Potato cactus

Potato cactus is a members item, with a high alchemy value of 1 coins. At least 9 monsters drop it. The easiest is Kalphite Worker (level 58, 1/128); the best rate is Nakatra, Devourer Eternal (level 2,160), at 55/1,000, about 5.5 per kill.

“How am I supposed to eat that? Used in Herblore(76), Summoning(25).”

MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 1 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 Weird Old Man, Reward Shop (Soul Wars), Box of summoning ingredients and Spirit impling, plus 4 more listed below. 2 recipes use Potato cactus, including Spirit kalphite pouch and Super magic potion (3). It also comes from the Potato Cactus (weekly) routine. Potato cactus 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 1 coins.

At a glance

Members: Yes
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 1 coins
Monster drops: 9
Shops: None
Recipes: None
Used in: 2 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Nakatra, Devourer Eternal	2160	22–28	55/1,000
Vermyx, Brood Mother	720	22–28	55/1,000
Kezalam, the Wanderer	1440	22–28	55/1,000
Kalphite Queen	333	10–15 (noted)	20/128
Exiled Kalphite Queen	356	10–15 (noted)	20/128
Elite Profane Scabarite	143	20 (noted)	70/1,024
Kalphite WorkerEasiest	58	1 (noted)	1/128
Kalphite Soldier	65	1 (noted)	5/128
Beastmaster's hound	68	1	40/487