Jan 04, 2014  Saltpeter is a common term for  potassium nitrate. It is used to preserve meat, temper steal, and to make gunpowder and fireworks. Saltpeter definition, the form of potassium nitrate, KNO3, that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.

Saltpetre
Released							7 January2016 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							A powder that can be added to compost to make fertiliser.
Values
Value							5 coins
High alch							3 coins
Low alch							2 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							2 coins (info)
Buy limit							13,000
Daily volume							2,945,173
Advanced data
Item ID							13421
Twisted League							Yes

Saltpetre is a mineral found north-east of the Woodcutting Guild in Hosidius, where five saltpetre deposits can be found. Saltpetre can be obtained by using a spade on these deposits. A bank deposit box can be found in the centre of the saltpetre deposits. Players can teleport here by using the skills necklace and going to the Woodcutting Guild, or using Kharedst's memoirs to teleport to Hosidius, then running south.

Saltpetre can also be obtained as a reward from the Chambers of Xeric and supply crates from subduing the Wintertodt.

Digging up saltpetre is a task in the easy Kourend & Kebos Diary.

Gathering saltpetre[editedit source]

Saltpetre deposits that can be dug to obtain saltpetre are only found at one of the five deposits, which moves when it is depleted. Konoo, a saltpetre digger, will follow the saltpetre around, so it's helpful to look for a yellow dot on the minimap when searching for the new spawn. He provides players with a free spade, should they require one.

When digging saltpetre, players have a chance, roughly equal to their Mining level out of 100, of receiving two at once. Panzer general ii free download. Players with a high Mining level can collect 1,500+ saltpetre per hour; however, players with level 1 Mining will only be able to get about 850. Other things that may be advantageous when digging saltpetre include a high Agility level, energy potions, and weight-reducing clothing, due to the amount of running around that may need to be done.

Products[editedit source]

Item	Skills	Materials
Dynamite pot	None	1 × Pot 1 × Saltpetre 1 × Juniper charcoal 1 × Volcanic sulphur
Sulphurous fertiliser	1	1 × Compost 1 × Saltpetre

Use[editedit source]

Saltpetre is used with regular compost to create Sulphurous fertiliser, which can then be used to gain Hosidiusfavour by donating it to the clerk south-west of the bank, at a rate of 0.1% favour per bucket. This also grants 2 Farmingexperience per bucket of fertiliser made.

Saltpetre is also an ingredient in making dynamite for Blast Mining, in addition to being used to fertilise vine patches in the Vinery.

Drop sources[editedit source]

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
N/A	1–5,461 (noted)	Uncommon
N/A	3–5 (noted)	6/180

Trivia[editedit source]

• Even though in real life saltpetre is a mineral containing no sulphur (it consists of potassium nitrate, KNO₃), in RuneScape it can be used to create sulphurous fertiliser.

Blast mine
NPCs	Operator Smoggy
Items	Dynamite Volcanic sulphur Juniper logs Juniper charcoal Saltpetre Dynamite pot Blasted ore
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salt·pe·ter

(sôlt′pē′tər)

salt•pe•ter

or salt•pe•tre

(ˌsɔltˈpi tər)
n.

salt·pe·ter

(sôlt′pē′tər)

Noun

1.

saltpeter - (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpetre fertiliser, fertilizer, plant food - any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

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