RS3 Ironman Crafting Training Guide

Getting the resources

Without the Grand Exchange, every input comes from your own account.

• •Hides: tan them from your kills at a tanner (cowhides early, dragonhide from Slayer)
• •Gems: cut from Shilo Village gem rocks or from drops
• •Bars: mine + smelt your own gold/silver; molds, thread and needles from shops
• •Battlestaves: bought daily from Naff in Varrock (more per day with Varrock armour) for crafting orbs

Quests that give Crafting XP

54 quests have a set Crafting XP reward (lamps and choice rewards not counted).

• A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift
• Animal Magnetism
• Bringing Home the Bacon
• Cabin Fever
• Cold War
• Dimension of Disaster: Curse of Arrav
• Dimension of Disaster: Demon Slayer
• Do No Evil
• Dwarf Cannon
• Elemental Workshop I
• Elemental Workshop II
• Elemental Workshop IV
• Enakhra's Lament
• Enlightened Journey
• Fur 'n Seek
• Goblin Diplomacy
• Gunnar's Ground
• Hermit Permits
• In Aid of the Myreque
• In Pyre Need
• In Search of the Myreque
• Kindred Spirits
• Legacy of Seergaze
• Love Story
• Making History
• Missing My Mummy
• Murder Mystery
• Myths of the White Lands
• Nature Spirit
• Observatory Quest
• Ode of the Devourer
• Plague's End
• Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Pirate Pete
• Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Skrach Uglogwee
• Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin Generals
• Ritual of the Mahjarrat
• Rocking Out
• Shades of Mort'ton
• Sheep Shearer
• Shilo Village
• Some Like It Cold
• Tears of Guthix
• The Branches of Darkmeyer
• The Fremennik Isles
• The Fremennik Trials
• The Giant Dwarf
• The Golem
• The Great Brain Robbery
• The Hand in the Sand
• The Light Within
• The Slug Menace
• The Void Stares Back
• Toktz-Ket-Dill
• Tower of Life

What Crafting unlocks for an Ironman

Gear and quality-of-life items from our gear progression and utility lists that need a Crafting level.

• 1

  Skilling urns

  Quality of life

  +20% bonus XP when filled and teleported to Ernie. Cheap, big passive XP boost.

• 15

  Deathwarden robes (T20)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 20. Source: Craft after Kili Row

• 25

  Deathwarden robes (T30)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 30. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge I

• 25

  Gem bag

  Quality of life

  Holds 100 uncut gems — fewer bank trips while Mining. (The old Dungeoneering coal bag was removed; smithed ore boxes now store ores and coal.)

• 35

  Deathwarden robes (T40)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 40. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge II

• 45

  Deathwarden robes (T50)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 50. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge III

• 55

  Deathwarden robes (T60)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 60. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge IV

• 55

  Ring of wealth

  Quality of life

  Tier 2 luck — improves luck-gated rare drops, plus Grand Exchange and Miscellania teleports. Build toward Luck of the Dwarves.

• 60

  Black dragonhide armour

  Gear

  Ranged armour, tier 60. Source: Craft from your own black dragonhide (60 Crafting for the body)

• 65

  Deathdealer robes (T70, power)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 70. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge V (power): upgrade T60 Deathwarden with Hermodic plates (Hermod drop)

• 65

  Deathwarden robes (T70, tank)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 70. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge V (needs The Spirit of War)

• 65

  Royal d’hide armour

  Gear

  Ranged armour, tier 65. Source: Craft from royal dragonhide (QBD / grotworm drops; 65 Crafting)

• 75

  Deathdealer robes (T80, power)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 80. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge VI (power) + Hermodic plates

• 80

  Amulet of glory

  Quality of life

  Four staple teleports (Edgeville, Karamja, Draynor, Al Kharid). Recharge for free at the Fountain of Heroes or the Tears of Seren in Prifddinas.

• 85

  Deathdealer robes (T90, power)

  Gear

  Necromancy armour, tier 90. Source: Craft after Kili's Knowledge VII (power) + Hermodic plates

• 90

  Pernix (t80, Nex) / Death Lotus (t83, Ports)

  Gear

  Ranged armour, tier 83. Source: Nex / Player-owned Ports (Death Lotus made at 90 Crafting)

• 91

  Luck of the Dwarves

  Quality of life

  Tier 4 luck, the highest tier — unlocks the best luck-gated drops. Hazelmere’s signet ring is an equal-tier alternative that only drops (super-rare table, needs tier 4 luck). Long-term chase item.

• 92

  Khopesh of Tumeken

  Gear

  Melee weapon, tier 92. Source: Bless a Khopesh of the Kharidian (Sophanem Slayer Dungeon drop) with The Magister’s scripture blessings (92 Crafting)

• 95

  Dark Shard / Dark Sliver of Leng

  Gear

  Melee weapon, tier 95. Source: Arch-Glacor (hard mode Frozen core of Leng + dark nilas; 95 Smithing & Crafting to make)

Voice of Seren

Key XP milestones

Total XP needed to reach each level, from the standard RuneScape XP formula.

Common questions