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UnchargedCharged
Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged)



Released							27 April 2022 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Desert✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Check, Drop
Worn options							None ^(?)
Examine							This sceptre has no remaining charges.

Values

Value							83,334 coins
High alch							50,000 coins
Low alch							33,333 coins
Weight							2 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							7,199,906 coins (info)
Buy limit							-
Daily volume							291

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Advanced data

Item ID							26945
Link							MOID

The pharaoh's sceptre is a polestaff found during the Pyramid Plunder minigame in Sophanem, from the golden chests and sarcophagi. It requires 30 Attack and 30 Magic to wield.

The sceptre provides teleports to each of the great pyramids of the Kharidian Desert, using a charge to do so. By default, the sceptre holds three charges. Players who have progressed in the Desert Diary have their sceptre hold more charges; up to 10 with the easy diary, 25 with the medium diary, 50 with the hard diary, and 100 with the elite diary.

It is one of only a few teleports that work up to level 30 Wilderness, while most other means of teleportation will not work above level 20 Wilderness.

Combat stats

UnchargedCharged

Attack bonuses

+7	-1	+25	+10	+0

Defence bonuses


+2	+3	+1	+10	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+32	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Bash	Crush	Accurate	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Pound	Crush	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Block	Crush	Defensive			+3 Defence

Teleportation options

A player using the Pharaoh's sceptre teleport.

Destination	Map
1. Jalsavrah, the Tomb of Kings. Teleports players to the starting lobby of Pyramid Plunder. This is the default teleport destination if the player has never used the sceptre before.
2. Jaleustrophos, the Tomb of the Agile. Teleports players by Simon Templeton's camp.
3. Jaldraocht, the Tomb of Magic. Teleports players to the pyramid entrance.
4. Jaltevas, the Tomb of the Father. Teleports players next to the obelisk in the necropolis. Players must commune with the obelisk with the sceptre in your inventory before being able to teleport here. The sceptre does not need to be charged for communing to unlock the teleport.

Recharging

To recharge the sceptre, the player must talk to the guardian mummy inside Jalsavrah, the Pyramid Plunder pyramid. The mummy will complain about the player owning the sceptre, but will recharge it anyway.

The player must give the mummy either 6 Gold artefacts, 12 Stone artefacts, or 24 pottery/ivory artefacts to fully recharge the sceptre. Different shaped artefacts may be combined as long as they are all the same material, and noted artefacts are accepted. It is recommended that the sceptre's last charge be used to teleport to Pyramid Plunder for recharging, as it is a fairly lengthy trip to return there without a teleport.

By default, the sceptre is recharged to three charges. Players who have progressed in the Desert Diary have their sceptre recharged with more charges; up to 10 with the easy diary, 25 with the medium diary, 50 with the hard diary, and 100 with the elite diary.

The following table shows recharge costs for each individual artefact according to Grand Exchange prices and compares the value of artefacts when sold to Simon Templeton. Note the items within the same artefact class may be combined to satisfy the required count.

Simon's purchase price may be useful for ironmen when comparing which artefacts to save for charges. As a general rule, using Gold artefacts are the most costly options.

Artefacts can be noted when recharging the sceptre.

Artefact Class		Required count	GE cost to charge	Sale price to Simon
Ivory/Pottery	Ivory comb	24	49,056	1,200
Ivory/Pottery	Pottery scarab	24	2,088	1,800
Ivory/Pottery	Pottery statuette	24	2,304	2,400
Stone	Stone seal	12	1,824	1,800
Stone	Stone scarab	12	2,112	2,100
Stone	Stone statuette	12	2,400	2,400
Gold	Gold seal	6	4,500	4,500
Gold	Golden scarab	6	5,994	6,000
Gold	Golden statuette	6	7,632	7,500

Products

	Skills	XP	Materials
Ancient altar	80	1,490	10 × Limestone brick 1 × Magic stone 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 1 × Ancient signet
Occult altar (Total)	90	3,445	10 × Limestone brick 1 × Magic stone 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 10,000 × Astral rune 1 × Ancient signet 1 × Arceuus signet 1 × Lunar signet
Occult altar (Upgrade - Dark altar)	90	3,445	1 × Dark altar (Construction) 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 10,000 × Astral rune 1 × Ancient signet 1 × Lunar signet
Occult altar (Upgrade - Lunar altar)	90	3,445	1 × Lunar altar 1 × Pharaoh's sceptre (uncharged) 5,000 × Blood rune 5,000 × Soul rune 1 × Ancient signet 1 × Arceuus signet

Obtaining

Pharaoh's sceptres are a very rare reward received from the golden chests and sarcophagi during the Pyramid Plunder minigame. The chance of receiving a pharaoh's sceptre scales depending on the room. When a player finds the sceptre, they are immediately ejected from the pyramid. If the player had no free inventory space when they found the sceptre, it will appear on the ground under them when they are outside the pyramid.

