Monkey bones
Monkey bones is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 1 coins. At least 7 monsters drop it. The easiest is Monkey (Mos Le'Harmless) (level 5, Always); the best rate is Monkey (level 8), at Always, about 1 per kill.
“These are small monkey bones.”
Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 1 gp
Updated . 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
You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Prayer and 1 Firemaking and gives 12.5 Prayer XP and 10 Firemaking XP. There are 2 other recipes below. Other sources include Dung kalphite. 2 recipes use Monkey bones, including Monkey bonemeal and Monkey greegree. Monkey bones 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.
At a glance
- Members
- No (free-to-play)
- Tradeable
- Yes, but not for Ironmen
- High alch
- 1 coins
- Monster drops
- 7
- Shops
- None
- Recipes
- 3
- Used in
- 2 recipes
Monster drops
| Dropped by | Level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monkey | 8 | 1 | Always |
| Monkey (Mos Le'Harmless)Easiest | 5 | 1 | Always |
| Unspeakable horror (elite) | 112 | 4 (noted) | 10/128 |
| Cave horror (elite) | 86 | 2 (noted) | 10/128 |
| Unspeakable horror | 105 | 4 (noted) | 10/128 |
| Cave horror | 77 | 2 (noted) | 10/128 |
| Jungle horror | 48 | 1 (noted) | 10/128 |
Best rates first, plus the lowest-level monsters that drop it. Every monster links to its full drop table in the bestiary.
Make it yourself
Needs 1 Prayer, 1 Firemaking · 12.5 Prayer XP, 10 Firemaking XP
Where: Bonfire, Portable brazier.
Needs 1 Prayer · 17.5 Prayer XP
Needs 1 Prayer · 7.5 Prayer XP
Where: Altar.
Other sources
Minigames, reward chests, clues, skilling and other non-combat sources.
What you make with Monkey bones
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