Ancient Kelp

Ancient Kelp

Vendor Value	200
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Kelp that has been magically sustained for ages. Potent energy can be felt coursing through its fibers. Used as a crafting material.

Ancient Kelp is a rare fiber that can be found in the highest level Fishing zone. It can be processed into cloth through Cloth Weaving and then crafted into Magic weapons and armor, or skilling equipment.

Acquisition

Ancient Kelp can be obtained through fishing in the Stormy Seas.

• Using the Fiber Snagging enchantment on a piece of worn gear will also increase the chance of additional fibers being caught instead of a fish while fishing.

• Ancient Kelp can be bought at the Marketplace or discovered in a Sunken Treasure or Ancient Treasure.

• Additionally this material is acquired through combat:

	Source	Quantity	Rarity	Leagues
	Exiled Preceptor	1–5	10%
	Eye of the Storm	25–50	50%

Runecrafting Uses

Ancient Kelp can be woven into Elder Cloth using 5 Ancient Kelp, requiring level 60 Runecrafting.

Augmentation and Research

This kelp is also used to augment items of the Fisherman Set and their prototype counterparts.

Item		XP	Dust	Scrap	Aug. Bonus	Cost
	Fisherman's Smock	180			Fishing +1 Bait Power +1 Reel Power +1 Bonus Rarity +1	6 5 4 3 2 1 Ancient Kelp 1
	Fisherman's Waders	180			Fishing +1 Bait Power +1 Reel Power +1 Bonus Rarity +1	6 5 4 3 2 1 Ancient Kelp 1
	Fisherman's Bucket Hat	180			Fishing +1 Bait Power +1 Reel Power +1 Bonus Rarity +1	6 5 4 3 2 1 Ancient Kelp 1

Quests

Perform 3000 runecrafting or cloth weaving actions as part of the Runecrafting Set Quest which unlocks the runecrafting set equipment recipes and earns 1000 Runecrafting Shards.