Ruby

This article is about the gem. For the title, see Ruby (title). For the chocolate rabbit, see Ruby (Blooming Burrow).

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Ruby
Release																				8 May 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				This looks valuable.
Options
Backpack																				Craft
Values
Value																				1,000 coins
High alch																				600 coins
Low alch																				400 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 332 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.002 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				332 coins (info)
Buy limit																				5,000
Volume																				71,392
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1603
Links																				MRID • recipe

A ruby is a red gemstone used in crafting and Fletching. An uncut ruby can be crafted into a ruby by a player with 34 Crafting, yielding 85 Crafting experience. Uncut rubies can be obtained randomly while mining ores, dropped as loot from defeating monsters, and may by rewarded as a prize from many Distractions and Diversions among other places.

At level 63 Fletching, players can cut a ruby into 12 ruby bolt tips, yielding 6 Fletching experience.

Uses

Crafting

Level	Unenchanted		GE Price	Enchanted		GE Price	Properties
34		Ruby ring	1,885		Ring of forging (m)	2,004	Decreases number of iron ore to smelt into an iron bar from two to one
40		Ruby necklace	1,206		Dig Site pendant (m)	N/A	Teleports the player to the Dig Site
42		Ruby bracelet	2,836		Inoculation brace (m)	2,626	Protects for up to 5,000 damage from poison
50		Ruby amulet	4,757		Amulet of strength	3,004	Player gains melee strength stat bonus

Fletching

Level	Bolt		Cost	Level	Damage	Effect chance	Effect
63		Ruby bolts (e)	111	60	576	5%	Blood Forfeit: Deals 25%-125% additional ability damage, while also dealing 5% of the player's own life points to themselves.
95		Ruby bakriminel bolts (e)	499	99	912

Creation

Requirements
Members			No
Ticks			1 (0.6s)
Tool			Chisel (tb)
Skill			Level	Experience
Crafting			34 (b?)	85
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Uncut ruby		1	320
Total cost				320
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Ruby		1	332
Profit				12

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price	GE volume	Profit
	1 × 'Lust' metal sculpture		Archaeologist's tools(tb), Archaeologist's workbench	65	3,500	1 ×  'Lust' metal sculpture (damaged) 16 ×  Third Age iron 24 ×  Eye of Dagon 24 ×  Goldrune 1 ×  Ruby	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 × 'Perfect' necklace		Necklace mould(tb), Furnace	40	0	1 ×  'Perfect' gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 × 'Perfect' ring		Ring mould(tb), Furnace	40	0	1 ×  'Perfect' gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 × Blurite keystone		Bracelet mould(tb), Furnace	120	1,000	1 ×  Blurite bar 3 ×  Ruby 4 ×  Emerald 2 ×  Sapphire	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 × Exquisite smithing urn (no rune)		N/A	105	130	1 ×  Exquisite smithing urn (no gem) 1 ×  Ruby	22,669	4,242	7,357
	1 × Ritual dagger		Archaeologist's tools(tb), Archaeologist's workbench	36	861.5	1 ×  Ritual dagger (damaged) 16 ×  Goldrune 24 ×  Hellfire metal 1 ×  Ruby	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 × Ruby amulet (unstrung)		Amulet mould(tb), Furnace	50	85	1 ×  Gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	2,550	6	−36
	12 × Ruby bolt tips		Chisel(tb)	63	6.3	1 ×  Ruby	372	14,766	40
	1 × Ruby bracelet		Bracelet mould(tb), Furnace	42	80	1 ×  Gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	2,836	308	250
	1 × Ruby necklace		Necklace mould(tb), Furnace	40	75	1 ×  Gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	1,206	55,504	−1,380
	1 × Ruby ring		Ring mould(tb), Furnace	34	70	1 ×  Gold bar 1 ×  Ruby	1,885	1,031	−701

Cost of cutting

Uncut ruby	Ruby			Ruby bolt tips (12)
Value	Value	Profit	GP/XP	Value	Profit	GP/XP
320	332	12	0.14	372	52	8.67

• The profit or loss for fletching bolts assumes starting with an uncut gem.

Item sources

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

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Earth impling	36	1	1/100
Earth impling jar	N/A	1	1/100
Ork statue	71	1	30/593
Ogre statue	75	1	40/630
Ourg statue	79	1	30/566
Goblin statue	70	1	30/602
Thalassus	N/A	1	Unknown
Dung kalphite Diamond in the Rough	N/A	1	Once
Onyx dragon	126	2 (noted)	2 × 10/128; 8/128
Small chest	N/A	1	3/150
Chest (Dishonour among Thieves) Gems	N/A	3 (noted)	Once
Throne (Thammaron's throne room)	20	2	Once

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Gem merchant Shop: Ardougne Gem Stall	East Ardougne	0	1,000	300
Gem store assistant Shop: Gem Shop (Anachronia)	Anachronia	70	1,000	300
Gem trader Shop: Gem Trader (stall, Al Kharid)	Al Kharid	0	1,000	300
Gem trader Shop: Gem Trader (stall, Menaphos)	Menaphos Merchant district	0	1,000	300
Hervi Shop: Green Gemstone Gems	Keldagrim	0	1,000	300
Herquin Shop: Herquin's Gems	Falador	0	1,000	300

Spawns

• Inaccessible island north-west of Wendlewick (too far to be reached even with Telekinetic Grab)

Disassembly

Ruby
Disassembly category					Gems
Disassembly XP					1.0
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  62.6% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 62.6% 1 34 62.0% 2 49 60.8% 3 64 59.5% 4 69 58.3% 5 78 57.0% 6 83 55.1% 7 91 53.9% 8 95 52.0% 9 105 50.1%
Material count					2
Clear parts					35/101
Delicate parts					30/101
Smooth parts					30/101
Precious components					3/101
Light components					2/101
Faceted components					1/101
Advanced data
Raw category					gems
Item level (for junk chance)					34
Estimated cost
Parsed					332
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Achievements

• The School of Jewels ( 20) – Cut each of the listed gems.
• I Am Inevitable ( 25) – Try to repower the war golem arm at Stormguard.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• update 23 March 2026 (Update):
  • Added an inaccessible spawn on Havenhythe.

• update 8 May 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The blood diamond obtained in the Desert Treasure quest has the same appearance as a ruby.