Firemaking



Firemaking is a skill that can be used to set objects such as lanterns or logs on fire.

Firemaking is often trained so that players can complete quests or minigames that require a certain level of the skill. A number of members' Quests with good rewards require firemaking skills, such as As a First Resort..., Recipe for Disaster, Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf and Desert Treasure, to name just a few. Similarly, firemaking-oriented minigames with good rewards include Shades of Mort'ton and All Fired Up. Also, after completing the Legacy of Seergaze quest, players can hunt down the Vyrewatch and burn their Vyre corpses for rewards. Another use for firemaking is the ability to make a fire and cook things like meat and fish on the spot, such as when low-level players fight Giant rats, cook the rat meat and then consume it to heal hitpoints. However, any fire will suffice, so a high firemaking level is not necessary for cooking.

Unlike its related skill, Woodcutting, Firemaking in its typical usage of burning logs is not a very profitable profession. The end result of making fires is a heap of Ashes. Ashes do sell on Grand Exchange, but they sell slowly and for little money, as they can very often be obtained for free just by passing the exchange or a busy bank where players are training firemaking and leaving the ashes on the ground. Many players dislike firemaking because of this and consider it one of the least useful skills in RuneScape. However, the logs that players can burn give relatively large amounts of experience, so it is essentially an easy skill to raise. Many players consider this the second easiest skill to raise (the first being cooking). In terms of experience, firemaking provides more, but it requires a lot more clicking than cooking. As of January 10th, 2010 there are 35,934 people with 99 Firemaking.

How to make fires
To make a fire players need a log - which can be obtained by cutting trees - and a tinderbox or any bow (With the exception of the Ogre bow, Ogre comp bow, Dark bow, and Crystal bow) after Barbarian Training. Tinderboxes can be bought in the general store, such as those in Varrock, Falador and Lumbridge, for 1 coin. Players are not advised to buy from the Grand Exchange, because it costs about 100gp. They can also be taken for free from one of these general stores. There are three ways of lighting a log. The first way is to use a tinderbox with the log. When a player does this, they will automatically drop their log and light it with their tinderbox. Another method is to drop the log and then right click the log and select the 'light log' option. The final way is to drop the log, then use the tinderbox with the log. This way is almost never used, but it is still available.

After a player lights a fire, they will automatically walk one step to the west if there is room there, otherwise they will take one step east. If both ways are blocked, your player will go south. If all three ways are blocked, you will go north. It is advised to have a clear path to the west so that players can go on burning logs without having disruptions. However, a fire cannot be lit just anywhere. Fires cannot be made on top of other fires, inside some buildings, or on top of certain ground features, such as flowers. Fire cannot be lit in front of a closed door, but can be lit in front of an open door.

If players start one fire and have a clear path for more fires, they can quickly light the next fire. When in the process of making one fire, players should get ready to start the next as soon they have finished lighting the first fire. The chat box will say "The fire catches and the logs begin to burn." instead of "You attempt to light the logs." This process is called "power lighting" or "power firemaking". In some places you cannot light fires, such as on top of plants and ferns, inside banks and in doorways. However, you can light fires everywhere but next to the desk in the Grand Exchange. It is a common place to train Firemaking due to the closeness of a bank and the ability to almost instantly buy and/or sell logs.

Logs
Players need certain Firemaking levels to burn different types of logs, as shown in the table below. When a log is lit, it will stay on fire for a short while. How long a fire stays lit is always random, therefore yew logs do not necessarily burn longer than a normal log. A high Firemaking level does not make fires last longer.

Pyre logs
Members have an alternate method to increase their Firemaking level by burning pyre logs.

To make pyre logs, players need some sacred oil. Sacred oil is made during the Shades of Mort'ton quest. To create sacred oil, players need to purchase olive oil from Razmire Keelgan in Mort'ton and rebuild and restore the temple which was in the Shades of Mort'ton quest. Olive oil can be bought once the temple is built and players can light the fire in the centre of the temple and use the olive oil on the fire. The olive oil will then become sacred oil.

