Dolphin

Dolphins can be found in many of Gielinor's oceans. They drop the echo pearl, used to build a fathom pearl. They do not have any associated bounty tasks.

Any boat with an iron keel or better will not take any damage from dolphins.

Dolphin calves can often be seen following dolphins.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map
Anglerfish's Light - north-east of Charred Island	22	5	Show map	N/A
Bay of Sarim - east of Mudskipper Point	22	3	Show map	N/A
Crystal Sea - east of Port Roberts	22	6	Show map	N/A
Oo'glog Channel - north-west of Ape Atoll	22	4	Show map	N/A
Pearl Bank - west of the Little Pearl	22	5	Show map	N/A
Southern Expanse - north-east of the Isle of Serpents	22	5	Show map	N/A
Southern Expanse - south of Rainbow's End	22	4	Show map	N/A
Sunset Bay - north-east of Aldarin	22	3	Show map	N/A
Western Gate - south of Vatrachos Island	22	5	Show map	N/A
Wyrm's Waters - south-east of Shimmering Atoll	22	5	Show map	N/A

Drop rates are estimated based on 16,846 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average value of a Dolphin kill is 1,080.27.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Echo pearl	1	~1/1,000	136,071	4,800

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	35	0

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Water rune	50–80	15/50	250–400	100–160
Iron cannonball	30–42	8/50	420–588	60–84
Bronze cannonball	36–54	6/50	180–270	36–54

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Seaweed	3–5 (noted)	10/50	21–35	3–5
Flax seed	3–5	4/50	45–75	9–15
Swamp paste	40–60	4/50	680–1,020	720–1,080
Elkhorn frag	1	1/50	591	15

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Casket	1	1/50	1,050	30
	Gnomeball	1	1/50	29,632	0

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (easy)	1	~1/60^{[d 1]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12

^ The easy clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/57 after unlocking the easy Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

Date	Changes
1 April 2026 (Update)	Reduced Hitpoints from 74 to 45 and combat level from 29 to 22.
18 March 2026 (Update)	To compensate for ship combat changes, dolphins received the following adjustments: Hitpoints increased from 50 to 74. Defence level decreased from 5 to 0. Combat level increased from 25 to 29. Heavy Ranged defence decreased from 5 to 0. The quantity of bronze cannonballs dropped has been increased from 30-45 to 36-54. The quantity of iron cannonballs dropped has been increased from 20-40 to 30-42.

Although they drop gnomeballs, no dolphins can be found near the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
Dolphins are the only sea monsters which do not have an associated bounty task.