Rag and Bone Man I

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Rag and Bone Man I (#103)
Released		10 April 2006 (Update)
Members		Yes
Quest series		Rag and Bone Man, #1
Lead developer(s)		Anthony W

Rag and Bone Man I is a quest during which you collect bones for the Odd Old Man to help complete his strange collection.

Start point	Talk to the Odd Old Man in Silvarea north-east of Varrock, by the Limestone Mine. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Description	Everybody needs some body, and the Odd Old Man knows exactly which bits of those bodies he needs. Can you help him finish his extensive and extremely creepy collection?
Requirements	None
Items required	8 coins for 8 pots of vinegar (bring 68 coins if walking to and from Karamja for boat fare) 8 pots 8 logs of any type (or an axe to obtain them) Tinderbox
Recommended	15 Combat level One of the following methods of transportation for two trips to the Odd Old Man: Ring of elements to the Earth Altar Digsite pendant or Digsite teleport Balloon transport system to the Lumber Yard (with willow logs) Varrock teleport Various transportation options to kill various monsters found across Gielinor, and to visit Draynor Village. If following the suggested path, a skills necklace and amulet of glory.
Enemies to defeat	Several (8): see below.

Head to Silvarea, located within a mountain range to the north-east of Varrock, by the map icon, along the path to the Paterdomus Temple. The ring of elements teleport to the Earth Altar and balloon transport system are a short distance from Silvarea.

Talk to the Odd Old Man by his house just north-west of the mining site. He will claim to be an archaeologist collecting bones for the Varrock Museum. After he mentions being a few bones short, ask if there is anything you can do to help. When he asks the player to help grab some, agree to start the quest. After appearing to communicate with the bone sack on his back, the Odd Old Man will list a number of monsters that the player should kill to retrieve the bones. He will also describe the process of cleaning the bones, which will need to be done before handing them in.

Below is the list of monsters that need to be killed to obtain all the bones (8 total). Each bone is a guaranteed drop.^[1] A player may choose to polish and then turn in a bone or bones at any point, but it is recommended to wait until all 8 have been retrieved to save time. For a suggested path to retrieve all 8 at once, see the following section.

Note: For monsters with an ensouled head drop, it is possible to use them to obtain the bones, by using the Reanimation spells from the Arceuus Spellbook near the Dark Altar.

Bone		Monster	Locations (preferable) - Click to mark
	Giant rat bone	Giant rat	South-east of Varrock by the mine, Varrock Sewer, Lumbridge Swamp, near the Port Sarim jail.
	Unicorn bone	Unicorn	The forest south-east of Varrock, Lumbridge Swamp, by Draynor Village, south of Edgeville, west of Catherby, on Entrana (west from the Law Altar), next to fairy ring BIS in Ardougne Zoo, outside of Corporeal beast cave in Wilderness (very close to Games necklace teleport), Hosidius saltpetre mines (close to the Tithe Farm minigame teleport and Hosidius house portal).
	Bear ribs	Bear	The forest south-east of Varrock, the enclosure north-east of the palace in Varrock, north of Falador, the forests near Ardougne (south-west of fairy ring BLR).
	Ram skull	Ram	The sheep pen south of Varrock, in Fred the Farmer's sheep pen (north of Lumbridge), north of the Crafting Guild (by the Make-over mage), in the Fisher Realm (fairy ring BJR) after finding Sir Percival.
	Goblin skull	Goblin	Both east and west of Lumbridge, the farm south of Varrock, north of Ardougne.
	Big frog leg	Big frog	The Lumbridge Swamp. Both the Level 10 and 24 Big Frogs can be killed to acquire the bone.
	Monkey paw	Monkey	East of the Karamja Volcano, south Karamja (right next to fairy ring CKR), Ardougne Zoo (if you choose to go to Ardougne Zoo, you must bring ranged and/or magic equipment and have 33 Magic for Telekinetic Grab).
	Giant bat wing	Giant bat	Crandor and Karamja Dungeon (which can be accessed on the Karamja Volcano), outside Keep Le Faye (north of fairy ring BLR), below the Heroes' Guild, Yanille dungeon, coal trucks west of McGrubor's Wood, mine west of Tithe Farm (close to the minigame teleport, or Hosidius house portal).

Head to Draynor Village and talk to Fortunato in the marketplace just west of the bank. Though initially offended when the player asks for vinegar, he will quickly agree once the player mentions the Odd Old Man sent them. Purchase 8 jugs of vinegar, then use them on your pots to make 8 pots of vinegar. Finally, use all of the gathered bones on the pots to make 8 bones in vinegar.

Return to the Odd Old Man once ready to polish the bones. An example of what an inventory may look like before heading back to the Odd Old Man can be seen on the right.

Warning: In the following section, be careful that you do not accidentally "empty" a bone in vinegar, because if you do, you will lose the bone and have to collect that bone again.

To start polishing the bones, use a log on the pot-boiler by the Odd Old Man. Then, use a bone in vinegar on the pot-boiler, and finally, use your tinderbox to light it (you will not receive experience for lighting the logs). It takes 12 seconds for each pot to boil. You can hop worlds after lighting the logs to skip these 12 seconds. Repeat this for all eight bones.

Talk to the Odd Old Man with all of the polished bones in your inventory. He will thank the player for the help, asking them to bring any more bones they find.

Congratulations, quest complete!

• 1 Quest point
• 500 Cooking experience
• 500 Prayer experience

Completion of Rag and Bone Man I is required for the following:

• Rag and Bone Man II - Rag and Bone Man II starts immediately after completing Rag and Bone Man I. The player may begin collecting bones throughout their journey rather than actively seeking each enemy, saving some time down the line.

• Rag-and-bone man is a British phrase for a junk dealer. Historically, the phrase referred to an individual who would travel the streets of a city with a horsedrawn cart, and would collect old rags (for converting into fabric and paper), bones for making glue, scrap iron and other items, often trading them for other items of limited value.
• The bones scattered in and around the Odd Old Man's house have many interesting "examine" texts (a good activity to partake in while waiting for the bones to be polished). One such skeleton states "What a waste of prayer xp!" Examining the pot-boiler at the various stages of boiling the bones will also give interesting texts, the one while the bone is boiling being: "This smells so very, very bad..."
• Previously in the game, the special bones were common drops, rather than guaranteed drops.