OSRS Untradable Items Tier List
17.12.2025 - 04:52:33
Game Guides , OSRS Guides , Runescape
Untradable items are some of the most important upgrades you can get in Old School RuneScape. They don’t just boost stats; they permanently improve how your account plays, saving time, money, and effort across PvM, skilling, and general quality of life. In this guide, we’ll break down the most useful untradables in OSRS and rank them based on how impactful they actually are, helping you figure out which ones are truly worth prioritising as your account progresses.
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Why Untradables Matter in OSRS?
Untradable items are essentially permanent account upgrades that support you throughout your Old School RuneScape journey. OSRS has a wide range of untradables that benefit nearly every type of content. Whether it’s Void gear letting you tackle end-game PvM without heavy gear costs, a Herb sack making Slayer tasks far more AFK-friendly, or ornament kits reducing death coffer fees and saving you millions, untradables play a huge role. Simply put, they’re a core part of long-term account progression in OSRS.
Best Early Game Untradables
Graceful Set
This set is a must-have for any account starting their journey. It is a huge quality of life upgrade, and the pain of not owning this set is far greater than anything else in this guide.
How to Get It?
Getting this set is pretty straightforward; you just have to do a bunch of rooftop Agility and collect marks of grace. After collecting 260 of them, you can head to the Rogues’ Den located under the Burthorpe pub and buy the entire outfit.
Main Uses
Equipping the full set reduces your character's weight by 25kg and restores run energy 30% faster. This is huge for any activity that involves running, like quests, farm runs, runecrafting, etc. It is a universally loved great quality of life upgrade that cuts down travel time in the early game and the usage of stamina potions.
Ardougne Cloak
Another great item that any account should get within the first few days.
How to Get It?
This cloak is a reward for completing the Ardougne diary. There are 4 tiers, from easy to elite, but for a fresh account easy Ardougne cape will do more than just fine.
Main Uses
The main early-game advantage of this cape is its free teleport to the Ardougne Monastery. Early game accounts have very limited access to Ardougne, and this teleport completely solves that issue. It also places you next to an altar for easy prayer restoration, with a fairy ring located nearby for even more convenient travel options, and gives decent stat bonuses.
Ava’s Device
How to Get It?
This item is a reward from the quest Animal magnetism. There are two variants you can get after the quest. The first attractor variant requires level 30 Ranged, and the second accumulator variant requires level 50.
Main Uses
This item is a must-have for any account, since it recovers the ammunition you use with Ranged weapons. Not having this simple item will cost you a fortune in the long run as you continuously lose your expensive ammo. This item also provides great offensive ranging bonuses.
Dramen Staff
How to Get It?
Dramen staff is obtained during the quest Lost City.
Main Uses
This staff is used for accessing the lost city Zanaris, but the power of this staff unlocks after starting the Fairytale 2 - Cure a Queen quest. After learning how to use fairy rings during that quest, you can use this staff to teleport using any fairy ring, which makes this item and the Ardougne cloak a great combo.
Salve Amulet
How to Get It?
You can get a salve amulet by completing the quest Haunted Mine. It is made by combining a salve shard and a ball of wool.
Main Uses
This item is your best in slot amulet against all undead. The regular variant of this amulet increases your melee damage and accuracy against undead by 16.67%. You can further enchant and imbue this item to make it stronger. To do so, you must complete a mini-quest called Lair of Tarn Razorlor, and use minigame points from either soul wars, nightmare zone, or Emir’s Arena. Doing so will allow this amulet to have 20% accuracy and damage boost against all undead, in all styles.
Rune Pouch
The easiest way to obtain this item is by spending around 8M coins. While that may not sound like much, early-game accounts often struggle to earn their first 8M. If you want to kick-start your playthrough with powerful upgrades like this, you can buy safe and secure gold from our OSRS store.
How to Get It?
There are multiple ways of getting a rune pouch. You can buy a rune pouch note from the Grand Exchange and exchange it for a rune pouch. You can spend 750 Slayer points to buy one from any Slayer master. You can buy it with Mage Training Arena points, or you can buy it with Last Man Standing points.
