Early game
Sawmill operator
Turns logs into planks for a fee. Find one at the Varrock Lumber Yard and another at the Woodcutting Guild.
Teak trees
Fast logs and the most common plank for training. The Hardwood Grove on Karamja costs 100 trading sticks to enter, or nothing after the elite Karamja diary.
Needs: 35 Woodcutting
Mahogany Homes
Contracts in Falador, Varrock, East Ardougne and Hosidius give XP at a lower cost than building in your house. Points buy the plank sack (350) and supply crates (25) with planks and other materials.
Needs: A player-owned house
Mid game
Kingdom of Miscellania
With Royal Trouble, 10 workers on hardwood bring up to 301 teak or 223 mahogany logs a day.
Needs: Royal Trouble
Fossil Island hardwood patches
Grow your own teak and mahogany trees, then cut them for logs.
Needs: Bone Voyage
Crystal saw
Lets you build furniture 3 levels above your Construction level, so you reach better XP pieces sooner.
Needs: The Eyes of Glouphrie
Late game
Plank Make
Turns 1 log into a plank anywhere for 70% of the sawmill fee. It trains Magic too.
Needs: 86 Magic · Dream Mentor
Sailing
Port courier tasks can pay reward bags with noted teak or mahogany planks, and some salvage gives planks too.
Drops
Skotizo, the Corporeal Beast and Phantom Muspah drop noted planks. Keep them for big builds.
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.
Mahogany plank
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skotizo | 321 | 7/100 | 150 (noted) |
| Chaos ElementalWilderness | 305 | 5/128 | 8–16 (noted) |
| Gangster | — | 20/256 | 4–8 (noted) |
| Gang boss | — | 20/256 | 4–8 (noted) |
| Revenant dragon | 135 | 1/33.17 | 8–16 (noted) |
| Revenant maledictus | 397 | 1/33.17 | 8–16 (noted) |
| Revenant knight | 126 | 1/35.48 | 8–16 (noted) |
| Revenant dark beast | 120 | 1/41.25 | 8–16 (noted) |
Teak plank
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 12/512 | 100 (noted) |
| Phantom Muspah | 741 | 10/235 | 22 (noted) |
| Gangster | — | 30/256 | 5–10 (noted) |
| Gang boss | — | 30/256 | 5–10 (noted) |
| Pygmy kraken | 93 | 8/108 | 2–4 |
| Spined kraken | 128 | 8/109 | 2–4 |
| Armoured kraken | 180 | 8/119 | 2–4 |
| Armoured zombie (Zemouregal's Fort) | 105 | 2/128 | 3 (noted) |
Mahogany logs
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CallistoWilderness | 470 | 6/126 | 600 (noted) |
| ArtioWilderness | 320 | 6/128 | 200 (noted) |
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 12/512 | 150 (noted) |
| Zulrah | 725 | 8/249 | 50 (noted) |
| Ancient Wyvern | 210 | 5/132 | 25–30 (noted) |
| Cave abomination | 206 | 3/128 | 2 |
| Cave horror | 80 | 3/128 | 2 |
| Tortoise | 92 | 2/128 | 2 |
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 planks as an Ironman?
- Cut teak or mahogany logs and convert them at the sawmill. Add Miscellania hardwood once you have Royal Trouble.
- Is Mahogany Homes good for Ironmen?
- Yes. It gives XP at a lower plank cost, and the plank sack and supply crates help even more.
- Should I use teak or mahogany planks?
- Teak is easier to supply. Mahogany gives more XP per plank, but the logs are slower to gather.
See where you stand
Look yourself up to see which of these you can do now, and exactly what's missing for the rest.