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Details
| Start point | |
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| 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 | |
| Recommended |
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| 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.. (
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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
- Head to the sheep pen north of Ardougne. Skills necklace to the Fishing Guild and run east or Combat bracelet to the Ranging Guild and run south, or Ardougne Teleport and run north.
- Kill a ram in the pen for the ram skull. (Show map)
- At the mine to the south-east, kill a grizzly bear for the bear ribs. (Show map)
- Head to Musa Point/the Karamja Volcano. Amulet of glory to Musa Point or Minigame Teleport to TzHaar Fight Pit.
- Just east of the volcano, kill a monkey for the monkey paw. (Show map)
- Inside the Karamja Volcano Dungeon, kill a giant bat for the giant bat wing. (Show map)
- Head to Draynor Village using the Amulet of glory.
- Kill a level 2 goblin south of the village and pick up the goblin skull. (Show map)
- Kill a unicorn in the swamp and pick up the unicorn bone. (Show map)
- Kill a giant rat in the swamp and pick up the giant rat bone. (Show map)
- Kill a big frog in the swamp and pick up the big frog leg. The small frogs and giant frogs do NOT drop the big frog leg. (Show map)
- Head south past Varrock until you reach the south-east Varrock mine and kill a giant rat near or inside the mine, picking up the giant rat bone.
- Head slightly south of the mine to the forest and kill a unicorn and black bear, picking up the unicorn bone and the bear ribs respectively.
- Head into the sheep pen to the south-west of the mine and west of the forest and kill a ram to get a ram skull.
- Walk south towards Lumbridge (or teleport to the city and walk east) and kill a goblin on the eastern side of the River Lum to get a goblin skull.
- Head down to the Lumbridge Swamp and kill one of the big frogs for the big frog leg. The small frogs and giant frogs do NOT drop the big frog leg.
- Retrieve 60 coins from the Draynor Village bank to pay for transportation in the next step. Consider retrieving an additional 8 coins and creating the required pots of vinegar before continuing (see the following section).
- Head to Port Sarim. Talk to one of the Seamen just east of the Fishing shop and pay to travel to Musa Point.
- Walk west towards the Karamja Volcano and kill a monkey on the way, picking up the monkey paw.
- Head into the Crandor and Karamja Dungeon, which is located at the top of the Karamja Volcano (marked by a dungeon icon), and kill a giant bat, picking up the giant bat wing.
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

- 1
Quest point
500 Cooking experience
500 Prayer experience
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.