Accursed sceptre

For the autocast mode of the sceptre, see accursed sceptre (a). For the basic sceptre, see Thammaron's sceptre.

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Accursed sceptre (u)
Released							25 January 2023 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
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							120,000 coins
High alch							72,000 coins
Low alch							48,000 coins
Weight							0.198 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							2,901,884 coins (info)
Buy limit							-
Daily volume							880
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Item ID							27662

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SMW Subobject for ChargedHigh Alchemy value: 72000Examine: A mighty sceptre from long forgotten battles, corrupted by the power of Vet'ion.Is members only: trueIs variant of: Accursed sceptreUses infobox: ItemImage: File:Accursed sceptre.pngWeight: 0.198Value: 120000Version anchor: ChargedRelease date: 25 January 2023Item ID: 27665

SMW Subobject for UnchargedHigh Alchemy value: 72000Examine: A mighty sceptre from long forgotten battles, corrupted by the power of Vet'ion.Is members only: trueIs variant of: Accursed sceptreUses infobox: ItemImage: File:Accursed sceptre (u).pngWeight: 0.198Value: 120000Version anchor: UnchargedRelease date: 25 January 2023Item ID: 27662

A player using the accursed sceptre's built in spell.

The accursed sceptre is an upgraded variant of Thammaron's sceptre, requiring level 70 in Magic to wield. It is created by combining Thammaron's sceptre with the Skull of Vet'ion. This process requires level 85 Crafting; 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.

The sceptre is identical in function to Thammaron's sceptre, but with increased stats and a 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.

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Attack bonuses
+0		+0		+0		+22		+0
Defence bonuses
+0		+0		+0		+20		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+0		+0		+0%		+0		List
Base attack speed							Range
							7 squares

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SMW Subobject for ChargedMagic defence bonus: +20Weapon attack range: 7Is variant of: Accursed sceptreSlash attack bonus: +0Magic Damage bonus: 0Stab attack bonus: +0Prayer bonus: +0Ranged Strength bonus: +0Weapon attack speed: 4Stab defence bonus: +0Slash defence bonus: +0Range defence bonus: +0Magic attack bonus: +22Crush attack bonus: +0Crush defence bonus: +0Strength bonus: +0Range attack bonus: +0Equipment slot: weaponCombat style: Powered Staff

SMW Subobject for UnchargedMagic defence bonus: +20Weapon attack range: 7Is variant of: Accursed sceptreSlash attack bonus: +0Magic Damage bonus: 0Stab attack bonus: +0Prayer bonus: +0Ranged Strength bonus: +0Weapon attack speed: 4Stab defence bonus: +0Slash defence bonus: +0Range defence bonus: +0Magic attack bonus: +22Crush attack bonus: +0Crush defence bonus: +0Strength bonus: +0Range attack bonus: +0Equipment slot: weaponCombat style: Powered Staff

Combat styles

Category: Powered Staff	Combat Style	Style type	Weapon Style	Experience	Invisible Boost
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate	Magic and Hitpoints	+3 Magic
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate	Magic and Hitpoints	+3 Magic
	Longrange	Magic	Longrange	Magic, Defence, and Hitpoints	+1 Magic, +3 Defence, and +2 Attack range

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, something which both tridents are incapable of doing.

Special attack

A player performing the Accursed sceptre's special attack, Condemn.

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.

However, if the target's levels are already deboosted by some amount, Condemn will only drain them up to 15%, but no further. 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

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Crafting		85 (b)	0
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Thammaron's sceptre (u)	1	2,477,706
	Skull of vet'ion	1	216,695
Total cost			2,694,401
	Accursed sceptre (u)	1	2,901,884
Profit			207,483

Requirements

Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools	None	Facilities	Phabelle Bile

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Thammaron's sceptre (u)	1	2,477,706
	Skull of vet'ion	1	216,695
	Coins	500,000	500,000
Total cost			3,194,401
	Accursed sceptre (u)	1	2,901,884
Profit			−292,517

Charging and death

In order to use the sceptre's passive effect, it must first be activated with 1,000 revenant ether (costing 174,000 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) in order to increase the sceptre's damage output. The hourly cost of constantly using this weapon to cast spells is 1,200 ether or 208,800 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:

${\begin{aligned}{\text{Max Hit}}&={\frac {\text{Magic}}{3}}-6\\\end{aligned}}$

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 stat boosts will modify the max hit of the spell; likewise, stat-reductions will lower the damage. At 0 magic, the sceptre has a maximum hit of 0.

Magic levels	Maximum hit
	Maximum hit no bonuses	Maximum hit	Maximum hit +	Maximum hit ++	Maximum hit +++	Maximum hit +++ +	Maximum hit +++ ++	Maximum hit +++ +++	Maximum hit +++ +++
70-71	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21
72-74	18	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	23
75-77	19	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	24
78-80	20	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25
81-83	21	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26
84-86	22	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	28
87-89	23	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	29
90-92	24	26	26	28	28	29	29	30	30
93-95	25	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	32
96-98	26	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	33
99-101	27	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	34
102-104	28	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	35
105-107	29	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	37
108-110	30	33	33	35	35	36	36	37	38
111-113	31	34	34	36	36	37	38	39	39
114-116	32	35	35	37	38	38	39	40	40
117-119	33	36	36	38	39	39	40	41	42
120-122	34	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	43
123-125	35	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	44

When on a Slayer task and using the Slayer helmet (i), the maximum hit is increased by a further 15%. This bonus stacks multiplicatively on top of the other magic bonuses above, but it does not stack with a Salve amulet(ei).

