Whetstone

Basic Item
Verified for 0.12.0.8· Updated 29 Jul 2026

Use this to hone your equipped melee weapon.

Recipe

Journal

The blade is not just a weapon in the wilds of Ashenfall, it’s a tool. Sometimes it’s the difference between seeing tomorrow and having a very bad today.

Dwarves have always understood the importance of properly maintaining one’s equipment. They turned the care for their weapons into a ritual of almost religious significance. Blades would be cleaned, serviced and sharpened so that they might cut through deadlier dangers and challenge greater threats.

The whetstone is a simple device, but one that served as a backbone of this ritual. A smith would learn to gently sharpen the blade to the thinnest edge possible, treating it almost like a competition. They would boast and brag with each other about the sharpness of their blades.

A popular dwarven myth speaks of the Prime Whetstone, capable of sharpening a blade to the point that no armour or metal could withstand it. Sadly, or perhaps thankfully, no evidence exists to provide any truth to the myth.

In-game journal · © Jagex Ltd

Update history

Eye on Ashenfall - 0.12.0Whetstone is now crafted at the Blacksmith's Bench.Can no longer be created at the Crafting Table.23 June 2026
Eye on Ashenfall - 0.9The stack limit was changed again from 99 to 50.11 September 2025
Update 1 - 0.8.0The stack limit was changed from 5 to 99.17 June 2025

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