Vale Totems | OSRS Index

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

This article has a calculator here.

Calculators determine experience and costs based on real-time prices from the Grand Exchange Market Watch.

Vale Totems


Released								23 July 2025 (Update)
Also called								Totem Fletching
Type								Minigame
Members								Yes
Location								Auburn Valley
League region								Varlamore✓
Participants								1
Skills								Fletching
Reward currency								Vale offerings, Vale Research Points
Tutorial								Vale Totems (miniquest)

Map

Vale Totems is a Fletching minigame found in Auburn Valley in the north western part of Varlamore. Players earn vale offerings and vale research points by building, carving, and decorating totems around the valley.

Requirements

Completion of the Vale Totems miniquest.
Level 20 Fletching is required for Vale Totems.
A knife or fletching knife.
An axe or logs.

Creating totems requires the following Fletching levels:

Oak: 20 Fletching
Willow: 35 Fletching
Maple: 50 Fletching
Yew: 65 Fletching
Magic: 80 Fletching
Redwood: 90 Fletching
- Note temporary fletching skill boosts do work for the above level requirements.

Transportation

Quetzal Transport System with completion of Twilight's Promise
Pendant of Ates teleport to Nemus Retreat with completion of The Heart of Darkness
Fairy Ring code AIS with partial completion of Fairytale II - Cure a Queen
Achilka's boats to Gloomthorn Trail from Kastori or Tal Teklan
Quetzal Transport System to Quetzacalli Gorge then travel with the Mountain Guide to Nemus Retreat

Gameplay

The objective of the minigame is to build, carve, and decorate the various Vale Totem Sites around the Auburn Valley. Totems should be carved to match the nearby spirits; of the 5 spirit variants, only 3 will be active near a totem site at any time. Every 80 ticks (48 seconds), Ents travel between these sites, leaving offerings at completed totems. If the wrong spirits are carved on the totem, the player will receive 25% less experience for each wrong animal when decorating the totem and visitor ents will leave significantly fewer offerings. Totems will lose one durability for each ent that visits and will need to be rebuilt once the totem is depleted. There are eight totems in the valley, each marked with a icon on the minimap. Each complete totem requires five logs (one to build the totem and four fletched items for decorations), meaning 40 logs total are required to build and decorate all 8 totems. Building a totem restores 15% run energy.

Ent trails

As the player runs, they will occasionally encounter pairs of ent trails left by the ents. Stepping on both of these will activate the trail. The ent that left the trails will leave double the amount of offerings on the next activated totem they visit. The player will also receive 15% increased experience for the next 4 build/carving actions. Activating one ent trail after another resets the counter back to 4, regardless if the 4 boosted actions are spent or not.

Unactivated ent trail
Activated ent trail

Admiring

The roaming ents will pause whenever they pass a trio of beautiful scenery between totem sites. The ent will admire a random stump, log, or rock for two ticks, then admire another random one for eight ticks (possibly the same one twice). Admiring an object at the same time as an ent will restore 20% run energy.

Ents visits

When an ent visits a totem site where the player has built a totem, they admire it for 14 ticks before leaving offerings, which the player can claim to receive rewards and research points. Decorations added during the ents' admiration of the totem but before the 14 ticks expire will still be counted. Offerings will continue to collect in the pile if the player doesn't claim them until a soft limit of 15,000^[a], after which when attempting to build a new totem it will say, "You should take some of the offerings already here before building a new totem". When the ent visits a totem site, the totem built there will lose durability (displayed as between one and seven leaves above the totem) and possibly collapse. The animal spirits may also change, which can happen even while the player is carving spirits into the totem. After leaving an offering, the ent will wait for eight more ticks before moving on.

^ When 15,000 offerings are reached, any remaining offerings on the current totem will still be collected, but a new totem cannot be placed. This means the total number of offerings in a pile can slightly exceed 15,000.

Durability

The starting durability of a totem is based on the type of wood used. An oak totem starts with a durability of 2, whereas a redwood totem starts with a durability of 7.

Totem durability icons
7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Creation

