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{{RSC page|Tinderbox}}
{{Infobox Item
|aka = Firestarters, lighters
|image = [[File:Tinderbox.png]]
|release = [[4 January]] [[2001]]
|update = Runescape beta is now online!
|members = No
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|high = 0
|low = 0
|destroy = Drop
|store = 1
|exchange = gemw
|examine = Useful for lighting a fire.
|weight = 0.05
}}

[[File:Tinderbox detail.png|left|100px]]
The '''tinderbox''' is used primarily for [[Firemaking|lighting fires]]. It is also used regularly in many [[quests]]. It is also used to light and relight [[candle]]s and [[lanterns]], so any player venturing into a dark area such as the [[Lumbridge Caves]] should bring one in case their [[light source]] goes out. Various quests require the player to use a tinderbox to set things on fire. A tinderbox can be stored in the [[Toolbelt]]. Tinderboxes are useful for all players, not only new or free players.

== Dropping monsters ==

=== Levels 1 to 24 ===

{{ItemDropsTableHead}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave bug|Combat=6, 96|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=H.A.M. guard|Combat=12,18,22|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave goblin miner|Combat=11|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Imp|Combat=2, 7|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Zombie|Combat=13-85|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave goblin|Combat=3|Quantity=1|Rarity=Rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave goblin guard|Combat=24,26|Quantity=1|Rarity=Very rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Pirate|Combat=23,26,57|Quantity=1|Rarity=Very rare}}
|}

=== Levels 25 to 49 ===

{{ItemDropsTableHead}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Borrokar|Combat=48|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Lanzig|Combat=48|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Wall beast|Combat=49|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Zombie|Combat=13, 18, 24, 25, 30, 32, 40, 44, 53, 78, 85|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave goblin guard|Combat=24,26|Quantity=1|Rarity=Rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Freidir|Combat=48|Quantity=1|Rarity=Rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Ghast|Combat=30, 78, 139|Quantity=1|Rarity=Very rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Pirate|Combat=23,26,57|Quantity=1|Rarity=Very rare}}
|}

=== Levels 50 to 99 ===

{{ItemDropsTableHead}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Cave bug|Combat=6, 96|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Dagannoth (Chaos Tunnels)|Combat=88|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Dagannoth (Waterbirth Island)|Combat=88, 90|Quantity=10|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Iron dragon (Daemonheim)|Combat=84, 89, 98, 114, 138|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Zombie|Combat=13, 18, 24, 25, 30, 32, 40, 44, 53, 78, 85|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Ghast|Combat=30, 78, 139|Quantity=1|Rarity=Rare}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Pirate|Combat=23,26,57|Quantity=1|Rarity=Very rare}}
|}

=== Levels 100 and above ===

{{ItemDropsTableHead}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Giant Rock Crab|Combat=137|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Rock lobster|Combat=127|Quantity=1|Rarity=Common}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Iron dragon (Daemonheim)|Combat=84, 89, 98, 114, 138|Quantity=1|Rarity=Uncommon}}
{{ItemDropsLine|Monster=Ghast|Combat=30, 78, 139|Quantity=1|Rarity=Rare}}
|}

==Obtaining tinderboxes==
===Purchase===
[[File:Ignatius's Hot Deals location.png|thumb|left|131px]]
A tinderbox can be bought at a [[general store]] for 1 [[coins|coin]]. It is not recommended to buy one at the [[Grand Exchange]] because the cost is {{GEprice|Tinderbox}} coins.

The average spawn rate at a general store for the full stock 10 tinderboxes is 9 minutes and 10 seconds. This means the first spawn is 10 seconds after all the tinderboxes have been bought, and one minute per every other tinderbox.

Tinderboxes can also be bought from [[Ignatius Vulcan]], who stocks 60,000, making it one of the best ways to stock tinderboxes. It is one of the largest stock of any item in any shop in RuneScape, beaten only by Pickupstixx's stock of 65,000 shard packs and 65,000 shards.

===Tinderbox spawns===
*Top floor of [[Draynor Manor]] near Professor Oddenstein's machine.
*On the wrecked ship on the north of [[Harmony Island]].
*Next to furnace in the [[Ruins (east)|eastern wilderness ruins]].
*Searching certain shelves of the [[Wise Old Man]]'s home gives a tinderbox, possibly book(s) and a message questioning why he keeps so many tinderboxes. This is likely due to Dinoysus's eventual assault upon the [[Wizards' Tower]]. Though it is possible to quickly obtain multiple tinderboxes from it, your character will only take one at a time, and only if your inventory has none; this can be easily bypassed through the [[drop trick]].

===Other sources===
Player can obtain an unlimited number of tinderboxes from a [[Tool store 2]] in the [[Workshop]] of a [[Player-owned house]]. Only one tinderbox can be taken at time from the tool store, so this is a time consuming way to get a lot of tinderboxes.

Various monsters occasionally drop tinderboxes, including the [[Cave bug]], [[Cave goblin]], [[Werewolf]], and [[H.A.M. guard]].

Tinderboxes are occasionally obtained when pickpocketing [[H.A.M. member]]s

Tinderboxes can also be obtained through the [[Buyers and Cellars]] quest.

==Use with skills==
As mentioned above, a tinderbox is often used to train the firemaking skill. [[Summoning familiars]], however, can be used in place of a tinderbox, giving an extra ten [[Firemaking]] experience for each log:
*[[Pyrelord]] - [[Summoning]] level 46
*[[Forge regent]] - Summoning level 76

Tinderboxes are sometimes used in [[Construction]]. For example, 20 tinderboxes are needed to build a [[Flame pit]] in an [[Oubliette]].

The tinderbox is also the tertiary ingredient of [[Pyrelord]] summoning pouches.

==Haunted Mine==
A tinderbox carried in the [[inventory]] becomes a [[Damp tinderbox]] when a player falls into the water at the 5th level of the [[Haunted Mine]]. If examined afterward it will say: Not so useful for lighting a fire. It cannot be used on a [[fire]] or [[range]] to dry it out.

==Trivia==
*A [[golden tinderbox]] is in one of the monuments below the temple in [[Priest in Peril]]; if the player uses an ordinary tinderbox with the pillar, the tinderboxes will be switched and the player will get the golden tinderbox instead of the regular one. This is reminiscent of ''Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark'' where Indiana Jones switches a bag of sand with a golden idol to get it.
[[File:Floating tinderbox.jpg|thumb|A glitchy tinderbox at an evil tree]]
*There is a glitch that causes the tinderbox to disappear when the player tries to 'Use' it. This glitch has yet to be fixed as of June 14, 2011.
*Recently, there was a glitch in which a tinderbox would fly around an Evil Tree. It only happened during the event, it is unknown what caused this glitch, and it has been fixed by [[Jagex]].
*The sprite of the Damp Tinderbox looks like the original sprite of a regular tinderbox.
*The tinderbox had a graphics update on the 14th of July 2008.
*This helped lead to the Personalized Shops update, so that players would not keep buying and storing the infinite item selection, to sell on the Grand Exchange. Before the update, a level 3 player could make over 100,000 coins an hour repeatedly purchasing tinderboxes and banking them from general stores.
*After the graphics update on 14 July 2008, the tinderbox's look has changed. Its old form can still be seen on a table in [[Varrock]] [[general store]].
*Low level players can use the [[G.E]] tinderbox scheme by buying tinderboxes from the Varrock general store and selling them to the Grand Exchange.
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