		Chance per Room		Cumulative Chance
Room	Lvl Req	Chest	Sarcophagus	Chests	Both	Chests 4-8	Both 4-8
1	21+	1/4,200	1/4,200	~1/4,200	~1/2,100	-	-
2	31+	1/2,800	1/2,800	~1/1,680	~1/840	-	-
3	41+	1/1,600	1/1,600	~1/820	~1/410	-	-
4	51+	1/950	1/950	~1/440	~1/220	~1/950	~1/475
5	61+	1/800	1/800	~1/284	~1/142	~1/435	~1/218
6	71+	1/750	1/750	~1/206	~1/103	~1/275	~1/138
7	81+	1/650	1/650	~1/157	~1/78	~1/194	~1/97
8	91+	1/650	1/650	~1/126	~1/63	~1/149	~1/75

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Grand Gold Chest Room 1	21	1	1/4,200
Grand Gold Chest Room 2	31	1	1/2,800
Grand Gold Chest Room 3	41	1	1/1,600
Grand Gold Chest Room 4	51	1	1/950
Grand Gold Chest Room 5	61	1	1/800
Grand Gold Chest Room 6	71	1	1/750
Grand Gold Chest Room 7	81	1	1/650
Grand Gold Chest Room 8	91	1	1/650
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 1	21	1	1/4,200
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 2	31	1	1/2,800
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 3	41	1	1/1,600
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 4	51	1	1/950
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 5	61	1	1/800
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 6	71	1	1/750
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 7	81	1	1/650
Sarcophagus (Pyramid Plunder) Room 8	91	1	1/650

Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Master	Yawn	7th room in Pyramid Plunder		7,203,461

The pharaoh's sceptre can have any amount of charges. The pieces of the menaphite clothing must all be the same colour, both the kilt and robe can be used. It's possible to store the menaphite clothing in the STASH unit without the pharaoh's sceptre.

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Changes

Date	Changes
3 June 2026 (Update)	Added a warning before teleporting in a PvP world with the sceptre.
18 May 2022 (Update)	Charged sceptres now appear as they did prior to 27 April 2022 rather than having the appearance of an uncharged sceptre.
27 April 2022 (Update \| poll)	The original pharaoh's sceptre is now discontinued: All variants of the pharaoh's sceptre that existed prior to 27 April 2022 have had all their interface options replaced with a "Convert" option, which replaces it with a reworked version of the sceptre. The teleport options are now in a separate interface akin to that of a ring of dueling, accessed by the sceptre's "Teleport" option. A "Last-Teleport" option will instantly teleport players to the previous destination. In addition: The sceptre can now be uncharged by players rather than needing to visit the guardian mummy to do so. The sceptre can now be charged by the guardian mummy at any time, rather than only being able to recharge it once all charges are expended. The maximum amount of charges the sceptre holds has been further increased based on the tier of Desert Diary completed. The Easy Diary now allows a maximum of 10 charges, up from 4. The Medium Diary now allows a maximum of 25 charges, up from 5. The Hard Diary now allows a maximum of 50 charges, up from 6. The Elite Diary now allows a maximum of 100 charges, up from 8.
16 March 2022 (Update \| poll)	Pharaoh's sceptre is now 1-handed.
24 March 2021 (Update)	Pharaoh's sceptre now has scaling drop rates depending on the room its chest/sarcophagus is located.
23 September 2020 (Update)	The "Jalsavrah" and "Wield" options were switched, so Wield is now first. "Jalsavrah" was made the first option when equipped.
31 August 2017 (Update)	Partially charged versions of the item could now be turned into bank placeholders.
22 June 2017 (Update)	When leaving Pyramid Plunder with a full inventory, rewarded pharaoh's sceptres will remain on the ground for longer than 30 seconds.
9 February 2017 (Update)	The uncharged version was made darker to distinguish it from charged versions.
11 February 2016 (Update)	The "Teleport" left-click option was replaced with a "Jalsavrah" left-click option, and "Jaleustrophos", and "Jaldraocht" right-click options.
20 August 2015 (Update)	Fixed typos in teleport messages given by the pharaoh's Sceptre.
16 April 2015 (Update)	Murky Matt will only decant pharoah's sceptres with the amount of charges you have unlocked from the Desert Diary.
5 March 2015 (Update \| poll)	The pharaoh's sceptre now holds more charges for the completion of Desert Diaries: 4 total charges for the Desert Easy Diary. 5 total charges for the Desert Medium Diary. 6 total charges for the Desert Hard Diary. 8 total charges for the Desert Elite Diary.
26 June 2014 (Update \| poll)	The pharaoh's sceptre now has an alch value of 50,000 coins.
6 March 2014 (Update \| poll)	Charged versions were renamed from "Pharaoh's sceptre" to "Pharaoh's sceptre (n)".
25 April 2013 (Update)	The jewelled sceptre no longer teleports players into the Desert Treasure pyramid before they have completed enough of the quest to unlock it.
10 January 2007 (Update)	The item was renamed from "Pharoah's sceptre" to "Pharaoh's sceptre".

