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Stone of Jas
Released10 July 2024 (Update)
Also calledFist of Guthix, Eye of Saradomin, Primus
MembersYes
QuestWhile Guthix Sleeps
LocationAncient Guthixian Temple
OptionsTouch
ExamineA powerful energy surrounds it.
Advanced data
Object ID53821,53822,53823,53824,53825
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The Stone of Jas is an ancient and immensely powerful artefact, created and left on Gielinor by the mysterious deity Jas. According to Melzar, it was used by the gods to create all life and magic.[1] Magically bound to the Stone by Jas, the Dragonkin unwillingly operate as a defence mechanism for the Stone.[2][3]

As one of the universe’s oldest and greatest powers, it has played a significant role in the history of Gielinor — most notably as a central cause of the God Wars. Like the Staff of Armadyl and Elder Horn, it is coveted by both mortals and gods for its immense power. Its power has been wielded by numerous individuals throughout history, many of whom rose to prominence or notoriety through its influence.

Names

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Throughout its history, the Stone of Jas has been called by different names by various groups.[4][5][6]

  • Saradominists: "Eye of Saradomin"
  • Guthixians: "Fist of Guthix"
  • Zarosians: artefact "Primus"

History

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V touches the Stone of Jas.

First Age

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The first recorded mention of the Stone of Jas dates back to the First Age. Guthix is said to have discovered the Stone by unknown means and harnessed its immense power to shape the world of Gielinor and its future inhabitants. Guthix then used the Stone to create runestones for early humans so they could produce magic. At this time, the Dragonkin seemed unable to prevent Guthix from using the stone, likely because it had not yet been used enough for the Dragonkin to gain the power necessary to oppose him. This is likely true for many of its future users as well.

After a few millennia, Guthix descended into a deep slumber beneath Gielinor, and left the stone on what is known today as Lunar Isle.[7][8]

Second Age

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At the dawn of the Second Age, a Fremennik seer by the name of V accidentally stumbled upon the Stone[9] and used its power to create Lunar Magics, as well as the runic altars[8] and the art of Runecraft.[10][11] The Stone's presence within the cave had altered the surrounding rocks, transforming them into what would become known as rune essence.[12]

The player getting visions of the past about the artefact known as "the Eye".

The Stone vanished after V encountered it, and its whereabouts remained unknown for some time.[13] It eventually came into the possession of Zaros, who concealed it within his capital, Senntisten. In the late Second Age, Zaros’s general, the mahjarrat Zamorak, used the Stone as part of a plot to overthrow his master.[8] Using the Stone alongside the Staff of Armadyl, Zamorak siphoned Zaros' power, ascending to godhood and causing Zaros to disappear from the world. This event became known as the Betrayal of Zaros and marked the beginning of the Third Age.

Third Age

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Shortly after, Armadyl and Saradomin banished Zamorak and claimed the artefacts.[14][8] Possession of the Stone went to Saradomin, who then hid it beneath the ocean south of Hallowvale.[15] Aliya and Zachariah, Justiciars of the Lion and Owl, were tasked with protecting the artefact;[16] Aliya was tasked with building a temple to house it,[17] while Zachariah was charged with hunting down and slaying those who would try to claim it, including Porazdir, one of Zamorak's generals.[18] It was also at this time that the Stone came to be known as "The Eye of Saradomin".

Some years after his banishment, Zamorak returned to Gielinor and sought to reclaim the Stone. Thus began the God Wars. Many sought to claim the Stone, including servants of Zaros,[19] who learned of the artefact's location and informed Praefectus Classis Perseriya, commander of the Zarosian navy.[20] Though the ensuing Battle for the Eye resulted in heavy losses on both sides, it was Perseriya's attempt to call in reinforcements that ultimately resulted in the loss of the Zarosian fleet.[21] Due to the presence of the Stone, her spell to summon reinforcements was warped, tearing open a rift into the Scar, a particularly dangerous part of Abyssal Space.[22][23] As a result, abyssal creatures came through the opening, forcing Aliya to use the Stone to seal the abyssal rift.[24] She then created The Great Guardian and many other rune guardians to protect the temple in the event the rift was reopened.[25] After the rift was sealed, the Stone's location had become known, making it too dangerous to remain at the Temple of the Eye. As a result, it was moved to a cavern that would later be known as the Fist of Guthix.[26]

The Stone of Jas, protected by the Balance Elemental.
A plinth in the Daeyalt essence mine, which once held the Stone of Jas.

