Volcanic ash

Volcanic ash
Released							7 September 2017 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							One of the ingredients for making ultra compost.
Values
Value							200 coins
High alch							120 coins
Low alch							80 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							72 coins (info)
Buy limit							13,000
Daily volume							2,457,773
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Advanced data
Item ID							21622

Volcanic ash is obtained from mining ash piles found around the Fossil Island Volcano. Doing so requires level 22 in Mining, and grants 10 experience per drop, regardless of the number of ash mined at once.

They can also be obtained as drops from wyverns in the Wyvern Cave.

Mining Info

Ash pile
Level required					22
Mining XP					10 xp
Rock					Ash pile
Required tool					Pickaxe
Respawn time					30 seconds

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Volcanic ash:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Mining volcanic ash	142,000	22+ (41+ strongly recommended for Rune pickaxe)

Yield

The amount of ash obtained is scaled to the player's Mining level, starting with one ash at level 22 and increasing by one for every 15 levels above 22, to a maximum of six ash at 97 (boosts can be used). Mining enhancers do not affect the yield when mining volcanic ash. At high mining levels, it is possible to obtain over 6,500 ash per hour.

level	Ash obtained
22	1
37	2
52	3
67	4
82	5
97	6

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Compost potion(3)		22	60	1 × Harralander potion (unf) 1 × Volcanic ash
	Ultracompost × 30 (Big compost bin)		45	10	30 × Watermelon 50 × Volcanic ash 30 × Bucket
	Ultracompost × 15 (Compost bin)		1	10	15 × Watermelon 25 × Volcanic ash 15 × Bucket
	Ultracompost × 15 (Compost potion)		?	10	15 × Weeds 1 × Compost potion(1) 25 × Volcanic ash 15 × Bucket
	Ultracompost × 30 (Compost potion (big bin))		45	10	30 × Weeds 1 × Compost potion(1) 50 × Volcanic ash 30 × Bucket
	Ultracompost (Direct addition)		None	None	1 × Supercompost 2 × Volcanic ash

Uses

Volcanic ashes are used to create a variety of farming-related items.

• Two can be used on a bucket of supercompost to create ultracompost.
• 25 can be used on a compost bin and 50 on a Big Compost Bin, when the bins are completely filled with supercompost. This upgrades the supercompost into ultracompost.
• One is used with a harralander potion (unf) to create a compost potion. This requires 22 Herblore.
• If players have read the ash covered tome, they can have the Fertile Soil spell treat a farming patch with ultracompost instead of supercompost by casting the spell while having two volcanic ash in their inventory.

Item sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ammonite Crab	25	1	6/128
Ancient Wyvern	210	80–120	6/132
Ancient Zygomite	109	2	3.2/118
Ash pile	22	1–6	19/20
Long-tailed Wyvern	152	20–60	2/123
Spitting Wyvern	139	20–60	2/123
Taloned Wyvern	147	20–60	2/123

Shop locations

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Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members
Petrified Pete's Ore Shop	Volcanic Mine	∞	N/A	40	N/A	0.0%

Changes

Date	Changes
21 February 2019 (update | poll)	Volcanic ash now dropped by Fossil and Ancient Wyverns. Volcanic ash obtained by mining now scaled to Mining level.