Difficulty:
Novice
Length:
Medium
Quest Requirements:
None
Skill/Other Requirements:
None.
Level 20+ Combat with at least level 5 Defence is recommended.
Items Needed at Quest Start:
Tinderbox, Light source, Armor, Weapon, and a Rope (a Rope is only required if you have not visited the Lumbridge Swamp Dungeon before).
Items Needed to Complete Quest:
8 Logs (any kind), 8 Pots, and 8 Coins.
Items Recommended for Quest:
Food, Amulet of glory (4), and teleport methods to Camelot, Falador, Lumbridge, and Varrock.
Items Acquired During Quest:
Bear ribs, Big frog leg, Giant bat wing, Giant rat bone, Goblin skull, Monkey paw, Ram skull, Unicorn bone, 8 Jugs of vinegar, 8 Pots of vinegar, 8 Jugs, and 8 Bones of vinegar, and 8 Pots.
Quest Points:
1
Reward:
500 Cooking experience, and 500 Prayer experience.
Start Point:
Next to the quarry, Northeast of Varrock.
To Start:
Speak to the Odd Old Man.
Instructions:
  1. Make your way to the Odd Old Man's hut just west of the limestone quarry, northeast of Varrock. Once there, talk to the Odd Old Man, who will instruct you to collect several bones and will tell you how to prepare them. Below is the list of the bones which you need to collect.

    Note: The easiest way to reach Varrock is via the Varrock teleport spell. You can collect the bones in any order you choose. The locations and monsters listed below are only a suggestion. Some of the monsters may also be found in other locations and some of the bones may also be dropped by another similar monster.

    Step 1

    Name Image Location
    Big frog leg Big frog leg Kill a Big frog in the Lumbridge Swamp cave.
    Goblin skull Goblin skull Kill a Goblin East of Lumbridge Castle.
    Ram skull Ram skull Kill a Ram near Southeast Varrock Mine.
    Bear ribs Bear ribs Kill a Bear at Southeast Varrock mine.
    Unicorn bone Unicorn bone Kill a Unicorn at Southeast Varrock mine.
    Giant rat bone Giant rat bone Kill a Giant rat North of southeast Varrock mine.
    Monkey paw Monkey paw Kill a Monkey on Karamja, or Ardougne Zoo, whilst using telegrab to get the bone.
    Giant bat wing Giant bat wing Kill a Giant bat South of Catherby, along the coast.

  2. After you have all the bones, head to Draynor and speak to Fortunato. After you speak with him you will be able to purchase 8 jugs of vinegar.

    Step 2

  3. Now use a Jug of vinegar with a pot. Repeat this 8 times and then add a bone to each pot of vinegar. Now you will have "Bone in Vinegar".

  4. Head back to the Odd Old Man. Next to him you will find a pot-boiler. Add a log to the pot-boiler, add the "Bone in Vinegar", and then light it. Do this for all 8 pots of "Bone in Vinegar".

    Step 4

  5. Talk to the Odd Old Man to finish the quest.

    Congratulations! Quest Complete!

    Quest Complete

Don't leave yet! There is an additional part to this quest! After you finish talking with the Odd Old Man, there is a second part of the quest you can do!

Requirements: Must have started the Zogre Flesh Eaters, and the Horror from the Deep Quests, must have completed the Skippy and the Mogres, and must have Level 40 Slayer.

Quest Points: 1

Reward: 5k Prayer exp, and either a Bonesack or Ram skull helmet

Start Point: Next to the quarry, North East of Varrock

To Start: Speak to the Odd Old Man

  1. Behind the Odd Old Man is a list of more creatures you need to get bones from.

    Name Location
    Basilisk Slayer Dungeon
    Baby Blue Dragon Taverly Dungeon
    Bat Just West of the Odd Old Man
    Cave Goblin Lumbridge Castle Dungeon
    Dagganoth Lighthouse
    Experiment Experiment Dungeon
    Fire Giant Waterfall Dungeon and Brimhaven Dungeon (requires 875 coins)
    Ghoul Northwest of Canifis
    Ice Giant White Wolf Mountain
    Jackal Al Kharid Desert
    Jogre Ardougne Zoo and Brimhaven
    Massive Desert Lizard Al Kharid Desert
    Mogre South of Port Sarim
    Moss Giant Varrock Sewers
    Ogre West of Yanille
    Rabbits Tiranwynn
    Rat Varrock Sewers
    Seagull Port Sarim
    Snake Karamja
    Terrorbird Tree Gnome Stronghold
    Troll Death Plateau
    Undead Cow West of Port Phasmatys
    Vulture Agility Pyramid
    Werewolf Canifis
    Wolf Feldip Hills, White Wolf Mountain, Rellekka
    Zogre Jiggig
    Zombie Edgeville Dungeon

  2. Once you have bones from all the items on your list, put them in pots of vinegar like before, put logs in the pot-boiler, add the "Bone in vinegar", and then light it.

  3. When all of the bones are ready, give them to the Odd Old Man and you will get to choose either the bone sack or a helmet as a reward (your choice is not permanent, you can exchange one for another afterward).

    Congratulations! Quest Complete!

    The bone sack is used as a cape and gives you +4 to all defence bonuses. No, the sack won't mumble or carry your bones.

    The bone helmet is a Ram skull helmet worn on your head that gives the Defence bonuses: Stab +19, Slash +21, Crush +16, Magic +0, and Range +19

    If you happen to lose either one of these, the Odd Old Man will replace it for you.

This Old School Quest Guide was written by Fivestar24. Thanks to Dea-Proximo, Andro_Girl, t virus, Shinraz, Kaiza666, tomb_lifter, R K O Orton, Im4eversmart, DRAVAN, lfawarlord, Watsermetjou, Xerlat, SaxRox, hellmage4492, Cloulien, PvM Sasori, McSwindler, Suddendeath, Gingervitas, hellbound665, DarkPyroNinja, om-gabessdsp, and Koviana for corrections.
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