Skull lantern (tier 90)

Skull lantern (tier 90) is a tier 90 members off-hand weapon for Necromancy, with a high alchemy value of 75,000 coins. No shop sells Skull lantern (tier 90) and no monster drops it, so an Ironman makes it: it takes 85 smithing and gives 350 smithing XP, using Skull lantern (tier 80), 5 × Greater ensouled bar, 50 × Spirit rune, 50 × Bone rune, 50 × Flesh rune and 50 × Miasma rune.

“A conduit to the Underworld.”

MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 75,000 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

Where the materials come from: Skull lantern (tier 80) (made with 75 smithing); Greater ensouled bar (sold by Thalmund's Wares for 10,000 coins); Spirit rune (sold by Soul Supplies for 10 coins). Making ten takes 10 × Skull lantern (tier 80), 50 × Greater ensouled bar, 500 × Spirit rune, 500 × Bone rune, 500 × Flesh rune and 500 × Miasma rune and gives 3,500 smithing XP. Reaching level 85 Smithing takes 3,258,594 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. One recipe uses Skull lantern (tier 90): Augmented Skull lantern (tier 90). It is worn in the off-hand weapon slot at tier 90 as necromancy gear; compare it with every other piece on the Off-hand weapons list. Skull lantern (tier 90) 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 75,000 coins.