Accursed sceptre (a)
- Attack type
- Crush
- Attack speed
- 5 ticks (3.0s)
- Special attack
- Condemn
| Accursed sceptre (au) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 25 January 2023 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| League region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Dismantle, Swap, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worn options | None (?) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | A mighty sceptre used in long forgotten battles. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 175,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 105,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 70,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.198 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 3,203,500 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 286 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 27676 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The accursed sceptre (a) is the autocasting variant of the accursed sceptre, requiring level 70 in Magic to wield. The item counts as a Zamorakian item in the God Wars Dungeon.
By selecting the "Swap" option on the sceptre, players can switch between the regular sceptre (a powered staff) and the autocasting sceptre, which can autocast offensive combat spells from the standard spellbook (including Flames of Zamorak) and the Ancient Magicks. Swapping does not interrupt combat like switching a weapon normally would.
Combat stats
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +22 | +0 | ||
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +20 | +0 | ||
| Slot | ||||||
| +0 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bash | Crush | Accurate | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 1 tile | +3 Attack | ||
| Pound | Crush | Aggressive | +3 Strength | ||||
| Focus | Crush | Defensive | +3 Defence | ||||
| Spell | Magic | Defensive Autocast | 5 ticks (3.0s) | 10 tiles | None | ||
| Spell | Magic | Autocast | None | ||||
| Autocasting options | |
|---|---|
| [a] | |
Passive effect
When the accursed sceptre is charged with revenant ether, an additional 50% magic accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness, consuming 1 ether per attack whether the player hits or not. It is also applied to any combat spells cast when it is equipped, though it cannot autocast them in powered staff mode.
This effect will stack with a Slayer helmet (i) or a Salve amulet(i) and their variants, but not both simultaneously. This makes the sceptre the best magic weapon in the Wilderness, surpassing the damage output of a trident of the seas or swamp with the additional capability of attacking any hostile players, something which both tridents are incapable of doing.
Usage outside of the Wilderness will still consume 1 ether per attack, providing no passive effect. However, players can remove the ether and still autocast spells using an accursed sceptre (au).
Special attack
The accursed sceptre (a) has a special attack, Condemn, which consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy and 1 revenant ether (whether it hits or not). The special attack hits an enemy by using the accursed sceptre's built-in spell with a 50% increase to max hit and accuracy, and upon a successful hit, also drains the target's Defence and Magic by 15%, regardless of the damage inflicted.[1]
However, if the target's levels are already deboosted by some amount, Condemn will only drain them up to 15%, but no further. As a result, multiple special attacks do not stack. For example, a target with level 80 Defence and Magic cannot have their stats drained lower than 68 if using Condemn.
Due to the powered staff version of this weapon having 1 tick faster attack speed, it may be preferable to use the "Swap" option to perform the special attack, then swap back.
Creation
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thammaron's sceptre (u) | 1 | 3,222,350 | |
| Skull of vet'ion | 1 | 48,130 | |
| Total cost | 3,270,480 | ||
| Accursed sceptre (u) | 1 | 3,163,745 | |
| Profit | −106,735 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | −170,009 | ||
| Members | Ticks | 1 (0.6s) | |
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| Tools | None | Facilities | Phabelle Bile |
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thammaron's sceptre (u) | 1 | 3,222,350 | |
| Skull of vet'ion | 1 | 48,130 | |
| Coins | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
| Total cost | 3,770,480 | ||
| Accursed sceptre (u) | 1 | 3,163,745 | |
| Profit | −606,735 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | −670,009 | ||
Charging and death
To use the sceptre's passive effect, it must first be activated with 1,000 revenant ether (costing 173,000 coins). The 1,000 ether used to activate the sceptre does not count towards the usage of the passive effect, thus additional ether must be added (up to 16,000) to increase the sceptre's damage output. Players can configure the charges while the sceptre is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials. The hourly cost of constantly using this weapon to cast spells is 1,200 ether or 207,600 coins, as spells can only be cast every 5 game ticks.
The ether can be safely removed by selecting the right-click Uncharge option on the sceptre, after which the sceptre becomes tradeable again.
Upon death within the Wilderness, any revenant ether stored within the sceptre will always be dropped, even if it is one of the player's protected items. Because of this, despite the sceptre being able to store a maximum of 17,000 revenant ether, it is recommended to store the minimum amount required for a trip into the Wilderness (in addition to the 1,000 ether required to activate the weapon).
Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 1 | Scorpia/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Crazy archaeologist/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Callisto/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Lava dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Krystilia/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Revenants/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Tombs of Amascut/Strategies (Magic switch) |
| 1 | Artio/Strategies (Magic) |
Special attack
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 3 | Commander Zilyana/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Solo)) |
| 1 | General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Group)) |
| 4 | Zulrah/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Callisto/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Magic) |
| 1 | Chambers of Xeric/Challenge Mode/Strategies (Vespula) |
| 1 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Magic) |
| 1 | Fragment of Seren Speed-Trialist (Magic) |
| 1 | Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | The Whisperer/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | The Leviathan/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (high level)) |
| 1 | Yama/Strategies (Mage) |
| 2 | Maggot King/Strategies (Mage) |
Comparison between other magic weapons
| Name | Level(s) required | Magic attack | Magic damage | Price | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumeken's shadow | +35 | N/A | 785,164,946 |
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| Eye of ayak | +30 | N/A | 42,690,598 |
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| Harmonised nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 451,162,831 |
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| Volatile nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 68,504,351 |
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| Eldritch nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 160,305,802 |
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| Sanguinesti staff | +25 | N/A | 17,963,533 |
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| Holy Sanguinesti staff | ||||||
| Kodai wand | +28 | +15% | 61,848,841 |
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| Trident of the swamp | +25 | N/A | 3,141,524 |
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| Trident of the swamp (e) | 5,254,986 | |||||
| Purging staff | +37 | +10% | 31,432,565[n 1] |
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| Toxic staff of the dead | +25 | +15% | 8,626,465 |
| ||
| Staff of light | +17 | +15% | 5,085,837 |
| ||
| Staff of balance | +17 | +15% | 29,888,309 |
| ||
| Staff of the dead | +17 | +15% | 5,339,567 |
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| Trident of the seas | +15 | N/A | 39,492 |
| ||
| Trident of the seas (e) | 2,823,003 | |||||
| Slayer's staff (e) | +12 | N/A | 25,417[n 2] |
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| Blue moon spear | +30 | +5% | 381,011 |
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| Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 31,987,597 |
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| Ahrim's staff | +15 | +5% | 147,545 |
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| Ancient sceptre | +20 | +10% | 60,512 |
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| Accursed sceptre | +22 | N/A | 3,163,745 |
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| Accursed sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Dragon hunter wand | +16 | +10% | 8,742,161 |
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| Warped sceptre | +12 | N/A | 88,926 |
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| Master wand | +20 | +10% | 4,504,313 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre | +15 | N/A | 3,222,350 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Twinflame staff | +12 | +10%[n 3] | 6,507,227 |
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| God staves | +6 | N/A | 80,000 |
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| Iban's staff | +10 | N/A | 200,000[n 4] |
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| Iban's staff (u) | 400,000[n 5] | |||||
| Ancient staff | +15 | N/A | 60,512 |
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| Slayer's staff | +12 | N/A | 23,875 |
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| Void knight mace | +8 | N/A | Untradeable[n 6] |
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| Mystic smoke staff | +14 | +10%[n 3] | 1,821,169 |
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| Smoke battlestaff | +12 | 1,723,141 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
N/A | N/A | 166 |
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(Orange) |
159 | |||||
(Red) |
38 | |||||
(Black) |
274 | |||||
(Tecu) |
245,347 | |||||
| Croziers | +10 | N/A | 2,699 |
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| Skull sceptre | +10 | N/A | Untradeable |
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| Skull sceptre (i) | ||||||
| Elemental staves | (Basic) |
+10 | N/A | 909 | ||
(Battlestaff) |
+12 | 8,730 | ||||
(Mystic staff) |
+14 | 25,087 | ||||
Changes
| Date | Changes |
|---|---|
| 15 July 2026 (Update) |
Fixed a bug where the Auto-Charge from Bank feature allowed the Revenant weapons to be loaded with up to 17,000 ether when they were already in their charged state. The maximum capacity option should now respect the maximum charges you can add at 16,000. |
| 6 August 2025 (Update) |
The Accursed Sceptre (a) can now correctly use its special attack without setting an autocast. |
| 5 March 2025 (Update) |
The Accursed sceptre supports a bank item option for changing charges. |
| 3 May 2023 (Update) |
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| 5 April 2023 (Update) |
Players can now check the number of charges in the Accursed sceptre (a) while in the Bank interface, via a new ‘Check’ option. |
| 2 February 2023 (Update) |
Accursed Sceptre (a) no longer reverts to Thammaron's sceptre while protected on PvP death when equipped. |
Gallery
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Concept art of the accursed sceptre by Mod Jerv.
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Work-in-progress of the equipped model, by Mod Skylark.
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Work-in-progress animation of Condemn.
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