Tanner

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For the ilujanka, see Tanner (ilujanka).

StandardPrifddinas
ZombieCrafting Guild

Tanner
Release date	23 June 2001 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Varrock, Ranging Guild
Shop	Tanning
Gender	Male
Actions	Tan hide, Talk-to, Examine
Examine	He has a certain bovine aroma
Advanced data
NPC ID	2320
Links	MRND2320
Infobox • Talk page

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SMW Subobject for StandardNPC location: Varrock, Ranging GuildNPC ID: 2320Examine: He has a certain bovine aromaRelease date: 23 June 2001Is members only: falseActions: Tan hide, Talk-to, ExamineIs variant of: Tanner

SMW Subobject for ZombieNPC location: New VarrockNPC ID: 20778Examine: He has a certain bovine aroma.Release date: 23 March 2015Is members only: trueActions: Tan hide, Talk-to, ExamineIs variant of: Tanner

SMW Subobject for Crafting GuildNPC ID: 804Examine: Manufacturer of fine leathers.NPC location: Crafting GuildIs members only: falseActions: Tan hide, Talk-to, ExamineIs variant of: Tanner

SMW Subobject for PrifddinasNPC location: PrifddinasNPC ID: 20281Examine: Manufacturer of fine elven leathers.Release date: 10 November 2014Is members only: trueActions: Tan hide, Talk-to, ExamineIs variant of: Tanner

Tanners are non-player characters who, for a price, will tan hides into leather; cowhide, which becomes leather or hard leather, snake hide, which becomes snakeskin, and green, blue, red, black, and royal dragonhide, which becomes dragon leather of the same colour.

Players cannot tan hides themselves, unless they have access to the Make Leather spell, so tanners are very useful for players wishing to use the Crafting skill to make Ranged armour. While certain types of leather require a minimum Crafting level to craft them, there is no minimum Crafting level to use a tanner to tan the hides.

Tanners can be found in the following locations, marked with the tanning icon ():

• The upper level of the Crafting Guild. Players with a Clan vexillum may find this the fastest method due to the vexillum's teleport function to the nearby bank chest.
• South-west Varrock, south of the western Varrock bank, west of the Apothecary. This tanner also appears as a zombie in New Varrock.
• Ranging Guild (members only).
• The Ithell Clan district of Prifddinas (members only), unnamed elf just south of the soft clay rock mining spot.

Three other NPCs also serve as tanners:

• Ellis in Al Kharid. The ring of duelling, Al Kharid lodestone and the amulet of glory can be used to teleport to Al Kharid, and Ellis is 3 buildings north of the bank.
• Sbott in Canifis (members only). Sbott charges higher prices for tanning, a bit over twice what other tanners charge. Sbott is near both the CKS fairy ring and a bank.
• Tanya Hyde, in the cow pen to the north of Taverley.

Similar to tanning hides into leather, yak-hide can be cured into cured yak-hide, which is used to craft yak-hide armour. Thakkrad Sigmundson on Neitiznot (members only) can cure yak-hide but cannot tan other hides. Other tanners cannot cure yak-hide.

Prices

Raw material	Product	Crafting level	Standard price	Canifis price	Profit at standard and GE prices
Cowhide	Leather	1	0	2	24
Cowhide	Hard leather	2	3	5	−17
Snake hide (Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup)	Snakeskin	2	15	25	−1,731
Snake hide (Temple Trekking)	Snakeskin	2	20	45	374
Green dragonhide	Green dragon leather	2	20	45	132
Blue dragonhide	Blue dragon leather	2	20	45	117
Red dragonhide	Red dragon leather	2	20	45	222
Black dragonhide	Black dragon leather	2	20	45	206
Royal dragonhide	Royal dragon leather	2	20	45	89
Dinosaur hide	Dinosaur leather	2	25	50	5,105

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Update history

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• patch 16 November 2020 (Update):
  • The face texture of Tanner, the Crafting Guild NPC, will no longer appear to be two different colours.

• patch 21 October 2019 (Update):
  • Normal Tanners across all of Runescape that make soft leather will no longer tell you it costs 1gp even though they made it for free.

• ninja 11 April 2016 (Update):
  • Leather tanners now have “tan-hide” as their left-click option, with “talk-to” being relegated to the right-click options.

• patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
  • Put the correct map icon back for the tanner in Varrock.

• update 24 June 2001 (Update):
  • Tannery shops, altars and quest starting points are now shown on the world map.

• update 23 June 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game with release of new tailoring ability.
    • Extended the crafting skill so you can now also use it make items out of leather. Take a cow hide to the tannery to get some leather. You can then use the leather with some thread to make gloves, boots and leather armour.