Charcoal
| File:Charcoal.png | |
| Release date | 27 January 2003 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Members? | No |
| Quest item? | Yes |
| Tradeable? | Yes |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alch | 27 coins |
| Low Alch | 18 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 45 coins; Keldagrim & Tai Bwo Wannai 45 coins; Shilo 49 coins |
| Examine | A lump of charcoal. |
| Weight | 0 kg |
Charcoal is an item that is used in some quests. Most of the time it's used in quests for writing or drawing something on Papyrus. Charcoal can be obtained from the following places:
- Charcoal trees. Some dead trees in the eastern deep Wilderness will give charcoal instead of logs.
- Some stores, for example:
- Shilo Village (45 coins each; main stock; 10 September 2009)
- Tai Bwo Wannai general store.
- Gunslik's Assorted Items in Keldagrim (45 coins each).
- Searching through a Specimen tray in the Digsite, with a Specimen jar in the player's inventory. (easiest and cheapest way)
- Searching Laura's house in Past A in the Meeting History quest, though this cannot be taken out.
- Searching the Cupboard in the White Knight's Castle on the ground floor, south of the jail cell. (The drop trick can be used to obtain more than one at once.)
- Searching the crates just past 50% Luke on Braindeath Island.
Charcoal can be ground to ground charcoal with pestle and mortar. If a non-member has a pestle and mortar in their toolbelt they can still create ground charcoal, even though it is a members object.
Although this item is tradeable non-member item, it has hardly any uses for free-to-play players. Previously, some players tried to scam and sell this item in free-to-play worlds for a large sum of money. Because it was an unknown kind of item, other players thought it was a rare, and bought it for millions of coins. There is a rumour that it is possible to obtain charcoal by using coal on a range—this is incorrect. It is uncommon today to see people spreading this rumour. Also, some people have spread the rumour that you can gain charcoal by using ashes on a spade. This rumour is not true, you can not do this in any way shape or form.