The war would last for thousands of years, with Zamorak eventually reclaiming the Stone and entrusting it to Lowerniel Drakan. Drakan concealed it beneath the vampyric city of Darkmeyer,[26] where its immense power seeped into the bedrock, creating the daeyalt deposits[27]—much like it once affected the caves on Lunar Isle. Near the end of the God Wars, Zamorak reclaimed the Stone and brought it to Forinthry. Saradomin, Armadyl, and Bandos all found and cornered Zamorak, who struck the stone in an act of desperation, triggering a massive explosion that wiped out the entire area and created the Wilderness.[8] The shock of the event awoke Guthix from his long slumber, who wept after witnessing the destruction of the God Wars and the scarred landscape. Guthix decided that these gods were not fit to inhabit Gielinor, so he enacted the Edicts of Guthix and banished all of them. This marked the end of the Third Age.

Fourth Age

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At the beginning of the Fourth Age, Guthix hid the Stone deep underground, and devised powerful safeguards to prevent it from being misused.[28] He appointed a guardian to protect the artefact should it ever be discovered, while his followers constructed a temple complex meant to serve as the first line of defence. The Stone remained hidden and undisturbed throughout the Fourth Age, and its lingering energy may have given rise to the Tears of Guthix.

Fifth Age

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The Stone's location is discovered, with the Mahjarrat Lucien coming to claim it.

During the 169th year of the Fifth Age, the Stone's location was finally unveiled by an adventurer seeking to thwart the plans of the Mahjarrat Lucien, who desired to use the Stone's power to achieve godhood. Deceiving Movario, a treasure hunter under Lucien's employ, the adventurer descended far below the Lumbridge Swamp Caves to unearth an ancient temple dedicated to Guthix. After defeating the Stone's guardian, the adventurer was accosted by Movario and then by Lucien. Lucien was successful in escaping with the Stone, and his whereabouts (as well as those of the Stone) are presently unknown.

Location timeline

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  1. Guthix found the Stone as well as Gielinor, bringing over many races to inhabit it, marking the First Age. He created runestones with the Stone for Gielinor's new inhabitants to use. After a few millennia, he went to sleep, hoping to be forgotten, and left the Stone behind.
  2. The Stone was found in the Lunar Isle mine at the beginning of the Second Age by V, a Fremennik seer who founded the Moon Clan after becoming the first lunar mage. The Moon Clan was able to practice magic beyond the reliance on runes and constructed temples for the runecrafting altars. The Stone disappeared to an unknown location after being touched by V.[13]
  3. Zaros eventually came into possession of the Stone and held it at Senntisten. His general, the mahjarrat Zamorak, used the Stone as part of his plan to usurp Zaros and obtain godhood in the late Second Age.
  4. At the beginning of the Third Age, Saradomin stole the Stone from Zamorak and had his Justiciars hide the Stone in the Temple of the Eye beneath the ocean east of Hallowvale. The Zarosian navy tried to reclaim the Stone during the Battle for the Eye to no avail.
  5. After the Battle for the Eye, it was no longer safe to keep the Stone in the temple, and it was moved by Saradominists to a location in Forinthry referred to as the Fist of Guthix, likely near the present-day Ferox Enclave Dungeon.
  6. Some time after Hallowvale and the Justiciars fell, the Stone was retrieved by Zamorak and entrusted to Lowerniel Drakan. Drakan relocated the Stone to the caves under Darkmeyer.
  7. Zamorak reclaimed the Stone during the final years of the God Wars and brought it to Forinthry, where he used it to amplify his powers and obliterated the region.
  8. The destruction of Forinthry awakened Guthix as the Anima Mundi cried out in pain, and he established the Edicts. Afterwards, the Stone of Jas was hidden by Guthix in the Ancient Guthixian Temple. The Balance Elemental was created by Guthix to defend the Stone.
  9. The Balance Elemental's protection remained intact up until Year 169 in the Fifth Age when the Balance Elemental was slain by the player. This resulted in the mahjarrat Lucien stealing the Stone, allowing him to possess both the Stone and the Staff of Armadyl ahead of the next Ritual of Rejuvenation.