Magic levels	Maximum hit
	Maximum hit	Maximum hit +	Maximum hit ++	Maximum hit +++	Maximum hit ++++	Maximum hit ++++ +	Maximum hit ++++ ++	Maximum hit ++++ ++
70-71	19	20	21	21	23	23	24	24
72-74	20	21	23	24	24	24	25	25
75-77	21	23	24	25	25	25	26	26
78-80	23	25	25	26	26	27	27	28
81-83	24	26	26	27	27	28	29	29
84-86	25	27	27	28	29	29	31	31
87-89	26	28	28	29	31	31	32	32
90-92	27	29	29	32	32	33	33	34
93-95	28	31	32	33	33	34	35	35
96-98	29	32	33	34	34	35	36	36
99-101	31	33	34	35	36	36	37	39
102-104	32	34	35	36	37	37	39	40
105-107	33	35	36	37	39	40	40	41
108-110	34	37	37	40	40	41	42	42
111-113	35	39	39	41	41	42	43	44
114-116	36	40	40	42	43	43	44	46
117-119	37	41	41	43	44	44	46	47
120-122	39	42	43	44	46	47	48	48
123-125	40	43	44	46	47	48	49	50

Comparison between other magic weapons

Name		Level(s) required	Magic attack	Magic damage	Price	Notes
	Tumeken's shadow	85	+35	N/A	1,488,099,850	Requires 5 2 per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 34 at 99 without any magic damage bonus. Has a passive effect which triples magic attack bonus and magic damage from the player's worn equipment. The magic damage increase is capped at a total of 100%. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Currently offers the highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with the Kodai wand for highest magic defence.
	Harmonised nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	271,433,577	Can autocast standard spells only. Standard spells attack one tick faster, matching the speed of a powered staff. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Volatile nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	119,923,711	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage with 50% increased accuracy. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Eldritch nightmare staff	82 50	+16	+15%	205,460,514	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Has a special attack which consumes 55% of the player's special attack energy and deals a high amount of damage, restoring the player's prayer points by 50% of the damage dealt. This attack does not consume runes. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Nightmare staff.
	Sanguinesti staff	82	+25	N/A	97,499,555	Slightly stronger than the trident of the swamp, with the same stats but able to hit one damage higher. Requires 3 per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 32 at 99 . Has a 1 in 6 chance to heal the wielder by half the damage dealt. Tied with the toxic staff of the dead and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Holy Sanguinesti staff
	Kodai wand	80	+28	+15%	92,210,768	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Provides unlimited water runes while equipped. When a combat spell is cast with the wand, there is a 15% chance that the wand will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently offers the second-highest magic attack bonus, and is tied with Tumeken's Shadow for highest magic defence.
	Trident of the swamp	78	+25	N/A	2,207,651	Has the same benefits as the Trident of the seas, but with +10 more magic attack bonus. Requires 5 1 1 and 1 Zulrah scale (instead of coins) per charge of the built-in spell, and can hold up to 2,500 charges. The enhanced version can hold up to 20,000 charges, but requires 10 kraken tentacles to create. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 31 at 99 . Has 25% chance to inflict venom on the target. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and Toxic staff of the dead for third-highest magic attack bonus. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Trident of the swamp (e)				8,989,041
	Toxic staff of the dead	75	+25	+15%	13,466,789	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has the same benefits as the Staff of the dead, but with +8 more magic attack bonus. Requires Zulrah's scales to recharge (up to 11,000). Has 25% chance to inflict venom on an opponent. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and trident of the swamp for third-highest magic attack bonus.
	Staff of light	75	+17	+15%	7,277,283	Can autocast Saradomin Strike, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Counts as both a Saradomin AND Zamorak item in God Wars. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
	Staff of balance	75	+17	+15%	20,311,719	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, and standard spells. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses and benefits to the Staff of the dead excluding Flames of Zamorak autocast.
	Staff of the dead	75	+17	+15%	11,109,659	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Has a special attack that halves all melee damage the player takes for one minute, which stacks with the PvP damage reduction effect of the Protect from Melee prayer. This consumes 100% of the player's special attack. When a combat spell is cast with the staff, there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance that the staff will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently the strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, surpassing the Ancient staff and Iban's staff, and provides +17 magic defence. Counts as a Zamorakian item in God Wars.
	Trident of the seas	75	+15	N/A	41,719	Has its own built-in spell, requiring charges which cost 5 1 1 runes and 10 coins per cast. Can hold up to 2,500 charges. The enhanced version can hold up to 20,000 charges, but requires 10 kraken tentacles to create. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 28 at 99 . Has a weapon speed of 4 (same as scimitars/whip), while all other forms of combat magic only have 5 (same as longswords). Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Trident of the seas (e)				5,482,228
