Raw sardine

“I should try cooking this.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 6 gp

Sources from the OSRS Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09; the verdict and ordering are ours, built from that data. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

Raw sardine is a free-to-play item. Other players trade it, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade, so you get your own. We list 7 monsters, 5 shops and 6 other sources for it.

The easiest way is to buy it: the cheapest of the shops that stock it is Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim, at 10 coins each. If you would rather kill for it, the lowest-level monster that drops it is Hermit crab (level 19), at 6/128, about one in 21 kills. The best rate is from Dagannoth spawn (level 42): 10/128. The 5 monsters we list with a combat level range from level 19 to 60. It also comes from 6 other sources, such as Fishing Trawler and Bowl of fish.

It is a reward from Fishing Trawler. Shops stock it in 5 places, including Port Sarim, Witchaven, Mos Le'Harmless and Port Piscarilius.

It is a material in 2 recipes: Seasoned sardine and Sardine (1 Cooking). High Alchemy (55 Magic) turns one into 6 coins. Each cast uses a nature rune, 180 coins from a rune shop, and five fire runes that a fire staff replaces, so an alch loses about 174 coins; only alch it to clear space.

Where to get it, easiest first

1.Buy atGerrant's Fishy Business · 10 coins each in Port Sarim, 200 in stock at a time
2.Buy atLovecraft's Tackle · 10 coins each in Witchaven, 200 in stock at a time
3.Buy atTwo Feet Charley's Fish Shop · 10 coins each in Mos Le'Harmless, 10 in stock at a time
4.KillHermit crab · level 19, drops one at 6/128 (about one in 21 kills)
5.KillDagannoth spawn · level 42, drops one at 10/128 (about one in 13 kills)
6.KillWarrior (Rellekka) · level 48, drops one at 1/128 (about one in 128 kills)
7.Earn fromFishing Trawler · a minigame reward
8.Earn fromBowl of fish · another source in the game
9.Earn fromDrift net fishing · another source in the game

Our order: buying first, then making it (lowest skill level first), then killing for it (lowest-level monster first), then other sources. Up to three of each; the full lists are below.