Uncertain locations

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The Stone is also associated with several locations whose place in the timeline is unclear:

  • Rune essence mine: The Stone was located there long enough for rune essence deposits to form.
  • Kourend: The Stone may have been located there at some point, potentially forming the dense essence mine.
  • Fountain of Rune: It is suggested by Movario's notes that the Stone was once located there, amongst Dragonkin ruins.
  • Ungael: The lab notes left by Zorgoth suggest that the Stone, or some other similar artefact, was once located there, as lingering energy from it remains in the area.
  • Ancient Cavern: The Stone is referenced on the eleventh ancient page by a person of questionable sanity, who questioned whether the Stone was once there, or if it will be there in the future.

The Dragonkin Curse

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The Dragonkin symbol representing their binding to the Stone of Jas.

Jas bound the Dragonkin to the Stone, using them as protectors against their own will. This bond to the Stone causes the Dragonkin to grow more powerful and enraged the more the Stone is used.

The Dragonkin refer to it as their curse, suffering immense pain whenever its power is wielded by anyone other than Jas. This pain is only alleviated when the Dragonkin go on a rampage against the "false users" of the Stone — those who have touched it and used its power. Robert the Strong, in his relentless pursuit of the Dragonkin, mentions that the only way to defeat the Dragonkin is to turn their curse against them.

Some Dragonkin succumbed to the curse, acting out in rage to try to alleviate the pain, whereas some Dragonkin resisted the curse, and seeked ways to lift the curse or otherwise get around it. Fittingly, the Dragonkin emblem features the Stone of Jas on one side, with the other half being a compass rose.

Trivia

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  • The Stone seems to work as some kind of magical conduit, catalysing and imbuing the very world around its physical location with magical energy.
  • The Stone of Jas is vastly more powerful than most relics the player encounters in their adventures. Its power is shown most clearly in While Guthix Sleeps, where it temporarily boosts the player’s combat stats to 255, the single highest stat increase in the game. Only a handful of artefacts, such as the Staff of Armadyl and the Elder Horn, approach its power and significance.
  • The name of the Stone may be an inside-joke, since it is a real-life acronym for "Java Application Server" - which did, indeed, give the world of RuneScape life.

