OSRS Calc FIELD GUIDE · method
OSRS Light Orbs: XP, Requirements and Lamp Route
Making a wired Light orb requires 87 Crafting and gives 104 XP. Repairing lamps requires 52 Crafting and Firemaking and gives 500 XP in each skill, plus a recurring bonus every 50 lamps.
Two different actions are often confused
Blowing an empty orb and attaching cave goblin wire creates the item. Using completed orbs on broken lamps is the high-XP activity and has the lower level requirement.
Creating Light orbs
At 87 Crafting, attach cave goblin wire to an empty light orb for 104 Crafting XP. This creation requirement is boostable. The completed orb is also used for elite and master clue steps.
Repairing Dorgesh-Kaan lamps
With 52 Crafting and 52 Firemaking, each broken lamp consumes one Light orb and awards 500 XP in both skills. Every 50 replacements awards another 2,500 XP in each skill, equivalent to 550 XP per lamp over a complete 50-lamp cycle.
The Wiki estimates roughly 130,000 Crafting and 100,000 Firemaking XP per hour for an experienced route, with learners potentially closer to 90,000 Crafting XP per hour. Lamp state is per player, so world hopping does not produce a better route.
Plan your Crafting target
Compare Light orbs with other Crafting methods using your exact current XP.