Hello and once again welcome to The Data Bank Log Book. This time we are taking a look at starting fires, wonderful warm burning fires. Someone has to light the torches to keep the mobs warm at night. So sometime between when I stopped playing years ago and picked up playing again about a month ago, they added bonfires. Higher exp, life points boost, and easy AFK skilling. But is adding logs to bonfires really as productive as many think? Or should we go back to the days of making long lines with fires?

Skill Name: Firemaking

Skill Level: 67-68

Skill Training Method: Old School Fire Line Yew Logs

Number of Items Made/Used: 140

Exp Gained: 28350 Total

Exp Per Gain: 202.5 Avg

Success Rating: DNA

Productivity Ranking: 81

Gold Ranking: DNA

Skill Name: Firemaking

Skill Level: 68

Skill Training Method: Yew Bonfire Single Person

Number of Items Made/Used: 140

Exp Gained: 33950 Total

Exp Per Gain: 242.5 avg

Success Rating: DNA

Productivity Ranking: 67.9

Gold Ranking: DNA

Looking back at the results, its clear that the old method of lighting each log as its own fire is more productive. This may seem backwards as you gain much more exp per log for bonfires, but a full inventory of logs burned by a bonfire takes longer then lighting each log, almost 2x longer!!! Bonfires are great if you want to sit back and go afk while gaining exp, little work is required to get a bonfire going and the more people that you have around you the more exp you gain. But if your time is limited and you don't care about the fire spirit that appears from time to time, then go with the old method of lighting each log as its own fire. It not only will save you time, but after each fire dies you can collect the ash which has a small value and can help you buy more logs in the future.

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