Gallery (historical)



17 July 2006 – 9 February 2017	9 February 2017 – present

Trivia

If the player talks to Simon Templeton while holding a sceptre, he will try to convince them that it is worthless and will offer 100 coins for it, which the player refuses.
When someone else in the pyramid finds a sceptre, an annoyed guardian mummy appears in some rooms next to the golden chest noting that someone has stolen it.
Before an update, the sceptre was commonly used by lurers due to having a teleport as its left click option. Lurers would tell the player to switch to a PvP world and "wield" the sceptre, where they were then teleported into a pvp zone and killed for their loot.

Pyramid Plunder

NPCs

Monsters	Scarab swarm Mummy
Other	Guardian mummy Simon Templeton Tarik

Rewards

Artefacts	Ivory comb Pottery scarab Pottery statuette Stone seal Stone scarab Stone statuette Gold seal Golden scarab Golden statuette
Other	Pharaoh's sceptre

Scenery

Other

Jalsavrah Pyramid

Magic weapons

Staves

	Staff ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Magic ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bob the Cat ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Iban's ^(u) ^(o) ^(uo) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ White ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Slayer's ^(e) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Twinflame ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bryophyta's ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Thammaron's (a) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ahrim's ^(echo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Nightmare ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Accursed (a) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Purging ⁽⁺³⁷⁾
Elemental staves	Air ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Water ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Earth ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fire ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
God staves	Guthix ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Battlestaves

Battlestaff ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Air ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Mystic staves

Air ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾

Powered staves

	Starter staff ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Warped sceptre ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Bone staff ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ Thammaron's sceptre ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Trident of the seas ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Accursed sceptre ⁽⁺²²⁾ Trident of the swamp ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Sanguinesti staff ^(holy) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Dawnbringer ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Eye of ayak ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
The Gauntlet	Crystal staff (basic) ⁽⁺⁸⁴⁾ Crystal staff (attuned) ⁽⁺¹²⁸⁾ Crystal staff (perfected) ⁽⁺¹⁸⁴⁾

Bladed staves

Staff of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of light ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of balance ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Toxic staff of the dead ⁽⁺²⁵⁾
Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾

Wands

Beginner ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Apprentice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Teacher ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Dragon hunter ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾
Master ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
3rd age ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Kodai ⁽⁺²⁸⁾

Croziers

Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Armadyl ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Guthix ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Saradomin ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Zamorak ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Other

Cursed goblin staff ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Salamanders ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Rod of ivandis ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Dramen ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Skull sceptre ⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Lunar ⁽⁺¹³⁾
Ancient sceptre _{(smoke) (shadow) (blood) (ice)} ⁽⁺²⁰⁾

Teleportation items

Equipment

Ring slot

Standard	Slayer ^(Eternal) Returning Dueling Wealth ^(Imbued)
Other	Explorer's ring 2 Explorer's ring 3 Explorer's ring 4 Ring of the elements Ring of shadows
Indirect	Life

Neck slot

Necklaces	Digsite Games Passage Skills
Amulets	Burning Camulet Desert amulet 2 Desert amulet 3 Desert amulet 4 Eye Giantsoul Glory ^(Eternal) Sailors' amulet Cowbell amulet
Other	10th squad sigil Drakan's medallion Pendant of ates Xeric's talisman

Hands slot

Head slot

Legs slot

Feet slot

Cape slot

Capes of Accomplishment

Standard	Construction Crafting Farming Fishing Hunter Sailing Strength
Other	Quest point Achievement diary Music Max
Indirect	Defence

Other

Weapon slot

Shield slot

Books	Chronicle Kharedst's memoirs Book of the dead
Defenders	Ghommal's Avernic defender 5 Ghommal's Avernic defender 6
Other	Ghommal's hilt 1 Ghommal's hilt 2 Ghommal's hilt 3 Ghommal's hilt 4 Ghommal's hilt 5 Ghommal's hilt 6

Ammunition slot

Miscellaneous

Magic tablets

Standard	Ardougne Boat Camelot Civitas illa Fortis Falador House Kourend Castle Lumbridge Varrock Watchtower
Ancient	Annakarl Carrallanger Dareeyak Ghorrock Kharyrll Lassar Paddewwa Senntisten
Lunar	Barbarian Outpost Catherby Fishing Guild Ice Plateau Khazard Moonclan Ourania Waterbirth
Arceuus	Ape Atoll Arceuus Library Barrows Draynor Manor Fenkenstrain's Castle Forgotten Cemetery Harmony Island Kebos Battlefront Mind Altar Salve Graveyard West Ardougne
Redirected	Aldarin Brimhaven Hosidius Pollnivneach Prifddinas Rellekka Rimmington Taverley Trollheim Yanille
Other	Deadman ScapeRune Target Wilderness crabs Wise old man's Volcanic Mine

Teleport scrolls

Other

Basic quetzal whistle ^{(Enhanced) (Perfected) (Imbued)}
Calcified moth
Directions
Disk of returning
Dorgesh-Kaan
Ectophial
Escape crystal
Goblin village
Grand seed pod ^(Royal)
Hallowed crystal shard
Icy basalt
Magic whistle
Mokhaiotl waystone
Plain of Mud
Blue rum
Red rum
Stony basalt
Teleport crystal ^(Eternal)

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