Infinite Skull Sceptre charges (as of 28th November)

Hey,

Just a brief, informative message here...

I'm not sure if you guys already know about this, but the Skull Sceptre was updated on 28th of November and is now endowed with infinite teleport charges (until this update, the Sceptre only had five charges, and you had to make up a new one once these charges were consumed)!

For those of you who - like Mat and myself - enjoy training Magic at Ankous, you now have an easy and fast access to the entrance of the Stronghold of Security, located right at the centre of Barbarian Village. Note that the Skull Sceptre can also be a convenient, quick means for reaching the Hill Giants' dwelling place or for crafting runes at the Air Altar (I'll make a guide covering the latter when I have more free time).



As you can see, only the "Invoke"/teleport function of the Sceptre is displayed, while the "Divine" option - which formely allowed you to check how many charges your Sceptre had left - has been removed.

Divine Diana.

Ooh good idea posting that here Diana, thank you.

For those wishing to make one, you can get each part you need from minotaurs, catablepons, flesh crawlers and ankous. Each monster type just drops one type of part, so you'll need to kill them all. They're a rare drop, so stick at it!

Thank you for adding this information on how to actually build the Skull Sceptre ; this may be useful to newer players. And yes, depending on your RNG-luck, you might have to kill a great deal of monsters to get each part, but, since the Sceptre now offers unlimited teleports to Barbarian Village, it is way worth it in my opinion.

I also forgot to mention that, thanks to this Sceptre, you can access the RuneSpan more rapidly (although this would be a pretty marginal use of this item). Basically, you can teleport to Barbarian Village by using the Sceptre, then enter either the Body or the Air Altar (make sure you have a Body or Air tiara/talisman with you). Once inside, talk to the wizard nearby the altar, skip the dialogue by holding the spacebar, then select "Teleport to Wizards' Tower". You will eventually find yourself on top of the Tower, just in front of RuneSpan's portal. This method may seem far-fetched, but it is actually the fastest way to access the RuneSpan, as you don't have to teleport to Draynor, then reach the Wizards' Tower and ascend all floors successively. For instance, this can prove useful for people interrupting their Runecrafting training in order to clear a goblin raid, then willing to quickly return to the RuneSpan and resume their Runecrafting session.

^Ingenious! I would never have thought of that!
In fact, I hadn't even thought of using it for getting near to the hillies either. Arbre's only just got hers a few days ago and I don't think I've used it yet, but it obviously has more uses than I had previously thought.

Thanks for this Di awesome tips too!

I found that clay crafting with a skull sceptre is a good alternative to the crafts guild for those who do not have a clan or access to the guild.

Also, I found that body runecrafting with the sceptre and a clan vex is around 24k xp/h at max, which could be useful for those lower levels idk

Oh the XP per hour for crafting body runes is not bad at all. I wonder what the XP rate would be like for crafting body tiaras using that method on a regular account. :p I wish the Sceptre was granted infinite charges in OSRS as well ; it would make f2p Runecrafting viable lol.

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Mat Mase wrote:

Also, I found that body runecrafting with the sceptre and a clan vex is around 24k xp/h at max, which could be useful for those lower levels idk

24K exp/h for making Body Runes? :-O Whoa, that's higher than I expected.

I'm very glad they've updated the Skull Sceptre. Quite useful for Ironmen (and non-Ironmen!). Also, using the Skull Sceptre to run to the GE is quicker than using the Varrock Lodestone and run from there.

Ooh running to the GE too? That's super handy

@Di, I heard that they are running a poll to add that on osrs as well!

Wow this thread is so useful, learnt new things like every other post thanks guys!