Grand Gold Chest

ClosedOpened
Grand Gold Chest
Released	17 July 2006 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest	No
Location	Jalsavrah Pyramid
Options	Search
Examine	Anyone lost an ark?
Map
Advanced data
Object ID	20946

The Grand Gold Chest can be found and looted in every room when playing the Pyramid Plunder minigame.

Looting the chest grants Thieving experience.

Players often loot the chest for the Pharaoh's sceptre, though they are most likely to find regular Pyramid Plunder items (stone/gold artefacts). Players can receive Rocky, the Thieving pet, by looting the chest, with the rarity depending on the room.

The chance of receiving a pharaoh's sceptre scales depending on the floor level, upon a successful theft from a grand gold chest or sarcophagus (meaning no scarabs or mummies appear).

The sceptre's rarity varies by floor:

Floor	Rate
Floor 1	1/3500
Floor 2	1/2250
Floor 3	1/1250
Floor 4	1/750
Floor 5+	1/650

There is also a chance of finding a scarab swarm inside of the chest, which will attack the player rapidly (0.6s/attack), but will not deal more than 1 damage per hit. Players will not get any Thieving experience upon finding a scarab swarm. The chances at finding a scarab swarm decrease when looting a gold chest in a higher level room. Rocky can be obtained, regardless of whether the player finds scarabs or not. ^[1]

Players often choose to loot the Grand Gold Chest instead of the Sarcophagus (lootable item that can be found in Pyramid Plunder), since looting the sarcophagus grants Strength experience rather than Thieving experience. The sarcophagus also takes significantly more time to loot, thus being less efficient to loot for players aiming to get an as high as possible Thieving experience rate.

Success rates[edit | edit source]

The chance of successfully looting the chest (no scarab appears) decreases by 1/256 every room. The following are the rates in the first room:

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Loot[edit | edit source]

These drop rates assume that the chest is looted succesfully, i.e. no mummy or scarab swarm appeared instead.

Room 1[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Stone statuette	1	1/4	210	12
Stone scarab	1	1/2	176	12
Stone seal	1	1/4	180	12
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[2]	Not sold	50,000

Room 2[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Stone statuette	1	1/2	210	12
Stone scarab	1	1/2	176	12
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[3]	Not sold	50,000

Room 3[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Gold seal	1	1/4	813	18
Stone statuette	1	1/2	210	12
Stone scarab	1	1/4	176	12
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[4]	Not sold	50,000

Room 4[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Gold seal	1	1/2	813	18
Stone statuette	1	1/2	210	12
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[5]	Not sold	50,000

Room 5[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Golden scarab	1	1/4	1,013	18
Gold seal	1	1/2	813	18
Stone statuette	1	1/4	210	12
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[6]	Not sold	50,000

Room 6[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Golden scarab	1	1/2	1,013	18
Gold seal	1	1/2	813	18
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[7]	Not sold	50,000

Room 7[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Golden statuette	1	1/4	1,294	18
Golden scarab	1	1/2	1,013	18
Gold seal	1	1/4	813	18
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[8]	Not sold	50,000

Room 8[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Golden statuette	1	1/2	1,294	18
Golden scarab	1	1/2	1,013	18
Pharaoh's sceptre	1	Varies^[9]	Not sold	50,000

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The examine text for the opened Grand Gold Chest is referencing a scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.) Mod Ash: "No, it rolls for the pet even if you got scarabs."
^ 1/6095.2 at level 21, 1/4091.3 at level 99
^ 1/3692.3 at level 31, 1/2642.2 at level 99
^ 1/1963.2 at level 41, 1/1474.7 at level 99
^ 1/1116.3 at level 51, 1/888.9 at level 99
^ 1/924.4 at level 61, 1/774.0 at level 99
^ 1/880.4 at level 71, 1/777.6 at level 99
^ 1/849.0 at level 81, 1/781.2 at level 99
^ 1/811.7 at level 91, 1/784.9 at level 99

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.) Mod Ash: "No, it rolls for the pet even if you got scarabs."

[2] 1/6095.2 at level 21, 1/4091.3 at level 99

[3] 1/3692.3 at level 31, 1/2642.2 at level 99

[4] 1/1963.2 at level 41, 1/1474.7 at level 99

[5] 1/1116.3 at level 51, 1/888.9 at level 99

[6] 1/924.4 at level 61, 1/774.0 at level 99

[7] 1/880.4 at level 71, 1/777.6 at level 99

[8] 1/849.0 at level 81, 1/781.2 at level 99

[9] 1/811.7 at level 91, 1/784.9 at level 99

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Grand Gold Chest

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Success rates[edit | edit source]