Ball of wool

Ball of wool is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 3 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Ball of wool is to buy it: Aemad's Adventuring Supplies in East Ardougne sells it for 5 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“Spun from sheeps' wool.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 3 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

4 monsters drop it. The easiest is Ice troll runt (level 53, 8/128); the best rate is Ice troll female (level 68), at 12/128, about 2.8 per kill. You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Crafting and gives 2.5 Crafting XP, using Wool. Other sources include Baby impling and Baby impling jar. Making ten takes 10 × Wool and gives 25 Crafting XP. 33 recipes use Ball of wool, including Balloon structure, Balloon toad and Balloon toad (grey). Ball of wool is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 3 coins, which is 2 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.

At a glance

Members: No (free-to-play)
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 3 coins
Monster drops: 4
Shops: 6
Recipes: 1
Used in: 33 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Ice troll female	68	18–42 (noted)	12/128
Ice troll grunt	68	18–42 (noted)	11/128
Ice troll male	68	18–42 (noted)	9/128
Ice troll runtEasiest	53	18–42 (noted)	8/128