Death (NPC)

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Death
Released								25 June 2020 (Update)
Removal								N/A
Members								No
Race								Undead
Location								Death's Office
League region								N/A
Gender								Male
Examine								Death, the inexorable, comes to us all. When he's not doing that, he sits here.
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Advanced data
NPC ID								9855
Link								MOID

Harold Death Esquire,^[1] better known as simply Death or the Grim Reaper, is a legendary Guardian of Guthix who is responsible for the reaping of souls in Gielinor. He and his pet skeleton hellhound Muncher can be found in his office, which can be accessed from various portals at the following locations:

He acts as a "Death Tutor" when players die for the first time and explains death, item losses, and gravestones. Players are able to retrieve their items from Death by paying a fee, should they fail to reach their gravestone in time or wish to safely and quickly retrieve their items.

He has been the main figure of many Halloween events: he plays a part in the 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2025 Halloween events. An aspect of him appears all over the world when players die during the Halloween weeks.

After the sudden and unexpected death of his last servant, the Grim Reaper's mansion has become rather messy. Death asks the player to help him clean the house, so it's in a better state, when his new and 1,000th servant arrives. After a bit of cleaning and organising of his living room and garden, as well as completion of a training course, the Grim Reaper rewards the player with the Grim Reaper Hood and a new Zombie Hand emote (and the scared emote if the player was not present for the 2013 event). This event was a remake of the original 2007 Halloween event.

Death has trouble with getting Anti-Santa out of his house, after having letting him stay for a while. He asks the player to lure Anti-Santa out of the house and then barricade all doors and windows to show that he is no longer welcome. When the player is done, Death rewards them with the Gravedigger outfit, the anti-panties and the Hypermobile Drinker emote.

Death senses a disturbing force and ask the player to investigate. The player accidentally brings an incredibly malevolent spirit named Jonas into the world of the living. Death saw Jonas as one of the most evil creatures to have ever existed and was unable to reap his soul, so instead he sealed him away and erased all people's memories of him but one, Jarvis, the man who originally killed him, in case Jonas would ever return. Death sends the player to the Sapphire Lagoon to find Jarvis and put an end to Jonas. After the player successfully trap Jonas in a time bubble in an underwater cave, Death is content and let the player keep the Jonas mask, as well as a bunch of older Halloween rewards.

Death volunteers to be the spooky companion that the player advertised for in order to scare Oziach from purchasing the Edgeville Monastery. However, the player decides to take Iffie instead. After the player and Iffie fail to scare off Oziach, Death unexpectedly appears and unintentionally scares away Oziach, oblivious to the fact the player and Iffie are hiding behind a tree nearby.

Death quizzes the player on his favourite day of the year (31st October), the vegetables humans like to carve (pumpkins), what a group of witches is called (a coven), where he recommended new players visit (Dark wizards, south of Varrock), and what mortals like to do on Halloween (trick or treat). Once the player finishes the quiz, Death gives the player a spooky wall lamp, which the player gives to Fred the Farmer to help him with the spooky house decorations competition, which is also hosted by Death.

• The name Harold Death Esquire is a play on Hades, the god of the underworld in Greek mythology.
• He was present in the Deadman: All Stars Season 3 1v1 arena, spectating the fights.

v t e 2014 Halloween event
NPCs	Grim Reaper Growler Gargoyle
Items	Servant's skull Grim reaper's diary Will and testament Grim robe Hourglass Human eye Scythe sharpener Voice potion Human bones
Rewards	Grim reaper hood Zombie Hand
Related	Transcript

v t e 2015 Halloween event
NPCs	Grim Reaper Anti-Santa Growler Soul Lobby Cow Wise Old Man Hans Party Pete Drunken Dwarf Sandwich lady Gnome child My Arm Cheerleader
Items	Anti-panties Mop Damp coal dust Jar of ethereal fluid Trapped soul Coffin nails Deadwood log Deadwood plank
Rewards	Gravedigger outfit Anti-panties Hypermobile Drinker
Related	Transcript

v t e 2017 Halloween event
Characters	Grim Reaper Apothecary Masked stranger Jarvis Wizard Traiborn Jonas
Items	Death note Tomberries Murky potion Spectral potion Note Tattered book Carved gem Traiborn note Time bubble Diving helmet Diving apparatus
Rewards	Jonas mask
Scenery	Gravestone (Jarvis) Bush (Lumbridge Graveyard)
Related	Transcript Camp Sapphire Lagoon

v t e 2021 Halloween event
NPCs	Monk Brother Jered (upstairs) Oziach Estate agent Benny Iffie Death Xi_plzPetDogz_xiX Rocking chair Woman Dr Harlow Barbarian Jonny the beard
Items	Ad coupon Jered's empty wine bottle Newspaper
Rewards	Haunted wine bottle Ugly halloween jumper Saucepan
Objects	Evergreen Rocking chair
Related	Transcript Pumpkin pie Rune scimitar Studded body Stool