Scythe
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| Members only? | No |
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| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | No |
| Equipable? | Yes |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alchemy | 0 coins |
| Low Alchemy | 0 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | Not sold |
| Examine | It's a scythe. |
| Weight | 3 kg |
The Scythe is a holiday item from the 2003 Hallowe'en event. They were dropped on 31 October 2003 and 2 November 2003. The second drop happened because many players in North America were not online when Jagex dropped the scythes, causing them to miss out and write to Customer Support.
Scythes were the last holiday items to be dropped in RuneScape Classic, and the last piece of content that was added to RuneScape Classic before RuneScape 2 was released.
When they were dropped, players were only allowed to pick up one each. If a player tried to grab another one, their message box would show the message: "You already have a scythe, you don't need another one."
Players can wield a scythe as a two-handed weapon. Scythes have the ability to crush, stab, and slash - all three of melee attack styles. Any player who loses their scythe can go to Thessalia's Fine Clothes in Varrock, or to Diango in Draynor Village, to have your scythe returned to them.
In RuneScape Classic, it was also possible to take them to Entrana, making it easier for players to do the Lost City quest; however, it is no longer possible. Also in RuneScape Classic, there is an occasional animation of the scythe "drawing blood" from the opponent, showing a small splashed red dot in addition to the regular damage message. This animation has no effects on the actual hits, however.
The Holiday Event in which scythes were dropped is the result of a poll ran shortly before the event. The poll asked players whether they would rather have no Holiday drop for Hallowe'en and have a pancake day in two months, or delay RuneScape 2 a day or two as a result of the production of a Halloween drop. As it can be seen, more people ultimately supported the inclusion of a holiday drop.
It also led to the discovery of the party hat duplication glitch.
| Bonuses Hover over image for type |  A player wielding a Scythe | |||||
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| 0 | +3 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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[edit] See also
| Easter |
Easter egg • Bunny ears • Rubber chicken • Easter ring • Chicken set • Chocatrice cape • Easter carrot |
| Hallowe'en |
Pumpkin • Halloween masks • Scythe • Zombie head • Jack lantern mask • Skeleton set • Grim reaper hood • Warlock / Witch set • Web cloak • Eek |
| Christmas |
Christmas cracker • Party hats • Santa hat • Yo-yo • Hats and scarves • Marionettes • Wintumber tree • Reindeer hat • Snow globe • Santa suit • Ice amulet |
| Thanksgiving | |
