Seaweed
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| Members only? | Yes |
|---|---|
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradable? | Yes |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alchemy | 1 coins |
| Low Alchemy | 0 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 5 coins |
| Exchange price | 182 coins update |
| Examine | Slightly damp seaweed. |
| Weight | 0.2 kg |
Seaweed in its original form does not have very much use. However, when used on a Range or Fire, it can be burnt down to make Soda ash, a key element in making molten glass, which is the beginning of making any glass product in RuneScape. Burning seaweed into soda ash does not generate any Crafting or Cooking experience.
Seaweed can be found in several places, along shorelines and sometimes rivers. Some locations are:
- Karamja, south of the Musa Point and Brimhaven areas. The western and eastern shores have seaweed, as does the southern shore of the inlet separating Musa Point from the main mass of Karamha. Both banks of the river that flows through Shilo Village also have seaweed. (Since this watercourse has a waterfall, it is likely a river than than an inlet of the sea.)
- Northwestern Entrana.
- Northern Fremennik Province, in the Rock crab area northwest of the entrance to Keldagrim. This area has numerous seaweed spawns and a fire, so that seaweed can be gathered and turned into soda ash quickly. The area does not have a bank within convenient walking distance, but using Fairy rings allows fairly quick access between this area (coordinate DKS) and the bank at Zanaris. (Players must complete at least part of A Fairy Tale Part II to have full access to the fairy rings.)
Seaweed is also available as a drop from monsters. For example, rock crabs drop either seaweed or noted seaweed.
Seaweed can be bought from Arhein in Catherby for 2 coins each. Arhein does not stock the seaweed in his shop; instead, you must choose to talk to Arhein and use the prompt: "I hear that you sell seaweed". Arhein will only sell you 80 seaweed per day. He sells the seaweed unnoted, so with an inventory empty of everything except coins you must make three trips to purchase all his available seaweed. Fortunately, there is both a Range and a Bank near Arhein, which is quite convenient for rapidly turning the seaweed into Soda ash.
Players may acquire seaweed by catching it in a big net while fishing at a net fishing spot.
Additionally, you may be able to purchase seaweed on the Grand Exchange or by trading with another player.
The Superglass Make lunar spell allows players to use either seaweed OR soda ash to make molten glass. So if the spell is used, there is no need to burn the seaweed into soda ash.
