Ancient shard

Ancient shard
Released	9 June 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
High alch	122 coins
Low alch	81 coins
Store price	Not sold
Weight	0 kg
Examine
You're not sure what this is, but it feels powerful.

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High Alchemy value: 122Weight: 0Value: 204Is members only: trueItem ID: 19677

Ancient shards are obtained from monsters found within the Catacombs of Kourend (excluding ghosts). They are used on the altar in the centre of the catacombs for quick transportation to several areas (and are consumed on use):

• Demon's Run - northeast corner with the lesser & black demons.
• Dragon's Den - northwest corner with the brutal black dragons.
• Reeking Cove - southern area with the deviant spectres.
• The Shallows - southeast corner with the King Sand Crabs.

Three can be used with a darklight to create an arclight, a degradeable variant of the darklight that provides stats superior to the abyssal tentacle when used against demons. Three shards provide 1,000 charges; up to a maximum of 10,000.

Dropping monsters

The drop rate of ancient shards (excluding Skotizo) is determined by the amount of hitpoints the monster has.

The exact formula is ${\frac {1}{{\frac {2}{3}}*(500-hitpoints)}}$, with the cap on hitpoints to treat anything with more than 400 hitpoints as if it had 400.

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Skotizo	321	1–5	1; Always
Night beast	374	1	3; Uncommon (1/66.66)
Insatiable mutated Bloodveld	274	1	3; Uncommon (1/66.66)
Greater abyssal demon	342	1	3; Uncommon (1/66.66)
Repugnant spectre	335	1	3; Uncommon (1/73.33)
Nechryarch	300	1	4; Rare (1/120)
Brutal black dragon	318	1	4; Rare (1/123.33)
Choke devil	264	1	4; Rare (1/133.33)
Brutal red dragon	289	1	4; Rare (1/143.33)
Steel dragon	274	1	4; Rare (1/166.66)
Brutal blue dragon	245	1	4; Rare (1/170)
Vitreous warped Jelly	241	1	4; Rare (1/186.66)
Dark beast	182	1	4; Rare (1/186.66)
Greater Nechryael	200	1	4; Rare (1/196.66)
King Sand Crab	107	1	4; Rare (1/200)
Iron dragon	215	1	4; Rare (1/203.33)
Deviant spectre	169	1	4; Rare (1/206.66)
Mutated Bloodveld	123	1	4; Rare (1/220)
Black demon	178; 184	1	4; Rare (1/226.66); (1/220)
Abyssal demon	124	1	4; Rare (1/233.33)
Fire giant	104; 109	1	4; Rare (1/246.66); (1/233.33)
Warped Jelly	112	1	4; Rare (1/240)
Dust devil	110	1	4; Rare (1/246.66)
Greater demon	100; 101; 113	1	4; Rare (1/256.66); (1/253.33); (1/246.66)
Bronze dragon	143	1	4; Rare (1/252)
Dagannoth	74; 92	1	4; Rare (1/286.66); (1/253.33)
Hellhound	122	1	4; Rare (1/256)
Shade	140	1	4; Rare (1/256.66)
Twisted banshee	89	1	4; Rare (1/266.66)
Cyclopes	56; 76	1	4; Rare (1/283.33); (1/266.66)
Lesser demon	87; 94	1	4; Rare (1/275.33); (1/266.66)
Ankou	95	1	4; Rare (1/293.33)
Moss giant	42	1	4; Rare (1/293.33)
Magic axe	42	1	4; Rare (1/303.33)
Possessed pickaxe	50	1	4; Rare (1/306.66)
Hill Giant	28	1	4; Rare (1/310)
Skeleton	22	1	4; Rare (1/314)

Trivia

• Prior to the 16 June 2016 update, ancient shards were lost upon death.

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