Mysterious Old Man

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Mysterious Old Man
Released								29 March 2004 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Human
Location								Anywhere
Gender								Male
Examine								A very strange old man...
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Advanced data
NPC ID								2830,6742,6750,6752,6753

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SMW Subobject for NormalNPC location: AnywhereUses infobox: NPCNPC ID: 2830, 6742, 6750, 6752, 6753Examine: A very strange old man...Release date: 29 March 2004Image: File:Mysterious Old Man.pngIs members only: falseIs variant of: Mysterious Old Man

SMW Subobject for UnderwaterNPC location: UnderwaterUses infobox: NPCNPC ID: 6751Examine: A very strange old man...Release date: 15 March 2006Image: File:Mysterious Old Man (underwater).pngIs members only: trueIs variant of: Mysterious Old Man

The Mysterious Old Man teleports players to the Maze and Mime random events, or simply hands out items in a similar way to Rick Turpentine to Free-to-play players. In the Maze random event, complete the labyrinth as quickly as possible, faster for better rewards. In the Mime random event, copy the emotes of the mime artist.

A player interacting with the Mysterious Old Man.

Before the Optional Randoms update, he would also occasionally give the player a strange box instead of teleporting them off to the Maze or the Mime, unless their inventory was full. The strange box presented the player with a puzzle asking them which shape contains which number or which number is in which shape. The rewards from this random could be very generous, as you could get a half key from the Mysterious prize box. The man obtained these boxes from a village in the Eastern Lands.

Rewards

Drop rates estimated based on 5,819 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Mysterious Old Man reward is worth 472.33.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	80	10/150	80	80
	Coins	160	10/150	160	160
	Coins	240	6/150	240	240
	Coins	320	10/150	320	320
	Coins	480	10/150	480	480
	Coins	640	10/150	640	640
	Kebab	1	16/150	53	1
	Spinach roll	1	14/150	133	0
	Uncut sapphire	1	32/150	263	15
	Uncut emerald	1	16/150	485	30
	Uncut ruby	1	8/150	1,087	60
	Uncut diamond	1	2/150	2,378	120
	Cosmic talisman	1	4/150	47	2
	Tooth half of key	1	1/150	10,044	60
	Loop half of key	1	1/150	10,040	60

Dialogue

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Changes

Date	Changes
29 March 2004 (update)	The NPC was permanently added with the launch of RuneScape 2.
2 February 2004 (update)	The NPC was added to the RuneScape 2 Beta.

Trivia

• The Mysterious Old Man appeared before the Bandits of the Golden Claw on two occasions. During the first he appeared before the group, who were not sure how he got into the cave system, only leaving after Davey spoke to him. On the second occasion, the group ignored the Mysterious Old Man, resulting in them being teleported away.
• If the Mysterious Old Man spawns underwater, he will be wearing diving gear.
• If the Mysterious Old Man spawns underwater, members can also receive a singular item akin to how he works for free-to-play players.
• The Mysterious Old Man can be found upstairs in a house in eastern Falador, saying he is trying to solve a puzzle-cube and that he is retired.
• During Crack the Clue III, the Mysterious Old Man will appear and let you into the vault to loot the chests and claim your reward.