Cannonball

This article is about the ammunition for the dwarf multicannon. For the quest item used in Cabin Fever, see Cannon ball.

This article has a money making guide: Smithing cannonballs.

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Cannonball
Released							27 May 2003 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							Ammo for the Dwarf Cannon.
Values
Value							5 coins
High alch							3 coins
Low alch							2 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							172 coins (info)
Buy limit							11,000
Daily volume							53,939,126
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Advanced data
Item ID							2

Cannonballs are ammunition used in the Dwarf multicannon. After partial completion of the Dwarf Cannon quest, with 35 Smithing and an ammo mould, they can be made using a steel bar on a furnace yielding 25.6 Smithing experience and 4 cannonballs. With completion of the Sleeping Giants quest and purchasing the double ammo mould from Giants' Foundry, the double ammo mould can be used instead of a normal ammo mould to use two steel bars at the same time, yielding 8 cannonballs instead of 4 in the same period of time.

Granite dust can be used on cannonballs to create granite cannonballs, which have a higher max hit. This requires level 50 Smithing and yields no experience.

Creation

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Smithing		35 (b)	25.6
Partial completion of Dwarf Cannon
Members		Ticks	8 (4.8s)
Tools		Facilities	Furnace

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Steel bar	1	414
Total Cost			414
	Cannonball	4	688
Profit			274

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Smithing		35 (b)	51.2
Completion of Sleeping Giants Giants' Foundry
Members		Ticks	8 (4.8s)
Tools		Facilities	Furnace

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Steel bar	2	828
Total Cost			828
	Cannonball	8	1,376
Profit			548

Making them

A player smithing cannonballs.

Making cannonballs is a popular method for players to train Smithing and profit without requiring much input or attention. A full inventory takes 159.6 seconds to process using Make-X. Optimal speeds yield nearly 14,000 Smithing experience per hour from converting a total of 540 steel bars into 2,160 cannonballs when not using the Prifddinas furnace. Using a furnace closer to a bank will increase efficiency.

Players can also smelt one iron ore and two coal to make the steel bars and then use them to make cannonballs without returning to a bank, but it is very slow. Unless using the Blast Furnace with a coal bag, the profit gained from creating your own steel bars is far less than using premade steel bars.

The double ammo mould from Giants' Foundry almost doubles production and experience rates.

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Granite cannonball		50	0	1 × Cannonball 1 × Granite dust

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Abyssal Sire	350	300	4/139
Callisto	470	250	4/128
Cerberus	318	50	4/128
Corporeal Beast	785	2,000	17/512
Crazy archaeologist	204	150	4/128
Deranged archaeologist	276	80	4/128
Killerwatt	55	3	2/140
Nex		42–298	Common
Phosani's Nightmare		137–382	4/100
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) Low level	42; 59	6	3/128
The Nightmare	814	30–192	Unknown
Venenatis	464	250	4/128
Vet'ion	454	250	4/128
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Low level	40–56	3	3/128

Changes

Date	Changes
8 June 2022 (update | poll)	The double ammo mould was added to the game allowing 8 cannonballs to be produced at once.
10 September 2020 (update)	The Grand Exchange buy limit was changed from 7,000 to 11,000.

Gallery (historical)

Christmas 2017, 2018	Christmas 2019

Trivia

• Cannonballs had a festive override to look like christmas puddings during the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Christmas events. The override had a darker colour in 2019 compared to 2017 and 2018.
• Making a cannonball uses the same animation as when a player buries bones.