How Do You Make Soft Clay In Runescape?

ByScarlett Evans

RuneScape is a popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 2001 by Jagex. Set in the medieval fantasy realm of Gielinor, RuneScape has a large open world and allows players to train skills, complete quests, fight monsters and other players, and more. One of the many skills in RuneScape is Crafting, which involves making various items like armor, jewelry, pottery, and more from raw materials.

Soft clay is one of the most basic raw materials used in Crafting. It is made by mixing clay and water, which makes the clay malleable and able to be shaped into various items. Soft clay can be used to craft pottery items like bowls, vases, jugs, and urns. It can also be used to make cosmic, chaos, death, and blood runes by adding the proper rune essence. Soft clay has many uses for low to mid level Crafters in RuneScape.

Gathering Clay

The easiest way to obtain clay in RuneScape is by mining clay rocks located throughout Gielinor. Clay rocks can be mined with a pickaxe from level 1 Mining, granting 5 Mining experience per clay mined. The best locations to mine clay include west of Varrock, Rimmington mine, northwest of Rellekka, and the crafting guild. Mining clay this way is very simple – just mine clay rocks and deposit the clay into your inventory.

Some notable clay rock locations include (RuneScape Wiki):

  • West of Varrock near the road to Draynor Village
  • Rimmington mine northeast of Rimmington
  • Northwest of Rellekka near the Golden Apple Tree
  • Inside the Crafting Guild in Falador (requires level 40 Crafting to enter)

These spots contain multiple clay rocks clustered together, making collecting clay fast and efficient. The Crafting Guild is especially convenient since it houses a bank chest near the clay rocks.

Using the Crafting Skill

To make soft clay in RuneScape, players will need access to the Crafting skill. The Crafting skill allows players to turn raw materials into useful items. Soft clay is an important resource that can be used to craft various pottery items.

The minimum Crafting level required to make soft clay is level 1 [1]. This means that both free players and members can make soft clay from the start of the game without any Crafting level requirements. However, a higher Crafting level will allow access to making higher level pottery items from soft clay.

For example, to make an amulet mould using soft clay requires a Crafting level of 4 [1]. Crafting tiaras requires a Crafting level of 23 [1]. And crafting urns requires Crafting levels ranging from 1-91 [1] depending on the type of urn.

So while any player can make soft clay itself, higher Crafting levels give access to making more useful and valuable items out of that soft clay.

Making Soft Clay

a player using clay on a water source to make soft clay
To make soft clay you will need to take regular clay and use it with a water source. This can be done at any water source in RuneScape such as a sink, fountain, stream, or lake. The process is simple – take the clay in your inventory and use it on a water source. Each clay will be turned into a soft clay in your inventory.

Some popular spots to make soft clay are the cook’s kitchen in Lumbridge castle, the sink in the upstairs of a player-owned house, and the fountains in Al Kharid or Varrock [1]. The cook’s kitchen in Lumbridge castle is one of the closest water sources to a clay mining spot for free players.

Members have access to even more water sources around Gielinor like sinks in houses, wells, fountains, and streams. This makes collecting and making large amounts of soft clay very convenient.

Finding Water Sources

There are many water sources all across the world of Gielinor that can be used to make soft clay. Some of the most convenient locations close to banks include:

  • The sink in the Lumbridge castle kitchen. This is very close to the bank upstairs.
  • The fountain just outside the northern Lumbridge castle wall. There is a bank just south in Lumbridge.
  • The swamp near Lumbridge castle where players spawn after tutorial island. The nearby swamp trees can also be cut for logs.
  • The fountain outside the northern wall of Varrock palace. The Varrock east bank is very closeby.
  • Thesink in the kitchen of player-owned houses with kitchens. Players can teleport right there and build closest to a bank.

For members, good water sources include:

  • The fountain in the Tree Gnome Stronghold near Blurberry’s Bar. There is a bank deposit box next to the Grand Tree.
  • The sink upstairs in the Cooking Guild. There is a bank downstairs.
  • The fountain in West Ardougne, very near the bank chest.

Having the Lunar spell “Humidify” unlcoked makes obtaining water even easier at any location.

For a full list of water sources, see: Water source – RuneScape Wiki

Storing Soft Clay

Soft clay is an essential resource for training Crafting in RuneScape, so having a stockpile available can be very useful. There are a few main reasons to store soft clay:

Crafting training – Having a stack of soft clay on hand makes training Crafting faster and more convenient, since you don’t have to continually mine more clay. Soft clay can be used to craft ceramic items like bowls, vases, and urns from level 1 Crafting.

