Gravestone

"Graves" redirects here. For the Black Knight, see Lieutenant Graves.

Loot boxes, focus of the gravestone rework.

Gravestones are generated when a player dies via any means except in the wilderness, safe activities (whereby no items are lost, hence rendering a gravestone useless), or the Corporeal Beast. Players must also have dropped at least one item upon death in order to receive a gravestone. All of the player's items are kept safe under the gravestone until it is destroyed. This can occur either due to the gravestone's timer expiring or demolition by the player. Some items cannot be recovered from a gravestone, such as those listed here. If a gravestone collapses fully before a player retrieves his or her items, the items will become visible and may be picked up by any player.

Without repairs or blessing, a gravestone will collapse after a certain period of time, depending on the type of gravestone purchased. One minute before collapse a gravestone will become broken, and 30 seconds prior to collapse it will become a collapsing gravestone. Although a gravestone will remain intact if the player logs out or loses connection, the timer will continue to count down and the gravestone will collapse at its regular time.

Gravestones can last from 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the type purchased. The time remaining before the collapse of a player's gravestone will be displayed on their screen if they have a gravestone active. Once a type of gravestone has been selected and/or purchased, the player will continue to use that type of gravestone until they choose to change it. 60 seconds after a gravestone collapses on its own (without blessing, repair, or demolition) the items not picked up by the player disappear. Once a gravestone has expired any items that have yet to be retrieved can be seen and picked up by other players. Only tradeable items will appear to other players; untradeable items will not appear. So for example, if a player was to lose a degrading Vesta's chainbody, it will not protect the item and instead turn it into coins. If the player were to drop something untradeable like a part of Void equipment, it will protect the item.

A player's gravestone is only present in one world. This means that if the game crashes or your internet is down while you try to return to your gravestone, you must return to the world you died in to retrieve your items. If you die in one world and go into another, upon entry you will be asked if you want to go back to the world you died in.

Multiple deaths

If one dies a second time before the items from their previous grave are retrieved, the rules are as follows:

• The 1st gravestone disappears, dropping its contents to the floor instantly.
• The VISUAL timer of the 1st grave disappears and is replaced with the new grave's timer.
• The arrow pointing to your grave will only point to the most recent grave.
• The degraded items underneath the 1st grave WILL remain protected as if the timer is still counting down, even if the 2nd grave disappears/collapses/is demolished before the 1st grave's timer runs out.
  • This can happen if someone blesses/repairs the 1st grave and not the 2nd or in the (somewhat unlikely) case that the player buys a shorter-lasting grave before dying the second time.
  • If a player has an active gravestone, and then dies in the Wilderness, either from a player or monster, the gravestone will remain active regardless.

Options

The interface of the memorial plaque, the default gravestone.

Gravestones have a number of options when right clicked. These options are Read, Repair, Bless and Demolish.

• Read: Reveals the name of the player who died and, in some cases, how long ago. If a player reads their own gravestone, there will be a different message, stating "It looks like it'll survive another X minutes. Isn't there something a bit odd about reading your own gravestone?". If when reading a gravestone the message "The inscription is too unclear to read." is displayed, the player who owns the gravestone has already retrieved their items and no items will appear when the gravestone collapses. This message is also displayed if the player has logged out.
• Repair: Allows a player to extend the longevity of the gravestone by up to five minutes. There is no known limit to the number of times one gravestone can be repaired, so if nearby players really wanted to they could extend the time of a gravestone indefinitely. This option is available only after the gravestone has deteriorated.
• Bless: Allows a player with a prayer level of 70+ to extend the longevity of the gravestone by one hour after the gravestone had been set up. Attempting to bless your own gravestone will yield the message "The gods don't seem to approve of people attempting to bless their own gravestones." Blessing is one of the few things free players can do after level 45 Prayer. You cannot bless a gravestone if the player who has died has logged out after their death.

Types of gravestones

Players can choose a number of different gravestones for use by their character. In addition to having different appearances, some will also last longer before collapsing. Any change or upgrade to your gravestone will be permanent. Players do not have to re-upgrade once they die, nor will their gravestone revert back if their membership expires.

Available to all players

These gravestones can be purchased by donating to Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church. You must complete The Restless Ghost in order to purchase gravestones.

Image	Gravestone name	Cost	Duration	Text
	Memorial plaque	Default (Free to switch to)	5 Minutes	In memory of Player name, who died here.
	Flag	50 Coins	6 Minutes	In memory of Player name, who died here.
	Small gravestone	500 Coins	6 Minutes	In loving memory of our dear friend Player name, who died in this place X minutes ago.
	Ornate gravestone	5,000 Coins	8 Minutes	In loving memory of our dear friend Player name, who died in this place X minutes ago.

Available to Members

The following gravestones can be purchased by members who have completed the The Giant Dwarf quest, as well as any of the specific prerequisites listed next to each gravestone type. The gravestones can be bought from Blasidar the sculptor in East Keldagrim. Once purchased, the gravestone style you selected will remain even after your membership expires.

Image	Gravestone name	Cost	Duration	Prerequisite	Text
	Font of Life	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	In your travels, pause awhile to remember Player name, who passed away at this spot.
	Stele	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	In your travels, pause awhile to remember Player name, who passed away at this spot.
	Symbol of Saradomin	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	Player name, an enlightened servant of Saradomin, perished in this place.
	Symbol of Zamorak	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	Player name, a most bloodthirsty follower of Zamorak, perished in this place.
	Symbol of Guthix	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	Player name, who walked with the Balance of Guthix, perished in this place.
	Symbol of Bandos	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	Land of the Goblins Quest	Player name, a vicious warrior dedicated to Bandos, perished in this place.
	Symbol of Armadyl	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	Temple of Ikov Quest	Player name, a follower of the Law of Armadyl, perished in this place.
	Zaros /Ancient Symbol	50,000 coins	10 Minutes	Desert Treasure Quest	Player name, servant of the Unknown Power, perished in this place.
	Angel of Death	500,000 coins	12 Minutes	The Giant Dwarf Quest	Ye frail mortals who gaze upon this sight, forget not the fate of Player name, once mighty, now surrendered to the inescapable grasp of destiny. Requiescat in pace.
	Royal dwarven gravestone	500,000 coins	15 Minutes	King of the Dwarves Quest	Here lies Player name, friend of dwarves. Great in life, glorious in death. His/Her name lives on in song and story.

Note: Even though members gravestones are not available through purchase on free worlds, they still appear on death when in free world as a member and non-member.

Tips & Tricks: Signs of respite (I, II, III) may be used to increase your gravestone timer by 2, 4 or 6 minutes, respectively. These are made with limestone and divine energy. Simply wield them and they will activate.

Gallery

A player dying and leaving behind their gravestone.

Every gravestone in the game featured at deathcon.

An Angel of Death gravestone nearing its end.

The shop for gravestones.

Trivia

• If a player is killed by another player but crosses into the strip of safe zone north of the Wilderness Wall as they die, they will get a gravestone as normal.
• "Requiescat in pace" is Latin for "rest in peace."
• Jagex Moderators do not receive a gravestone upon death.

References

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