Flax

Flax is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 3 coins. An Ironman can get Flax from a reward shop: Reward Shop (Big Chinchompa) in Tree Gnome Stronghold sells it for 2 competence points.

“I should use this with a spinning wheel.”

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

At least 7 monsters drop it. The easiest is Young grotworm (level 28, 7/100); the best rate is Kurask (level 78), at 14/128, about 5.5 per kill. You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Farming and gives 1 Farming XP. There is one other recipe below. Other sources include Baby impling, Baby impling jar, Flax (scenery) and Managing Miscellania, plus 4 more listed below. 2 recipes use Flax, including Bowstring and Unfinished net. Flax 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.

At a glance

Members: No (free-to-play)
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 3 coins
Monster drops: 7
Shops: 1
Recipes: 2
Used in: 2 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Rare drop table	-	450–550 (noted)	8/128
Kurask	78	50 (noted)	14/128
Ganodermic runt	112	20 (noted)	10/50
Grotworm	63	15–50 (noted)	9/100
Mature grotworm	98	50 (noted)	5/87
Ganodermic beast	112	40 (noted)	5/101
Young grotwormEasiest	28	4 (noted)	7/100