Skull sceptre (i)

Skull sceptre (i)
Released							18 May 2017 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Invoke, Divine, Drop
Worn options							Invoke, Divine
Examine							An imbued magical Sceptre.
Values
Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							1.814 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							21276

The skull sceptre (i) is an imbued version of the skull sceptre. Like the regular skull sceptre, the imbued sceptre can be used to teleport to Barbarian Village, and can autocast Crumble Undead as well as combat spells from the Arceuus spellbook. Note: Swapping weapons will turn off auto-cast settings.

Unlike the regular skull sceptre, this sceptre does not break after depleting the teleport charges, and it can be recharged with bone fragments or sceptre pieces as explained below. As it is one of the few teleport items available to free-to-play, it is highly desired among those players.

It can be obtained by players who have set up the RuneScape Authenticator by showing a skull sceptre and a pair of fancy or fighting boots (equipped, in the bank, or in your inventory) to Solztun in the Stronghold of Security.

If additional sceptres are created after imbuing a skull sceptre, any additional sceptres will start imbued. These additional sceptres can be stacked with the original in your bank.

Warning: Should players disable the Authenticator, the sceptre will revert to a regular skull sceptre when used on the next login after it is disabled. The chatbox message will read, "The Skull Sceptre suddenly loses its imbue due to the disabling of your authenticator."

Attack bonuses
+0		-1		+7		+10		+0
Defence bonuses
+2		+3		+1		+4		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+3		+0		+0%		+0		List
Base attack speed							Range
							1 square

Combat styles

Category: Staff	Combat Style	Style type	Weapon Style	Experience	Invisible Boost
	Bash	Crush	Accurate	Attack and Hitpoints	+3 Attack
	Pound	Crush	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints	+3 Strength
	Focus	Crush	Defensive	Defence and Hitpoints	+3 Defence
	Spell	Magic	Defensive Autocast	Magic, Defence, and Hitpoints	None
	Spell	Magic	Autocast	Magic and Hitpoints	None

This sceptre can only be used to autocast combat spells from the Arceuus spellbook, or the Crumble Undead spell.

Teleport mechanics

The sceptre has two right-click options:

• Invoke: The player will be teleported to the entrance of the Stronghold of Security in Barbarian Village. One charge will be consumed.
• Divine: A dialogue box opens up that shows the number of remaining charges.

The sceptre can hold a maximum of 10 charges by default. Once the player has completed the easy, medium, hard and elite Varrock Diary, the sceptre can hold 14, 18, 22, and 26 charges respectively.

At any time, players can use bone fragments or sceptre pieces on the sceptre (which has to be in the inventory) to recharge it. Each fragment gives one charge. The amount of charges that a sceptre piece gives can be seen in the table below. It is the same as the amount of bone fragments that would be obtained by using a chisel on the sceptre piece.

Item		Default	Varrock Diary Completed
			Easy	Medium	Hard	Elite
	Left skull half	5	6	7	8	9
	Bottom of sceptre	3	4	5	6	7
	Top of sceptre	3	4	5	6	7
	Right skull half	3	4	5	6	7

Creation

Requirements

Talk to Solztun with fancy boots or fighting boots. Must have an active RuneScape Authenticator.
Members		Ticks	? (edit)
Tools	None	Facilities	Solztun

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Skull sceptre	1	N/A
Total cost			0
	Skull sceptre (i)	1	N/A

Comparison between other magic weapons

Name		Level(s) required	Magic attack	Magic damage	Price	Notes
	Tumeken's shadow	85	+35	N/A	1,483,568,688	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%	267,801,452	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%	118,817,096	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%	199,114,669	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	97,671,888	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%	92,177,254	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	2,154,150	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)				9,011,926
	Toxic staff of the dead	75	+25	+15%	12,835,095	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%	7,442,842	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%	10,630,810	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	42,511	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)				5,253,321
	Slayer's staff (e)	75 55	+12	N/A	24,096	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%	26,248,841	Can autocast both Ancient Magicks and standard spells.
	Ahrim's staff	70	+15	+5%	127,490	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%	60,547	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	2,766,090	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	3,974,524	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	2,359,720	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	60,547	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%	1,271,725	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		1,194,078
	Salamanders	30 (Green)	N/A	N/A	41	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)			281
	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	1,592	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		8,998
		40 (Mystic staff)	+14		25,130

Changes

Date	Changes
30 June 2021 (update | poll)	The skull sceptre (i) can now autocast Crumble Undead.
16 June 2021 (update | poll)	The skull sceptre (i) can now autocast spells from the Arceuus spellbook.
28 April 2021 (update)	The sceptre's magic attack bonus has been increased from +4 to +10. It was changed from a polestaff to a staff, but no spells could be autocast with it yet.
18 November 2020 (update | poll)	Bone fragments can now be used to charge the sceptre. The base number of charges you can hold on a completed Sceptre has been raised from 5 to 10. Each completed tier of the Varrock Achievement Diary increases the number of max charges to 14, 18, 22, and 26 respectively. Skull Sceptres are no longer destroyed they are dropped or killed and unprotected. Multiple can be owned. Multiple imbued Skull Sceptres share the same charges, but are only recharged with fragments, Sceptre pieces, or whole Skull Sceptres. Unimbuing one imbued skull sceptre now unimbues them all, same rule for imbuing. The "Destroy" option was replaced with a "Drop" option.
15 March 2018 (update)	The "Teleport" option while equipped was replaced with "Divine" and "Invoke" options.