Trouver parchment

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Trouver parchment
Released29 August 2019 (Update)
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableNo
StackableYes
NoteableNo
OptionsRead, Drop
ExamineTake it to Perdu to help you avoid losing certain items.
Values
Value200 coins
High alch120 coins
Low alch80 coins
Weight0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange383,767 coins (info)
Buy limit500
Daily volume2,330
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Advanced data
Item ID24187
LinkMOID

A trouver parchment is a consumable scroll, purchased from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing for 18 Last Man Standing points or obtained as a drop from killing monsters in the Wilderness Slayer Cave.

The parchment is used to "lock" and prevent certain unprotected untradeable items from being destroyed if killed in PvP combat beyond level 20 Wilderness. Players will need to give the parchment and pay 500,000 to Perdu for each item they lock; multiple items can be locked simultaneously, but will require additional parchments for each one.

At current prices, it costs 883,767 to purchase a parchment from the Grand Exchange and pay Perdu to use it on an item.

A list of every eligible item to be locked (l) with the Trouver parchment can be found here.

Use

Activating

Giving certain untradeable items and a trouver parchment to Perdu will lock the item to the player, giving the item an additional (l) suffix in its name (for example, "Infernal cape (l)"). Once an item is locked, the parchment will ensure the locked item (if unprotected) is kept upon dying a player versus player death, even if that item would otherwise be destroyed (for example, when experiencing a player versus player death above level 20 Wilderness).

If the player experiences a player versus monster death, the locked status will be retained and the locked item will be kept in its unbroken state.

Dying with a locked item

If a player is killed in a player versus player death and a locked item is not protected, the locked item will become broken if the death occured at level 20 Wilderness and below, or become mangled if the death occured above level 20 Wilderness. No matter what, the locked item will never lose its locked status. It should be noted that the Trouver parchment does not protect runes stored within a Rune pouch upon a player versus player death.

The killer will receive the repair fee (that is, the amount paid to Perdu to repair the broken or mangled item), but not the item or the Trouver parchment itself.

If a locked item is removed from the game (such as from a player dropping an item in an instance and leaving), the item will still retain its locked status when it is re-obtained.

Removing a lock

Players also can remove the lock status on an item by using it on Perdu, in which he will return the Trouver parchment as well as 95% of the locking fee.

Upgrading a locked item

Some lockable items are also upgradeable, such as the rune pouch to the divine rune pouch. If an upgradeable item is locked, the lock must be removed before the item can be upgraded.

Item sources

Shop locations

SellerLocationNumber
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MembersLeague region
Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper StandingLast Man Standing lobby∞N/A18N/A0.0%MembersN/A

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Changes

Date Changes
8 July 2026
(Update)
  • Void Knight Gloves can now be applied a Trouver Parchment via Perdu.
  • Ancient Sceptres protected by a Trouver Parchment will no longer be lost to PvP deaths.
17 June 2026
(Update)
  • The Trouver system has been reworked.
    • Untradeables with no Combat benefits should never be lost on death,
    • Untradeables with some Combat bonuses should break and need repairing without a Trouver parchment,
    • Untradeables with strong Combat bonuses should need to be 'Trouvered' once, then never again.
3 May 2023
(Update | poll)

The Wilderness Slayer Cave loot table now gives two Trouver Parchments when received rather than one.

18 May 2022
(Update)
  • Trouver Parchment can now be used on the Leagues III version of Void Knight Equipment, Dragon Defenders (t) and Rune Defenders (t).
    • If the item is locked (l), upon PvP death the PKer will receive the value of the Trouver Parchment and the Ornament Kit and the regular version of the item will be returned to the owner. This occurs at all levels of the Wilderness.
    • If the item is not locked, upon PvP death the PKer will receive gold equivalent to the value of the item (minus the value of the Ornament Kit) and the Ornament Kit. At Wilderness levels below 20, the owner will receive a broken version of their original item. At Wilderness levels above 20, the owner will receive nothing.
9 March 2022
(Update)

The amount of Last Man Standing points required to purchase a Trouver parchment has been further reduced from 30 to 18.

24 June 2020
(Update)

The amount of coins dropped on PvP death is now 100% instead of 75%.

23 January 2020
(Update)

The amount of Last Man Standing points required to purchase a Trouver parchment has been reduced from 50 to 30.

Trivia

  • Trouver ("to find"), along with Perdu, whose name means "lost" in French, are plays on the phrase "lost and found."
  • According to Chris, the reason the monsters in the Wilderness Slayer Cave drop trouver parchments is because they hang onto them as trophies.[1]

References

  1. ^ Chris. Old School RuneScape. "Eh, some poor sap walks in carrying one, gets himself killed, and the creature just hangs on to it as a trophy? I can see it."