Steel nails

Steel nails
Detailed
Release	17 May 2005 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Value	Unknown
High Alchemy	31 coins
High Alchemy	31 coins
Low Alchemy	20 coins
Low Alchemy	20 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	49 coins (info)
Buy limit	10,000
Weight	0 kg
Examine	Keeps things in place fairly permanently. Used in Construction (1).
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Steel nails, along with other nails, are primarily used in the Construction skill to make furniture and can also be used in the Fletching skill to make brutal arrows. They can be smithed on an anvil with 34 Smithing and one steel bar; players will receive 15 nails and 37.5 Smithing experience for doing so.

Steel nails are tradeable and quite cheap, although they do break occasionally. They may be purchased from the Sawmill operator, obtained as loot from a young impling (in quantities of 5), and are a rare product generated by ava's accumulator. They may be obtained during the quest In Aid of the Myreque. There are also 4 spawns in the west ruins spot in level 23 Wilderness, around the anvil.

Quests

Besides just construction, steel nails are also necessary to complete a few quests.

• 10 steel nails are used in the Cold War quest.
• 60 steel nails are used in the Horror From the Deep quest.
• 75 steel nails are used in the In Search of the Myreque quest.
• 90 steel nails are used in the Dragon Slayer quest.
• 225 steel nails are used in the In Search of the Myreque quest.

Dropping monsters

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Skeletal hand	100	20	Common
Zombie hand	108	20	Common

Trivia

• Unlike most nails, steel nails make a metallic sound when dropped, opposed to a "thump."
• Before the update that introduced other metallic nails, steel nails were just known as nails and were made in lesser quantities per bar. The required amount for quests was also lower than current values due to this.