Yew logs

Yew logs is a free-to-play item, with a high alchemy value of 96 coins. At least 9 monsters drop it. The easiest is Cockroach drone (level 4, 1/1,398,101.33); the best rate is Queen Black Dragon (level 900), at 9/109, about 25 per kill.

“Logs cut from a yew tree.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 96 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

You can also make it yourself: it takes 60 Firemaking and 1 Crafting and gives 220 Firemaking XP. There are 2 other recipes below. Other sources include Yew, Ice troll grunt, Ice troll female and Beaver, plus 4 more listed below. Reaching level 60 Firemaking takes 273,742 XP in total; the Firemaking calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Firemaking guide has the Ironman training route. 14 recipes use Yew logs, including Adamant hasta, Adamant spear and Good locator. Yew logs 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 96 coins.

At a glance

Members: No (free-to-play)
Tradeable: Yes, but not for Ironmen
High alch: 96 coins
Monster drops: 9
Shops: None
Recipes: 3
Used in: 14 recipes

Monster drops

Dropped by	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Queen Black Dragon	900	300 (noted)	9/109
Rare drop table	-	675–825 (noted)	20/640
Demon boss	200	60 (noted)	5/64
Greater demon (elite)	92	20 (noted)	8/56
King Black Dragon	276	70 (noted)	7/100
Giant mole	230	45 (noted)	10/128
Cockroach droneEasiest	4	675–825 (noted)	1/1,398,101.33
Cave bug	6	675–825 (noted)	1/1,677,721.6
Crawling hand	6	675–825 (noted)	1/4,194,304