Bucket of sand

Bucket of sand
Released							18 March 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Empty, Drop
Examine							One of the ingredients for making glass.
Values
Value							2 coins
High alch							1 coin
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							2.5 kg
Respawn time							100 ticks (60 seconds)
Grand Exchange
Exchange							18 coins (info)
Buy limit							13,000
Daily volume							3,008,719
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Advanced data
Item ID							1783

A bucket of sand can be obtained by using empty bucket with a sand pit or sand pile, and is used on a furnace along with soda ash to create molten glass, which is used in Crafting and Construction.

Since sand pits are not very common, players may find it much more convenient to buy buckets of sand, e.g. from charter ships' shops. It can also be purchased with reward points in the Nightmare Zone minigame. Earth implings will occasionally give 4 noted buckets of sand upon looting them.

After completing The Hand in the Sand quest, players may speak to Bert once per day and he will deliver 84 buckets of sand to the player's bank. Bert will automatically do this every day if the player has completed the elite Ardougne diary.

A good method to gather buckets of sand is to move your house to Yanille (requires 50 construction) since there is a sand pit next to the POH, then use Teleport to House (right-click the spell for the option to teleport outside your house) to go to the sandpit and either a games necklace to Barbarian Assault, a ring of dueling to Castle Wars, Varrock Teleport (after completion of the medium Varrock tasks and changing the teleport to the Grand Exchange), or Camelot Teleport (after completion of the hard Kandarin tasks and changing the teleport to Seers' Village) where there is a bank very close to the teleport destination.

Another method of obtaining buckets, which has lower requirements, is to create them via the Sandstorm grinder west of the Bandit Camp Quarry. Players can deposit their sandstone into the grinder; the amount of sand outputted by Sandstorm is dependent on the weight of the sandstone deposited, and can only be deposited unnoted. Once deposited, players can claim buckets of sand from Drew for 50 coins each, along with a bucket. He can store up to 25,000 buckets (banknotes accepted) for the player.

A method of banking after filling buckets with sand is to use the Camelot teleport on a PvP world, as there is a Bank Chest next to the teleport. (It is recommended to use a dust battlestaff as it allows for you to take more buckets). The sandpit in Yanille is in a dangerous area. Alternatively, if you have a tome of fire or excess fire runes and completed the medium Varrock Diary, you can use Varrock Teleport to teleport to the Grand Exchange, though banking will be slower.

Another method of filling buckets, which has lower requirements, is to fill them in Zanaris where there is a sandpit near the bank. One can also carry soda ash while doing this and use the furnace to make molten glass on the way back to the bank. Buckets weigh a significant amount so weight-reducing gear, such as full graceful, is recommended while using this method.

A method of filling buckets that has no requirements and uses significantly less run energy is on Entrana. Players can withdraw stored buckets at the nearby tool leprechaun, fill them up at the sand pit, then travel by ship back to Port Sarim to bank the buckets of sand at the deposit box. Up to 1,000 noted buckets can be stored at the tool leprechaun.

If you have completed the elite Ardougne Diary, Bert will deliver buckets of sand to your bank even if you are no longer a member. Because of this, buckets of sand are one of a few members-only items that can still be obtained in free to play despite the fact that it cannot be used in free to play. This is also the only way to obtain buckets of sand in free to play.

Uses - Comparing Molten Glass yield and XP

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 1.45 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

Sandpit

Requirements

Members		Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Sand pit

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Bucket	1	7
Total cost			7
	Bucket of sand	1	18
Profit			11

Sandstone grinder

Requirements

Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Sandstorm

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Sandstone (1kg)	1	1
	Bucket	1	7
	Coins	50	50
Total cost			58
	Bucket of sand	1	18
Profit			−40

Requirements

Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Sandstorm

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Sandstone (2kg)	1	32
	Bucket	2	14
	Coins	100	100
Total cost			146
	Bucket of sand	2	36
Profit			−110

Requirements

Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Sandstorm

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Sandstone (5kg)	1	13
	Bucket	4	28
	Coins	200	200
Total cost			241
	Bucket of sand	4	72
Profit			−169

Requirements

Members		Ticks	0 (0s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Sandstorm

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Sandstone (10kg)	1	2,988
	Bucket	8	56
	Coins	400	400
Total cost			3,444
	Bucket of sand	8	144
Profit			−3,300

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Spawns

Location	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:28 March 2006| |0}} {{#explode:28 March 2006| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:28 March 2006| |2}}]] (update)	The item's inventory sprite was rotated.
[[{{#explode:22 March 2006| |0}} {{#explode:22 March 2006| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:22 March 2006| |2}}]] (update)	The item was graphically updated.
9 – 23 August 2005	An "Empty" option was added.

Gallery (historical)

RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 ⁠– 22 March 2006	22 March 2006 – 28 March 2006	28 March 2006 – present