Next, a log of any kind is needed. Once a player has a log and sacred oil, they can then use the sacred oil with the log, which will turn it into a pyre log. Players can then light the pyre logs on the funeral pyres to the eastside of Mort'ton. However, players also need to have Shade remains, the remains from dead shades. The funeral pyres are the only place where pyre logs can be ignited. Burning pyre logs will also help players obtain a key to a chest which contains fine cloth, used to create Splitbark armour.

After completing the Legacy of Seergaze quest, players will also be able to burn Vyrewatch remains in the Paterdomus Columbarium using pyre logs. Vyrewatch corpses can only be burnt using teak pyre logs or better.

Barbarian firemaking
Barbarian Firemaking is part of the Barbarian training that starts by talking to Otto Godblessed. A player must have a firemaking level of at least 35 in order to burn the oak log that is required for the firemaking portion of Barbarian training.

There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Firemaking: Lighting fires with a bow and lighting pyre ships.

Bow firemaking
Barbarian firemaking works by using any type of bow in the inventory on a log (except for Crystal, Ogre, Dark).

Sacred clay bows can be used to light a fire but do not get any extra exp.

There are no inherent advantages to using a bow instead of a tinderbox other than perhaps convenience. Bow firemaking requires 20 additional firemaking levels in order to light the same type of log as with a tinderbox yet gives no additional firemaking experience.

Pyre ships
Warning: This activity is dangerous, the player can die and lose items.

Items needed: If using mangled bones bring armour, weapons, and food as a level 166 Barbarian Spirit will attack. The protect from melee prayer is also helpful.
 * Logs
 * Tinderbox or Bow
 * Hatchet to carve the pyre ship
 * Chewed bones (preferred) or mangled bones.

This activity requires both firemaking and crafting levels of at least 11 to begin. Chewed and mangled bones are acquired in the Ancient Cavern which is a very high risk area. Use the required items on one of the burnt spaces (pyre site) just north of Otto's Grotto to make a pyreship. Burning a pyreship will grant the player a prayer bonus of up to 300%, depending on the logs used, the next time the player buries bones.


 * See Barbarian Pyreship making for more details.

Torches, candles and lanterns
Members can light lanterns to see in dimly lit underground dungeons. However, certain Firemaking levels are needed to light different kinds of lanterns. No experience is received when lighting a lantern. Some lanterns require glass, which can be made by using the crafting skill. There is a shop in Dorgesh-Kaan which sell lanterns and other Firemaking equipment. There is also a Candle Shop in Catherby where you can buy candles.

Balloons
Firemaking can also be of use in a method of transportation. By having completed Enlightened Journey and a certain amount of logs a player may travel to the following places:

For more information see: Balloon Transport System.

Haunted Woods Torches


Haunted Woods Torches were added in the Woodcutting Rebalance update of the 23rd of September 2009. Torches are scattered around the Haunted Woods and may be lit using the Firemaking skill to restore a total of 10 Prayer Points. Jagex states that this is useful if you are being "swamped" by vampires. Burning bark with these torches gives 100 Firemaking experience, and the bonuses from the Flame Gloves and Ring of Fire DO apply. Using both gives 105 experience instead.

All Fired Up minigame

 * See All Fired Up (minigame)


 * King Roald III will reward players according to the number of beacons simultaneously lit.


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 * Ring of fire
 * 6 beacons
 * 62
 * 2% more firemaking experience per log.
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 * Flame gloves
 * 10 beacons
 * 79
 * 2% more firemaking experience per log. When worn at the same time as the Ring of fire, this grants a 5% firemaking bonus instead of the expected 4%.
 * align="center"|[[File:Infernoadze.png]]
 * Inferno Adze
 * 14 beacons
 * 92
 * This is a combination of a Dragon hatchet and a Rune pickaxe. It gives the same experience for both Mining and Woodcutting per log or ore that you gain. Occasionally, the heat stored inside the Inferno Adze sets fire to logs whilst you are cutting, giving Firemaking experience and Woodcutting experience per log. (about 30% of the logs you cut)
 * }
 * 92
 * This is a combination of a Dragon hatchet and a Rune pickaxe. It gives the same experience for both Mining and Woodcutting per log or ore that you gain. Occasionally, the heat stored inside the Inferno Adze sets fire to logs whilst you are cutting, giving Firemaking experience and Woodcutting experience per log. (about 30% of the logs you cut)
 * }


 * Note: Level indicated is minimum Firemaking level required; additional requirements may be needed (see the main article or Beacon Network for details).

