Black hatchet

Black hatchet is a tier 25 free-to-play main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 230 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Black hatchet is to buy it: Gulluck and Sons in Grand Tree sells it for 384 coins, and one other shop stocks it too.

“A sinister looking hatchet.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 230 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 6 monsters drop it. The easiest is Skeleton fremennik (level 23, 2/128); the best rate is Lesser demon (level 70), at 8/128, about one every 16 kills. Other sources include Bronze key brown, Bronze key red, Bronze key crimson and Bronze key black, plus 1 more listed below. It is worn in the main-hand weapon slot at tier 25 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Main-hand weapons list. Black hatchet 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 230 coins, which is 154 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: 230 coins
Monster drops: 6
Shops: 2
Recipes: None
Used in: Nothing
Slot: Main-hand weapons, tier 25

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Lesser demon	70	1	8/128
Lesser demon (Wizards' Tower)	70	1	8/128
Lesser demon (Demon Flash Mobs)	109	1	8/128
Feral vampyre	61	1	3/128
Vampyre	89	1	3/128
Skeleton fremennikEasiest	23	1	2/128