Firemaking - Barbarian Firemaking

Getting Started | Starting Fires without a Tinderbox | Lighting Pyre Ships


Getting Started

To start Firemaking in the manner of the barbarians, you must have a Firemaking level of 35, and a bow.

Click here to find out how to start learning barbarian training methods.

Starting Fires without a Tinderbox


One of the great irritations that any aspiring adventurer encounters is the necessity to carry a tinderbox about with them when they wish to train their Firemaking skill. Thankfully for you, the barbarians long ago developed a method whereby logs can be set alight with a bow, and Otto is willing to teach this technique.

Wood Level
Required		 Firemaking Experience

Wood		 21 [Image: Firemaking] 40

Achey		 21 [Image: Firemaking] 40

Oak		 35 [Image: Firemaking] 60

Willow		 50 [Image: Firemaking] 90

Teak		 55 [Image: Firemaking] 105

Arctic pine		 62 [Image: Firemaking] 125

Maple		 65 [Image: Firemaking] 135

Mahogany		 70 [Image: Firemaking] 157.5

Eucalyptus		 78 [Image: Firemaking] 171.2

Yew		 80 [Image: Firemaking] 202.5

Magic		 95 [Image: Firemaking] 303.8


Lighting Pyre Ships


The Ancient Cavern beneath the lake is the resting place of many hundreds of barbarian heroes. Unluckily for the dead, though, the Cavern is a place of such evil that their spirits are not truly at rest. By constructing pyre ships you can then burn the bones to set them free.

When you set a spirit free, it will reward you with one of its precious items - you might even be lucky enough to receive a dragon full helm.


You must first find the bones of barbarian heroes. These can be found as drops in the Ancient Cavern. Be warned that you must find 'chewed bones' rather than 'mangled bones'. Mangled bones are the remains of barbarians whose spirits are maddened by their imprisonment within the caves. Burning Mangled bones will reward you with a spectral assault!

Pyre ships can only be constructed and burnt where the ground is charred around the lake next to Otto's hut. Right-clicking on these locations will bring up the following menu:

You will need some logs and chewed/mangled bones in your inventory to construct a pyre ship.

Burning a pyre ship will grant you a bonus to your Prayer experience depending upon which type of logs you use to construct the ship. You will receive a 300% bonus to Prayer experience the next few times that you bury bones.

Wood Levels
Required		 Crafting Experience Firemaking Experience Number of Bones
with enhanced XP

Wood		 11 [Image: Firemaking]
11 [Image: Crafting]		 10 40 1

Achey		 11 [Image: Firemaking]
11 [Image: Crafting]		 10 40 1

Oak		 25 [Image: Firemaking]
25 [Image: Crafting]		 15 60 2

Willow		 40 [Image: Firemaking]
40 [Image: Crafting]		 22.5 90 2

Teak		 45 [Image: Firemaking]
45 [Image: Crafting]		 26.2 105 3

Arctic pine		 52 [Image: Firemaking]
52 [Image: Crafting]		 31.2 125 3

Maple		 55 [Image: Firemaking]
55 [Image: Crafting]		 33.7 135 3

Mahogany		 60 [Image: Firemaking]
60 [Image: Crafting]		 39.3 157.5 4

Eucalyptus		 68 [Image: Firemaking]
68 [Image: Crafting]		 42.8 171.2 4

Yew		 70 [Image: Firemaking]
70 [Image: Crafting]		 50.6 202.5 4

Magic		 85 [Image: Firemaking]
85 [Image: Crafting]		 75.9 303.8 5
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