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Best way to farm Steel nails

All 4 monsters that drop Steel nails, ranked by realistic quantity per hour — not just drop rate. Change the seconds-per-kill for any monster to match your own speed.

Drop data: Steel nails on the OSRS Wiki

Currently fastest method
Skeleton (mage)
80 / hr
Monster Drops (rarity · quantity) Avg/kill Sec/kill Kills/hr Qty/hr
Skeleton (mage)
Combat lvl 94
5/128 · 12
 0.469 21 171 80
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair) (High level)
Combat lvl 81–87
5/128 · 12
 0.469 22 164 77
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)
Combat lvl 100
5/128 · 12
 0.469 26 138 65
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) (Low level)
Combat lvl 40–56
5/128 · 1
 0.039 12 300 12
How this is calculated: items/hr = (3600 ÷ seconds per kill) × average items per kill. Each monster's drop lines are listed as the wiki shows them (rarity · quantity); the average adds them all up, each as rarity × average quantity × rolls — so a guaranteed drop plus a rarer bonus drop both count. Drop rates and quantities come from the OSRS Wiki's community-verified drop tables. Seconds-per-kill is an editable estimate based on each monster's hitpoints and defence — your real speed depends on your stats and gear, so adjust it and your edits are remembered on this device. Rates marked ~ are approximate on the wiki.

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