Rune knife

Rune knife is a tier 50 free-to-play main-hand weapon for Ranged, with a high alchemy value of 24 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Rune knife is to buy it: Valaine's Shop of Champions in Champions' Guild sells it for 400 coins, and one other shop stocks it too.

“A finely balanced throwing knife.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 24 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 6 monsters drop it. The easiest is General malpractitioner (level 84, 1/100); the best rate is Iron dragon (level 98), at 4/128, about one every 6 kills. You can also make it yourself: it takes 50 Smithing and gives 240 Smithing XP, using Rune bar. Other sources include Ninja impling, Ninja impling jar and Barrel (Viyeldi caves). Making ten takes 10 × Rune bar and gives 2,400 Smithing XP. Reaching level 50 Smithing takes 101,333 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. It is worn in the main-hand weapon slot at tier 50 as ranged gear; compare it with every other piece on the Main-hand weapons list. Rune knife 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 24 coins, which is 376 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.