Crafting training for Ironmen
Crafting makes glory, fury and zenyte jewellery, battlestaves and dragonhide armour.
Materials. Molten glass from your own sand and seaweed is the classic Ironman route.
Methods and XP rates from the OSRS Wiki's Ironman and training guides, October 2026. Times are our estimates.
1 to 50
2.5 h
1 to 70
17 h
1 to 80
48 h
1 to 90
118 h
1 to 99
234 h
Methods by level
| Levels | Method | XP/hr | Time for this stretch | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–33 | Glassblowing beer glasses to oil lampsShop-bought sand and soda ash; excludes smelting time. Quests skip early levels. | ~38,000 | 50 min | — |
| 33–46 | Glassblowing vials and fishbowlsExcludes smelting glass. | ~65,000 | 1.5 h | — |
| 46–61 | Glassblowing unpowered orbsExcludes smelting glass; orbs can become battlestaves. | ~92,000 | 4 h | — |
| 61–87 | Superglass Make on charter shipsSuperglass Make needs 77 Magic; buy sand and seaweed at ports. | ~67,500 | 91 h | Lunar Diplomacy, 77 Magic |
| 87–99 | Fixing lamps in Dorgesh-KaanWiki range 90k-130k; also gives Firemaking XP. | ~110,000 | 137 h | The Lost Tribe, 44 Thieving, 52 Firemaking |
XP rates are typical, not maximum. Our time column scales skills where you gather your own supplies (Prayer, Herblore, Cooking, Construction, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting) to include that gathering.
What Crafting levels unlock
- 10Regicidequest
- 12The Giant Dwarfquest
- 15A Ruff Situationquest
- 16The Great Brain Robberyquest
- 19Animal Magnetismquest
- 20Creature of Fenkenstrainquest
- 20Elemental Workshop Iquest
- 20Shades of Mort'tonquest
- 20Shilo Villagequest
- 20Tears of Guthixquest
- 20The Golemquest
- 25In Aid of the Myrequequest
- 25One Small Favourquest
- 30Cold Warquest
- 30Getting Aheadquest
- 30Shadow of the Stormquest
- 30The Slug Menacequest
- 31Lost Cityquest
- 32Darkness of Hallowvalequest
- 34Troubled Tortugansquest
- 35Haunted Minequest
- 36Enlightened Journeyquest
- 38A Kingdom Dividedquest
- 40Family Crestquest
- 40Recipe for Disasterquest
- 40Swan Songquest
- 42Rum Dealquest
- 45Cabin Feverquest
- 48A Taste of Hopequest
- 49The Hand in the Sandquest
- 50Enakhra's Lamentquest
- 50Legends' Questquest
- 52Serpentine helmgear
- 55Beneath Cursed Sandsquest
- 55Slayer helmetunlock
- 56Sins of the Fatherquest
- 59Trident of the swampgear
- 60Fallen From Gracequest
- 60Golemcraftingunlock
- 61Lunar Diplomacyquest
Plan it for your account
Look yourself up and use Goal mode: it shows the levels a target needs and roughly how long each takes from your real XP.
Questions
- How long does 99 Crafting take on an Ironman?
- Roughly 234 h with the methods on this page, including rough time to gather your own supplies. Faster methods exist if you push harder.
- What is the best way to train Crafting as an Ironman?
- It changes with level: Superglass Make on charter ships from 61, then Fixing lamps in Dorgesh-Kaan from 87. The full table above shows every stage.