References

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  1. ^ "Melzar's notes". Old School RuneScape. "Had dream last night of great cabbage. Cabbage of Jas. Used by Gods to create all life and magic. all runes have part of its power. so with runes I can control power above magic."
  2. ^ Player. Old School RuneScape. "They [the dragonkin] were bound to it long ago. To use the Stone causes them unimaginable pain, and grants them immense power."
  3. ^ Zorgoth. Old School RuneScape. "Only a few gave in to the anger of the curse."
  4. ^ Thaerisk in While Guthix Sleeps. Old School RuneScape. "The Eye of Saradomin is one name for this artefact, though it has had many others. For example, we in Crux Eqal know it as the Fist of Guthix."
  5. ^ Wizard Persten in Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire. Old School RuneScape. "It's been known by many names, and most of them have been long forgotten. The Eye of Saradomin was one. The Fist of Guthix was another."
  6. ^ Player. Old School RuneScape. "Apparently, the one known as Primus was being defended by Saradominists. Perseriya and her fleet were trying to claim it, but things clearly didn't go as planned, hence them ending up here.[...]Isn't it obvious? It must be the Eye."
  7. ^ "Moonclan manual". Old School RuneScape. "As we all know, from the tales told to us in the Secret Tongue, 'magic' was first discovered in these lands by V------- when he accidentally stumbled upon the Stone of J--."
  8. ^ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Old School RuneScape. "The Most Powerful Artefact In RuneScape | Stone of Jas" . YouTube video. 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ Brundt the Chieftain. Old School RuneScape. "V was different. Stories tell of how he unlocked the potential of magic with the single touch of a stone."
  10. ^ "Moonclan manual". Old School RuneScape. "[...] V------- discovered that by focussing thought upon them he could transform them entirely for short periods of time into the very elements of the universe."
  11. ^ Baba Yaga. Old School RuneScape. "The Fremennik were actually the first to discover how to make runes."
  12. ^ "Moonclan manual". Old School RuneScape. "He did discover something of great importance in the caves where first he found the stone; the very rocks that had surrounded it had been subtly changed by its presence. The rocks in their contact with the Stone of J-- had gained a yearning to be something they were not."
  13. ^ 13.0 13.1 Unknown in Moonclan Manual. Old School RuneScape. "The stone was clearly not of this world, and the mere touch of it unlocked something within the mind of V-------. As we know, the stone was instantly removed by those powers who walk a higher Astral Path than ourselves, but its very existence showed V------- possibilities that had never occurred to our kind before."
  14. ^ Viggora. Old School RuneScape. "It was then [after the Betrayal of Zaros] that the other gods appeared and banished Zamorak from the world completely for daring to kill one of their kind, although as it turned out it didn't quite work out that way for them, when he returned stronger than ever, a god himself."
  15. ^ Mod Ed. Lore Q&A Summary 07/04/2022. "At the time when the stone, or Eye, was in that temple, that was before Morytania was taken over by the vampires it was still a Saradominist region called Hallowvale so it made sense for Saradomin to hide the stone in a place that was surrounded by his supporters [...] He still wasn't entirely trusting of his own followers, hence why the temple was hidden underwater; so even many Saradominists didn't actually know it was there."
  16. ^ Zachariah. Old School RuneScape. "... [Saradomin] has given us the task of protecting [the Eye]."
  17. ^ Zachariah. Old School RuneScape. "You must build a sanctuary for the Eye. The forces of chaos already seek to reobtain it, as do countless others."
  18. ^ Zachariah. Old School RuneScape. "Zamorak has tasked his collector with finding the Eye. I will hunt him down before he does, along with any others who would try to claim it."
  19. ^ The Great Guardian. Old School RuneScape. "This temple was built to house a powerful artefact. Many sought to claim this artefact for themselves, including servants of the Fallen Empire."
  20. ^ "Old tablet". Old School RuneScape. "By order of the Praefectus Classis, all vessels are to be prepared for battle. With artefact 'Imperium' safely delivered to the east, focus must return to artefact 'Primus'. New intelligence has confirmed its location and it is expected attempts to recover it will be met with heavy resistance from Saradominist forces."
  21. ^ "Slimy tablet". Old School RuneScape. "The battle is lost and we must withdraw. The attempt to call in reinforcements failed, and the temple has been ripped asunder by a rift of unknown power. The rift is growing rapidly and has already claimed much of the fleet. The Praefectus Classis is lost. Retreat is the only option."
  22. ^ Mod Ed. Desert Treasure II Lore Q&A Livestream. 3 August 2023. "...the Rift that was opened when the Leviathan got sucked in was caused by this attempt to summon reinforcements in during the Battle for the Eye. The teleport failed and that's what opened the Rift. The reason it failed was the presence of the Stone of Jas warping what the spell did."
  23. ^ The Great Guardian. Old School RuneScape. "In their attempt to claim the artefact, they used magic they did not understand. The rift to the Scar was created as a result."
  24. ^ The Great Guardian. Old School RuneScape. "The Eye was removed after the battle, but not before the Justiciar of the Lion used it to seal the rift once more."
  25. ^ The Great Guardian. Old School RuneScape. "She then created us, the Guardians of the Rift, to protect this place in the event the rift was ever reopened."
  26. ^ 26.0 26.1 "Q&A Summary 07/04/2022". Old School RuneScape News. Mod Ed. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original. "It [the Stone] was in the temple and after the temple was attacked, and the rift was opened, it wasn't safe to keep it there anymore so it got moved to The Fist of Guthix, and then later it was taken back to Morytania but at that point, it was by Zamorakians rather than Saradominists and it was entrusted to Drakan."
  27. ^ Noranna Tytanin. Old School RuneScape. "They say that an object of great power was once stored in this very cave. Apparently, the presence of this object created the daeyalt deposits."
  28. ^ Oracle. Old School RuneScape. "The God Wars are over... as long as the thing they were fighting over remains hidden."
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