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Flax
Released25 March 2002 (Update)
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableNo
StackableNo
NoteableYes
OptionsDrop
ExamineI should use this with a spinning wheel.
Values
Value5 coins
High alch3 coins
Low alch2 coins
Weight0.453 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange2 coins (info)
Buy limit13,000
Daily volume12,108,346
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Advanced data
Item ID1779
LinkMOID

Flax is a resource that can be picked from plants in various locations around Gielinor. Multiple can be collected from the same plant. Flax can also be harvested from a hops patch after planting flax seeds with 18 Farming.

It is used to make bow strings at a spinning wheel, requiring 10 Crafting, yielding 15 Crafting experience. Flax can also be spun via the Spin Flax Lunar spell. It is also used to spin linen yarn or as payment to protect hemp plants (x6). Linen yarn can be used to build a linen trawling net or woven into bolts of linen, which can be used to upgrade masts and sails on a player's boat.

Completing the Kandarin Diary allows players to exchange noted flax with the flax keeper once a day in exchange for bow strings. The easy diary unlocks 30 per day, medium 60 per day, hard 120 per day, and elite 250 per day.

Flax in the Tree Gnome Stronghold does not exist in Deadman Mode worlds.

Obtaining via picking

Flax can be found in many locations around Gielinor, however the following are optimal for most purposes:

Spinning

  • Another great option for a spinning wheel close to both a flax spawn and a bank is in Seers' Village. Additionally, with the medium Kandarin Diary completed, players will spin flax 33% faster than normal at this spinning wheel.
  • The closest spinning wheel to a bank without requirements is on the middle floor of Lumbridge Castle, taking about 75 seconds for a full inventory.
  • A low click-intensity option is the spinning wheel on Fossil Island, which requires the completion of Bone Voyage, and must be built by the player in the Museum Camp, requiring level 28 Construction.
  • The spinning wheel on Neitiznot is another low click-intensity option, requiring The Fremennik Isles to be progressed to where the player reaches the island, early in the quest.

Money making

The following money making guides are available for Flax:

MethodHourly profitSkills
Casting Spin Flax674,400 Magic 76
Spinning flax to bow strings394,320 Crafting 10

Products

ItemMembersSkillsXPMaterials
Bow string × 5
(Spin Flax)
Members
  • Magic 76
  • Crafting 61
  • Magic 75
  • Crafting 75
Bow string
(Spinning wheel)
Members
  • Crafting 10
  • Crafting 15
Linen yarn
Members
  • Crafting 12
  • Crafting 16

Item sources

SourceLevelQuantityRarityLeague region
Kurask106 100 (noted)6/124FremennikTirannwn
Baby impling17; 27 11/100General
Baby impling jarN/A 11/100General
Zulrah725 1,000 (noted)2 × 10/249Tirannwn
Barbarian Assault/Gambles LowN/A 50–75 (noted)1/32Kandarin
King kurask295 100 (noted)3 × 6/124FremennikTirannwn
Beekeeper (random event) (m)N/A 1–27 (noted)AlwaysGeneral
Flax (plant)N/A 1AlwaysAsgarniaFremennikKandarinKourendMisthalinTirannwnVarlamore
Bale of flaxN/A 25AlwaysVarlamore

Shop locations

SellerLocationNumber
in stock
Restock
time
Price
sold at
Price
bought at
Change
Per
MembersLeague region
Dom Onion's Reward ShopYanille∞N/A75N/A0.0%MembersN/A
Durrik's GoodsDeepfin Mine101m 12 02.0%MembersN/A

Fields

Trivia

  • The flax growing in the Miscellania farming patch has a different flower than those encountered throughout the rest of Gielinor. This suggests that a domesticated cultivar, differing from the "wild type", is farmed on Miscellania.

Source

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