Soda ash

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Soda ash
Soda ash.png
Released18 March 2002 (Update)
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableNo
StackableNo
NoteableYes
DestroyDrop
ExamineOne of the ingredients for making glass.
Values
Value2 coins
High alch1 coin
Low alch0 coins
Weight0.056 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange40 coins (info)
Buy limit13,000
Daily volume58,723
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Advanced data
Item ID1781
Soda ash detail.png

Soda ash is made into Molten glass to make glass items in Crafting. Soda ash is made using seaweed, giant seaweed, swamp weed, or edible seaweed on a range or fire. Smelting it with a bucket of sand in a furnace or the Lunar spell Superglass Make produces molten glass.

It can be purchased from Trader Stan's Trading Post at charter ships for 5 coins.

Uses - Comparing Molten Glass yield and XP[edit | edit source]

When using soda ash and buckets of sand in a furnace the molten glass yield is

1.0 molten glass per soda ash and bucket of sand.

When using Superglass Make with soda ash and buckets of sand the molten glass yield is

1.3 molten glass per soda ash and bucket of sand.

When used on a fire, giant seaweed turns into six soda ash upon successfully cooking, rather than just one given by normal seaweed. You can however fail, resulting in only one soda ash. Note that Cooking gauntlets do not decrease the cooking fail chance, however the Hosidius Kitchen cooking range effect still applies.

When used in conjunction with the Superglass Make spell, giant seaweed similarly acts as six regular seaweed and gives 60 Crafting experience per seaweed when cast. The combination of two giant seaweed and 12 buckets of sand yields on average 1.45 molten glass per bucket of sand, while the combination of three giant seaweed and 18 buckets of sand yields an average of 1.6 glass per sand, although with the latter some of the glass will fall on the floor as it overflows from the inventory. If it is not picked up, it results in an average of 1.488 glass per sand. If players obtain the sand via mining sandstone, it is slightly more efficient to not pick up the excess despite the lower return due to how quickly the materials can be obtained.

The average Crafting experience per giant seaweed varies:

  • For an average of 1.45 glass per sand (two giant seaweed and 12 buckets of sand), each giant seaweed equals 538.5 experience when making lantern lenses or 669 experience when making empty light orbs;
  • For an average of 1.488 glass per sand (three giant seaweed and 18 buckets of sand without picking up the excess), each giant seaweed equals 551 experience when making lantern lenses or 685 experience when making empty light orbs;
  • For an average of 1.6 glass per sand (three giant seaweed and 18 buckets of sand and picking up the excess), each giant seaweed equals 588 experience when making lantern lenses or 732 experience when making empty light orbs.

These numbers include the experience from casting Superglass Make.

Creation[edit | edit source]

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Cooking Cooking10
Members
Member icon.png
Ticks1 (0.6s)[r 1]
ToolsNoneFacilitiesCooking range icon.png Cooking range
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Seaweed.pngSeaweed120
Total cost20
Soda ash.pngSoda ash140
Profit20
  1. ^ Make-X is 1, then 3, then 4 ticks.

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Cooking Cooking10
Members
Member icon.png
Ticks1 (0.6s)[r 1]
ToolsNoneFacilitiesCooking range icon.png Cooking range
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Giant seaweed.pngGiant seaweed1248
Total cost248
Soda ash.pngSoda ash6240
Profit−8
  1. ^ Make-X is 1, then 3, then 4 ticks.

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Cooking Cooking10
Members
Member icon.png
Ticks1 (0.6s)[r 1]
ToolsNoneFacilitiesCooking range icon.png Cooking range
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Swamp weed.pngSwamp weed1283
Total cost283
Soda ash.pngSoda ash140
Profit−243
  1. ^ Make-X is 1, then 3, then 4 ticks.

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Cooking Cooking10
Members
Member icon.png
Ticks1 (0.6s)[r 1]
ToolsNoneFacilitiesCooking range icon.png Cooking range
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Edible seaweed.pngEdible seaweed176
Total cost76
Soda ash.pngSoda ash140
Profit−36
  1. ^ Make-X is 1, then 3, then 4 ticks.

Giant seaweed success rate[edit | edit source]

Processing giant seaweed into soda ash has a chance to fail and yield 1 ash instead of 6, similar to burning food. 

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Products[edit | edit source]

ItemMembersSkillsXPMaterials
Molten glass.pngMolten glass
(Normal furnace)
Member icon.png
  • Crafting 1
  • Crafting 20
Molten glass.pngMolten glass × 16.9
(Superglass Make - soda ash)
Member icon.png
  • Crafting 61
  • Magic 77
  • Crafting 130
  • Magic 78

Locations[edit | edit source]

See ash pile

Item sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.
SourceLevelQuantityRarity
Ash pile22 Mining icon.png11/20
Killerwatt55 Multicombat.png41/140
Rock lobster127 Multicombat.png110/128

Shop locations[edit | edit source]

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SellerLocationNumber
in stock		Restock
time		Price
sold at		Price
bought at		Change
Per		Members?
Trader Stan's Trading PostCatherby101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostPort Tyras101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostBrimhaven101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostPort Sarim101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostPort Phasmatys101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostCorsair Cove101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostPrifddinas101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostMos Le'Harmless101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostShip Yard101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostPort Khazard101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
Trader Stan's Trading PostMusa Point101m Coins 5.png 5Coins 1.png 02.0%Member icon.png
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