Ancient bones

This article is about a trade good obtained through player-owned ports. For the bones rewarded from the Restless Ghost quest, see Ancient bones (item).

A player crafting a scrimshaw.

Ancient bones are used in the creation of scrimshaws at a Scrimshaw Crafter, as well as death lotus darts and their off-hand counterparts at the workbench. It is a reward from completing the Biologist and Missionary storylines, as well as a reward from their specific voyages, and some standard voyages. If one wishes to 'farm' Ancient bones, it is recommended to build one/two Biologist and one/two Missionary statues, and use their standalone voyages. There is no joint voyage for Ancient bones, unlike other trade goods.

Fletching a scrimshaw requires 10 Ancient bones per scrimshaw created. Fletching a set of 25 lotus darts requires 1 set of ancient bones and 25 ascension shards. The maximum amount of Ancient bones a player can store at one time is 250. Any successful voyages after this will not increase the total.

Superior scrimshaws

Superior scrimshaws are untradable, and last 4 hours.

Item		Level to make
	Superior log-splitting scrimshaw	85
	Superior rock-crushing scrimshaw
	Superior whopper-baiting scrimshaw
	Superior gem-finding scrimshaw	90
	Superior tree-shaking scrimshaw
	Superior casket-salvaging scrimshaw
	Superior scrimshaw of cruelty	92
	Superior scrimshaw of the elements
	Superior scrimshaw of vampyrism
	Superior scrimshaw of magic	95
	Superior scrimshaw of ranging
	Superior scrimshaw of attack

Scrimshaws

Regular scrimshaws are tradable at the prices below, and last 3 hours. Based on the GE prices of the regular Scrimshaws, an approximate value for Ancient bones can be calculated as follows:

Item		GE price	GP per Ancient bone	Level
	Log-splitting scrimshaw	771,433	77,143	85
	Rock-crushing scrimshaw	935,516	93,552
	Whopper-baiting scrimshaw	927,108	92,711
	Gem-finding scrimshaw	351,474	35,147	90
	Tree-shaking scrimshaw	501,050	50,105
	Casket-salvaging scrimshaw	196,310	19,631
	Scrimshaw of cruelty	4,125,964	412,596	92
	Scrimshaw of the elements	4,038,666	403,867
	Scrimshaw of vampyrism	4,065,929	406,593
	Scrimshaw of magic	2,101,852	210,185	95
	Scrimshaw of ranging	2,147,140	214,714
	Scrimshaw of attack	1,370,352	137,035

Thrown weapons

Note: The opportunity cost of these is far greater than their GE cost. Value the ancient bone at a tenth of the most valuable scrimshaw you can create.

Item		Resources needed	Grand Exchange cost	Level
	Death lotus dart25	1 25	6,400	92
	Off-hand death lotus dart25	1 25	6,400