| Big bones | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 13 August 2001 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Bury, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | Ew it's a pile of bones. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 1 coin | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 0 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 0 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Respawn time | 50 ticks (30 seconds) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 311 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 350,236 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 532 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||

Big bones are a bigger variant of bones. They are always dropped by certain large monsters including giants, ogres, trolls, cyclopes, and the lizards in the Kharidian Desert just north of Nardah. A few spawns of big bones can also be found in the Bone Yard in the Wilderness, and in the area around the Colossal Wyrm Remains located in Varlamore's Avium Savannah.
Big bones are also used to charge teleports on the giantsoul amulet, with each set of big bones and a law rune providing one teleport charge. Players can exchange excess amulets for 30 bones by speaking to the Odd Old Man with the amulets in their inventory.
Big bones give 15 Prayer experience when buried. As a member, this can be increased by offering the bones in different ways:
- 45 XP when casting Sinister Offering.
- 45 XP when offered at the sacred bone burner after the appropriate faith level has been achieved.
- 52.5 XP when offered at a gilded altar with two burners lit.
- 60 XP when offered at the Ectofuntus in the form of big bonemeal.
- 60 XP when blessed and broken down into blessed bone shards and offered at the libation bowl, or 72 XP when offered with a jug of blessed sunfire wine. Virilis outside the altar will exchange noted bones for 10 coins each.
- 105 XP on average when offered at the Chaos Temple in the Wilderness. Each offering gives 52.5 XP, which is the same as the gilded altars with two burners lit, but with an additional 50% chance to not consume the bones.
Prayer info
| Big bones | |||||||||
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| Level required | |||||||||
| Prayer XP | 15 xp | ||||||||
| Bonecrusher (Hard Diary) | 7.5 xp | ||||||||
| Facility | N/A | ||||||||
| Type | Bones | ||||||||
Money making
The following money making guide is available for Big bones:
| Method | Hourly profit | Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Collecting big bones from the Bone Yard | 63,062 |
Decent |
Products
| Item | Members | Skills | XP | Materials | |
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| Big bonemeal |
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| Blessed big bones |
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Item sources
| Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire giant | 86; 104; 109 | 1 | Always |
| Moss giant Regular | 42; 48 | 1 | Always |
| Giant Mole | 230 | 1 | Always |
| Ogre | 53; 58; 63 | 1 | Always |
| Cyclops Warriors' Guild Rooftop | 56; 76 | 1 | Always |
| Cyclops Warriors' Guild Basement | 106 | 1 | Always |
| Bloodveld | 76; 81 | 1 | 7/128 |
| Bloodveld | 76; 81 | 3 | 3/128 |
| Dark beast | 182 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll grunt | 100 | 1 | Always |
| Mountain troll | 69; 71 | 1 | Always |
| Kurask | 106 | 20 (noted) | 5/124 |
| Ice giant Regular | 53 | 1 | Always |
| Ice giant Wilderness Slayer Cave | 67 | 1 | Always |
| Cave horror | 80 | 1 | Always |
| Jungle horror | 70 | 1 | 3/129 |
| Jungle horror | 70 | 3 | 2/129 |
| Jogre | 53; 58 | 1 | 3/129 |
| Jogre | 53; 58 | 3 | 2/129 |
| Terror dog Level 110 | 110 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll | 120; 121; 123; 124 | 1 | Always |
| Troll general | 113 | 1 | Always |
| Mogre | 60 | 1 | Always |
| Suqah | 111 | 1 | Always |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) | 159 | 1 | Always |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) (m) | 159 | 10 | 1/256 |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) (m) | 159 | 1 | 5/256 |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) | 159 | 1 | 51/256 |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) | 159 | 2 | 20/256 |
| Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) | 159 | 6 | 15/256 |
| Hill Giant | 28 | 1 | Always |
| Sabre-toothed kyatt | 55 | 1 | Always |
| Spined larupia | 31 | 1 | Always |
| Gorak Gems | 145; 149 | 1 | Always |
| Gorak Full | 145; 149 | 1 | Always |
| Gorad | 68 | 1 | Always |
| City guard | 83 | 1 | Always |
| Enclave guard | 83 | 1 | Always |
| Ogre chieftain | 81 | 1 | Always |
| Icelord | 51 | 1 | Always |
| Boneguard | | 5 | Always |
| Kree'arra | 580 | 1 | Always |
| General Graardor | 624 | 1 | Always |
| Sea Snake Young | 90 | 1 | Always |
| Dad | 101 | 1 | Always |
| Glod | 138 | 2 | Always |
| Giant Roc | 172 | 1 | Always |
| Sea troll High level | 87; 101 | 1 | Always |