	Slayer's staff (e)	75 55	+12	N/A	24,065	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Has 2,500 charges and is recharged with a Slayer's enchantment. If used to cast Magic Dart on the player's Slayer task, max hit is 13 + (player's magic level / 6), rounded down, and uses 1 charge from the staff on a hit. Otherwise provides the same benefits as the Slayer's staff.
	Nightmare staff	72 50	+16	+15%	27,243,730	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells.
	Ahrim's staff	70	+15	+5%	131,480	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Can autocast Ancient Magicks if equipped with Ahrim the Blighted's equipment and the Amulet of the damned.
	Ancient sceptre	70 60 50	+20	+5%	60,670	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, and enhances the effects of said spellbook by 10%. Also can autocast standard spells. Requires Secrets of the North completion in order to create by speaking to Eblis to combine an ancient staff with an ancient icon.
	Accursed sceptre	70	+22	N/A	2,901,884	While charged, an additional 50% magic accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness. This effect will stack with a Slayer helmet or a Salve amulet and their variants, but not both simultaneously. Has a special attack which consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy and deals an attack with 50% increased damage and accuracy. Upon a successful hit, drains the target's Defence and Magic by 15%. Standard version: Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Autocast version: Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, standard spells and Ancient Magicks.
	Accursed sceptre (a)
	Master wand	60	+20	N/A	3,906,767	Can autocast Ancient Magicks, Arceuus spells, and standard spells. Requires 240 Telekinetic, 240 Alchemist, 2400 Enchantment and 240 Graveyard points, and a teacher wand equipped or in the player's inventory, to purchase from the Mage Training Arena. Thus it does not cost much besides the time and runes spent in the Mage Training Arena.
	Thammaron's sceptre	60	+15	N/A	2,477,706	While charged, an additional 50% magic accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness. This effect will stack with a Slayer helmet or a Salve amulet and their variants, but not both simultaneously. Standard version: Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level. Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Arceuus spellbook, Lunar spells, or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff. Autocast version: Can autocast Flames of Zamorak, standard spells and Ancient Magicks.
	Thammaron's sceptre (a)
	God staves	60	+6	N/A	80,000	Required to cast god spells, but cannot be used to autocast them. Those who have 80 and the respective God cape can use the Charge spell, which increases the God spell's damage by 50%.
	Iban's staff	50	+10	N/A	200,000	Only staff able to cast Iban Blast. Can autocast Iban Blast and standard spells. Has 120 charges (2,500 if upgraded). One charge is used when casting Iban Blast on an NPC and two are used when casting it on another player. Iban Blast has a max hit of 25.
	Iban's staff (u)				400,000
	Ancient staff	50	+15	N/A	60,670	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells. Currently the third strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, behind the (Toxic) Staff of the dead and Ahrim's Staff.
	Slayer's staff	50 55	+12	N/A	22,911	Can autocast Magic Dart, Crumble Undead, Arceuus spells, and the Wave and Surge spells. Runes required to cast Magic Dart are very cheap compared to spells of a similar level. Maximum hit of Magic Dart is 10 + (player's magic level / 10), rounded down.
	Void knight mace	42 22	+8	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Claws of Guthix, Crumble Undead, and the Wave and Surge spells.
	Mystic smoke staff	40	+14	+10%	1,328,332	Can autocast standard spells. Provides unlimited fire and air runes. Grants a 10% accuracy and damage boost for combat spells on the standard spellbook.
	Smoke battlestaff	30	+12		1,244,586
	Salamanders	30 (Green)	N/A	N/A	43	Unique and versatile two-handed weapons that facilitate the use of all three combat styles. Cannot autocast spells, but instead have their own unique magic attack, similar to how powered staves have built-in spells. Damage done by salamanders is calculated by a unique formula using a hidden "magic damage bonus" unique to each lizard type.
		50 (Orange)			122
		60 (Red)			70
		70 (Black)			296
	Croziers	60	+10	N/A	8,148	Can autocast standard spells. Have a notable Prayer boost of +6.
	Skull sceptre	1	+10	N/A	Untradeable	Can autocast Arceuus spells and standard spells. Additionally, the imbued version can autocast Crumble Undead.
	Skull sceptre (i)
	Elemental staves	1 (Basic)	+10	N/A	1,598	Can autocast standard spells. Provide unlimited runes of their respective elements. Elemental staves (air, water, earth and fire) provide one type of rune. Combination staves (lava, mud, mist, dust, steam and smoke) provide two types of runes. However, they have a slower attack speed than better staves (3 seconds per cast instead of 2.4) and lack any Magic damage boost.
		30 (Battlestaff)	+12		9,040
		40 (Mystic staff)	+14		25,346

Changes

Date	Changes
3 May 2023 (update)	The item now prompts players to input the amount of ether they would like to add if there is another Wilderness weapon in their inventory. The ‘Check’ inventory option has been replaced with ‘Wield’ when the Bank is open.
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.

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.