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Penance trident detail

The penance trident is a staff made of dead penance demons that requires level 50 Magic to wield. It can be obtained from Barbarian Assault with 170 Honour Points in all four roles. The trident comes with a special rune-saving effect and can be upgraded to the penance master trident for an additional 220 points in each role, along with 70 Attack, by speaking to Commander Connad.

Combat Stats
RequirementsPenance trident equipped
50 Magic
ClassSlot
Magic Magic2h slot
Tier
None
WeaponsMainOff
Damage--
Accuracy850-
StyleSpell-casting
Range8
Speed
Average (3.6s)
AttributesDamage reduction
DefenceArmour0PvM: 0%PvP: 0%
ConstitutionLife points0Style bonuses
PrayerPrayer0Strength0Ranged0Magic0
[FAQ][doc]

Mechanics[]

When equipped, it will provide infinite water runes similar to an elemental staff. It will also attempt to "save" runes used in any spell. This is how it does so:

  • The trident finds out how many different rune types the spell requires.
  • For each rune type the trident makes a 1 in 30 roll.
  • If successful it will save all runes of that type.

For example, the spell Earth Blast requires 3 air runes and 3 earth runes; there is a 1 in 30 chance that once cast, the penance trident will save either 3 air runes or 3 earth runes. The penance trident cannot save only some of the runes of any rune type; it will either save none or all of any rune type.

This rune saving ability is not as cost-effective as using an elemental staff in most cases, but a number of spells do not use any elemental runes besides water. Elemental staves, with the exception of the Armadyl battlestaff and Camel staff are also low-levelled compared to a Penance Trident.

These are:

Of course, for some spells, the 1/30 saving might outweigh the cost of elemental runes, but the Grand Exchange prices change such that this is never permanent. The rune saving ability works for all spells. For combat spells, the staff of light may be a better choice since it can save all of the runes for a combat spell with 1/8 probability.

Special attack[]

The Penance trident has a special attack called "Reap". It uses 50% adrenaline and causes 25-200% active spell damage.

Disassembly[]

[FAQ] • [doc]

Trivia[]

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