Accursed sceptre
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| Accursed sceptre (u) | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 from long forgotten battles, corrupted by the power of Vet'ion. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 175,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 105,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 70,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.198 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 3,163,745 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 579 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 27662 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The accursed sceptre is a powered staff requiring 70 Magic to wield. It is a direct upgrade of Thammaron's sceptre, made with level 85 Crafting by using the Skull of Vet'ion on the Thammaron's sceptre (note that this process is reversible). Players without the required level to combine the items may ask Phabelle Bile in Ferox Enclave to do so instead, for a fee of 500,000 coins. The item counts as a Zamorakian item in the God Wars Dungeon. Like most powered staves, it is only tradeable when it is fully uncharged.
Compared to Thammaron's sceptre, the accursed sceptre has a higher max hit (usually +1 or +2 higher, depending on gear), +7 extra magic accuracy, and a unique special attack.
The sceptre also has a "Swap" option that allows players to switch it to an accursed sceptre (a), which is a variant that can autocast offensive combat spells from the standard spellbook (including Flames of Zamorak) and the Ancient Magicks.
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 | |
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| Accurate | Magic | Accurate | 4 ticks (2.4s) | 7 tiles | +3 Magic | ||
| Accurate | Magic | Accurate | 7 tiles | +3 Magic | |||
| Longrange | Magic | Longrange | 9 tiles | +1 Magic, +3 Defence | |||
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, which both tridents are incapable of doing.
Special attack
The accursed sceptre 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 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]
If the target's levels have already been reduced, Condemn will only drain them to a maximum of 15%. 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.
Creation
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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| 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 1,500 ether or 259,500 coins, as spells can only be cast every 4 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).
Maximum hit
The maximum hit dealt by the sceptre is dependent on the player's current Magic level. The formula is as follows:
The base maximum hit dealt by the sceptre is dependent on the player's current Magic level, starting at 17 with level 70 Magic, increasing by one at 72 and every three Magic levels thereafter, up to a maximum of 35 at level 123 (obtainable only through smelling salts in Tombs of Amascut). Both magic damage bonuses and visible stat boosts will modify the max hit of the spell; likewise, stat-reductions will lower the damage. Invisible boosts, such as from the sceptre's attack styles, do not affect the max hit. At 0 magic, the sceptre has a maximum hit of 0.
Calculator
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| Base max hit | ||||||
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| None | ||||||
| 70-71 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 72-74 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 75-77 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 78-80 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 81-83 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 84-86 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 87-89 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 90-92 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| 93-95 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| 96-98 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| 99-101 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| 102-104 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 105-107 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| 108-110 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| 111-113 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
| 114-116 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 |
| 117-119 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| 120-122 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| 123-125 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 |
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 |
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| Staff of light | +17 | +15% | 5,085,837 |
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| Staff of balance | +17 | +15% | 29,888,309 |
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| Staff of the dead | +17 | +15% | 5,339,567 |
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| Trident of the seas | +15 | N/A | 39,492 |
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| 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 | ||||
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) |
Changes
| Date | Changes | |
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| 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. | |
| 13 May 2026 (Update) |
The accursed sceptre's special attack now correctly works on the enemies in Chambers of Xeric. | |
| 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 while in the Bank interface, via a new ‘Check’ option. | |
| 8 February 2023 (Update) |
The standard attack animation is now corrected when used against players. | |
| 2 February 2023 (Update) |
Missing text in the accursed sceptre creation message has been restored. | |
| Pre-release history: Ursine chainmace (beta) | ||
| 21 September 2022 (Update) |
A "Swap" option has been added to the accursed sceptre allowing it to change into an autocasting variant. | |
| 14 September - 19 October 2022 (beta) |
First present in the Wildy & Dynamite Beta. | |
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.
Trivia
- The accursed sceptre, alongside Thammaron's sceptre, are almost weightless which is unique compared to other powered staves.
References
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