There are two parts to the Rag and Bone Man quest. The bones needed for the first part are easier to obtain compared to the second part. The second part is a list of bones posted on the wall of the Odd Old Man's hut. The bones in this Wish List will be crossed off as they are turned over to him. This part of the quest is no longer needed for the Quest Cape.
Rag and Bone Man
Details
Start point | Go east of Varrock, through the gate near the earth altar, to Paterdomus. The Odd Old Man is in a little quarry just north of the path. |
Official difficulty | Intermediate |
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? |
Length | Medium |
Requirements | The ability to defeat a level 27 monster. |
Items required |
(However, a Spiny helmet and a shielded light source (Candle lantern) is recommended for Lumbridge Swamp Caves part.) |
Enemies to defeat | None |
Walkthrough
- Go east of Varrock, through the gate near the earth altar as if you were travelling to Canifis (north of Digsite)
- The Odd Old Man is in a little quarry just north of the path.
- Talk to him, and he will tell you that he needs several bones to complete his collection.
- Here's a list of the creatures you need to kill to obtain bones, and their locations.
Monster | Drops | Location |
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Goblin | Goblin skull | Near Lumbridge |
Big Frog | Big frog leg | In Lumbridge Swamp Caves |
Bear | Bear rib | South of Varrock or north of Falador |
Ram | Ram skull | In a field between Lumbridge and Draynor Village (The Ram at the wilderness ditch north of the Monastery, Does drop the skull, but is very rare.) |
Unicorn | Unicorn bone | South of Varrock, east of the bar in Barbarian Village, Draynor Village and Lumbridge Swamp, or on Entrana, west from the Law altar |
Monkey | Monkey paw | South Karamja, East of volcano Karamja |
Giant rat | Giant rat bone | Varrock sewers, the Lumbridge Swamp or a fenced area south of varrock. |
Giant bat | Giant bat wing | Yanille dungeon or south-west of Catherby or Karamja Volcano |
- Once you have collected these bones, go to Draynor Village and talk to Fortunato there, he will be able to sell you some jugs of vinegar for 1 coin each.
- Use a jug of vinegar with a pot to get a pot of vinegar, and then use the bone with the pot of vinegar to get a bone in vinegar. Repeat for all 8 bones.
- Go back to the old man taking the 8 bones-in-vinegar, 8 logs and a tinderbox, and talk to him again, he will tell you to use the Pot-boiler.
- Note that emptying a bone in a pot will simply empty the pot without any warning; You won't get the bones back.
- Use a log with the pot boiler, use the bone-in-vinegar pot on the pot boiler, and then light it. Repeat this for all 8 bones.
- Once you are done, talk to the Odd Old Man again to complete the quest.
Reward
- 500 Cooking experience
- 500 Prayer experience
Music
Music tracks unlocked:
None
The Wish List
Details
Start point | Talk to the Odd Old Man again. |
Official difficulty | Master |
Description | The Odd Old Man will reward you for finding any other bones - there is a Wish List you can click on behind him to see the list of bones he requires. This section is much longer, requires you to kill many different types of creature, including some slayer monsters. |
Length | Very Long (Can take 4 hours without fairy rings) |
Requirements |
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Items required |
Recommended items:
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Enemies to defeat | None |
Preview
- None of the bone drops are 100%. Yet the special bone drops are fairly common.
- The monsters you need to kill are mentioned on the Wish List, that is attached on the house north of the Old Man.
- It is possible to hand in the collected bones in smaller batches. The Odd Old Man will kindly update the wish list, taking off the bones already submitted.
- This is the list of Monsters that need to be killed to obtain all the bones (there are 27 total):
Note: These animals can be found other places.
- The walkthrough below groups the monsters by geographical closeness:
Karamja
- Travel method: Use the Gnome Glider (or Fairy ring code: D-K-P) to get to Karamja. Both Jogres and Snakes are found directly west of the Gnome Glider. Optionally, Jogres are also found in the dungeon by the Harpie Bug Swarms, and snakes are also found by the Calquat Patch.
