Beer

Beer is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 1 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Beer is to buy it: Barman sells it for 1 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“A glass of frothy ale.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 1 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

At least 7 monsters drop it. The easiest is Goblin (level 2, 2/128); the best rate is Sergeant Steelwill (level 102), at 1/6, about one every 6 kills. You can also make it yourself: it needs no skill level, using Beer glass. Other sources include Drunken Dwarf, Big event mystery box (The Need for Mead) and Event mystery box (The Need for Mead). Beer 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 1 coins, which is the same as 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: 1 coins
Monster drops: 7
Shops: 6
Recipes: 1
Used in: Nothing

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Sergeant Steelwill	102	1	1/6
Zombie (Stronghold of Security)	12	1	10/100
Goblin (Stronghold of Security)	5	1	5/101
Goblin (Turael's basement)	5	1	5/101
Hill giant	26	1	6/128
GoblinEasiest	2	1	2/128
Goblin (Lumbridge)	2	1	2/128