Rag and Bone Man II/Quick guide

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Details

Start point	Speak to the Odd Old Man, located at the end of the northern path in central Silvarea. <maplink mapID="-1" align="center" text="<b>Show on map</b>" plane="0" y="3509" x="3362" group="pins" zoom="2"> {"features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[3362.5,3507.5],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"mapID":"-1","providerID":0,"description":" X/Y: 3362,3507 ","group":"pins","icon":"greenPin","plane":0,"title":"Start point"}}],"type":"FeatureCollection"} </maplink>
Official difficulty	Experienced
Official length	Medium
Description	An archeological bone gathering quest. Requires the start and/or completion of multiple quests. Lots of creatures and animals necessary to be scavenged for specific bones, that will then need to be cleaned and given to the Odd Old Man for his marvelous collection of bone remains.
Requirements	40 Slayer (boostable) (unknown) 20 Defence (not boostable) (unknown) to wield a mirror shield to kill a basilisk (though not necessary; see below) Completed Rag and Bone Man I (required to start) Completed Skippy and the Mogres (not required to start) Completed Horror from the Deep or partial completion of The Fremennik Trials (not required to start) Partial completion of Creature of Fenkenstrain (not required to start) Partial completion of Waterfall Quest (not required to start) The ability to kill several high-level monsters
Items required	27 pots 27 jugs of vinegar (bought from Fortunato for 27 coins) 27 sets of logs (any logs - normal logs can be obtained on the path just below the Odd Old Man's hut if you bring an axe). Tinderbox Light source Dusty key (if under 70 Agility) Rope Combat gear to kill zogres (an ogre composite bow with brutal arrows or runes for Crumble Undead casts is advised) Slayer equipment: Ice coolers Fishing explosives Mirror shield or V's shield (unless using a workaround - see guide for how to get around using this)
Recommended	40 Combat level Anti-dragon shield (if concerned about blue dragons while in Taverley Dungeon) Partial completion of Zogre Flesh Eaters for access to brutal arrows for killing zogres Inoculation bracelet, or Relicym's balm or Sanfew serum (to deflect or cure disease when killing zogres Dramen staff or lunar staff would save a great deal of time by using fairy rings Digsite pendant Ectophial Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport Ring of dueling Enchanted lyre Games necklace Log basket for just 1 trip with bones in vinegar Runes or tablets for teleporting all across Gielinor (if no better travelling method is available) Slayer Equipment: Spiny helmet or Slayer helmet
Enemies to defeat	Several (27): see below.
League notes	Impossible to complete, as it requires visits to Asgarnia✓, Kandarin✓, Desert✓, Fremennik✓, and Morytania✓. As such, players are advised not to start the quest, so that the quest-specific bones do not pollute the ground. If the player has started the quest, the pollution can be avoided by keeping the bone in the inventory or bank.

Walkthrough

Starting out

• Talk to the Odd Old Man north of the Digsite, north of the Limestone mine

Gathering the bones

• Gather the following bones by killing the appropriate monsters (listed locations are the most convenient ones):

