Early game
Eye of newt
Jatix in Taverley stocks 800 plus eye of newt packs. Buy plenty for attack and super attack potions.
Limpwurt roots
Farm them from 26 Farming, or take them from hill giants and hobgoblins.
Red spiders' eggs
Spawns in the Varrock Sewers, Forthos Dungeon, Karamja Dungeon and the Pandemonium cave. Needed for restores and super restores.
Snape grass
Spawns on Waterbirth Island, near Hosidius and on Hobgoblin Peninsula. Farm it in allotments from 61 Farming for prayer potions.
Mid game
Mort myre fungus
Cast Bloom near rotting logs in Mort Myre Swamp with the blessed silver sickle. Used in super energy potions.
Needs: Nature Spirit
Potato cactus
Grow it in a cactus patch for magic potions.
Needs: 64 Farming
Crushed nests
Bird houses on Fossil Island give empty nests. Crush them with a pestle and mortar for Saradomin brews.
Needs: Bone Voyage
Hardcore note
Wine of Zamorak also spawns in the level 38 Wilderness church. Collect it at the Chaos Temple in Asgarnia instead, which is outside the Wilderness.
Late game
Zulrah's scales
Drop from Zulrah, or dissect sacred eels for 3 to 9 scales each. At 90 Fishing and Cooking that is about 1,200 scales an hour.
Needs: Partial Regicide · 87 Fishing · 72 Cooking
Mastering Mixology
Turns herbs into pastes and potions with no secondaries. A good use for low herbs you have no secondaries for.
Needs: 60 Herblore · Children of the Sun
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.
Snape grass
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfiend | 115 | 2/128 | 20–30 (noted) |
| Elder aquanite | 305 | 1/13 | 1–2 |
| Spitting Wyvern | 139 | 3/123 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Taloned Wyvern | 147 | 3/123 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Long-tailed Wyvern | 152 | 3/123 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Starlight | 149 | 7/127 | 5 (noted) |
| Bree | 146 | 7/127 | 5 (noted) |
| Growler | 139 | 7/127 | 5 (noted) |
Limpwurt root
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CallistoWilderness | 470 | 5/126 | 100 (noted) |
| VenenatisWilderness | 464 | 5/126 | 100 (noted) |
| The Hueycoatl | 642 | 2/68 | 10–200 (noted) |
| Vet'ionWilderness | 454 | 5/126 | 60 (noted) |
| ArtioWilderness | 320 | 5/128 | 20 (noted) |
| Calvar'ionWilderness | 264 | 5/128 | 19 (noted) |
| SpindelWilderness | 302 | 5/128 | 18 (noted) |
| Phantom Muspah | 741 | 3/235 | 21 (noted) |
Red spiders' eggs
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| VenenatisWilderness | 464 | 3/126 | 500 (noted) |
| SpindelWilderness | 302 | 3/128 | 250 (noted) |
| Spidine | 42 | Always | 3–6 |
| Araxxor | 890 | 2/115 | 40 (noted) |
| Temple Spider | 75 | 8/100 | 3–8 (noted) |
| Chasm Crawler | 68 | 1/128 | 1 |
| Cave bug | 6 | 2/128 | 1 |
| Cave crawler | 23 | 1/128 | 1 |
White berries
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporeal Beast | 785 | 17/512 | 120 (noted) |
| King kurask | 295 | 6/124 | 12 (noted) |
| Kurask | 106 | 6/124 | 12 (noted) |
| Deranged archaeologist | 276 | 7/131 | 10 (noted) |
| Crazy archaeologistWilderness | 204 | 6/128 | 10 (noted) |
| Undead Druid | 105 | 2/100 | 10–15 (noted) |
| Brutal red dragon | 289 | 4/128 | 5 (noted) |
| Chasm Crawler | 68 | 5/128 | 1 |
Drop data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), fetched 2026-10-01.
Questions
- How do Ironmen get snape grass?
- Pick up spawns on Waterbirth Island early, then farm it in allotments from 61 Farming.
- Where do Ironmen get red spiders' eggs?
- From item spawns in dungeons such as the Varrock Sewers and Forthos Dungeon.
- How do Ironmen make Saradomin brews?
- Use toadflax and crushed nests. Bird house runs on Fossil Island are the steady source of nests.
See where you stand
Look yourself up to see which of these you can do now, and exactly what's missing for the rest.