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QUEST 131 · MEMBERS

Rag and Bone Man II

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.

Difficulty
Experienced
Length
Medium
Quest points
1
Released
10 April 2006
START POINT

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

  1. 01

    Talk to the Odd Old Man north of the Digsite, north of the Limestone mine

Gathering the bones

  1. 01

    Gather the following bones by killing the appropriate monsters (listed locations are the most convenient ones):

  2. 02

    Note: 40 Slayer and a mirror shield are required to kill basilisks.

  3. 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

  1. 01

    Talk to Fortunato located in Draynor marketplace and buy 27 jug of vinegar.

  2. 02

    Use all of the jugs of vinegar with all the pots to make 27 pots of vinegar.

  3. 03

    Use all of the bones with your pots of vinegar to get 27 bones in vinegar.

  4. 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.

  5. 05

    Return back to the Odd Old Man and talk to him.

  6. 06

    For each bone in vinegar do the following:

  7. Place a set of logs on the pot-boiler next to the old man.

  8. Use a bone in vinegar with the pot-boiler.

  9. Light the set of logs with your tinderbox.

  10. 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)

  11. 07

    Talk to the Odd Old Man.

  12. 08

    Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 5,000 Prayer experience
  • Bonesack
  • Ram skull helm

REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE

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