Monster	Drops	Locations (preferable) - Click to mark
Bat	Bat wing	Near the Odd Old Man (giant bats do not drop Bat wings).
Undead cow	Undead cow ribs	In the farm north-west of Port Phasmatys.
Experiment	Experiment bone	Under the grave south-east of Fenkenstrain's Castle (requires partial completion of Creature of Fenkenstrain), manhole east of Taverley POH or level-109 mice (requires partial completion of Grim Tales).
Werewolf	Werewolf bone	Canifis (can only be dropped by the werewolf form of the Canifis citizens).
Ghoul	Ghoul bone	Canifis graveyard (between Canifis and Paterdomus Temple, near fairy ring CKS).
Zombie	Zombie bone	Varrock Sewers, Edgeville Dungeon, Draynor Sewers (cannot be obtained in the Stronghold of Security).
Rat	Rat bone	Varrock Sewers, Lumbridge Castle, Draynor Sewers (giant rats do not drop).
Moss giant	Moss giant bone	Varrock Sewers (Knife/Slash weapon required for spiderweb), west of the Fishing Guild, Crandor, Moss Giant Island west of Brimhaven (requires 10 Agility), Brimhaven Dungeon (Requires axe, and 875gp).
Cave goblin (monster)	Cave goblin skull	Lumbridge Swamp Caves, Dorgesh-Kaan mines.
Jackal	Jackal bone	North of Nardah and south-west of Ruins of Uzer (directly south-west of fairy ring DLQ); also found at the same location as the vultures, north-west of Agility Pyramid).
Massive desert lizard	Desert lizard bone	North of Nardah and south-west of Ruins of Uzer in the Kharidian Desert (north of fairy ring DLQ) (marked on map). You must kill level 42 Lizard (greyish skin) (requires ice coolers). It is NOT dropped by the level 24 desert lizard.
Vulture	Vulture wing	South-west of Nardah and north-west of Agility Pyramid in the Kharidian Desert (marked on map) (bring Ranged/Magic or hop worlds until you find a non-flying one).
Seagull	Seagull wing	Port Sarim docks, Corsair Cove
Ice giant	Ice giant ribs	Asgarnian Ice Dungeon Fairy ring AIQ dungeon entrance is north (Ice Warriors will often interrupt), White Wolf Mountain (bring a pickaxe to clear rockslide on mountain). Village south-west of Wintertodt (multi-combat)
Mogre	Mogre bone	Mudskipper Point by fairy ring AIQ (use fishing explosive on "Ominous Fishing Spot") (requires full completion of Skippy and the Mogres miniquest).
Snake	Snake spine	Snakes all over Karamja, desert snakes close to the jackals in the Kharidian Desert, Ardougne Zoo next to the Jogres (with Telekinetic Grab).
Jogre	Jogre bone	Pothole Dungeon in northern Karamja near the sea, near the glider (fairy ring DKP), Ardougne Zoo (with Telekinetic Grab) (make sure you pick up the Jogre bone, not the Jogre bones).
Baby blue dragon	Baby dragon bone	Taverley Dungeon, Myths' Guild Dungeon
Troll	Troll bone	Trollheim (especially the western part of it), Keldagrim entrance, Death Plateau in Burthorpe, Troll Country.
Rabbit/Bunny	Rabbit bone	South-east of Rellekka and north-west of fairy ring AJR (marked by rare trees icon), Miscellania, Tirannwn, Nature Altar (with Telegrab).
Basilisk	Basilisk bone	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (fairy ring AJR). Note: 40 Slayer and a mirror shield are required to kill basilisks. Note: It is possible to kill Basilisks without a Mirror shield by using poison and multiple rings of recoil for melee, or by using a safespot across some rocks for ranged or magic.
Dagannoth	Dagannoth ribs	Basement level of the Lighthouse by fairy ring ALP (requires full completion of Horror from the Deep), Waterbirth Island (cannot be obtained in Catacombs of Kourend).
Fire giant	Fire giant bone	Waterfall Dungeon (requires partial completion of Waterfall Quest, rope), Brimhaven Dungeon (Requires axe, 875gp and 12 Agility) (cannot be obtained in Nieve's Slayer Stronghold).
Terrorbird	Terrorbird wing	Tree Gnome Stronghold (there is a terrorbird pen on the west side of the Gnome Stronghold across the river) (mounted terrorbird gnomes do not drop the bone.)
Wolf	Wolf bone	Feldip Hills (just east of fairy ring AKS), White Wolf Mountain, Rellekka, Ardougne Zoo (with Telekinetic Grab) (cannot be obtained in Stronghold of Security).
Ogre	Ogre ribs	Feldip Hills (just north of fairy ring AKS).
Zogre	Zogre bone	Jiggig, east of fairy ring BKP (requires start of Zogre Flesh Eaters). (Ogre bow/Comp ogre bow with brutal arrows or Crumble Undead casts are a must).

Polishing the bones

• Talk to Fortunato located in Draynor marketplace and buy 27 jug of vinegar.
• Use all of the jugs of vinegar with all the pots to make 27 pots of vinegar.
• Use all of the bones with your pots of vinegar to get 27 bones in vinegar.
• Withdraw a tinderbox and either logs or an axe. Each bones in vinegar will require 1 set of logs. There are trees nearby that can be cut for logs.
• Return back to the Odd Old Man and talk to him.
• For each bone in vinegar do the following:
  • Place a set of logs on the pot-boiler next to the old man.
  • Use a bone in vinegar with the pot-boiler.
  • Light the set of logs with your tinderbox.
  • Wait 12 seconds until the fire is consumed and remove the pot from the pot-boiler. (Alternatively, hop worlds after lighting the logs for them to be finished when you log back in)
• Talk to the Odd Old Man.
• Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• 5,000 Prayer experience
• Bonesack
• Ram skull helm

Trivia

• While waiting to clean bones, players may examine skeletons surrounding the Odd Old Man's house. One such skeleton states "What a waste of prayer xp!".
• Rag and Bone Man II was formerly a miniquest named "Rag & Bone Wish List". As miniquests do not usually give quest points, it was renamed Rag and Bone Man II and reclassified as a quest in an update on 17 August 2017.