Tool | OSRS Index

Tools are items that are needed to complete an action in-game, usually for skilling. They include equipable tools, but don't include container items, which are useful for storing things, but not strictly required to complete a task.

General

Tool	Required for	Alternatives or varieties
Axe	Woodcutting, fighting growthlings	Many; see page
Bucket	Holding water, compost, and more, and holding items in quests	Bottomless compost bucket Bottomless milk bucket
Chisel	Cutting gems, making some dart tips, making bone shards, and more	Jeweller's chisel
Hammer	Most Construction tasks, metal smithing, repairs in quests	Imcando hammer Imcando hammer (off-hand)
Harpoon	Fishing various fish	Barb-tail harpoon Crystal harpoon Dragon harpoon Infernal harpoon
Knife	Fletching, modifying items in quests, and more	Fletching knife
Light source	Illuminating dark caves and dungeons	Many; see page
Lockpick	Opening various locks to chests or shortcuts	Hair clip
Machete	Clearing Tai Bwo Wannai jungle and jungle bushes on Karamja	Jade machete Opal machete Red topaz machete
Moulds	Crafting various jewelry and cannonballs	Many; see page
Needle	Crafting leather and dragon leather armours	Costume needle
Net	Fishing various fish	Big fishing net Bob's net Fishbowl and net Karambwan vessel Lobster pot Small fishing net
Pestle and mortar	Herblore, and grinding items such as crystal shards	None
Pickaxe	Mining, clearing various items in quests	Many; see page
Rod	Fishing various fish	Barbarian rod and pearl barbarian rod Fishing rod and pearl fishing rod Fly fishing rod and pearl fly fishing rod Oily fishing rod and oily pearl fishing rod
Saw	Building most Construction items	Amy's saw Amy's saw (off-hand) Crystal saw
Shears	Shearing sheep for wool	None
Trowel	Digging at the Digsite and in Dorgesh-Kaan, and cleaning finds	None
Tinderbox	Lighting fires	None
Watering can	Collecting and using water on various Farming-related items	Gricoller's can

Farming

Tool	Required for	Alternatives or varieties
Gardening trowel	Filling plant pots and adding seeds to them	None
Rake	Removing weeds from Farming patches	None
Secateurs	Pruning diseased bushes and trees, and getting branches	Magic secateurs
Seed dibber	Planting seeds in Farming patches	None
Spade	Digging up and planting trees, completing clue steps	None

Hunter

Tool	Required for	Alternatives or varieties
Bird snare	Catching birds	None
Box trap	Catching ferrets, embertailed jerboas, and chinchompas	None
Butterfly net	Catching implings and butterflies/moths	Magic butterfly net
Magic box	Catching imps	None
Noose wand	Catching kebbits	None
Rabbit snare	Catching white rabbits	None
Teasing stick	Catching larupias, graahks, kyatts, and antelopes	None
Torch	Smoking Hunter traps	Bruma torch Bruma torch (off-hand)

v t e Tools
General	Axe Chisel ^(Jeweller's) Hammer ^{(Imcando • Imcando off-hand)} Knife ^(Fletching) Machete ^{(Opal) (Jade) (Red topaz)} Pestle and mortar ^{(The Gauntlet)} Pickaxe Saw ^{(Crystal) (Amy's) (Amy's off-hand)} Shears Tinderbox
Fishing	Barbarian rod ^(Pearl) Big fishing net Fishing rod ^(Pearl) Fly fishing rod ^(Pearl) Harpoon ^(Barb-tail) Karambwan vessel Lobster pot Oily fishing rod ^(Pearl) Small fishing net
Crafting	Ammo mould ^(Double) Amulet mould Bolt mould Bracelet mould Glassblowing pipe Holy mould Necklace mould Needle ^(Costume) Ring mould Sickle mould Tiara mould Unholy mould
Farming	Gardening trowel Rake Secateurs ^(Magic) Seed dibber Spade
Hunter	Bird snare Box trap Butterfly net ^(Magic) Torch Magic box Noose wand Rabbit snare Teasing stick
Orikalkum tools	Axe ^{(Infernal) (Crystal)} Harpoon ^{(Infernal) (Crystal)} Pickaxe ^{(Infernal) (Crystal)}

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