| Jubbly bird | 9 | 1 | Always |
| Kraka | 91 | 1 | Always |
| Giant frog Level 13 | 13 | 1 | Always |
| Giant frog Level 99 | 99 | 1 | Always |
| Giant Sea Snake | 149 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll female Variant 1 | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll female Variant 2 | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll runt Variant 1 | 74 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll runt Variant 2 | 74 | 1 | Always |
| Mammoth | 80 | 1 | Always |
| Horned graahk | 41 | 1 | Always |
| Callisto | 470 | 1 | Always |
| Vet'ion | 454 | 1 | Always |
| Venenatis | 464 | 1 | Always |
| Stick | 104 | 1 | Always |
| Rock (Troll) | 111 | 1 | Always |
| Pee Hat | 91 | 1 | Always |
| Thrower Troll | 67 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll male Variant 1 | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Ice troll male Variant 2 | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Moss Guardian | 84 | 1 | Always |
| Nex | 1001 | 1 | Always |
| Nail beast | 69; 98; 141 | 1 | Always |
| Chest (Dorgesh-Kaan Average) Zanik's chests | 52 | 1 | 1/23 |
| Ferocious barbarian spirit | 166 | 10 (noted) | 7/128 |
| Skeleton Hellhound (Vet'ion) | 194 | 1 | Always |
| Barbarian Assault/Gambles Medium | N/A | 120 (noted) | 1/32 |
| Twig | 71 | 1 | Always |
| Lizard | 42 | 1 | Always |
| Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair) | 100 | 1 | Always |
| Giant skeleton (Shadow Dungeon) | 80 | 1 | Always |
| Berry | 71 | 1 | Always |
| Troll spectator | 71 | 1 | Always |
| Skeleton Mage Level 83 | 83 | 2–4 | 6/128 |
| Lizardman shaman | 150 | 1 | Always |
| Tortured gorilla | 141; 142 | 1 | Always |
| Night beast | 374 | 1 | Always |
| King kurask | 295 | 20 (noted) | 3 × 5/124 |
| Cave abomination | 206 | 1 | Always |
| Insatiable Bloodveld | 202 | 1 | 3 × 7/128 |
| Insatiable Bloodveld | 202 | 3 | 3 × 3/128 |
| Obor Free-to-play | 106 | 1 | Always |
| Muttadile | | 1 | Always |
| Skeletal Mystic | | 1 | Always |
| Aquanite | 145 | 1 | Always |
| Ogress Shaman | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Ogress Warrior | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Lizardman shaman (Chambers of Xeric) | | 1 | Always |
| Bryophyta Free-to-play | 128 | 1 | Always |
| Basilisk Knight | 204 | 1 | Always |
| Basilisk Sentinel | 358 | 1 | Always |
| The Nightmare | 814 | 1 | Always |
| Phosani's Nightmare | 1024 | 1 | Always |
| Thrower troll (Trollheim) | 68 | 1 | Always |
| Sourhog | 37 | 1 | Always |
| Headless Beast | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Storage crate | N/A | 1 | 10/195 |
| Artio | 320 | 1 | Always |
| Calvar'ion | 264 | 1 | Always |
| Spindel | 302 | 1 | Always |
| Cyclops (God Wars Dungeon) | 81 | 1 | Always |
| Cyclops (Catacombs of Kourend) | 56; 76 | 1 | Always |
| Cyclops (Ardougne Zoo) | 56 | 1 | Always |
| Frenzied ice troll runt | 74 | 1 | Always |
| Frenzied ice troll female | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Frenzied ice troll grunt | 102 | 1 | Always |
| Frenzied ice troll male | 82 | 1 | Always |
| Moss Guardian (Nightmare Zone) | 84; 182 | 1 | Always |
| Mutated Tortoise | 247 | 1 | Always |
| Warped Tortoise | 121 | 1 | Always |
| Scurrius MVP | 200; 250 | 1 | Always |
| Scurrius non-MVP | 200; 250 | 1 | Always |
| Sunlight antelope | 72 | 1 | Always |
| Moonlight antelope | 91 | 1 | Always |
| The Hueycoatl | 642 | 1 | Always |
| Moss Giant (Iorwerth Dungeon) | 84 | 1 | Always |
| Arrg (Nightmare Zone) | 113; 210 | 1 | Always |
| Black Knight Titan (Nightmare Zone) | 120; 210 | 1 | Always |
| Skeleton Hellhound (Nightmare Zone) | 97; 198 | 1 | Always |
| Dad (Nightmare Zone) | 101; 201 | 1 | Always |
| Glod (Nightmare Zone) | 138; 276 | 1 | Always |
| Giant Roc (Nightmare Zone) | 172; 257 | 1 | Always |
| Chest (Obor's lair) | N/A | 50 (noted) | 8/118 |
| Elder custodian stalker | 142 | 1 | Always |
| Ancient Custodian | 239 | 1 | Always |
| Juvenile custodian stalker | 93 | 1 | Always |
| Mature custodian stalker | 117 | 1 | Always |
| Strange creature (Shadows of Custodia) | 93 | 1 | Always |
| Elder aquanite | 305 | 1 | Always |
| Shellbane gryphon | 235 | 1 | Always |
| Narwhal | 111 | 1 | Always |
| Orca | 205 | 1 | Always |
| Mogre (sea) | 54 | 1 | Always |
| Tiny port reward bag Entrana | N/A | 15 (noted) | Unknown |
Spawns
| Location | Members | Spawns | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shayzien - Giant Pit | 3 | Show map | |
| Wolf Den - after killing the Dire Wolf Alpha | 3 | Show map | |
| Trollweiss Mountain summit | 1 | Show map | |
| Wilderness - Bone Yard | 6 | Show map | |
| Colossal Wyrm Remains (one requires telegrab) | 5 | Show map | |
| Here be minotaurs | 9 | Show map | |
| Isle of Bones | 5 | Show map |
Changes
| Date | Changes |
|---|---|
| 15 April 2004 (Update) |
The item was graphically updated. |
Gallery (historical)
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| 29 March 2004 – 15 April 2004 |
15 April 2004 – present |




