Firemaking Brutal Firemaking

Getting Started | Starting Fires without a Tinderbox | Lighting Pyre Ships

Getting Started

To start Firemaking in the manner of the barbarians, you must have a Firemaking level of 35, and a bow.

Click here to find out how to start learning barbarian training methods.

Starting Fires without a Tinderbox

One of the great irritations that any aspiring adventurer encounters is the necessity to carry a tinderbox about with them when they wish to train their Firemaking skill. Thankfully for you, the barbarians long ago developed a method whereby logs can be set alight with a bow, and Otto is willing to teach this technique.

Wood	Level Required	Firemaking Experience
Wood	21	40
Achey	21	40
Oak	35	60
Willow	50	90
Teak	55	105
Arctic pine	62	125
Maple	65	135
Mahogany	70	157.5
Eucalyptus	78	171.2
Yew	80	202.5
Magic	95	303.8

Lighting Pyre Ships

The Ancient Cavern beneath the lake is the resting place of many hundreds of barbarian heroes. Unluckily for the dead, though, the Cavern is a place of such evil that their spirits are not truly at rest. By constructing pyre ships you can then burn the bones to set them free.

When you set a spirit free, it will reward you with one of its precious items - you might even be lucky enough to receive a dragon full helm.

You must first find the bones of barbarian heroes. These can be found as drops in the Ancient Cavern. Be warned that you must find 'chewed bones' rather than 'mangled bones'. Mangled bones are the remains of barbarians whose spirits are maddened by their imprisonment within the caves. Burning Mangled bones will reward you with a spectral assault!

Pyre ships can only be constructed and burnt where the ground is charred around the lake next to Otto's hut. Right-clicking on these locations will bring up the following menu:

You will need some logs and chewed/mangled bones in your inventory to construct a pyre ship.

Burning a pyre ship will grant you a bonus to your Prayer experience depending upon which type of logs you use to construct the ship. You will receive a 300% bonus to Prayer experience the next few times that you bury bones.

Wood	Levels Required	Crafting Experience	Firemaking Experience	Number of Bones with enhanced XP
Wood	11 11	10	40	1
Achey	11 11	10	40	1
Oak	25 25	15	60	2
Willow	40 40	22.5	90	2
Teak	45 45	26.2	105	3
Arctic pine	52 52	31.2	125	3
Maple	55 55	33.7	135	3
Mahogany	60 60	39.3	157.5	4
Eucalyptus	68 68	42.8	171.2	4
Yew	70 70	50.6	202.5	4
Magic	85 85	75.9	303.8	5

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