Carbon black
Carbon black is a members item, with a high alchemy value of 150 coins. Carbon black doesn't come from monsters, shops or a recipe; it comes from Volcanic ash, Ancient casket, Archaeology professor and Dragonkin coffin, plus 4 more listed below.
“The remains of a scorching fire, used as a black dye.”
MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 150 gp
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Ironman verdict
9 recipes use Carbon black, including Balarak's sash brush, Dragonkin calendar and Halak's cube. Carbon black is members-only. 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 150 coins.
At a glance
- Members
- Yes
- Tradeable
- Yes, but not for Ironmen
- High alch
- 150 coins
- Monster drops
- None
- Shops
- None
- Recipes
- None
- Used in
- 9 recipes
Other sources
- Volcanic ash
- Ancient casket
- Archaeology professor
- Dragonkin coffin
- Aughra remains
- Moksha device
- Material cache (carbon black)
- Orthen Dig Site (research)
Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.
What you make with Carbon black
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