Blood talisman

Blood talisman
Released							23 March 2022 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Morytania✓
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Locate, Drop
Examine							A mysterious power emanates from the talisman...
Values
Value							4 coins
High alch							2 coins
Low alch							1 coin
Weight							0.015 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							109,820 coins (info)
Buy limit							-
Daily volume							14
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Advanced data
Item ID							1450
Link							MOID

The blood talisman is a talisman that allows players to enter the Blood Altar where blood runes are crafted. The Blood Altar is located in the Meiyerditch Laboratories, which is discovered during Sins of the Father. Making blood runes requires level 77 Runecraft. The talisman is not required to access Kourend's Blood Altar, as it is not the true Blood Altar.

About and uses

Blood talismans can be obtained from the Temple Supplies shop at the Guardians of the Rift minigame, granted the player has completed Sins of the Father. It can be combined with a tiara to make a blood tiara for 52.5 Runecraft experience at the Blood Altar, by using the tiara on the altar. This makes the talisman disappear, but the blood tiara can be used in just the same way and can be worn on the head, saving an inventory space when crafting blood runes. The Catalytic talisman and tiara can be used as a cheaper alternative access to the Blood Altar.

Though it has a locate option, using it will give the message,The talisman doesn't seem to work. Maybe the ruins are deep underground. This message will persist even if the player is in the Meiyerditch Laboratories.

• The blood talisman seems to have the ability to influence people to madness, as seen in the story told on the tatty note found in the blood altar; of a miner driven to stab his friend after coming into contact with the talisman.
  • With the way the note is written, it is unclear whether the corrupting influence is the altar itself, the talisman, or both.
• The blood talisman is referenced by the dwarf Thorgel in the Mourning's End Part II quest. Players take a list of items to him in exchange for a death talisman, but if you ask why he needs one of the three keys he asks you for, he will reply "Pretty please with a Blood Talisman on top?!", then you would say "A Blood Talisman?!", and then Thorgel would reply "Oops! I meant 'Death Talisman'!" with a shifty look on his face.
• The blood talisman is an extremely rare example of an item that was present in the launch version of Old School RuneScape (in the game cache as an unobtainable item), removed from the game, and later re-added in a different update.
  • It was initially removed due to the false Blood Altar (which does not require a blood talisman) being added alongside the release of Great Kourend, and it became accessible in-game for the first time with the release of Guardians of the Rift on 23 March 2022.

v t e Guardians of the Rift
NPCs	Apprentices Cordelia Felix Tamara Rune guardians The Great Guardian Elemental Weak Medium Strong Overcharged Catalytic Weak Medium Strong Overcharged Portal Guardians Air Mind Water Earth Fire Body Cosmic Chaos Nature Law Death Blood Remains Guardian parts Guardian remains Large guardian remains Fallen guardian Huge guardian remains Abyssal creatures Abyssal leech Abyssal guardian Abyssal walker
Gameplay	Guardian fragments Guardian essence Guardian stones Elemental Catalytic Polyelemental Polycatalytic Cells Uncharged Weak Medium Strong Overcharged Portal talismans Air Mind Water Earth Fire Body Cosmic Chaos Nature Law Death Blood Barriers Weak Barrier Medium Barrier Strong Barrier Overcharged Barrier Scenery Cell tile (broken) Inactive cell tile
Rewards	Rewards Guardian Atlax's diary Abyssal pearls Abyssal lantern Abyssal needle Colossal pouch Elemental talisman (tiara) Catalytic talisman (tiara) Abyssal protector Abyssal dyes Red Green Blue Intricate pouch Intricate pouch Tarnished locket Amulet of the eye Lost bag Temple Supplies Ring of the elements Blood talisman (tiara) Guardian's eye Greatish guardian Raiments of the Eye Hat (red • blue • green) Top (red • blue • green) Robe (red • blue • green) Boots
Scenery	Abyssal Rift Barrier Deposit Pool Rubble
Music	Temple of the Eye The Guardians Prepare Guardians of the Rift
Related	Strategies Temple of the Eye (location) Temple of the Eye (quest)

v t e Runecraft
Runic altars	Elemental Air Water Earth Fire Catalytic Mind Body Cosmic Chaos Astral Nature Law Death Blood (Kourend) Soul Wrath Ourania
Talismans	Elemental Air Water Earth Fire Elemental Catalytic Mind Body Cosmic Chaos Nature Law Death Blood Wrath Catalytic Soul (unobtainable)
Tiaras	Elemental Air Water Earth Fire Elemental Catalytic Mind Body Cosmic Chaos Nature Law Death Blood Wrath Catalytic Astral (unobtainable) Soul (unobtainable)
Pouches	Small Medium Large Giant Colossal
Essence	Rune Pure Dense Dark (fragments) Daeyalt (shards) Guardian Mind core Body core Chaos core Blood essence
Extracts	Warped Twisted Mangled Scarred
Abyss rifts	Air Mind Water Earth Fire Body Cosmic Chaos Nature Law Death Blood Soul
Quests	Rune Mysteries Enter the Abyss Temple of the Eye
Raiments of the Eye	Hat (red)(blue)(green) Top (red)(blue)(green) Robe (red)(blue)(green) Boots
Other	Mysterious ruins Guardians of the Rift