Rag and Bone Man I/Quick guide

This quest has an in-depth guide.

It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Speak to the Odd Old Man, located at the end of the northern path in central Silvarea. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
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?
Official length	Short
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 Light source (a lantern is highly preferred)
Recommended	15 Combat level Teleport runes or tablets to Varrock and Lumbridge Digsite pendant or Digsite teleport for quick access to the Odd Old Man's house Amulet of Glory for quick access to Draynor Village and Karamja Dramen staff for Fairy Ring teleports Access to the Balloon transport system and Willow logs to use it Spiny helmet if using the Lumbridge Swamp entrance -- alternatively, stop one square before the "hole in the wall", then run past using the run trick. Rope if using the Lumbridge Swamp entrance for the first time
Enemies to defeat	Several (8): see below.

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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.. ( 1•1)…

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Gathering the bones

• Gather the following bones by killing the appropriate monsters, all of which can be easily obtained by walking south of the Odd Old Man, down to Lumbridge, into the Lumbridge Swamp Caves, and finishing on Karamja (use the first suggested location of each monster to follow this path):

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	They can be found in the Lumbridge Swamp Caves (You will need a rope if you have never visited the caves before, south of fairy ring AJQ)(Frogs on the surface of Lumbridge Swamp do not drop 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), Yanille dungeon.

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