Early game
Coal trucks
Mine coal west of McGrubor's Wood and store it in the trucks, then collect it in Seers' Village. Kandarin diaries raise capacity from 120 to 308, and the elite diary banks the first 200 coal you load each day.
Motherlode Mine
Pay-dirt gives coal, gold, mithril, adamantite and runite ore, plus golden nuggets. Spend 100 nuggets on the coal bag first, which holds 27 coal. The upper level needs 57 Mining and 100 nuggets.
Needs: 30 Mining
Mid game
Blast Furnace
Halves the coal per bar. Below 60 Smithing you pay 2,500 coins per 10 minutes. Ordan downstairs sells ores, including coal, at fixed prices.
Needs: Start The Giant Dwarf
Mining Guild
Coal, mithril and adamantite rocks, with runite in the members' area. A good place to fill the coal bag.
Needs: 60 Mining (boostable)
Kingdom of Miscellania
With 10 workers on mining and Royal Trouble done, you get up to 546 coal a day, plus some uncut gems.
Needs: Throne of Miscellania · Royal Trouble
Late game
Giants' Foundry
Melt bars and unwanted metal drops into giant swords for Smithing XP. It turns clutter into progress and buys the double ammo mould.
Needs: Sleeping Giants
Best monster drops
The monsters that drop the most per kill, from the wiki's drop data. Plenty of these are bosses you'd kill anyway, so the supplies come on top of the gear.
Coal
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whisperer | — | 8/100 | 303, 455 (noted) |
| Branda the Fire Queen | 350 | 2/55 | 280–320 (noted) |
| Duke Sucellus | — | 8/100 | 216, 325 (noted) |
| Eldric the Ice King | 350 | 2/56 | 280–320 (noted) |
| The Leviathan | — | 8/100 | 195, 292 (noted) |
| Zalcano | 336 | 1/36 | 169–1052 (noted) |
| Grotesque Guardians | — | 5/142 | 180–250 (noted) |
| Phosani's Nightmare | 1024 | 4/100 | 220–458 (noted) |
Runite ore
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whisperer | — | 2/100 | 42, 63 (noted) |
| Zalcano | 336 | 2/36 | 3–31 (noted) |
| Duke Sucellus | — | 2/100 | 30, 45 (noted) |
| The Leviathan | — | 2/100 | 27, 40 (noted) |
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 12/512 | 20 (noted) |
| Phantom Muspah | 741 | 3/235 | 18 (noted) |
| Vardorvis | — | 2/100 | 18, 27 (noted) |
| Maggot King | 741 | 5/159 | 12–15 (noted) |
Adamantite bar
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zalcano | 336 | 2/36 | 13–111 (noted) |
| Grotesque Guardians | — | 6/142 | 25–40 (noted) |
| Adamant dragon | 338 | Always | 2 |
| Zulrah | 725 | 8/249 | 20 (noted) |
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 18/512 | 35 (noted) |
| Aviansie | — | 30/128 | 4 |
| Skeletal Wyvern | 140 | 6/128 | 10 (noted) |
| Chaos ElementalWilderness | 305 | 4/128 | 8–12 (noted) |
Drop data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), fetched 2026-10-01.
Questions
- What is the best way to get coal as an Ironman?
- Motherlode Mine early for the coal bag, then mine coal for the Blast Furnace. Miscellania and the Kandarin coal trucks add a passive supply.
- Is the Blast Furnace worth it for Ironmen?
- Yes. Halving coal per bar matters more for you than for anyone else. Get 60 Smithing to skip the fee.
- How do I get a coal bag?
- Buy it from Prospector Percy at the Motherlode Mine for 100 golden nuggets.
See where you stand
Look yourself up to see which of these you can do now, and exactly what's missing for the rest.