An archeological bone gathering quest. Requires the start and/or completion of multiple quests. Lots of creatures and animals necessary to be scavenged for specific bones, that will then need to be cleaned and given to the Odd Old Man for his marvelous collection of bone remains.
Talk to the Odd Old Man in Silvarea north-east of Varrock, by the Limestone Mine.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK
Preparation
Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.
Requirements
40 Slayer (boostable)
20 Defence to wield a mirror shield to kill a basilisk (though not necessary; see below)
Completed Rag and Bone Man I
Completed Skippy and the Mogres
Partial completion of Creature of Fenkenstrain
The ability to kill several high-level monsters
Items required
27 pots
27 jugs of vinegar (bought from Fortunato for 27 coins)
27 sets of logs (any logs - normal logs can be obtained on the path just below the Odd Old Man's hut if you bring an axe).
Tinderbox
Light source
Dusty key (if under 70 Agility)
Rope
Combat gear to kill zogres (an ogre composite bow with brutal arrows or runes for Crumble Undead casts is advised)
Ice coolers
Fishing explosives
Mirror shield or V's shield (unless using a workaround - see guide for how to get around using this)
Recommended
40 Combat
Anti-dragon shield (if concerned about blue dragons while in Taverley Dungeon)
Partial completion of Zogre Flesh Eaters for access to brutal arrows for killing zogres
Inoculation bracelet, or Relicym's balm or Sanfew serum (to deflect or cure disease when killing zogres)
Dramen staff or lunar staff would save a great deal of time by using fairy rings
Digsite pendant
Ectophial
Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport
Ring of dueling
Enchanted lyre
Games necklace
Log basket for just 1 trip with bones in vinegar
Runes or tablets for teleporting all across Gielinor (if no better travelling method is available)
Spiny helmet or Slayer helmet
Enemies to defeat
Several (27): see below.
ACTION CHECKLIST
Walkthrough
Nested rows are alternatives, dialogue selections, or substeps under the action above them. Recheck the pinned source after a game update.
Starting out
01
Talk to the Odd Old Man north of the Digsite, north of the Limestone mine
Gathering the bones
01
Gather the following bones by killing the appropriate monsters (listed locations are the most convenient ones):
02
Note: 40 Slayer and a mirror shield are required to kill basilisks.
03
Note: It is possible to kill Basilisks without a Mirror shield by using poison and multiple rings of recoil for melee, or by using a safespot across some rocks for ranged or magic.
Polishing the bones
01
Talk to Fortunato located in Draynor marketplace and buy 27 jug of vinegar.
02
Use all of the jugs of vinegar with all the pots to make 27 pots of vinegar.
03
Use all of the bones with your pots of vinegar to get 27 bones in vinegar.
04
Withdraw a tinderbox and either logs or an axe. Each bones in vinegar will require 1 set of logs. There are trees nearby that can be cut for logs.
05
Return back to the Odd Old Man and talk to him.
06
For each bone in vinegar do the following:
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Place a set of logs on the pot-boiler next to the old man.
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Use a bone in vinegar with the pot-boiler.
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Light the set of logs with your tinderbox.
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Wait 12 seconds until the fire is consumed and remove the pot from the pot-boiler. (Alternatively, hop worlds after lighting the logs for them to be finished when you log back in)
07
Talk to the Odd Old Man.
08
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
5,000 Prayer experience
Bonesack
Ram skull helm
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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