Main Uses
This item can hold 3 types of runes inside it, which makes it a must-have for any magical endouvers, allowing you to save 2 inventory slots. You can also upgrade this rune pouch to hold 4 types of runes with a thread of Elidnis, which is a reward from Tomb of Amascut.
Best Combat Mid-Late Game Untradables
Barrows Gloves
How to Get It?
Barrows' gloves are purchasable from the chest located in Lumbridge Castle's basement, after completing the quest Recipe for Disaster.
Main Uses
Barrows' gloves are a hybrid gloves that provide bonuses for all three combat styles. They are great for activities that require multiple combat styles, and great in general until you own your best-in-slot gloves for each combat style.
Void Knight Set
How to Get It?
This set can be bought from void knights in exchange for commendation points. These points can be earned through playing pest control. Owning the entire set of void knight armour costs 1250 commendation points. Combat achievements easy, medium, and hard increase the points you can get from each game by 1, 2, and 3, respectively, so it is a good idea to have at least easy combat achievements done first.
Main Uses
The Void armour set is a glass cannon set that increases the player's damage and accuracy. This is a set effect, so the entire armour set must be worn to take advantage of this. It is great for people who do not have access to high-end gear. It is also great for PvP and any other activity that requires multiple combat styles, as just switching the helmet of the gear changes the combat style of the armour set. The most notable set effect is the ranged one, where the damage bonus surpasses that of Masori armour. You can also upgrade the void set with 400 points to the elite version after completing hard Western Provinces diaries.
Fighter Torso
How to Get It?
The Fighter torso can be obtained from the Barbarian Assault mini-game reward shop. It requires level 40 defence to equip and costs 375 honour points in all four roles, and one penance queen kill.
Main Uses
Fighter torso is a great chest piece for any player who does not have access to expensive end-game melee gear. It provides the same melee strength bonuses as a bandos, inquisitor, and oathplate chest piece.
Slayer Helmet (i)
How to Get It?
To craft this item, you need to unlock the recipe for 400 Slayer points from any Slayer master. After unlocking it, it can be crafted by combining a black mask, earmuffs, facemask, nose peg, spiny helmet, enchanted gem, and a pair of reinforced googles with level 55 Crafting.
Main Uses
This item is your best-in-slot helmet for all Slayer monsters. Not only does it provide defence against the negative effects of these creatures, but it also provides a 16.67% boost to attack and strength against these creatures. This helmet can be imbued with Soul Wars, Nightmare zone, or Emir’s Arena points. The imbued version also provides 15% damage and accuracy boost to Ranged and Magic.
Fire Cape/Infernal Cape
How to Get It?
Fire cape is a reward for completing the Fight Caves, and Infernal cape is a reward for completing the Inferno. Infernal cape is a direct upgrade to the fire cape, but it is way more difficult to obtain. If you don’t want to bother getting it yourself, our specialist can help you get an Infernal cape.
Main Uses
These items are your best-in-slot melee capes. They are used in every place that favours melee combat.
Arclight/Emberlight
How to Get It?
Arclight can be obtained by combining 3 ancient shards with a darklight. Ancient shards are drops from monsters that reside in the Catacombs of Kourend. Emberlight is a direct upgrade to Arclight. It is made by combining a tormented synapse with a charged arclight.
Main Uses
These weapons are called “demonbane” and are extremely powerful against demons. Arclight and Emberlight provide a 70% increase in accuracy and damage against demons. They also have a special attack that reduces the stats of enemies.
Imbued God Cape
How to Get It?
This item can be obtained by completing the Mage Arena 2 mini-quest in the Wilderness.
Main Uses
This cape is the Magic equivalent of an infernal cape, providing the best bonuses for Magical combat.
Ornament Kits
How to Get It?
Ornament kits are rare rewards from treasure trails, but they are tradable, so most players acquire them through the Grand Exchange.