- Jogre - drops Jogre bone (different from the regular Jogre bones)
- Snake - drops Snake spine
Misthalin
- Travel method: Edgeville can be reached by using an Amulet of glory Teleport, fairy ring, using Home teleport and the Canoe System, by using Varrock Teleport and walking a short distance, or by using the Spirit tree in Grand Exchange. The monsters are all found in the Varrock Sewers. It is also a good idea to buy a Mirror shield, some Ice coolers, and several Fishing explosives from the Slayer Master while you are here.
- Zombie
- Moss Giant
- Rat (not the Giant Rat, but rather the level-1 small critters) - drops Rat bone (different to the regular bones)
Draynor Village
- Items: Fishing explosive
- Travel method: The easiest way to get here is using Teleport to Cabbage Patch with the Explorer Ring (3). If you don't have one, using an amulet of glory to Draynor and walking to Port Sarim works. From there, travel south and look for the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, where you will find Ice Giants. Travel south to reach the Mudskipper Point, home to the Mogres.
- Seagull - drops Seagull wing
- Ice Giant (within Asgarnian Ice Dungeon) - drops Ice giant ribs
- Mogre
Nardah
- Items: Ice cooler
- Travel method: From Mudskipper Point, use the Fairy ring (code D-L-Q) to get to the Nardah hunting area, and travel west. There are Jackals on the way to the level 42 Desert Lizards. You need to use Ice coolers on the lizards when their health is low. After these, walk south and go west from the Nardah bank to find Vultures. If the vultures fly, you may need to use Ranged or Magic attack.
- Jackal
- Desert Lizard - Level 42s drop the special bone
- Vulture (north-west of Agility pyramid)
Port Phasmatys
- Items: Ectophial
- Travel method: Travel to Port Phasmatys (teleport using the Ectophial) and travel west. The undead cows are just west of Ectofuntus, within the farm. Then, travel west and go under Fenkenstrain's Castle by pushing the memorials to the east to find Experiments (see the Creature of Fenkenstrain quest guide). Travel south-west to Canifis where many Level 88 Werewolves are located. If you don't want to attack a level 88 werewolf you can attack one of the level 24's in Canifis with Wolfbane and when they are almost dead switch to another weapon. They will change into a werewolf with low hitpoints and may drop the bones. Just Finally, travel south-west towards the Paterdomus temple entrance to find Ghouls.
- Undead Cow - drops Undead cow ribs
- Experiment/Experiment No. 2 (Taverley) - drops Experiment bone
- Werewolf
- Ghoul
Feldip Hills
- Items: Inoculation brace
- Travel method: Travel to Feldip Hills using fairy ring (code: A-K-S) or Gnome glider from the Gnome Stronghold. There you will find Ogres and Wolves. From there travel using fairy ring (code: B-K-P) and then travel east to Jiggig (south of Castle Wars) to find Zogres. Zogres are located within the Jiggig tomb, and may inflict disease upon the player. The Inoculation brace will counter this effect; just be sure to keep it equipped all the time, or if you have completed Zogre Flesh Eaters you may buy Relicym's Balm from Uglug Nar if you opened his shop after completing it.
Miscellania, Lighthouse & Waterfall
- Items: Games necklace, Enchanted lyre, Mirror shield, Glarial's amulet, Rope, good armour, good food.
- Travel method: Use your Enchanted lyre to teleport to Relekka, take a boat to Miscellania and kill some of the rabbits there. Then, make a visit to the Lighthouse. Dagganoths are found within the basement of the lighthouse. Good food and armour is suggested, as these dagganoths are in a multi-combat area. Then head into the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (Killing basilisks will require a mirror shield, as basilisks will dangerously reduce player stats). Grab a rope and Glarial's amulet, then use your Games necklace to teleport to Barbarian Outpost. Travel south towards the Baxtorian Falls, and get into the Waterfall dungeon to find Fire giants in the passage to the North-west.
