where maple trees are found. You can cut and burn maples and willows there, and the only requirement is 30 Dungeoneering. Cutting and burning willows at level 75 Woodcutting yields around 70,000 experience per hour (40,000 for Firemaking), 30,000 for Woodcutting). It's recommended to swap to Maples at level 90 Woodcutting as this yields approximately 90,000 experience per hour (51,400 for Firemaking, 38,600 for Woodcutting).

Level 1-99

Level 1-15 - normal logs

The best way to get from level 1 to level 15 is by burning normal logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants 52.5 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 2,411
• Logs needed - 46
• Time - 3 minutes
• Logs cost = 50,600

Level 15-30 - oak logs

The best way to get from level 15 to level 30 is by burning oak logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants ~75 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 10,952
• Oak logs needed - 160
• Time - 8 minutes
• Logs cost = 133,455

Level 30-45 - willow logs

The best way to get from level 30 to level 45 is by burning willow logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants 105 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 48,149
• Willow logs needed - 437
• Time - 27 minutes
• Logs cost = 262,200

Level 45-60 - maple logs

The best way to get from level 45 to level 60 is by burning maple logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants 140.4 experience per log at level 45 (the experience receiving from burning maple logs is dependent on the player's Firemaking level).

• Experience needed - 212,230
• Maple logs needed - 1,512
• Time - 1 hour 30 minutes
• Logs cost = 344,736

Level 60-75 - yew logs

The best way to get from level 60 to level 75 is by burning yew logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants 270.25 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 936,679
• Yew logs needed - 3,466
• Time - 4 hours
• Logs cost = 1,185,372

Level 75-99 - magic logs

The fastest but most expensive way to get from level 75 to level 99 is by burning magic logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing, which grants 320 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 11,824,010
• Magic logs needed - 36,951
• Time - 37 hours
• Logs cost = 21,062,070

Other methods

Level 60-99 - yew logs

Yew logs are slightly more expensive than maples but cheaper than magics. Burning yew logs on a bonfire to which five or more players are contributing grants 270.25 experience per log.

• Experience needed - 12,760,689
• Yew logs needed - 47,218
• Time - 47 hours
• Logs cost = 16,148,556

This method will take approximately 6 hours longer than using magic logs from 75-99 and will cost −1,092,348 less than using magic logs from 75-99, the cost of saving an hour is −182,058.

Incense sticks

Bare incense sticks can be made from 2 logs each. Each stick made awards only about 40% the experience burning one set of logs, but some sticks can generate considerable profit. The same Firemaking level is required. Currently, magic incense sticks is the best option, due to its high profit and decent xp (between that of burning willow and maple logs normally).

Incense type	Logs required	Profit per incense
Wooden incense sticks	2	−295
Oak incense sticks	2	−1,299
Willow incense sticks	2	713
Maple incense sticks	2	533
Yew incense sticks	2	1,063
Magic incense sticks	2	1,159

Quests for Firemaking experience

Quest	Members	Experience reward	Firemaking requirement	Other requirements
There are no free-to-play quests that reward Firemaking experience.
Total		0

See also

• Firemaking calculator
• Firemaking/Level up table