Main Uses
Attaching an ornament kit to a piece of gear turns that gear untradable, and as such, it deletes its value. This greatly decreases the fee that you have to pay upon death, in the scenario that your character dies.
Best Skilling Untradables
Varrock armour
How to Get It?
Varrock armour is a reward from completing the Varrock achievement diaries. It has 4 tiers, ranging from easy to elite. Each version provides better buffs.
Main Uses
Varrock elite armour is great for mining, as it gives a 10% chance of receiving 2 ores instead of one. It also gives a 10% chance to smelt 2 bars instead of 1 when using the Edgeville furnace. This armour is generally used when mining expensive ores.
Magic Secateurs
How to Get It?
This item is obtained during the quest Fairytale 1 - Growing Pains.
Main Uses
When equipped or in the inventory, it increases the base chance of additional crop yield beyond the minimum number by 10%. This is mainly used by players who do Herb Runs. If you want to learn the most efficient herb run route, check out our Perfect Herb Run guide.
Crystal Saw
How to Get It?
The crystal saw is crafted by using the singing bowl with a crystal saw seed. To do this, you must first complete the quest The Eyes of Glouphrie.
Main Uses
This saw has an invisible +3 boost to Construction, allowing you to build structures 3 levels earlier. This saw is mainly used with other Construction boosting effects, such as the spicy stew, to get a +8 Construction boost, which allows the player to build a maxed house much earlier. Most players use this combo to get an ornate jewellery box, occult altar, and ornate restoratron pool at level 83 Construction.
Cooking/Goldsmith Gauntlets
How to Get It?
These gauntlets are a reward for completing the Family Crest quest.
Main Uses
Cooking gauntlets lower your chance of burning lobster, swordfish, kyatt, monkfish, shark, and anglerfish, making them useful for Cooking training. Goldsmith gauntlets increase the experience gained from smelting gold by 2.5x and are required for the most efficient Smithing training method, smelting gold ore at the Blast Furnace.
Mining Gloves
How to Get It?
These gloves can be bought in exchange for unidentified minerals in the Mining Guild. A total of 180 unidentified minerals is required to obtain the expert version.
Main Uses
When equipped, rocks no longer deplete after a single swing. Ores from copper to gold can be mined four times before depletion, mithril and adamantite three times, and runite, sandstone, and amethyst twice.
Log Basket
How to Get It?
It can be bought from the Forestry shop for 5,000 Anima-infused bark, along with 300 oak and willow logs.
Main Uses
The log basket can hold up to 28 logs, allowing for longer Woodcutting trips and increased experience gains.
Fish Barrel
How to Get It?
The fish barrel is a rare reward from Tempoross.
Main Uses
This item can hold up to 28 fish, allowing you to fish and AFK for longer periods of time.
Tier List
S-Rank
These items are a must-have for any account.
- Graceful outfit
- Rune pouch
- Barrows gloves
- Avernic/Dragon defender
- Slayer Helmet imbued
- Void knight armor
- Infernal/fire cape
- Dizannas’ Quiver/ Ava’s Assembler
- Imbued God Cape
- Emberlight/Arclight
- Magic Secateurs
A-Rank
These items are extremely useful and are highly recommended for any account.
- Soulbearer
- Ash sanctifier
- Herb Sack
- Bonecrusher
- Log Basket
- Fish Barrel
- Plank Sack
- Crystal Saw
- Cooking/Goldsmith Gauntlets
- Ectophial
B-Rank
These items are nice upgrades, but less necessary.
- Expert Mining gloves
- Varrock armour 4
- Quetzal Whistle
- Pendant of Ates
- Trawlers’ Trust
- Royal Seed pod
- Skilling outfits
- Gem bag
- Coal bag
- Xeric’s Talisman
That wraps up our OSRS untradable items tier list. These upgrades might not be tradable, but they pay off every single time you log in, whether you’re skilling, doing Slayer, or pushing into tougher PvM. Prioritise the ones that fit your goals, grab them early where you can, and you’ll thank yourself long-term as your account keeps getting stronger with every unlock.