Oak plank
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| Release date | 31 May 2006 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Quest item? | No (Used in Quests) |
| Tradeable? | Yes |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alch | 150 coins |
| Low Alch | 100 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 250 coins |
| Examine | A plank of sturdy oak. |
| Weight | 0.8 kg |
Oak planks are the second lowest level of plank used in the Construction skill. Each Oak plank gives 60 experience points (so if an item uses two Oak planks, players will gain 120 Experience). They are mainly for the second grade of furniture, out of four grades.
Dropping monsters
Monster Combat level Quantity Rarity Armoured zombie 85 5 (noted) Uncommon Tormented wraith 129 80 (noted) Uncommon Jungle horror 70 4 Rare Skeleton 13,21,142 1 Rare Undead troll 74, 100, 125 6 (noted) Rare
Obtaining
Sawmill
Most oak planks come into the game from the Varrock Sawmill. Oak logs taken to the Sawmill Operator are made into oak planks at a fee of 250 coins per plank. Oak logs cost Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins each and Oak planks sell for Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins each, so a profit of Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins is made per plank, or Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins per trip.
The fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Lumber yard teleport. The teleport will take the player directly to the sawmill. A glory or dueling ring can then be used to bank.
The second fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Balloon transport system. Start at Castle Wars and use the balloon to travel to the location northeast of Varrock, which is close to the Sawmill. One willow log is required to make this journey. The balloon has a weight restriction (under 40 kg), so some players may only be able to carry 19 oak logs per round; however, wearing Weight-reducing equipment can allow the maximum of 27 oak logs to be brought. After making the planks, use a worn ring of duelling to teleport back to Castle Wars.
Another way to do this is to fly from Castle Wars to the lumberyard and chop down the oak logs there. Once the planks are made, teleport back to Castle Wars. This eliminates the weight restrictions for balloon travel, though it is a bit longer than taking logs from your bank. It is possible to make over 1500 planks per hour using this method.
Also note that you can use a beast of burden to carry extra logs to the sawmill. All items brought with you this way do not add to your character's weight, so you can fill it up for a good amount of extra planks per run. Should you use a Terrorbird then it is most efficient to have three open spaces in your inventory (four after the willow is used for the transport). This way you can maximize the speed at which you swap planks->logs. This can be achieved with a spotted cape and boots of lightness equipped.
The third fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves the Gnome Glider system. Use a Ring of Duelling to teleport to the Duel Arena, run southwest and take the glider to the Grand Tree. From there, take the Glider (run north into and its up at the top of the Grand tree) to Lemanto-Andra, which is south-east of the Digsite in Varrock. Run north from there, until you reach the first gate on your left (marked by a red line on your minimap) to the Sawmill and make the planks. Then use a Ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars to bank.
The fourth fastest way to make planks using the Sawmill involves teleporting to Varrock. Run from Varrock to the Sawmill and make planks, then teleport to Varrock using the spell or a tablet, and run to east Varrock bank to bank. It is possible to make 1000 planks per hour using this method.
Familiars are allowed on the Balloon method and can be used on the Varrock teleport method, but not on the Gnome Glider method.
A variation on these methods that would add woodcutting experience and increase profit per plank at the expense of time would involve cutting oak logs from the Oak Trees west of the Balloon.
Butlers
Butlers can take oak logs to the Sawmill to create oak planks. They take the Sawmill fee with them. One way to use this is to carry noted oak logs, then ask the Butler to unnote them, then ask for the unnoted logs to be taken to the Sawmill. The planks received can then be used to train construction immediately, or can be sent to the bank using the Butler for profit.
Another variation is to go outside your house, cut oak logs, go inside your house, have the oaks sent to the sawmill, and use them to train construction.
Plank Make
Oak planks can be made using the Lunar Magics spell Plank Make. However, this is more expensive than using Plank Make on Mahogany logs, so this is rarely done.
Other
80 noted Oak planks are an uncommon drop of the Tormented Wraith.
Young implings can drop 1 oak plank.
Eclectic implings can drop 4 noted oak planks.
Exp/Gp table
| Item | Profit(Loss)/Xp | Profit(Loss)/Xp (w/ Sc tool) |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Plank | 7.88 gp/exp | 3.94 gp/exp |
Using to Train Construction
Oak planks give 60 experience each, or 120 if using a Sacred clay hammer from Stealing Creation. Oak planks are most commonly used to build and remove Oak larders, which require 8 oak planks each, or oak doors in the dungeon, which require 10 oak planks each.
With the current Grand Exchange price, each experience point received by building oak items would cost Expression error: Unexpected < operator. coins. This does not include butler fees.
It is possible to obtain over 300k Construction experience per hour with oak planks, or 600k with Sacred clay hammers, by having a Butler or Demon Butler bring planks.
Quests
- Cold War 10 needed.
- TokTz-Ket-Dill 14 needed.
- Love Story 2 needed
Trivia
- Oak planks were traded for over 1000 coins each on the day Construction was released due to the extremely high demand.
- Real-world traders sometimes made oak planks for cash, and many probably used bots. One of the lowest prices reached by oak planks was about 375 coins each in the summer of 2007, most likely due to this. More recently, at the end of summer in 2011, oak planks reached their all time low of approximately 330 coins each.