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Rag and Bone Man I/Quick guide

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Details

Start pointMap icon Talk to the Odd Old Man in Silvarea north-east of Varrock, by the Limestone Mine. Show on map
Official difficultyNovice
Official lengthShort
DescriptionEverybody 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
Recommended
Enemies to defeat Several (8): see below.

Walkthrough

Starting out

  • Talk to the Odd Old Man in Silvarea, north-east of Varrock, north of the Digsite, during the conversation he will mention boiling the bones in vinegar.. (Chat 1•1)…
    1Anything I can do to help?
    1Yes

Gathering the bones

  • Gather the following bones by killing the appropriate monsters and picking up the drop. Either pick your preferred locations from the table, or follow one of the suggested paths in the section below.
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.
Bear ribs Bear South of Varrock, above Varrock Sewer, north of Falador, Ardougne Zoo (with mage/ranged and Telekinetic Grab) or just south-west of the Legends' Guild (fairy ring BLR).
Ram skull Ram The forest south-east of Varrock, in Fred the Farmer's sheep pen (north of Lumbridge), north of Falador, the farm near Ardougne (west of fairy ring BLR).
Goblin skull Goblin Both east and west of Lumbridge, north of Ardougne (the goblins at the farm south of Varrock do not drop the bone).
Big frog leg Big frog Lumbridge Swamp - Both the Level 10 and 24 big frogs can be killed to acquire the bone.
Monkey paw Monkey West of the Karamja Volcano at the entrance to Brimhaven. 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), Taverley Dungeon, outside Keep Le Faye (north of fairy ring BLR), Yanille dungeon.

Suggested paths

Polishing the bones

  • Talk to Fortunato located in Draynor marketplace and buy 8 jug of vinegar.
  • Use all of the jugs of vinegar with all the pots to make 8 pots of vinegar. If intending to do Rag and Bone Man II, buy 27 more (35 total) jugs of vinegar to save time.
  • Use all of the bones with your pots of vinegar to get 8 bones in vinegar.
  • Withdraw a tinderbox and either 8 logs or an axe
  • With the logs in your inventory, return to the Odd Old Man
  • For each bone in vinegar do:
    • Place a set of logs on the pot-boiler next to the old man.
    • Use a bone in vinegar with the pot-boiler.
    • Light the set of logs with your tinderbox.
    • 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)
  • Talk to the Odd Old Man.
  • Congratulations, quest complete!

Reward

Required for completing

  • 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.

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