Pestle and mortar

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"Mortar" redirects here. For the cosmetic override, see Mortar Board.

Pestle and mortar
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Add to tool belt
Values
Value	4 coins
High alch	2 coins
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.056 kg
Examine
I can grind things for potions in this.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	60 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	233
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A pestle and mortar is an item that is used to pulverise items. It is used mainly in Herblore, though it can also be used to grind several other items in order to produce a dust. It can be stored on the tool belt.

Uses

• Unicorn horn - produces unicorn horn dust which is used in antipoison potions.
• Chocolate bar - produces chocolate dust, used in energy potions and chef's delight brew. Also used in the quest Plague City. A knife also works for this item.
• Kebbit teeth - produces kebbit teeth dust for use in the hunting potion.
• Gorak claw - produces crushed gorak claw, used in the quest A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen and making magic essence potion.
• Bird's nest - produces a crushed bird's nest which is used in Saradomin brew.
• Desert goat horn - produces goat horn dust for use in combat potions.
• Blue dragon scales - produces dragon scale dust for use in antifire potions.
• Mud rune - makes ground mud runes for use in extreme magic potions.
• Sq'irk - produces sq'irkjuice when crushed into a beer glass during the Sorceress's Garden minigame.
• Ashes - makes ground ashes for use in the Warriors' Guild.
• Poison karambwan - makes karambwan paste, which can be used to poison spears.
• Fishing bait - makes ground fishing bait, which is used to feed pet birds.
• Guam, marrentill, tarromin and harralander - makes their respective ground versions for use in salamander bait/ammo.
• Seaweed - makes ground seaweed which is an ingredient of fish food.
• Neem drupe – produces neem oil which could be used to weaken monsters in the Polypore Dungeon.
• Bat bones - makes ground bat bones in Watchtower.
• Charcoal - makes ground charcoal in The Dig Site
• Cod, kelp, crab meat, and bread - makes ground cod, ground kelp, ground crab meat, and breadcrumbs for raw fishcake in Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete.
• Rune shards - makes rune dust in Garden of Tranquillity.
• Astral rune shards - makes ground astral rune in Dream Mentor.
• Suqah tooth - makes ground tooth in Lunar Diplomacy.
• Diamond root - makes diamond root dust in Glorious Memories.
• Dried thistle - makes ground thistle in Eadgar's Ruse.
• Garlic - makes garlic powder in Desert Treasure.
• Black mushroom - makes black mushroom ink, which is used in a number of quests.
• Sandstone - makes Extra Fine Sand, part of the chain to make a Blessed Flask.

A player using the pestle and mortar to grind ingredients.

Store locations

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† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Pestle and mortar. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Frincos's Fabulous Herb Store	Entrana	4	Coins	10
Grud's Herblore Stall	Gu'Tanoth	4	Coins	10
Gunslik's Assorted Items	Keldagrim	4	Coins	10
Jiminua's Jungle Store	Tai Bwo Wannai, Karamja	4	Coins	10
The Lighthouse Store	Lighthouse	4	Coins	10
Meilyr Clan Store	Prifddinas	4	Coins	10
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	4	Coins	10
Polypore Dungeon Supplies	Polypore Dungeon, first level	4	Coins	2
Sigmund the Merchant (shop)	Rellekka	4	Coins	10
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	4	Coins	10

Disassembly

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
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	99/100
Rarely
Variable components	1/100

Update history

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• patch 9 November 2009 (Update):
  • Rewrote pestle and mortar grinding code.

• update 27 February 2002 (Update):
  • Added to game.