Elder rune bar

Elder rune bar is a members item, with a high alchemy value of 5,000 coins. No shop sells Elder rune bar and no monster drops it, so an Ironman makes it: it takes 90 Smithing and gives 26 Smithing XP, using Rune bar, Light animica and Dark animica. There is one other recipe below.

“Used in Smithing (90).”

MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 5,000 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

Other sources include Aksel. Where the materials come from: Rune bar (made with 50 Smithing); Light animica (made with 97 Divination); Dark animica (made with 95 Divination). Making ten takes 10 × Rune bar, 10 × Light animica and 10 × Dark animica and gives 260 Smithing XP. Reaching level 90 Smithing takes 5,346,332 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. 70 recipes use Elder rune bar, including Alchemical hydrix brooch, Armour spikes and Concentrated alloy bar. Elder rune bar 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 5,000 coins.