Firemaking Skill Guide

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Basic Log Fires
Pyremaking
Lamps and Lanterns
- - Making Oil

Firemaking is one of the most useful skills in RuneScape. No, I am not kidding, it is very good
for many things. Oh, well, actually it is not. It is used for making a campfire where you can
cook your freshly caught fish or your uncooked stews. Level 33 firemaking is required for the
Sea Slug quest. Firemaking's usefulness has been expanded by the Shades of Mort'ton quest,
since higher firemaking levels allow cremating higher level shades, hopefully yielding better
keys and Mort'ton dungeon chest loot.

For lighting a fire, you will need logs. To obtain these, use your woodcutting skill described in
the woodcutting guide, which can be found here.

To light logs you need a tinderbox, which looks like this:

With your tinderbox, make sure you have a log which you have the firemaking level to burn.
(Look at Section 3 of this guide to know the required levels). Now, all you need to do is to
stand on a piece of clear land (Not standing on top of flowers, or any smaller objects which
you can walk on), and use your tinderbox on your logs.

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Basic Log Firemaking

Firemaking
Picture of Exp Gained
Type of Log Level
Log When Burned
Required

Regular 1 40

Oak 15 60

Willow 30 90

Teak 35 105

Maple 45 135

Mahogany 50 157.5
 Yew 60 202.5

Magic 75 303

The burn time of your fire is NOT affected by the type of log you use. Below is a table with the
recommended levels when you should stop and start burning specific logs.

Recommended Start Recommended Stop

Log Type
Burning Level Burning Level
Regular 1 25
Oak 25 40
Willow 40 50
Maple 50 68
Yew 68 85
Magic 85 Continue

Note:
This is probably the best, and fastest way to level firemaking. This will be a step by
step instruction task.

1. When you start off at level 1 firemaking, cut down normal logs using the Woodcutting
Skill, and burn these until level 20 firemaking.
2. Using your Woodcutting Skill now, cut down Oak Logs, and burn these until level 40
firemaking.
3. Go to a Free to Play world. With only 250k in hand, take your tinderbox, your 250k
and yourself to Rimmington. Now, at the General Store on Rimmington, there is
usually always alot of willow logs in there. Usually around 5-10k willows at a time.
These willows sell for 12gp each from the general store. Buy 26 of these logs, and
burn them, then buy another 26, and burn them. If you decide to buy willow logs from
players, you could be looking at hefty prices of up to 7 mil to get you the amount of
logs you will be paying 2.2 mil for.

Note: When doing the third and final step, make sure you have at least 2.2 mil gp, and you
must have alot of patience*

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Pyremaking

To cremate shade remains in Mort'ton, Sacred oil is required. This is obtained by using Olive oil
on the temple's sacred fire when your Sanctity is 10% or more. For a better understanding,
see the Shades of Mort'ton Quest Guide, and/or refer to the Mort'ton Shade Burning Special
Report.

Firemaking
Type of Doses of Shade Remains Exp
Level Shade Levels
Log Sacred oil Cremated Gained
Required
Regular 2 5 Loar 40 60
Oak 2 20 Loar, Phrin 40 70
 Willow 3 35 Loar, Phrin, Riyl 40, 60 100
Teak 3 40 Loar, Phrin, Riyl 40, 60 120
Maple 3 50 Loar, Phrin, Riyl 40, 60, 80 175
Mahogany 3 55 Loar, Phrin, Riyl 40, 60, 80 210
Loar, Phrin, Riyl, 40, 60, 80,
Yew 4 65 255
Asyn 100
Loar, Phrin, Riyl, 40, 60, 80,
Magic 4 80 404.5
Asyn, Fiyr 100, 120

Shade remains are obtained by killing shades in Mort'ton and in the Mort'ton dungeon. A
minimum of a Bronze key is required to enter Mort'ton dungeon (obtainable by killing a Loar
shade in Mort'ton and cremating the remains per the instructions below). Deeper into the
dungeon (access determined by key color), higher levels of shades are found. Cremating
higher level shades (using higher level pyre logs) yields higher level keys, which get you
further into the dungeon. The key hierarchy is Bronze, Steel, Black, and Silver. The keys also
open color-coded chests, and the higher level keys/chests yield better loot, including a greater
chance of obtaining Fine cloth (a rare item used to make Splitbark armour).

Place pyre logs (logs treated with Sacred oil) on one of the funeral pyre sites located around
Mort'ton. Place shade remains on top of the logs. You will not be permitted to place the
remains if the logs are not the appropriate level; note also that you cannot pick back up your
logs (nor the shade remains)! Use a Tinderbox to light the pyre and the shade will be
"released". Some loot will appear on the nearby stand: hopefully a Mort'ton dungeon key, or
else possibly just some coins.

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Lamps and Lanterns

Candles, Lamps and Lanterns are items which can be lit using the firemaking skill, which can
give you access to places which are dark. The best example to show this is the Lumbridge
Swamp Dungeon.

Making lamps and lanterns uses the Crafting skill and in some cases the Smithing skill. Refer
to the Crafting Guide for manufacturing details.

Lamps and lanterns can blow out so you should carry a Tinderbox with you. No Firemaking
experience is earned when lighting these.

Picture Item Name Firemaking Level Required

Candle lantern 4

Oil lamp 12

Oil lantern 26

Bullseye lantern 49

Mining helmet 65
The Candle Lantern takes a white candle, bought from the Lumbridge Swamp Candle seller or
from Catherby's Candle-maker. It will also take the Black Candle left over from Merlin's Crystal
Quest which you may have stowed away in your bank. However, the Candle lantern with a
Black Candle will take up an extra space in your bank and will not stack with the White Candle
version.

The Oil Lamp can be made and used on its own but is more convenient and stronger if put into
an Iron frame, converting it to an Oil lantern (Smithing level 26 to make frame, Crafting level
26 to assemble.) Use some oil on an oil lamp, then light with a tinderbox.

The Bullseye Lantern is made from a Steel frame and a glass Lantern lens (Smithing level 49
to make frame, Crafting level 49 to assemble.). Use Some Oil on a Bullseye Lantern, and light
it using a tinderbox.

The Oil Lamp / Lantern and the Bullseye Lantern require oil. Use some oil on an oil lamp, then
light with a tinderbox.

Mining helmets are dropped by Level 11 Cave Goblin Miners in the "Lost Tribe" dungeon
underneath Lumbridge Castle. Use a Tinderbox on the Mining Helmet to light it.

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Making Oil

To Make Oil, you must do the following:

1. Collect 1 swamp tar for each lantern you wish to add oil to.
2. Take all the swamp tar, and all the lanterns you wish to add oil to to the chemist in
Rimmington.
3. In the middle of the chemist's house, there is an Oil Still. Use the swamp tar on the Oil
Still.
4. Use your lantern on the oil still, and it will be filled with oil.

When a lantern is lit, you can extinguish it by using the extinguish option on the lantern when
lit. Once you have added oil, it never needs to be added again.

Other skill guides associated with Firemaking:

Woodcutting
Cooking
Crafting
Smithing
Herblore