- Dagannoth
- Rabbit
- Basilisk - drops Basilisk bone
- Fire Giant - drops Fire Giant bone
Note: Fire Giants drop Shoulder bones, this is not what you want, though you can still polish the Sholder bone, it is needed for the Fur 'n' Seek wish list, but to complete this quest you need to obtain and polish the Fire Giant Bone. This is quite misleading
Tree Gnome Stronghold to Taverley
- Items: Duelling ring, Dusty key
- Travel method: Teleport to Al Kharid (using duel ring), and take the gnome glider to the Tree Gnome Stronghold. Terrorbirds can be found within the stronghold in large numbers. You can also kill the Mounted Terrorbird Gnomes as well. Use the Gnome glider to travel to the Wolf Mountain, and walk east towards Taverley. Baby blue dragons are found in the Taverley dungeon. Bringing an Anti-dragon shield or Anti-fire potions is advisable as the mothers may attack the player while in the dungeons.
- Terrorbird - drops Terrorbird wing
- Baby blue dragon - drops Baby dragon bone
Troll Stronghold
With Trollheim Teleport
Use the Trollheim Teleport to get to Trollheim. From there, climb down to the western side. The trolls are a bit to the West.
Without Trollheim Teleport
Without the Trollheim Teleport Spell, the easiest way to reach trolls is Keldagrim Entrance. It is located close to fairy ring code: D-K-S. Simply walk there from Relekka if Fairy Rings are not an option. The trolls are located just south of the entrance.
Lumbridge
- Items: Spiny helmet, Lightsource (preferably lanterns)
- Travel method: Home teleport to Lumbridge. With a lantern, climb through the hole in the cellar, and walk south and through the other hole. Go south towards the area full of Rockslugs, then head east towards the goblins. Cave Goblins are found at the far east of the Lumbridge Swamp Caves. You may also take the entrance in the main spot and find them, although you'll need a Spiny helmet.
Note: Any type of Cave goblin will work, even guards.
Varrock
- Items: Varrock teleport (or Digsite pendant)
- Travel method: Teleport to Varrock, and walk northeast. Bats are flapping about right by the Odd Old Man.
Finishing Up
- After you have obtained all the bones, clean the bones using the same method used in the initial part of the quest.
- Give the cleaned bones to the Odd Old Man for your reward.
- Note: The cleaning and submission of the bones to the Odd Old Man can be done in stages.
Reward
- 5,000 Prayer experience
- Choice of either Bonesack or Ram skull helmet (with the option to switch at any time)
Music
Music tracks unlocked:
None, for all the areas can be visited without starting the miniquest.
Trivia
- Rag-and-bone man is a British phrase for a junk dealer. Historically, the phrase referred to an individual who would travel the streets of a city with a horsedrawn cart, and would collect old rags for converting into fabric and paper, and bones for making glue, scrap iron and other items. They often traded them for other items of limited value.
- If you read the Wish List after you have retrieved all the bones (after the mini-quest), it has been updated to say "Non-chafing Manacles", a non-existent item. This may have been a hint to the third part of the quest, or to keep the monster in prison. But this is most likely a Jagex joke, suggesting the Odd Old Man would have to go in prison.
- Recently released concept art proved this, as it showed a skeletal being with mismatching bones and a manacle on its wrist.
- Even more evidence for another Rag and Bone Man quest had been found in Postbag 41. One of the sheets of paper in the Chaos Elemental's suitcase was titled "MENTOR A BANDWAGON." This unscrambles to form "RAG AND BONE MAN TWO." In addition, the bottom of the paper had the words "No 156 in the world." At the time of release, there were 155 quests, and Fur 'n' Seek was released as the 156th quest.
- Jagex hinted in their weekly Twitter hint from 7-8-09 that the next quest would be Rag and Bone Man 2. It was released as Fur 'n' Seek on 10 August, 2009.
- Before, the Rag and Bone Man wishlist used to reward one quest point, thus required to wear the quest cape. This was fixed on 11 August 2009.
- "Bear Ribs" may be a play on words of "spare ribs."
- Upon completion of this quest, and the Tears of Guthix, Juna may express puzzlement about the Rag and Bone Man.
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