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	20 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak shortbow (u)	4	40
Total cost			76
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	20 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak shortbow	4	140
Total cost			176
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	25 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak longbow (u)	4	40
Total cost			76
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	25 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak longbow	4	124
Total cost			160
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	27 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak shield	4	84
Total cost			120
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	24 ^(b)	254.8
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 12.5 per build/carving, and 51.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Oak logs	1	36
	Oak stock	4	20
Total cost			56
	Vale offerings	20	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.2	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	35 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow shortbow (u)	4	96
Total cost			118
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	35 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow shortbow	4	424
Total cost			446
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	40 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow longbow (u)	4	80
Total cost			102
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	40 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow longbow	4	424
Total cost			446
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	42 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow shield	4	76
Total cost			98
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	39 ^(b)	634.4
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 31.7 per build/carving, and 126.9 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Willow logs	1	22
	Willow stock	4	12
Total cost			34
	Vale offerings	30	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.3	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	50 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple shortbow (u)	4	76
Total cost			89
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	50 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple shortbow	4	808
Total cost			821
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	55 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple longbow (u)	4	312
Total cost			325
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	55 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple longbow	4	1,044
Total cost			1,057
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	57 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple shield	4	292
Total cost			305
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	54 ^(b)	1,007.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 50.8 per build/carving, and 201 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Maple logs	1	13
	Maple stock	4	72
Total cost			85
	Vale offerings	40	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.4	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	65 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew shortbow (u)	4	448
Total cost			558
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	65 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew shortbow	4	1,276
Total cost			1,386
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	70 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew longbow (u)	4	712
Total cost			822
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	70 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew longbow	4	2,176
Total cost			2,286
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	72 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew shield	4	860
Total cost			970
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	69 ^(b)	1,635.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 82.6 per build/carving, and 326.2 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Yew logs	1	110
	Yew stock	4	556
Total cost			666
	Vale offerings	65	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.65	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	80 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic shortbow (u)	4	2,252
Total cost			3,016
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	80 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic shortbow	4	3,084
Total cost			3,848
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	85 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic longbow (u)	4	3,076
Total cost			3,840
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	85 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic longbow	4	4,520
Total cost			5,284
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	87 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic shield	4	2,484
Total cost			3,248
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	78 ^(b)	3,103.6
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 156.1 per build/carving, and 619.8 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Magic logs	1	764
	Magic stock	4	2,580
Total cost			3,344
	Vale offerings	90	N/A
	Vale Research Points	0.9	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	90 ^(b)	3,787.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 221.3 per build/carving, and 725.5 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Redwood logs	1	645
	Redwood hiking staff	4	3,756
Total cost			4,401
	Vale offerings	105	N/A
	Vale Research Points	1.05	N/A

Requirements
Skill	Level	XP
Fletching	92 ^(b)	3,787.2
Construction	1	1× Lvl
1× Lvl per build, 221.3 per build/carving, and 725.5 per decoration.
Members	Ticks	2 (1.2s)
Tools	Facilities	Totem site

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Redwood logs	1	645
	Redwood shield	4	2,588
Total cost			3,233
	Vale offerings	105	N/A
	Vale Research Points	1.05	N/A

Note that Construction XP isn't granted if you do not own a house.

Rewards

For every 100 vale offerings the player collects, they can rummage through them for one research point and a random reward. The amount of offerings received at each totem depends on the number of decorations and the type of wood used:


Log	Visits	Base Offerings	1 Decoration	2 Decorations	3 Decorations	4 Decorations	Total Offerings With 4 Decorations
Oak logs	2	2	4	6	8	10	20
Willow logs	3	2	4	6	8	10	30
Maple logs	4	2	4	6	8	10	40
Yew logs	5	3	5	8	10	13	65
Magic logs	6	3	6	9	12	15	90
Redwood logs	7	3	6	9	12	15	105

Earned vale research points can be spent at Vale Research Exchange run by Ranulph in western part of Auburnvale.

	Price sold at	Price bought at	Description
Bow string spool	250	125	A spool for holding many bow strings.
Fletching knife	350	175	A crafty looking knife.
Greenman mask	500	125^[a]^[b]	Makes you feel at one with nature.
Ent branch	20	N/A	A branch from an ent.

^ Only Ironmen are able to sell Greenman masks to the store.^[1]
^ Only the default style can be sold.

Note: All of the above reward items can be received from rummaging offerings.

Changes

Date	Changes
6 August 2025 (Update)	Vale Totems now correctly count toward the total minigame items in the Collection Log overview instead of the "Other" total.

Gallery

Concept art for Vale Totems, by Mod Jerv.

References

^ From the update blog: "If luck isn’t on your side, research points offer a guaranteed path to progression. Unwanted untradeables (or any item if you’re an Ironman) can also be converted into research points, making every offering count."

Vale Totems

NPCs

	Ranulph Isadora Ent Entling
Spirits	Eagle Snake Jaguar Buffalo Scorpion

Scenery

Rewards

	Vale offerings Bow string spool Fletching knife Dirty arrowtips Ent branch Bale of flax
Greenman mask products	Greenman mask Greenman carving Greenman statue

Other items

Vale Totems (miniquest)

NPCs

	Ranulph Isadora Ent
Spirits	Eagle Snake Jaguar Buffalo Scorpion

Scenery

Reward

Sacraments of ent folk