Temporary boosts

 * An orange spicy stew has a chance of boosting or lowering firemaking by 1 to 6 (available as a result of the Evil Dave subquest of Recipe for Disaster.)
 * A Pyrelord (Summoning level 46) can offer a +3 invisible Firemaking boost and also counts as a tinderbox with an additional 10 xp bonus to every log.
 * A Forge regent (Summoning level 76) also counts as a tinderbox with 10 xp bonus; but without the Firemaking boost.
 * A Lava titan (Summonning level 83) offers a whopping +10 invisible Firemaking boost but does not give additional bonus per log.

Minigames
Many players believe that the Firemaking skill is most useful in mini-games, especially the Shades of Mort'ton minigame, and barbarian training where players can burn pyre ships and have a chance of receiving the valuable dragon full helmet.

Other minigames
 * Blast Furnace
 * Trouble Brewing
 * Shades of Mort'ton (minigame)
 * All Fired Up (minigame)
 * Phoenix Lair Distractions and Diversions
 * Evil Tree

Glitches

 * Many special emotes will act strange while lighting a fire, such as the Around the World in Eggty Days emote. When lighting a fire and quickly pressing it, it will produce a flying egg that drops on your head while lighting the fire. Another example is the trick emote which will make bats appear around you while you light the fire.


 * Also when wearing the any item of clothing with a cape, while lighting a fire the bottoms show through the cape.


 * Attacking a monster with ranged and quickly lighting a fire makes it seem as though the arrows come out of your body.

Trivia

 * A player cannot light fires on top of things like flowers or ferns, or in the middle of doorways.
 * Getting 99 Firemaking using maple logs requires you to click over 220,000 times.
 * The 99 Firemaking cape, when trimmed, is the only skill cape where the backside of the cape does not take on its trim colour.
 * A player cannot light fires in many buildings; however, this does not mean that fires cannot be lit at all in buildings. This possibly depends upon the size or airyness of the room or building, as fires can be lit in the large, main hall of Castle Wars and in the Grand Exchange, which lacks enclosing walls (fires cannot be lit close to the counter at the Grand Exchange).
 * A player can light fires in most (or all) caves and dungeons, even in places where the fire would seemingly quickly use up the oxygen in the air and fill the space with smoke. The underground Rogue's Den is particularly favored by some for firemaking training, since players can use the banker to quickly withdraw logs and light them on the spot, unlike at regular banks.
 * Once a log fire is lit, another log fire cannot be lit in the same square until the first fire burns out. Somewhat peculiarly, there is no way to add fresh logs to a fire to keep it going. Attempting to "use" logs on a fire results in the message "that item cannot be cooked".
 * Firemaking is one of only three skills not used in Stealing Creation, the other two being Slayer and Farming.
 * There used to be a glitch where, if a player lit a fire to the right(east) of a tree that attacked you, you would go onto the spot where the tree is. This glitch has now been fixed, and the player will take a step right(east) in stead of left(west).
 * In Runescape Classic, to make a fire a player must drop the log on the ground to light.
 * As of 24 December, 2009, there are about 34,741 people who have level 99 firemaking.
 * There are currently 23 players (24 December 2009) who have achieved 200M experience in Firemaking.
 * There is a glitch where if you try to do another action such as equip gloves or eat food quickly after starting to light your fire you will always fail to light it.
 * Sometimes, when lighting a log, it catches fire the second it falls and only says "The fire catches the log and begins to burn." It is unknown if this is a glitch or intended by Jagex.




 * As of the update on 9 June 2009, after lighting a fire, there was a glitch, that you wouldn't take a step west, you would stay standing on the fire. After a few minutes the glitch was fixed.
 * The Firemaking master is the only master of a skillcape with a trimmed cape; all the other skillcape masters have untrimmed skillcapes.
 * For players who buy their logs, training to level 99 firemaking should cost no more than 3,500,000 coins if you buy 96,096 maple logs (but more coins if higher level logs are burned). A cheaper way to achieve 99 firemaking is by buying 144,679 willow logs which costs around 1.2 million gold coins.