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Scythe

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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.

The 'drawing blood' effect.
78% of poll respondents wanted a Hallowe'en event.

It also led to the discovery of the party hat duplication glitch.

Bonuses
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A player wielding a Scythe
A player wielding a Scythe
  Attack bonus  
Stab Slash Crush Magic Ranged  
+3 +8 +3 +1 0
  Defence bonus  
Stab Slash Crush Magic Ranged Summoning
0 +3 +1 0 0 0
Other bonuses
Strength Ranged Strength Prayer
+10 0 0

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