Future crafting – Soft clay is used to make many useful items later on like teletabs and clay bracelets. It’s a good idea to bank soft clay so you have some ready when you reach higher Crafting levels.

Money making – Items like pie dishes and ceramic vases made with soft clay can be a decent source of GP from low level Crafting. Storing soft clay allows you to craft multiples of these items to sell.

Quests/minigames – Some quests like Enakhra’s Lament require soft clay. Activities like Stealing Creation also utilize soft clay. Having a stack in the bank ensures you’re prepared when needed.

The main ways to stockpile soft clay are:

Store any excess soft clay in your bank so it’s available when you need it for training, money making, quests, and other crafting uses.

Crafting with Soft Clay

Soft clay is primarily used in the Crafting skill to create various pottery items at a potter’s wheel. Some of the most common items crafted with soft clay include urns, bowls, vases, and cups. To craft pottery, players need to use the soft clay on a potter’s wheel located in crafting guilds or player-owned houses. Each unfinished pottery item can then be fired to make a finished product.

Crafting urns with soft clay is a popular training method, as it provides moderately fast Crafting experience. Urns are very useful for training other skills like Cooking and Prayer. Bowls and vases made with soft clay can be decorated to create higher-level decorated pottery. Cups and bowls also have some practical uses, like storing tea or stew. Overall, soft clay allows players to train Crafting efficiently while also acquiring items that can serve various purposes in gameplay.

Leveling Crafting

Making soft clay is an excellent way to level up your Crafting skill in RuneScape. Here are some of the most efficient routes and methods for leveling Crafting with soft clay:

One of the fastest methods is to mine clay rocks at the Ithell Clan district in Prifddinas. This area contains an abundance of clay rocks and is very close to a water source to turn the clay into soft clay (https://runescape.fandom.com/wiki/Crafting). This allows you to quickly gather large quantities of soft clay to turn into crafting exp.

Another efficient route is to mine clay rocks at the Crafting Guild, located northwest of Falador. There is a water source nearby where you can convert the clay into soft clay. The Crafting Guild also provides a useful 7% exp boost to Crafting (https://runescape.wiki/w/Crafting).

For lower Crafting levels, a good method is to buy clay packs from the Grand Exchange. Bring the clay to any water source to convert them into soft clay stacks. This can be fast and cheap exp starting out.

Once you’ve acquired a lot of soft clay, the fastest way to turn it into Crafting exp is crafting urns. Craft urns while using a portable crafter for maximum exp rates. Urns provide excellent Crafting exp for the low cost of soft clay (https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/34mvig/simple_moneymaking_method_requires_minimal_gp/).

Money Making

One of the most popular uses of soft clay in Runescape is to make money. Soft clay and items crafted from it can generate significant profits.

Soft clay sells to general stores for 48 coins each. However, players can make much more by selling it on the Grand Exchange. Soft clay consistently sells for around 700-800 coins each on the G.E. With high Crafting levels, players can produce thousands of soft clay per hour. This offers a steady, low-effort money making method.

More profit can be made by turning soft clay into ceramic items like clay bowls, clay urns, or pie dishes. Using the Crafting skill, these items can be produced in bulk and sold on the Grand Exchange or to specialty stores. For example, pie dishes sell for over 1,000 coins each. Crafting these items requires higher Crafting levels but results in greater profits.

According to some popular money making guides, mining and selling soft clay can generate over 4 million gp per hour (cite: https://runescape.wiki/w/Money_making_guide/Mining_soft_clay). Players wanting to make consistent money with minimal effort should consider utilizing soft clay.

Conclusion

Soft clay is the building block of many craftable items in Runescape. By finding clay, a water source, and using the Crafting skill, players can easily make soft clay that can then be used to craft a wide variety of items and equipment. The Crafting and Fletching skills rely heavily on soft clay for making pottery, staves, and more.

Locating clay rocks and water sources is critical for having the raw materials to produce soft clay. Having the Crafting skill leveled up allows you to produce more soft clay per inventory, maximizing the time spent gathering materials. Using soft clay to craft and sell items can be a great way to make money as well.

With some planning and dedication, making your own soft clay can be very rewarding and worthwhile, especially for low level players looking to train Crafting or produce Crafting supplies. Keep these tips in mind, and you’ll have plenty of soft clay to work with for all your crafting needs in Runescape.

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